Past Award Recipients
The AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery is proud to recognize the individuals whose achievements have advanced pediatric neurosurgery through scientific discovery, education, innovation, leadership, and service. Each year, the Section’s Annual Meeting honors exceptional physicians, researchers, educators, trainees, and distinguished guests whose work has made a lasting impact on the specialty.
This page celebrates the legacy of our award recipients and lectureship honorees while highlighting the Section’s commitment to recognizing excellence and inspiring future generations of pediatric neurosurgical leaders.
Distinguished Service Awards
Recognizing individuals whose careers have made a lasting impact on pediatric neurosurgery.
Named Lectureships
Highlight prestigious invited lectures presented during the Annual Meeting.
Research Awards
Celebrating excellence in clinical, translational, and basic science research.
Abstract & Poster Awards
Honoring outstanding scientific presentations from residents, fellows, and faculty.
Featured Awards
Raimondi Lectureship
| 2023 | Patty Gasso |
| 2022 | Roger Packer |
| 2021 | Lynn Jorde |
| 2020 | None |
| 2019 | Sethuraman Panchanathan |
| 2018 | Jon Meacham |
| 2017 | Thomas Marshburn |
| 2016 | Jim MacPhee |
| 2015 | Rick R. Holley |
| 2014 | Pascal Lee |
| 2013 | Bryce Taylor |
| 2012 | Rosemary Gibson |
| 2011 | Mack Brown |
| 2010 | Richard C. Karl |
| 2009 | Charles Stiles, PhD |
| 2008 | Renée Jenkins |
| 2008 | Renée Jenkins |
| 2007 | Roberto C. Heros |
| 2006 | Richard D. Lamm |
| 2005 | James B. McClintock, PhD |
| 2004 | J. Michael Bishop |
| 2003 | Jon Huntsman |
| 2002 | Volker K.H. Sonntag |
| 2001 | Alejandro Berenstein |
| 2000 | Steve Berman |
| 1999 | David B. Schurtleff |
| 1998 | Robert A. Zimmerman |
| 1997 | M. Michael Cohen, Jr. |
| 1996 | Samuel S. Flint |
| 1995 | Robert H. Pudenz |
| 1994 | Blaise F.D. Bourgeois |
| 1993 | Maurice Albin |
| 1992 | Olof Flodmark |
| 1991 | Judah Folkman |
| 1990 | George R. Leopold |
| 1989 | Martin Eichelberger |
| 1988 | Joseph J. Volpe |
| 1987 | Dale Johnson |
| 1986 | William F. Meacham |
| 1985 | Frank Nulsen |
| 1984 | Anthony E. Gallo, Jr. |
| 1983 | Derek Harwood-Nash |
| 1982 | Panel Discussion |
| 1981 | Panel Discussion |
| 1980 | Floyd Gilles |
| 1979 | Paul C. Bucy |
| 1978 | E. Bruce Hendrick |
Franc D. Ingraham Award for Distinguished Service and Achievement
| 2024 | Jeffrey H. Wisoff, MD |
| 2023 | Non Given |
| 2022 | Non Given |
| 2001 | James Goodrich |
| 2019 | Arnold H. Menezes |
| 2017 | W. Jerry Oakes |
| 2016 | Thomas G. Luerssen |
| 2015 | A. Leland Albright |
| 2014 | Marion “Jack” L. Walker |
| 2011 | R. Michael Scott |
| 2010 | Robert “Alex” Sanford |
| 2009 | David McClone |
| 2007 | Robin P. Humphreys |
| 2004 | Fred J. Epstein |
| 2001 | Luis Schut |
| 1988 | E. Bruce Hendrick |
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Schulman Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Karim Mithani, MD | N/A |
| 2023 | Nebras Warsi | N/A |
| 2022 | Amy Bruzek, MD, PhD | Ultra-rapid Molecular Diagnosis of H3K27M Mutation from Biopsy Washings: A Feasibility Report |
| 2021 | Andrew Hale MD, PhD | Multi-omic analysis elucidates the genetic basis of hydrocephalus |
| 2020 | Michelle Kameda-Smith, MD | Integrative Multi-omic Analyses Of MSI1 Function In Brain Cancer Reveal Context-specific Downstream Targets For Drug Discovery |
| 2019 | Whitney Parker, MD | Generating Patient-Based Models of Neurodevelopmental Epileptic Disorders |
| 2018 | Jacob Richard Lepard, MD | Developing a de novo Stereotactic Electroencephalography (SEEG) Program: A Multi-institutional Pediatric Experience |
| 2017 | Derek Yecies, MD | Speckle-Modulating Optical Coherence Tomography for Brain Tumor Margin Detection and in vivo Neuroimaging |
| 2016 | David Penn | Netrin-1 Induced Changes in Expression of Netrin Receptors and Growth Factors on Human Endothelial Cells |
| 2015 | Peter F Morgenstern | Menin: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma |
| 2014 | Michael George DeCuypere | Surgical and Chemotherapeutic Efficacy in a Preclinical Mouse Model of Choroid Plexus Carcinoma |
| 2013 | George M. Ibrahim | Impaired Emergence of Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in Children with Medically-Intractable Focal Epilepsy |
| 2012 | Caitlin E. Hoffman | Role of Bone Marrow Derived Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment of Medulloblastoma |
| 2011 | Paul Gigante, MD | Effects of Lumbar Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy on the Upper Extremities in Children with Spasticity |
| 2010 | Amanda Muhs Saratsis | Proteomic Analysis of Cerebral Spinal Fluid From Children With Brainstem Glioma |
| 2009 | Symeon Missios | Cell Proliferation and Neuronal Migration after Closed Head Injury in the Immature Piglet |
| 2008 | Toba Niazi | Medulloblastoma Growth Enhancement by HGF/SF Expression in Cerebellar Neural Progenitor Cells is Suppressed by Systemic Antibody Treatment |
| 2007 | Jeffrey P. Greenfield | A Stem Cell Based Infiltrative Model of Pontine Glioma |
| 2006 | Elias B. Rizk | Folate Receptor Function is Essential in CNS Recovery After Injury: Evidence in Knockout Mice |
| 2005 | David Cory Adamson | Digital Karotyping Identifies a Novel Retinoblastoma Oncogene |
| 2004 | Joshua E. Medow | The Permiable Proximal Catheter Project: A Novel Approach to Preventing Shunt Obstruction |
| 2003 | Joshua E. Medow | Posture Independent Piston Valve: A Practical Solution to Maintaining Stable Intracranial Pressure in Shunted Hydrocephalus |
| 2002 | David Cory Adamson | Mechanisms of Reclosure in 2 Surgical Models of Myelomeningocele Implications for Fetal Surgery |
| 2001 | David I. Sandberg | Novel Findings in the Development of the Normal and Tethered Filum Terminale |
| 2000 | Ketan R. Bulsara | Novel Findings in the Development of the Normal and Tethered Filum Terminale |
| 1999 | Susan Durham | The Surprisingly Sturdy Infant Brain: Why is it More Resistant to Focal Injury? |
| 1998 | Adrianna Ranger | Implantation of Medulloblastoma Cells into Collagen Type I Gels: Invasiveness, Enzymatic Characterization, and the Impact of Surgical Excision and Radiation |
| 1997 | Michael J. Drewek | Quantitative Analysis of the Toxicity of Human Amniotic Fluid to Rat Fetal Spinal Cord Cultures |
| 1996 | John Park | Platelet Derived Growth Factor Induces Differentiation of Neuroepithelial Stem Cells into Neurons |
| 1995 | Seyed M. Emadian | Correlation of Chromosome 17p Loss with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors |
| 1994 | Ellen Shaver | Experimental Acute Subdural Hemotoma in Infant Piglets |
| 1993 | Monica C. Wehby | Metabolic Demonstration of Retained CNS Function in the Rabbit Model of Infantile Hydrocephalus |
| 1992 | David Frim | Effects of Biologically Delivered Neurotrophins in Animal Models of Neural Degeneration |
| 1991 | P. David Adelson | Reorganization of the Cortical-Tectal Pathway Following Neonatal Cerebral Hemispherectomy in Cats |
| 1990 | Christopher D. Heffner | Basilar Pons Attracts its Cortical Innervation by Chemotropic Induction of Collateral Branch Formation |
| 1989 | James M. Herman | Tethered Cord as a Cause of Scoliosis in Children with a Myelomeningocele |
| 1988 | Scott Falci | Rear Seat-Lap Belts. Are They Really “Safe” for Children? |
| 1987 | Marc R. Delbigio | Shunt-Induced Reversal of Periventricular Pathology in Experimental Hydrocephalus |
| 1986 | Robert E. Breeze | Formation in Acute Ventriculitis |
| 1985 | Ann-Christine Duhaime | The Shaken Baby Syndrome |
| 1984 | Kim Manwaring | Neonatal Post-Hemorrhagic Ventriculomegaly: Management with Pulsed Lumbar Cisternostomy |
| 1983 | Arno Fried | A Laboratory Model of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus |
Hydrocephalus Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lauren Schulz | N/A |
| 2023 | Peter Chiarelli | N/A |
| 2022 | Leonard Verhey | Re-evaluation of TV Success Score in Children with Hydrocephalus: Multicentered cohort study of Clinical Research Ntwk |
| 2021 | Michael McDowell MD | Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy as an Accurate and Precise Option for Non-Invasive ICP Measurement |
| 2020 | Mohammed Alshareef, MD | Complement Activation Leads to Worse Cognitive Outcomes Following Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage in a Chronic Mouse Model |
| 2019 | Cameron Sadegh, MD | Intraventricular Hemorrhage Induces Rapid Intracellular Signaling in the Choroid Plexus and Chronic Changes in CSF Reabsorption |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Naylor Kuhn, MD | Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Transition Readiness in the Interdisciplinary Spina Bifida Clinic |
| 2017 | Shawn Vuong, MD | CRISPR/Cas9-Based Development of progressive hydrocephaly (prh) Rat Model of Hydrocephalus |
| 2016 | Jonathan Jay Stone | Treatment of Hydrocephalus in an Ovine Model with an Intraparenchymal Stent Prototype |
| 2015 | Brian William Hanak | The Cellular Basis for Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Obstruction: Construction of an Explanted Hydrocephalus Device Bank |
| 2014 | Jason Elliott Blatt | Incidence of Delayed Hydrocephalus Following In-Utero Myelomeningocele Repair |
| 2013 | Jennifer Strahle | Early Treatment of Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage-Associated Hydrocephalus with Systemic Deferoxamine |
| 2012 | Jayant Prasanna Menon | Significant Shunt Obstruction Casused by Parenchymal Tissue Shearing During Ventricular Catheter Implantation |
| 2011 | Ashley Grosvenor Tian | Bilateral High Grade Intraventricular Hemorrhage is Associated with Male Sex, Younger Gestational Age and Lower Birth Weight, but not Other Perinatal Factors |
| 2010 | Ramin Eskandari | Effects of Early And Late Reservoir Treatment in Experimental Neonatal Hydrocephalus |
| 2009 | Christopher Janson | Immortalization and Functional Characterization of Rat Arachnoid Cells |
| 2008 | Ellen L. Air | A Longutudinal Comparison of Pre- and Postoperative DTI parametes in Yount Hydrocephalic Children |
| 2006 | Kurtis I. Auguste | Greatly Impaired Migration of Aquaporin-4 Deficient Astroglial Cells After Implantation into Mouse Brain |
| 2005 | Jeffrey P. Greenfield | Intraoperative Assessment of Third Ventriculostomy Success |
| 2004 |
Jay K. Riva-Cambrin Jeffrey Pugh |
Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumors: Pre-Operative Predictors of Chronic Hydrocephalus Can the Skull Diploic Space Be Utilized for Absorption of Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| 2003 | Martin U. Schuhmann | Serum and CSF C-Reactive Protein in Shunt Infection Management |
| 2002 |
Jonathan Miller Joshua Medow |
Abberant Neuronal Development in Hydrocephalus Quick Brain MRI vs. CT Scan for Evaluating Shunted Hydrocephalus |
| 2001 | Jake Timothy | Treatment of Hydrocephalus Using a Choroid Plexus Specific Immunotoxin: An In Vitro Study |
| 1999 | Kimberly Bingaman | Hydrocephalus Induces the Proliferation of Cells in the Subventricular Zone |
| 1998 | Daniel Lieberman | In Vetro Detection of Fluid Flow in Ventriculoperitoncal Shunts (VPS) Using Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound |
| 1996 | Martha J. Johnson | Reactive Astrocytosis in a New Model of Obstructive Hydrocephalus |
| 1995 | Richard J. Fox | Cerebrospinal Fluid Absorptive Site of the Parasagittal Dura: A Cadaveric Study |
| 1994 | Monica C. Wehby-Grant | The Rabbit Model for Infantile Hydrocephalus:Regional Differences in the Cortical Metabolic Response to Hydrocephalus and Shunting |
| 1993 | Charles Bondurant | The Epidemiology of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting |
| 1992 | Marcia Da Silva | Reversal of High Energy Phosphate Metabolism Changes in Experimental Hydrocephalus after CSF Shunting |
| 1991 | Nesher G. Asner | Venous Sinus Occlusion and Ventriculomegaly inCraniectomized Rabbits |
| 1990 | Shalom Michowiz | High Energy Phosphate Metabolism in Neonatal Hydrocephalus |
| 1989 | Eric Altschuler | Management of Persistent Ventriculomegaly Due to Altered Brain Compliance |
AAP/SONS Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Weston Northam, MD | MRI/MRA is non-inferior to catheter angiography |
| 2020 | Randaline Barnett, MD | Implementation of Telemedicine in Pediatric Neurosurgical Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Virtual Care Perpetuate Health Care Disparities? |
| 2019 | Aaron Yengo-Kahn, MD | Improving Discharge Readiness after a Concussion Diagnosis in the Pediatric Emergency Department |
| 2018 | Faizal Haji, MD | Capacity building for the surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy in Vietnam: A model for international collaboration |
| 2017 | Jacob K. Greenbert, MD | Development of the CIDSS2 Score for Children with Mild Head Trauma without Intracranial Injury |
| 2016 | Brandon Sherrod | Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection Following Non-Shunt Pediatric Neurosurgery: A Review of 9,296 Procedures from a National Database and Comparison to a Single Center Experience |
| 2015 | Kristopher Gray Hooten, MD | Establishing Standard Performance Measures for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients |
| 2014 | David Limbrick, MD | Population-Based Analysis of Complications Associated with Chiari Malformation Type 1 Surgery in Children |
Bobby Jones CSF Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bernardo Assumpcao de Monaco, MD | N/A |
| 2023 | Aaron Michael Yengo-Khan | N/A |
| 2022 | H. Wes Phillips | Identifying Somatic Mutations Across Epileptic Networks |
| 2021 | Whitney Parker MD, PhD | Use of an Epilepsy Variant Prediction Platform to Define and Treat STXBP1 Encephalopathy |
| 2020 | Jignesh Kishor Tailor, MD, PhD | A human stem cell approach to understanding medulloblastoma initiation and maintenance |
Molly Hubbard Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bernardo Assumpcao de Monaco, MD | N/A |
| 2023 | Aaron Michael Yengo-Khan | N/A |
| 2022 | H. Wes Phillips | Identifying Somatic Mutations Across Epileptic Networks |
| 2021 | Whitney Parker MD, PhD | Use of an Epilepsy Variant Prediction Platform to Define and Treat STXBP1 Encephalopathy |
| 2020 | Jignesh Kishor Tailor, MD, PhD | A human stem cell approach to understanding medulloblastoma initiation and maintenance |
Meghan Rose Bradley Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Anand Thiraviyam | N/A |
| 2022 | Taemin Oh | MYCN and EZH2 Inhibition Restore MHC-I Expression and T-Cell Recruitment in Murine Medulloblastoma |
| 2021 | Cody Nesvick MD | Mechanisms of aberrant enhancer activation in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma |
Top Clinical Poster Award Winners
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Allie Harbert MPH | Sociodemographic Disparities as a Determinant of Prenatal vs Postnatal Surgical Myelomeningocele Repair |
| 2019 | Elsa Olson | Proximal Catheter Occlusion Simulation Study and Design of a Shunt Tap Aspiration System |
| 2018 | Amy Katherine Bruzek, MD | CSF Circulating Tumor DNA Copy Number Quantifies Tumor Growth and In Vitro Treatment Response in Pediatric DIPG and High Grade Glioma |
| 2017 | Ramin Eskandari, MD | Combination Ultra-Low Dose Radiation and Anti-4 1BB Promotes Dysfunctional CD8+ T-Cell Rescue Within the Pediatric Medulloblastomas Microenvironment |
| 2016 | Ramin Eskandari, MD | Assessing Pressure-Induced Brain Cell Injury Patterns in vitro |
| 2015 | Shokei Yamada, MD, FAANS (L) | Spindle Cells in C6 Rat Glioblastoma Expresed by Stem Cells as Culprit of Malignancy Increased Metabolism |
| 2014 | Amanda Muhs Saratsis, MD | Functional Hemispherectomy: Can EEG and MRI Tests Predict Outcome? |
Top Basic Science Poster Award Winners
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alexandra Giantini Larsen, MD | N/A |
| 2021 | Kylie Bachmann | Ependymal Barrier Development in Relation to Periventricular Edema in CCDC39-Deficient Mouse Model of Neonatal Hydrocephalus |
| 2019 | Albert Isaacs, MD | MR Diffusion Changes in the Perimeter of the Lateral Ventricles Demonstrate Periventricular Injury in Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus of Prematurity |
| 2018 | Brandon G. Rocque, MD, MS, FAANS | Quality of Life and Mental Health after Pediatric CNS Tumor Treated with Surgery Only |
| 2017 | Molly Hubbard, MD | Does Hypothermia in the OR Lead to an Increased Risk for Shunt Infection? |
| 2016 | Michael Dewan, MD | The Durability of ETV and VPS in Patients with Hydrocephalus Following Posterior Fossa Tumor Resection |
| 2015 | Clinton David Morgan | Early Elective Delivery for Fetal Ventriculomegaly: A Retrospective Analysis of Risks and Benefits |
| 2014 | Alexander Weil, MD | Functional Hemispherectomy: Can EEG and MRI Tests Predict Outcome? |
Matson Lectureship
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | John Kestle | What Matters (to me) in Clinical Research, in the Pediatrics Specialty and Beyond |
| 2023 | Jerry Oakes | N/A |
| 2022 | James Rutka | Modernization of the Pediatric Neurosurgeon: Lessons Learned Over 30 Years |
| 2021 | Christopher Walsh | Virtual Meeting |
| 2020 | NOT GIVEN | N/A |
| 2019 | Charles Nelson | Exposure to Early Adversity can determine healthy brain development |
| 2018 | R. Michael Scott, MD | Pediatric Neurosurgery: A 50-year perspective |
| 2017 | Arthur Marlin, MD | The Perception of Quality |
| 2016 | Cesario Borlongan, PhD | Stem Cell Therapy |
| 2015 | Mark Wietecha | Current Health Care Trends |
| 2014 | Christopher C. Giza, MD | Just the Facts: An Evidence-based Approach to the Youth Concussion Crisis |
| 2013 | Joseph Volpe, MD | Brain Injury in the Premature Infant: More Than Just Injury |
| 2012 | Scott Pomeroy | Medulloblastoma Redefined |
| 2011 | Thormas Luerssen | N/A |
| 2010 | Jeffrey Golden | Genetic Control of Brain Development |
| 2009 | John Jane Sr. | Donald Matson: Then and Now |
| 2008 | Jack Walker, MD | Pediatric Neurosurgery: The Establishment of a Subspecialty |
| 2007 | Harold Rekate | N/A |
| 2006 |
"The Matson Symposium”: James McAllister, MD; James Drake, MD; Joseph Madsen, MD; Edward Oldfield, MD |
The Pulsatile Brain |
| 2005 | Joan L. Venes, MD | Women in Neurological Surgery |
| 2004 | A. Leland Albright, MD | The past, present, and future of pediatric neurosurgery |
| 2003 | Robin P Humphreys | The modernization of pediatric neurosurgery |
| 2002 | David McLone, MD PhD | The Road to Certification |
| 2001 | Donald H. Reigel | (Rescheduled from prior year) |
| 2000 | Donald H. Reigel | N/A |
| 1999 | Gary Schoenwolf, PhD | Expert in developmental biology of congenital malformations of the spine |
| 1998 | Luis Schut, MD | Reminiscences of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon |
| 1997 | Maurice Choux | Surgical Excellence in Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 1996 | Harold Hoffman, MD | Separation of Cephalopagus Twins |
| 1995 | John Holter | N/A |
| 1994 | Joseph Ransohoff | N/A |
| 1993 | Eben Alexander Jr | N/A |
| 1992 | Joe Murray (Nobel Prize Winner) | N/A |
| 1991 | Robert McLaurin | N/A |
| 1990 | Roger Guillemin (Nobel Prize winner) | Neuroendocrinology: Past, Present and Future |
| 1989 | Martin Peter Sayers | N/A |
| 1988 | E. Bruce Hendrick | N/A |
| 1987 | John Shillito | N/A |
| 1986 | Robert McLaurin | N/A |
Tim George Poster Winners
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | David Fletcher | N/A |
| 2023 | Amber Gaulden | N/A |
| 2022 | Aladine Elsamadicy | Are there Gender Disparities in Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization after Posterior Spinal Fusion for AIS? |
Tim George Oral Winners
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Yifei Sun | N/A |
| 2023 | Logan Muzyka | N/A |
| 2022 | Gabriela Ruiz Colon | Hydrocephalus Outcomes in Children Among Spanish Speaking Patients at a Single Institution |
Best Oral Presentation on Global Surgery Award
| Recipient | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rya Muller | N/A |
| 2023 | Alexander Tenorio | N/A |
Award for Exemplary Service
| Recipient | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Haley Vance, DNP, CPNP-AC |
KLS Martin Innovations Challenge Award
| Recipient | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Andrew T. Hale, MD, PhD |