Association of Residency Administrators in Neurological Surgery

The Association of Resident Administrators in Neurological Surgery (ARANS) is the national professional organization of administrators involved in graduate medical education in neurosurgical programs. Sponsored by the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS), ARANS was established as an organization to provide support, mentorship, and guidance to residency training administrators at all career levels. The organization is committed to advancing the education, knowledge and professional development of administrators in the management of neurosurgery residency and fellowship programs through annual meetings, networking and online communication, by providing a platform to exchange, develop and implement ideas and best practices.

HISTORY

In 2008 at an ACGME Educational Conference a small group of neurosurgery coordinators, led by Kathy Guzman (University of Southern California) and Lois Hengenius (University Hospitals, Cleveland) met and discussed the desire to have a dedicated neurosurgery coordinators meeting.  A proposal was generated and sent to all the neurosurgery residency programs in the country to gauge the level of interest and support for such a meeting. An overwhelmingly positive response from program coordinators, program directors and department chairs resulted in this proposal being submitted to the SNS Council. The SNS Council approved the establishment of a coordinator meeting held just prior to the SNS Meeting.    The first meeting was held in Salt Lake City in May 2009 with 65 coordinators in attendance.

The Annual Meeting has continued successfully each year.  At the 10th anniversary meeting in 2018 discussions were held about the need to formalize the group to ensure continued success.   A series of discussions, votes and collaboration resulted in the election of officers and the establishment of the Association of Residency Administrators in Neurological Surgery (ARANS) in May 2019.

OFFICERS 

ARANS Executive Council 2019-2020

President
Kathy Guzman
Education Program Manager
USC Neurosurgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
kguzman@usc.edu
Office: 323-409-7422

President - Elect
Pam Lane, C-TAGME
Neurosurgery Residency Program Manager
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
pamela.lane@vumc.org

Secretary
Rita A. Raio, C-TAGME
Training Program Administrator
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Neurosurgery Training Program
North Shore University Hospital
rraio@northwell.edu
Office: 516-562-4221

Treasurer
Lois Hengenius
Resident Program Administrator
Department of Neurological Surgery
Neurological Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
lois.hengenius@uhhospitals.org
Office: 216- 844-3472

Meeting Chair
Cindy Wang, C-TAGME
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California, Irvine
cindysw@hs.uci.edu
Office: 714-456-3402

Member at Large
Colleen Bruton, C-TAGME
Resident Program Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
465 Wasserman, 300 Stein Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6901
cbruton@mednet.ucla.edu
Office: 310-794-7362

ANNUAL MEETING

2020 Annual Meeting
May 28-30, 2020
Philadelphia, PA

Registration will open in January 2020