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  • 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.

    To join our organization and for additional information, please visit the ARANS website: https://nsadmin.org/.

    ANNUAL MEETING 2021 UPDATE 

    Due to current restrictions on travel, the ARANS Meeting in Detroit on May 18-20, 2021 has been cancelled.

    We will be holding a Virtual Meeting that includes several different sessions. More information will be available in late February 2021.

    Thank you,
    The ARANS Executive Committee

    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 2020-2021

    Past 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
    Pam Lane, C-TAGME
    Neurosurgery Residency Program Manager
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center Neurosurgery
    pamela.lane@vumc.org
    Office: (615) 343-2452

    President - Elect
    Mary Gallagher
    Director of Education-Neurosurgery
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    mjgallag@iu.edu
    Office: (317) 963-8145

    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

    Members 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

    Alison K. Gorman, C-TAGME
    Residency Administrator/Sr. Student Support Specialist
    Department of Surgery – Division of Neurological Surgery
    University of Columbia, Missouri
    alisongorman@health.missouri.edu
    Office: (573) 882-3957

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