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AANS  Annual  Mee+ng  2014  

Joint  CV  Sec,on  Execu,ve  Council  Mee,ng  Sunday  April  6th  2014  

(3:00-­‐5:00pm)  at  the  San  Francisco  MarrioI  Marquis  (Golden  Gate  A)  

 PLEASE  SIGN  IN    (NAME  AND  EMAIL)  

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  Call  to  Order  (Dr.  Friedlander)    Approval  of  Minutes  from  CV  Sect  2014  (Dr.  Lavine)  

  Treasurer’s  Report  (Dr.  Zipfel)  

  Annual  Mee+ng  Updates  

  2014  AANS  Mee,ng  (Drs  Mocco,  Nakaji)  

  2014  CNS  Mee,ng  (Drs  Nakaji,  Arthur)    2015  CV  Sect/ISC  (Mocco/Nakaji/Mack/CockroW/Welch)  

   Standing  CommiKee/Project  Updates  

  Washington  CommiIee  (  Ka,e  Orrico  &Dr.    Wilson)  

  Coding  &  Reimbursement  (Dr  Vates  and  Woo)  

  Joint  Guidelines  CommiIee/CV  Sec,on  Guidelines  CommiIee  (Dr.  CockroW)    

  Na,onal  Quality  Forum  (Dr  CockroW  and  Khalessi)  

  Cerebrovascular  Coali,on,  ,  Proposed  changes  to  CSC  cer,fica,on,  AbboI  CMS  CAS  Coverage  (Drs.  Bambakidis,  CockroW,  Amin-­‐Hanjani,  Wilson)  

  Rapid  Response  CommiIee  (Dr.  Woo)  

  ARUBA  Commentary  (Dr.  Bambakidis)  

  SNIS  update  (Dr.  Mack)    SVIN  Liaison  (Dr.  Khalessi)  

  Interna,onal  Liaison/  ESMINT  (Dr.  Niemela)  

  Neuro-­‐Cri,cal  Care  Society  Update  (Dr.  Claude  Hemphill  &  Dr.  Amar)  

  YNS  Liaison  (Dr  Bell)  

  Brain  AIack  Coali,on  (Dr.Huang)  

  Membership  Update  (Dr  Mocco)  

  Fundraising  CommiIee  (Dr.  Zipfel)    Dempsey  Fellowship  (Drs.  Baskaya  and  Turner)    

  NewsleIer  CommiIee  (Dr.  Bulsara)  

  Website  CommiIee  (Drs  Zipfel,  Welch,  Du)  

  NREF  Update  (Dr.  Zipfel)  

  Curriculum  Development  and  Educa,on  CommiIee  (Dr.  Bendok)  

  MOC  Vascular  Module  (Drs.  Bendok  and  Siddiqui)    Matrix  and  Milestones  (Dr.  Bambakidis)  

  Bylaws/Rules  &  Regula,ons  CommiIee  (Dr.  Schirmer)  

  CAST/  Training  Standards  (Drs    Hoh,  Siddiqui  &  Woo)  

  Brain  AIack  Coali,on  (Dr.Huang)  

  Old  Business  Updates      N2QOD  (Drs.  Connolly  &  Mocco)  

  Resident  and  fellow  courses  (Drs  Mocco,  Veznedaroglu,  Arthur)  

  3C  mee,ng  (Dr  Siddiqui)  

  Brain  Aneurysm  Founda,on,  BAF/CV  Sect  C.  Getch  Research  Award  (Drs  David  &  Zipfel)  

   New  Business    

  Clinical  Trials  Advisory  CommiIee  (Drs  Carter,  Friedlander,  Zipfel)  

  Elec,on  Results  

Meeting Agenda

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Approval  of  Minutes  Dr.  Sean  D.  Lavine  

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Treasurer’s  Report  Dr.  Greg  Zipfel  

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2014  AANS  Mee,ng  San  Francisco,  CA  

Drs.  Mocco  and  Nakaji  

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2014  CNS  Mee,ng  Boston,  Mass  

Drs.  Nakaji  and  Arthur  

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2015  CV  Sect  Mee,ng  Nashville,  TN  

Drs.  Mocco/Nakaji/Mack/CockroW/Welch  

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Standing  CommiIees/  Project  updates  

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Washington  CommiIee  Update  

Ka,e  Orrico,  Dr  Wilson  

AANS/CNS Washington Committee

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Coding  and  Reimbursement  Rapid  Response  CommiIee  

Drs  Woo  and  Vates  

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•  Aetna  thrombolysis  coverage  up  for  renewal  on  October  10,  2013  –  Aetna  did  not  change  their  non-­‐coverage  policy  for  mechanical  thrombectomy  

•  Center  for  Medical  Technology  Policy  –  Sean  Tunnis  CEO  former  Chief  Clinical  Officer  for  CMS  

–  Coverage  with  Evidence  Development  Policy  for  Caro,d  Sten,ng  •  Enlist  CVC  to  weigh  in  as  well    

Reimbursement  and  Coverage  

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Coding  changes  •  Medicare  Physician  Fee  Schedule  for  2013  published  November  16,  2012    

and  reduced  AMA  RUC  recommended  values  by  ~10%  –  AANS  and  CNS  request  to  convene  a  refinement  panel  was  rejected  by  CMS  –  September    11,  2012  AANS  CNS  ACC  ACR  SIR  ACC  SCAI  SNIS  SVS  submiIed  a  

leIer  reques,ng  clarifica,on  for  the  reduc,on.    CMS  has  acknowledged  receipt  but  has  not  answered  

•  Cervicocerebral  code  changes  in  Oct  CPT  mee,ng  have  passed  –  36228  and  can  also  be  coded  with  36223  and  36225    –  36218  and  75774  when  imaging  the  vertebral  artery  will  now  be  allowed  

•  Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty  Bundling  –  Vertebroplasty  is  now  Cat  I,  Kyphoplasty  from  T4-­‐L5  is  Cat  I,    

•  In  addi,on  to  37217  retrograde  caro,d  stent  placement,  SVS,  SIR  and  ACR  submiIed  a  new  code  proposal  for  antegrade  thoracic  caro,d  or  innominate  sten,ng  resul,ng  in  editorial  changes  for  37215  -­‐  6  

•  Code  change  proposal  for  mechanical  thombectomy  and  IA  infusion  –  ACR  and  SIR  reviewed  and  would  not  support  the  new  thrombolysis  and  non-­‐

thrombolysis  infusion  codes  without  the  addi,on  of  mechanical  thrombectomy  –  CCP  revised  to  include  intracranial  mechanical  thrombectomy  –  Presented  at  Feb  2013  CPT  mee,ng  

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Joint  Guidelines  CommiIee  &    CV  Sec,on  Guidelines  CommiIee  

Dr.  CockroW  

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CV  Guidelines  CommiIee  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Management  of  Cerebral  &  Cerebellar  Infarc+on  With  Swelling  

• Babu  Welch  (Lead  Reviewer)  • Stavropoula  Tjoumakaris    

• Chirag  Gandhi  • Jared  Knopman    

• Clemens  Schirmer  

(Bob  Carter  was  wri.ng  group  representa.ve)  

STATUS:    AANS/CNS  endorsed.  Published  January  2014.  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Women’s  Guideline  for  the  Preven+on  of  Stroke  

• Gregory  Zipfel  (Lead  Reviewer)    • J  Mocco  

• Christopher  Madden  • Marjorie  C.  Wang  

• Christopher  Zacko  (Issam  Awad  was  wri.ng  group  representa.ve)  

STATUS:    AANS/CNS  endorsed.    On-­‐line  publica+on  February  2014.  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Guidelines  for  Preven+on  of  Stroke  in  Pa+ents  with  Ischemic  Stroke  or  Transient  Ischemic  AKack  (Secondary  Preven+on)  • William  Mack  (Lead  Reviewer)  • Alexander  A.  Khalessi  • Nathaniel  Brooks  • Sean  Chris,e  • Jack  Jallo    • John  Kestle  (John  Wilson  is  wri.ng  group  representa.ve)  

STATUS:    Endorsement  recommended,  AANS/CNS  endorsement  leKer  sent.      Awai+ng  publica+on  in  spring  2014.  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Pallia+ve  and  End-­‐of-­‐  Life  Care  in  Stroke    

• Ketan  Bulsara  (Primary)  • Jus,n  Fraser    • Roc  Chen  • Bill  Ashley  • Rabih  Tawk  (Greg  Zipfel  wri.ng  group  rep)  

STATUS:    Endorsement  recommended,  AANS/CNS  endorsement  leKer  sent.    Awai+ng  publica+on.  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Risk  of  Cervical  Arterial  Dissec+on  A\er  Cervical  Manipula+on  Including  Chiroprac+c  Manipula+ve  Therapy  • Pascal  Jabbour  (Primary)  • Bill  Mack    • Nick  Bambakidis  • Henry  Woo  • John  Reavey-­‐Cantwell  (Felipe  Albuquerque  wri.ng  group  rep)  

STATUS:  Endorsement  recommended,  AANS/CNS  endorsement  leKer  sent.    Awai+ng  publica+on.  

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AHA/ASA  Projects  

Guidelines  for  the  Primary  Preven+on  of  Stroke      • Kevin  CockroW  (Lead  Reviewer)    • Steve  Casha  • Kathryn  Holloway  • Reavey-­‐Cantwell  • Bill  Mack  • Krystal  Tomei  (John  Wilson  is  wri.ng  group  representa.ve)  

STATUS:  Ini+al  review  completed.    Awai+ng  wri+ng  group  response.  

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Upcoming  Guidelines/Statements  Guidelines  for  Management  of  Unruptured  Intracranial  Aneurysms  

• GregThompson  • Robert  Brown  • Joe  Broderick  • Kevin  Cockro\  • Sander  Connolly  • Gary  Duckwiler  • Sepi  Amin-­‐Hanjani  • Catherine  Harris  

 STATUS:    In  progress.  

•  Virginia  Howard  •  Clay  Johnston  •  Phil  Meyers  •  Andrew  Molyneux  •  Chris  Ogilvy  •  Andy  Ringer  •  James  Torner  

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Upcoming  Guidelines/Statements  

•  Scien+fic  Ra+onale  for  the  Inclusion  and  Exclusion  Criteria  for  Intravenous  Thrombolysis-­‐  ANS/CNS  wri,ng  group  representa,ve  is  Alex  Khalessi  

 STATUS:    In  progress.  

•  Guidelines  for  the  Management  of  Spontaneous  Intracerebral  Hemorrhage  –  AANS/CNS  wri,ng  group  representa,ve  is  Bernard  Bendok    STATUS:    In  progress.  

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CNS  Guidelines  CommiIee  

•  CNS  Guidelines  CommiIee  is  primarily  concerned  with  genera,ng  and  priori,zing  topics  for  new  guidelines  and  actually  wri,ng  the  guidelines  recommenda,ons/chapters.  

•  CNS  invested  significantly  in  an  in-­‐house  infrastructure  with  support  staff  to  assist  in  in  this  process.    

•  CNS  Guidelines  CommiIee  leadership  (Dr.Steve  Kalkanis  -­‐  Chair,  Dr.  Brian  Hoh    &  Dr.  Sepi  Amin-­‐Hanjani  –  Co-­‐Vice  Chairs)  reques,ng  CV  Sec,on  representa,ve  to  work  on  CNS  guidelines  commiIee.  

•  Representa,ve  will  be  the  CV  Sec,on  Guidelines  Sub-­‐CommiIee  Chair  

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NCS  Guidelines  CommiIee  

•  Improved  collabora,on  with  NCS  •  Arun  Amar,  MD  (CV  Sec,on)  and  Mike  Huang,  MD  (Trauma/Cri,cal  Care)  will  be  neurosurgery  representa,ves  to  NCS  Guidelines  CommiIee    

•  Jan  Claassen,  MD,  PhD  will  be  NCS  representa,ve  to  JGC  

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Thank  You  to  All  CommiIee  Members  Sepideh  Amin-­‐Hanjani,  MD.  UIC  

William  W.  Ashley  Jr.,  MD  PhD  MBA,  Loyola  

Mark  Bain,  MD,  Cleveland  Clinic    

Nicholas  Bambakidis,  MD,  Case  Western  

Ketan  Bulsara,  MD,  Yale  University  

Roc  Chen,  MD,  University  of  Texas,  Houston  

Carlos  A.  David,  MD,  Lahey  Hospital  &  Medical  Cntr.  

Jus,n  F.  Fraser,  MD,  University  of  Kentucky  

Chirag  Ghandi,  MD,  UMDNJ  

Nestor  Gonzalez,  MD,  UCLA  

Andrew  Grande,  MD,  University  of  Minnesota  

Brian  Hoh,  MD,  University  of  Flordia  

Judy  Huang,  MD,  Johns  Hopkins  

Pascal  Jabbour,  MD,  Jefferson  

Babak  Jahromi,  MD,  University  of  Rochester  

Robert  James,  MD,  East  Carolina  

Alexander  A.  Khalessi,  MD,  UCSD  

Shah  Naz  Kahn,  MD,  University  of  New  Mexico  

Jared  Knopman,  MD,  New  York  Presbyterian    

William  J.  Mack,  MD,  USC  

J.  Mocco,  MD,  Vanderbilt  

Aditya  Pandey,  MD,  University  of  Michigan  

John  Reavey-­‐Cantwell,  MD,  VA  Commonwealth  Univ.  

Clemens  M.  Schirmer,  MD,  PhD,  Baystate/TuWs  

ScoI  Simon,  MD,  Penn  State  University  

Rabih  G.  Tawk,  MD,  Mayo  -­‐  Jacksonville  

Stavropoula  Tjoumakaris,  MD,  Jefferson  

Babu  G.  Welch,  MD,  Univ.  of  Texas,  Southwestern  

Henry  Woo,  MD,  Stony  Brook  University  

Greg  Zipfel,  MD,  Washington  University  

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Na,onal  Quality  Forum  

Dr.  Kevin  CockroW  

Dr.  Alex  Khalessi  

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Choosing  Wisely  Campaign  CV  Related  Sugges,ons  

•  Don’t  perform  rou,ne  screening  for  brain  aneurysms  in  asymptoma,c  pa,ents  without  a  family  or  personal  history  of  SAH.  

•  Don’t  administer  Factor  7  rou,nely  to  pa,ents  with  spontaneous  ICH  without  coagulopathy.  

•  Don’t  use  seizure  prophylaxis  in  pa,ents  without  seizure  at  presenta,on  following  ischemic  stroke  

•  No  delayed  or  long  term  an,fibrinoly,c  therapy  aWer  aneurysmal  SAH.  

•  No  prolonged  hyperven,la,on  for  the  control  of  elevated  ICP  

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Intersocietal  Accredita,on  Commission  for  Caro,d  Stent  

Facili,es  (IACCSF)  is  now  

IAC  –  Caro+d  Sten+ng|IACCSF  

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IAC  –  Caro,d  Sten,ng|IACCSF  

•  On-­‐line  applica,on  process  •  Applica,on  includes:  procedure  logs  with  outcome  data,  descrip,ons  of  care  processes,  neurological  assessment  info,  procedure  reports  

•  Randomly  selected  procedures  are  evaluated  for  clinical  appropriateness,  image  quality,  technique,  outcome  &  documenta,on  quality  

•  Random  audits  &  site  visits  

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Cerebrovascular  Coali,on/CSC  Cer,f/AbboI  CMS  Coverage  

Drs.  Bambakidis,  CockroW,  Amin-­‐Hanjani,  WIlson  

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Cerebrovascular  Coali,on  (CVC)  

•  Coali,on  members  include:  –  ·∙  American  Academy  of  Neurology  

–  ·∙  AANS/CNS  Cerebrovascular  Sec,on  –  ·∙  American  Society  of  Neuroradiology  –  ·∙  Society  of  NeuroInterven,onal  Surgery  –  ·∙  Society  of  Vascular  and  Interven,onal  Neurology  (?)  

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Ongoing  Projects  

•  Response  to  CSC  cer,fica,on  requirements  submiIed  Oct  1  signed  by  all  members  

•  Revised  CSC  Requirements  released  Jan  17th:  –  Supported  changes  to  aneurysmal  SAH  to  35  annually  (from  20);  10  clip  and  20  coil  minimum  (from  15  coil  or  clip)  averaged  over  3  years  

–  Failed  to  adopt  10  case  annual  minimum  for  IAT  (average  over  3  years)  

–  Loosened  requirement  that  Neurosurgeon  on  call  cannot  be  on  call  at  any  other  hospital  or  for  any  other  hospital  service  (only  cannot  be  on  call  at  another  hospital)  

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CSC  Standards  wriDen  NS  back-­‐up  plan      

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CSC  Standards  the  on-­‐site  .me  requirements  stay  for  NS  and  Interven.onal  

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Comment  on  Coverage  with  Evidence  Development  Policy  for  CAS  

•  Formal  request  that  CMS  open  Na,onal  Coverage  Decision  for  CAS  to  symptoma,c  pa,ents  with  FDA-­‐approved  indica,ons    

•  Also  propose  expanded  coverage  for  a  subset  of  asymptoma,c  pa,ents,  proposed  enrollment  in  a  CREST-­‐2  companion  registry  

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•  CVC  response  (sent  12/16):  -­‐  Expanding  coverage  for  symptoma,c  standard  risk  70-­‐99%  stenosis  for  pts  <70  yrs  

•  No  expansion  for  symptoma,c  stenosis    <70%  

•  No  Expansion  for  asymptoma,c  stenosis  outside  of  par,cipa,on  in  NIH  clinical  trials  (eg  CREST-­‐2)  

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Comment  on  Coverage  with  Evidence  Development  Policy  for  CAS  

•  Formal  request  that  CMS  open  Na,onal  Coverage  Decision  for  CAS  to  symptoma,c  pa,ents  with  FDA-­‐approved  indica,ons    

•  Also  propose  expanded  coverage  for  a  subset  of  asymptoma,c  pa,ents,  proposed  enrollement  in  a  CREST-­‐2  companion  registry  

•  CV  Sec,on  has  formal  response    – To  be  discussed  at  CVC  call  to  aIempt  to  gain  consensus  

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Rapid  Response  CommiIee  

 (Dr.  Woo)    

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Dear CV Section and WSANS Leaders: The Washington State Healthcare Authority has published the draft wording for coverage of carotid artery stenting. It is consistent with what they approved on September 20, 2013. Comments on the wording will be accepted through October 22, 2013. The Committee will vote and finalize the decision at its meeting on November 15, 2013. Below is the link to the draft wording. http://www.hta.hca.wa.gov/documents/cas_draft_findings_decision_100413.pdf MANY thanks to Dr. Kim for presenting at the September 20 meeting, to Dr. Woo for preparing the slides, Dr. Monteith for reviewing the Spectrum technology assessment, and to everyone for all of your help and hard work! Cathy

Catherine Jeakle HillSenior Manager, Regulatory AffairsAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurological SurgeonsWashington Office725 15th Street, NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20005Phone: 202-446-2026Fax: 202-628-5264E-mail: [email protected]

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ARUBA  Commentary  

 Dr.  Bambakidis  

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ARUBA  Commentary  

•  WriIen  in  response  to  DSMB  decision  to  halt  ARUBA  in  May,  2013  

•  Commentary  in  response  published  in  Neurosurgery,  2013  Aug:73(2):E379-­‐81)  

•  Subsequent  Editorial  wriIen  in  response  to  ARUBA  publica,on  in  Lancet  – Signed  off  by  CV  Sec,on,  SNIS,  ASNR  – Further  discussion  at  wed  CVC  mee,ng  

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SNIS  Update  

Dr.  Mack  

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SVIN  Liaison  

Drs.  Khalessi  &  J  Mocco  

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Interna,onal  Liaison  

Dr.  Mika  Niemela  

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Mika Niemelä

International Liaison

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ESMINT,  Sept  4-­‐6,  2014  Nice  Joint  Mee,ng  

 5  Guest  Speakers  (Albuquerque,  Amin-­‐Hanjani,  Friedlander,  Lavine,  Siddiqui)  have  been  suggested  by  AANS/CNS  CV  Sec,on  Execu,ve  CommiIee  

 Discussions  ongoing  with  ESMINT  President  Christophe  Cognard,  Chairman  of  EANS  CV  CommiIee  Chair  Peter  Vajkoczy,  Robert  Friedlander,  Sean  Lavine  and  Mika  Niemelä  of  the  speakers  and  topics  

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Neurocri,cal  Care  Society  Liaison  

Drs.  Arun  Amar  &    Claude  Hemphill    

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NeuroCri,cal  Care  Society  

•  Mul,-­‐society  task  force  on  fellowship  training,  ICU  creden,als,  etc.  

•  NCC  Society  Guidelines  – Large  Hemispheric  Infarc,on  – Future  projects  

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YNS  Liaison  

Dr  Bell  

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Brain  AIack  Coali,on  

Dr.  Judy  Huang  

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Joint  Commission  Criteria  for  Comprehensive  Stroke  Center  (CSC)  Cer,fica,on    Jan  28,  2013  leIer    CV  Sec,on,  AANS,  CNS,  ABNS,  SNS,  SVIN,  SNIS,  AAN    

  Recommenda,ons  for  SAH  care  1)  ≥  30  procedures  for  aneurysms  (minimum  10  clipping  &  20  endovascular)  2)  ≥  35  pa,ents  annually  with  aSAH  

   Acute  ischemic  stroke  –  minimum  10  cases  

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Membership  Update  

Dr  Mocco  

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Membership  Update  

Cerebrovascular 2013 Membership Statistics October,  2013  

Class Status # of Members

ADJUNCT ACTIVE 45 MEMBER ACTIVE 404 LIFETIME ACTIVE 100 INTERNATIONAL ACTIVE 54 RESIDENT/FELLOW ACTIVE 1,562

TOTAL 2,165

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Membership  Update  

New  Member  Applica,ons  11  New  Applica,ons  Reviewed  this  year  14  Pending  Applica,ons  

For  vote  of  approval:    Seung-­‐Young  Chung  

Ac,ve  interna,onal    

Volodymyr  Solomiichuk  Ac,ve  interna,onal    

Jorge  Luis  Eller   Ac,ve    Andrew  Phillip  Carlson   Ac,ve  Mark  Bain   Ac,ve  Michael  F.  S,efel   Ac,ve  

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Membership  Update  

Email  Ini,a,ve  was  successful    2  transi,ons  to  life,me    6  paid  up  dues    6  asked  us  to  stop  sending  emails  

Working  with  website  commiIee  to  clarify  dues  

Working  on  a  Dashboard  for  membership  sta,s,cs      will  provide  Dashboard  in  minutes  

         

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Fundraising  CommiIee  Report  

Gregory  J.  Zipfel,  Ray  Turner,  Mustafa  Baskaya  

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Update    Fundraising  Goals  

 $30,000  –  Dempsey  Research  Award   $5,000  –  BAF  /  Christopher  C.  Getch  Research  Award  

 $7,500  –  DePuy  Synthes  CMF  Resident  Research  Award  

  Fundraising  Status   $30,000  –  Stryker  (received)  

 $10,000  –  Covidien  (received)   $20,000  –  Penumbra  (received)  

     $7,500  –  DePuy  Synthes  CMF  (applica,on  submiIed)  

Extra  $25,000  to  be  applied  to  2015  Awards  

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Update    Annual  fundraising  Goals  

  $30,000  –  Dempsey  Research  Award    $5,000  –  BAF  /  Christopher  C.  Getch  Research  Award  

  $7,500  –  DePuy  Synthes  CMF  Resident  Research  Award  

  Fundraising  Status    $30,000    –    Stryker  (received  in  2013;  contac,ng  for  2014)    $10,000    –    Covidien  (received  in  2013;  contac,ng  for  2014)  

  $20,000    –    Penumbra  (received  in  2013;  contac,ng  for  2014)  

  $7,500    –    DePuy  Synthes  (received  in  2013;  contac,ng  for  2014)    $15,000    –    Carl  Zeiss  Meditec  (verbal  commitment  for  2014)  

  $15,000    –    Aesculap  (verbal  commitment  for  2014)  

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CV Research Award Update

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NewsleIer  CommiIee  

Drs.  Bulsara,  Ducruet  

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Website  CommiIee  Report  

Gregory  J.  Zipfel  and  Babu  Welch  

Bill  Ashley  Bernard  Bendok  Bob  Carter  Roc  Chen    Amir  Dehdash,  Aclan  Dogan  Rose  Du  Edward  Duckworth  Chirag  Gandhi  

Fernando  Gonzalez  Andrew  Grande  Rob  James  Bill  Mack  Aditya  Pandey  Clemens  Schirmer  ScoI  Simon  Rabih  Tawk  

CommiKee  Members  

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Website  CommiIee  Report  

Gregory  J.  Zipfel  and  Babu  Welch  

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Thanks  to  CommiIee  Members  

  Bill  Ashley  

  Bernard  Bendok    Bob  Carter    Roc  Chen    

  Amir  Dehdash,    Aclan  Dogan    Rose  Du  

  Edward  Duckworth    Chirag  Gandhi  

  Fernando  Gonzalez  

  Andrew  Grande    Rob  James    Bill  Mack  

  Aditya  Pandey    Clemens  Schirmer    ScoI  Simon  

  Rabih  Tawk    Ajith  Thomas  

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Thanks  to  Sec,on  Editors  

  News      –    Clemens  Schirmer  

  Pa,ents      –    Bill  Mack    Membership    –    Rabih  Tawk      Mee,ngs      –    Rose  Du  

  Educa,on      –    Amir  Dehdash,    Research      –    ScoI  Simon    Interna,onal    –    Chirag  Gandhi  

  About  Us      –    Babu  Welch  

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Next  Steps  

  E-­‐blast  to  membership  to  update  bios  

  Con,nuing  updates  to  sec,ons    Babu  Welch  –  new  website  commiIee  chair  

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NREF  Update  

Gregory  J.  Zipfel  

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Background    

 NREF  has  undergone  major  restructuring  with  overall  goal  to  greatly  expand  its  presence  and  role  in  neurosurgery  research  and  educa,on  

 One  aspect  of  this  is  enhancing  alliances  with  AANS/CNS  sec,ons  including  JCVS  

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Requests  from  NREF  

  Con,nue  $20,000  annual  dona,on  from  JCVS  

  Add  NREF  link  to  JCVS  website    Permit  NREF  presenta,on  at  JCVS  EC  mee,ngs    Promote  NREF  dona,ons  among  JCVS  members  

  Work  with  NREF  to  fund  endovascular  fellowships    Work  with  NREF  to  develop  vascular  outreach  to  emerging  markets  (China  and  India  especially)    Interna,onal  courses  and  fellowships  (industry  funded)  

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Requests  of  NREF  

  Recogni,on  for  $20,000  annual  support  to  NREF  

  Develop  CV  clinical  trialist  fellowship  (industry  funded)  

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Curriculum  Development  &  Educa,on  CommiIee  

Dr.  Bernard  Bendok  

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CV  Sec,on    Educa,on  CommiIee  Update  

Bernard  R.  Bendok,  MD  

Adnan  Siddiqui,  MD  

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CV  Sec,on  Educa,on  and  MOC  CommiIee  

  Phillipe  Albuqeurque  

  Adam  Arthur  

  Nicholas  Bambakidis  

  Bernard  Bendok    Roc  Chen  

  Kevin  CockroW  

  Amir  Dash,  

  Carlos  David  

  Ed  Duckworth    Fernando  Gonzalez  

  Brian  Ho  

  Pascal  Jabbour  

  Sepi  Hanjani  

  Sean  Lavine    James  Liu  

  Gusepie  Lanzino  

  Elad  Levy  

  Joel  MacDonald    

  Aditya  Pandey    Aman  Patel  

  Andy  Ringer  

  James,  Robert  F    

  Adnan  Siddiqui  

  Rabih  Tawk    Stavropoula  I.  Tjoumakaris  

  Raymond  Turner  

  Babu  Welch  

  Ed  Vates  

  Erol  Veznedaroglou    Greg  Zipfel  

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MOC  Ini,a,ve  

 Projects  

 I.  Crea,on  of  a  Vascular    MOC  

 II.  AANS  MOC  Book  

 III.  CNS  Vascular    SANS  

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Vascular  MOC  Ques,ons  Project  

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Current  Status  

 300  ques,ons  

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AANS  MOC  Book  

Effort  led  by  Drs  Harbaugh  and  Shaffery  

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CommiIee  Members:  

  AANS  –  Mitchell  Berger,  William  Couldwell,  Robert  Harbaugh,  Christopher  Shaffrey    

  SNS  Liaison  –  Nathan  Selden      CV  Sec+on  –  Bernard  Bendok,  Adnan  Siddiqui      Pain  Sec,on  –  Julie  Pilitsis,  Jason  Schwalb      Pediatric  Sec,on  –  Gerald  Grant,  Mark  Krieger      Peripheral  Nerve  –  Michel  Kloit,  Allan  Belzberg    Spine  &  PN  Sec,on  -­‐  Joseph  Cheng,  Michael  Groff,  Praveen  Mummaneni      Stereotac,c  &  Func,onal  Sec,on  –  Joseph  Niemat,  Julie  Pilitsis      Trauma  &  Cri,cal  Care  –  Daniel  Lu,  Mar,na  S,ppler      Tumor  Sec,on  –  Christopher  McPherson,    Andrew  Sloan    Staff  Liaisons  –  Samantha  Luebbering  and  Martha  Laura    MOC  CommiIee  Liaison  –  Thomas  Leipzig       

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MOC  Vascular  Module  

 (Drs.  Bendok  and  Siddiqui)    

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Matrix  and  Milestones  

 (Dr.  Bambakidis)    

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Matrix  and  Milestones  

•  SNS  asked  for  forma,on  of  ad  hoc  commiIee  from  CV  Sec,on  for  development  of  matrix  and  milestone  specific  educa,onal  content  for  use  in  Portal  Project  

•  NCB  (chair),  S.  Amin-­‐Hanjani,  G.  Zipfel,  P.  Nakaji,  A.  Khalessi,  S.  Quintero  

•  MOU  recently  signed  regarding  implementa,on  between  AANS,  CNS,  SNS,  ABNS  

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Bylaws/Rules  &  Regula,ons  CommiIee  

Dr.  Schirmer  

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Bylaws/Rules  &  Regula,ons  Commitee    

Dr.  Clemens  Schirmer  

Dr.  Stacey  Wolfe  and  Dr.  Amir  Dehdash,  • Rules  and  regula,ons  available  on  the  new  website  for  download  

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CAST/Training  Standards  

 (Dr.  Bambakidis)    

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Brain  AIack  Coali,on  

 (Dr.  Huang)    

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Old  Business  

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 Drs.  Connolly,  Mocco,  Welch  

N2QOD  

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N2QOD  Update  

E.  Sander  Connolly,  Babu  Welch,  Carlos  David  

Completed  to  date:    Alignment  of  proposed  module  with  N2QOD  established  structure    41  page  user  manual  

 Verifica,on  of  variable  validity    Build  of  aligned  REDCap  Database  

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N2QOD  Update  

Submit  Manual  and  CV  Module  to  SC            2/18  Refine  According  to  SC  Recs                2/19-­‐23  

Ini,ate  Pilot  at  Semmes  Murphy  and  Vanderbilt      2/24  Weekly  Calls  with  Pilot  Centers  &  Vasc  Mod  Team    2/24-­‐  3/21  

Expand  Pilot  to  6  centers                  3/23  Broad  Go-­‐Live                        4/14  

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Resident  &  Fellow  Endovascular  Courses  

Drs  Arthur,  Mocco  and  Veznedaroglu  

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Resident  and  Fellow  Courses  • Introduc,on  to  Cerebrovascular  Neurosurgery  for  Junior  Residents  Prac,cal  Clinic  .  

• To  expose  Jr.  residents  to  what  it  means  to  be  a  combined  cerebrovascular  surgeon  • Held  at  AANS  mee,ng  

•   Erol  Veznedaroglu  and  J  Mocco  

• 3D  Anatomy  for  Residents  (emphasis  on  vacscular)  • To  review  anatomy  with  emphasis  on  open  cerebrovascular  approaches  • Held  in  Houston  each  August  • Michael  Lawton  

• AANS  Endovascular  and  Open  Cerebrovascular  Course  for  Senior  Residents  • To  prac,ce  endovascular  and  open  surgical  techniques  with  reperfused  cadaver  and  live  models  • Held  at  MERI,  November  7-­‐9  

• Erol  Veznedaroglu,  Michael  Lawton,  Adam  Arthur  

• ENRG  Boot  Camp  for  Beginning  Endovascular  Fellows  • To  prepare  fellows  entering  fellowship  • Held  at  3C  mee,ng  • Andy  Ringer  

• CV  Sec,on/SNIS  Joint  Fellows  Courses  • To  expose  fellows  in  training  to  didac,cs  and  new  technology  • Held  at  CV  Sec,on  and  SNIS  Mee,ngs  • 1  CV  Sec,on  and  1  SNIS  director  

• AANS/SNIS/SVIN  Endovascular  Course  for  Senior  Fellows  • To  prac,ce  endovascular  techniques  with  live  models  • Held  at  MERI,  October  4-­‐6  • Erol  Veznedaroglu  and  Adam  Arthur  

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3C  mee,ng  

Dr  Adnan  Siddiqui  

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Brain  Aneurysm  Founda,on/C.  Getch  Research  Award  

Dr  Carlos  David  &  Zipfel  

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New  Business  

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Clinical  Trials  Advisory  CommiIee  

 Drs.  Carter,  Friedlander,  Zipfel  

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Elec,on  Results  

 Drs.  Friedlander    

&  Amin-­‐Hanjani  

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Elec,on  Results  

• Chair-­‐Elect:  Sean  Lavine  • Vice  Chair:  Kevin  CockroW  • Secretary:  J  Mocco  

• Member-­‐at-­‐Large:  Nicholas  Bambakidis  • Nomina,ng  CommiIee:    Babu  Welch  

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Thank  you!