Leadership - North American Neuromodulation Society

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Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD

President

Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship
Chief, Division of Pain Management
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

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Ellen Air, MD, PhD

President-Elect

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery and Co-Medical Director,
Neuroscience Service Line,
Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI

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Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH

Treasurer

Medical Director of UW Health Pain Services and UW Pain Clinic and Division;
Chief of Chronic Pain Management at the Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

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Michael Staudt, MD, MSC

Secretary

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Director of Epilepsy Surgery,
Co-Director of Pain Surgery and Neuromodulation;
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

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Ahmed Raslan, MD, FAANS

Past President

John Raaf Chair in Neuroscience,
Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery,
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

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Rany T. Abdallah, MD, PhD, MBA

Director-At-Large

President, APICO Pain Management, Bear, DE

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Rushna Ali, MD

Director-At-Large

Associate Professor, Director of Stereotactic, Functional and Epilepsy Fellowship,
Department of Neurological Surgery,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

David Darrow, MD, MPH

Director-At-Large

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, University of Minnesota;
Assistant Professor, Hennepin Healthcare;
Minneapolis, MNClinic, Rochester, MN

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Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD

Director-At-Large

Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Surgical Epilepsy,
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

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Ryan D’Souza, MD

Director-At-Large

Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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Johnathan Goree, MD

Director-At-Large

Director, Chronic Pain Division,
Chief of Staff – Elect,
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

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Salim Hayek, MD, PhD

Ex-Officio

Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine;
University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center,
Cleveland, OH

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Christine Hunt, DO

Director-At-Large

Assistant Professor, Vice Chair of Quality,
Department of Pain Medicine,
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Scott Lempka, PhD

Director-At-Large

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering;
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Mark Malinowski, DO

Director-At-Large

Interventional and Surgical Pain Physician, OhioHealth Physicians Group, Circleville, OH;
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH

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Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD

Ex-Officio

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery,
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Jeffrey Raskin, MD, MS

Director-At-Large

Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Ann & Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago;
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

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Keri Kramer, CAE

Chief Executive Officer