Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons
Appearance
Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS), founded in the year 1964, is the inter-continental, non-governmental, learned society representing the neurosurgeons of Asian-Australasian region.[1][2] It has 28 national societies as its constituents, which represent the 60% of global neurosurgeons.[3][4] It is the largest of the 5 continental associations ((AANS, AASNS, CAANS, EANS and FLANC) of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.[5] The official journal of the society is Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.[6][7]
Affiliated national societies
The following societies representing their respective country are constituents of AASNS: [8]
- Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons
- Chinese Neurosurgical Society
- Chinese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Emirates Neuroscience Society
- Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons
- Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society
- Neurosurgical Section of Neurological Society of India
- Indonesian Neurosurgical Society
- Israel Neurosurgical Society
- Japan Neurosurgical Society
- Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Korean Neurosurgical Society
- Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia
- Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeon
- New Zealand Neurosurgical Society
- Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery
- Clinical Neuroscience Society of Singapore
- Taiwan Neurosurgical Society
- The Royal College of Neurological Surgeons of Thailand
- Uzbekistan Society of Neurosurgery
- Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society
Past Presidents
List of the past presidents in chronological order: [9]
- Douglas Miller
- Keiji Sano
- Udon Poshakrina
- Romeo Gustillo
- HL Wen
- J Geoffrey Toakley
- Kil Soo Choi
- Ching-Chang Hung
- Iftikhar Ali Raja
- Balaji Sadasivan
- Tetsuo Kanno
- Yong-Kwang TU
- Andrew Kaye
- Basant Misra
References
- ^ (Leigh) Atkinson, R.L. (January 25, 2013). "History of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons from 1964 to 2012: A personal account". Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 20 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2012.07.005. PMC 7127368. PMID 23182160.
- ^ Sadasivan, Balaji (June 25, 2011). The Dancing Girl: A History of Early India. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789814311670 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Member Countries | AASNS".
- ^ "AASNS".
- ^ "About the Foundation | World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies". www.wfns.org.
- ^ https://www.jocn-journal.com/article/S0967-5868(12)00427-4/pdf
- ^ "Journals | AASNS".
- ^ "Affiliated Societies Links | AASNS".
- ^ http://www.aasns.org/society-information/past-presidents/