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/.
2025 ARANS MEETING
May 15-17, 2025
Cleveland, Ohio
2025 ARANS
Meeting Information
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 2024-2025
President (2024-2025)
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
President Elect (2024-2025)
Samantha Phu
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Neurosurgery
Cedars-Sinai
samantha.phu@cshs.org
Vice President (2024-2025)
Colleen Bruton, C-TAGME
Resident Program Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California-Los Angeles
cbruton@mednet.ucla.edu
Past President (2024-2025)
Sherolyn L. Patterson, CEAP
GME Program Administrator - Duke Neurosurgery
Duke University Hospital
sherolyn.patterson@duke.edu
Secretary (2023-2025)
Kellie Devney, C-TAGME
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center
kdevney@unmc.edu
Treasurer (2024-2026)
Beth Battisti, MHA, C-TAGME
Program Manager
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
battise@ccf.org
Meeting Chair (2023-2025)
Margaret Minea, C-TAGME
Residency Program Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Kansas Medical Center
mminea2@kumc.edu
Member at Large (2023-2025)
Shanna Selsor, MHS
Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Neurosurgery
Stanford University
selsor@stanford.edu
Member at Large (2024-2026)
Sophie White, MPH, C-TAGME
Senior Academic Specialist
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Maryland
swhite@som.umaryland.edu
Professional Organization Liaison (2023-2026)
Mary Gallagher
Director of Education
Department of Neurological Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
mjgallag@iu.edu
Professional Organization Liaison (2023-2027)
Pam Lane, C-TAGME
Neurosurgery Residency Program Manager
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
pamela.lane@vumc.org
New Member Liaison (2023-2025)
Tobi Cooney, C-TAGME
Residency Program Coordinator
Section of Neurosurgery
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Tobi.J.Cooney@hitchcock.org