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/.
2023 ARANS MEETING
May 18-20, 2023
Dallas, TX
REGISTRATION AND HOUSING NOW OPEN!
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 2022-2023
President (2022-2023)
Cameron K. Davis
Neurosurgery Residency Program Manager
Carolinas Medical Center/Atrium Health
Cameron.Davis@atriumhealth.org
President Elect (2022-2023)
Sherolyn L. Patterson
GME Program Coordinator- Duke Department of Neurosurgery
Duke University Hospital
sherolyn.patterson@duke.edu
Past President
Pam Lane, C-TAGME
Neurosurgery Residency Program Manager
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Neurosurgery
pamela.lane@vumc.org
Past President
Mary Gallagher
Director of Education-Neurosurgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
mjgallag@iu.edu
Secretary (2021-2023)
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
Treasurer (2021-2023)
Lois Hengenius
Resident Program Administrator
Department of Neurological Surgery
Neurological Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
lois.hengenius@uhhospitals.org
Meeting Chair (2021-2023)
Samantha Phu
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Neurosurgery
Cedars-Sinai
samantha.phu@cshs.org
Member at Large (2021-2023)
Beth Battisti, MHA
Program Manager
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
battise@ccf.org
Member at Large (2021-2024)
Margaret Minea, C-TAGME
Residency Program Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Kansas Medical Center
mminea2@kumc.edu
New Member Liaison (2022-2024)
Tobi Co0ney, C-TAGME
Residency Program Coordinator
Section of Neurosurgery
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Tobi.J.Cooney@hitchcock.org