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One Neurosurgery Movement http://www.oneneurosurgery.com

We Recognize • AANS and CNS have contributed to our specialty since they were founded in 1931 and 1951, respectively. • CNS and AANS are led by talented and dedicated individuals. • The time and effort they spend on our two national organizations is admirable.

Question is “How Can We Do Better In The Future?”

• The Great Majority of Neurosurgeons Favors One Neurosurgery Society. • 100% of Vendors Favor Supporting A Single Annual Meeting.

Neurosurgeons Poll January – March, 2013 Are you in favor of combining the AANS and CNS into one society? Yes 1,836 90.4% No 196 9,6% Total 2, 032 100%

Vendors Poll July, 2013 Would you prefer to support one annual major Neurosurgery meeting? Yes 100% 29 vendors Do you anticipate or have you implemented more restrictive budgets for Neurosurgery meeting support and attendance? Yes 93% 27 vendors No 7% 2

National Organization of Other Specialties One Primary Society, One Annual Meeting, One Primary Journal • OB/GYN (43,000 active practitioners) Anesthesiology (34,000) Orthopedic Surgery (24,000) Ophthalmology (15,000) Urology (10,000) Otolaryngology (10,000) Plastic Surgery (4,000) CT surgery (3,000)- Two primary societies, Two annual meetings, One journal • Neurosurgery (3,800) Two primary societies, annual meetings, journals •

What Are Justifications for Two Neurosurgery Societies? CNS is a leadership training ground • CNS has no leadership training program. Two organizations give stronger political voice • Unproven claim (4,000 neurosurgeons/1 million physicians - 0.4%) O ther justification? •

Basic Truths • Time away from work and family during the AANS and CNS annual meetings is important to neurosurgeons. • Many neurosurgeons go to the meetings for a day or a few days to get CME and meeting attendance credit, and rarely stay for the whole meeting.

• AANS and CNS meetings discuss essentially the same topics and have almost identical presentations. “The circle of innovation does not justify 2 annual meetings.” • The most robust education comes from smaller meetings, rather than the large meeting format.

• The annual cost of AANS and CNS to neurosurgery community is huge. • The time and money our members have to attend meetings decreased and will likely further decrease. • Vendor support (the bedrock of the financial stability of both national meetings) is decreasing.

• Neurosurgery has two primary societies, two annual meetings and two journals • About 70 neurosurgery societies, including state neurosurgical societies, and subspecialty societies • One society for 57 neurosurgeons!

Meeting Attendance For Membership • You need to attend AANS and CNS meetings to keep membership. • All other primary societies – No meeting attendance requirement.

Opinions of Neurosurgeons Favoring One Neurosurgery • Too many dues/meeting requirements. We should not have to go to meetings for our CME’s. There are other (sometimes even better) ways to get CME’s than AANS meetings. • The circle of innovation does not justify two neurosurgical meetings per annum.

• Would like to see a combined neurosurgical voice and less ego-driven sub-compartmentalization of neurosurgical societies. • Even though both societies have done a fine job for us, I think we would be better served at lower cost by a unified organization.

• Seems archaic to have 2 identical organizations at this juncture • There are several advantages to have only one main professional society. • One organization is enough. • Our community is too small to necessitate two nationally-run organizations.

• One society will have better political power and better attendance at meetings. • Save sometime and money with 1 organization. • Combine. • Together we fall, united we stand.

• There are benefits to having two professional societies, most notably the innovations that are driven by healthy competition between the organizations. Having said that, it does seem reasonable to have an open discussion that engages our members to examine whether or not the obvious benefits of a single organization outweigh the advantages of the current situation.

Vendors Comments • Both societies overlap in too many areas and industry can not continue to support so many societies that appeal to their customer bases. It reduces what we can do within that segment of our business. This is a great initiative – and long overdue. • A great idea to improve education, focus messaging, and improve advocacy for neurosurgery.

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