AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS THOMAS A. MARSHALL, Executive Director 5550 Meadowbrook Drive Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Phone: 888-566-AANS Fax: 847-378-0600 info@aans.org
President PAUL C. MCCORMICK, MD, MPH New York, New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2011
CONGRESS OF
NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS REGINA SHUPAK, Acting Executive Director 10 North Martingale Road, Suite 190 Schaumburg, IL 60173 Phone: 877-517-1CNS FAX: 847-240-0804 info@1CNS.org
President CHRISTOPHER E. WOLFLA, MD Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alison Dye (202) 446-2028, adye@neurosurgery.org
Washington, D.C. – On November 22, 2011, an individual claiming to be a “brain surgeon” made several statements referencing neurosurgical care on a Mark Levin radio show segment. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) reviewed this segment and found that it contained several factual inaccuracies which we wish to clarify.
The AANS and CNS are unaware of any federal government document directing that advanced neurosurgery for patients over 70 years of age will not be indicated and only supportive care treatment will be provided. Furthermore, in conducting our own due diligence, it appears that the caller who identified himself as a brain surgeon is not a neurosurgeon, nor was there any session at the recent Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ scientific meeting in Washington, D.C. at which a purported government document calling for the rationing of neurosurgical care was discussed.
Neurosurgeons are committed to providing timely, compassionate, and state of the art treatment for all patients — regardless of age — who have neurosurgical conditions. As such, we have requested that this podcast be removed from Mark Levin’s website as it portrays inaccurate information which could potentially be harmful to the patients that we serve.
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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), founded in 1931, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), founded in 1951, are the two largest scientific and educational associations for neurosurgical professionals in the world. These groups represent over 8,000 neurosurgeons worldwide. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the entire nervous system, including the spinal column, spinal cord, brain and peripheral nerves. For more information, please visit www.aans.org or www.cns.org.
WASHINGTON OFFICE 725 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 KATIE O. ORRICO, Director Phone: 202-628-2072 Fax: 202-628-5264 E-mail: korrico@neurosurgery.org
Contact:
http://www.aans.org/pdf/AANS_News/Mark_Levin_Statement_FINAL.PDF
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