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Learned society for neurosurgeons
The Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS) is the inter-continental,
non-governmental,
learned society representing
neurosurgeons of the
Asian-Australasian region.
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[2] It was founded in 1964 and is made up of twenty-eight national societies, totaling 60 percent of neurosurgeons globally.
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[4] It is the largest of the five continental associations (
AANS, AASNS,
CAANS,
EANS and
FLANC) of the
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
[5] The official journal of the society is the
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.
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Affiliated national societies
The following societies representing their respective country are constituents of AASNS:
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- 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:
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- 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
- Wan Tew Seow
References