Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ABNS IS TO CONDUCT EXAMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES WHO VOLUNTARILY SEEK CERTIFICATION, AND TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES TO THOSE WHO MEET THE REQUIRMENTS OF THE BOARD.
THE BROAD AIM OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY IS TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY, IMPROVE THE PRACTICE, ELEVATE THE STANDARDS AND ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY AND THEREBY SERVE THE CAUSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY (ABNS) ARE TO CONDUCT EXAMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES WHO VOLUNTARILY SEEK CERTIFICATION AND TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES TO THOSE WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD AND SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE ITS EXAMINATIONS.
THE WRITTEN PRIMARY EXAMINATION WAS GIVEN ONCE IN 2018, 219 TOOK IT FOR CREDIT AND 196 PASSED. THE ORAL EXAMINATION WAS ADMINISTERED TWICE DURING 2018 WITH A TOTAL OF 224 CANDIDATES BEING CERTIFIED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 5,986 ACTIVE DIPLOMATES. ABNS HAS CERTIFIED OVER 7,570 DIPLOMATES SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1940.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Elad I Levy Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| John J Knightly Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Federick A Boop Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Richard G Ellenbogen Md | CHAIRMAN | 4 | $0 |
| John A Wilson Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Linda M Liau Md Phd | TREASURER | 4 | $0 |
| Kevin M Cockroft Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Fredric B Meyer Md | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 8 | $0 |
| E Sander Connolly Jr Md | VICE CHAIRMAN 1 | 4 | $0 |
| Douglas S Kondziolka Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Daniel K Resnick Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Carl B Heilman Md | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| Marjorie C Wang Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Steven N Kalkanis Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Anil Nanda Md | VICE CHAIRMAN 2 | 4 | $0 |
| Alex B Valadka Md | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
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