North American Neuromodulation Society

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North American Neuromodulation Society is a scientific organization that serves to promote and advance neuromodulation as a treatment for various diseases.

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[edit] History

NANS was founded in 1994 as the American Neuromodulation Society. It was renamed the North American Neuromodulation Society in 1999.

[edit] American Neuromodulation Society

The American Neuromodulation Society was the brain-child of Ballard Wright, MD and Barry N. Strauss, MD. Dr. Wright was largely responsible for incorporating and establishing ANS as a non-profit organization in the United States. In the early days, with Dr. Wright volunteering to be the initial Executive Director, the society offices operated through his offices in Lexington, Kentucky. The organization briefly changed its acronym to ANmS to avoid confusion because a company previously named Neuromed adopted the ANS acronym.

[edit] Today

NANS developed out of the American Neuromodulation Society and eventually evolved into an organization whose membership in the past 2 years has more than doubled to 570 members. The majority of these members are working in pain related disciplines, although members in areas such as epilepsy, urinary incontinence, angina, and movement disorders are also represented. In addition, NANS has taken active participation in opening forums for presenting the work of those who deal with functional electrical stimulation for patients with tetraplegia (quadriplegia) and paraplegia or paralysis due to brain injury and stroke. Approximately 700 participants attended the recent annual scientific meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas. The official Journal of NANS is Neuromodulation which is published quarterly.

[edit] Annual Meeting

The 11th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society was held in Acapulco, Mexico from December 7-12, 2007, in conjunction with the 8th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society.

[edit] Presidents

  • 1994 - 1998 Michael Stanton-Hicks
  • 1998 - 2001 John C. Oakley
  • 2001 - 2002 Sam Hassenbusch
  • 2002 - 2003 Peter Staats
  • 2003 - 2005 Richard B. North
  • 2005 - 2007 Joshua Prager
  • 2007 - 2009 Jaimie Henderson

[edit] Relationship with International Neuromodulation Society

International Neuromodulation Society (INS) was founded in 1992, to sensitize the international medical community to the concept of neuromodulation as an emerging multidisciplinary field. The North American Neuromodulation Society is a Regional Chapter of the INS.

[edit] INS Chapter Societies Worldwide

  • Australian Neuromodulation Society
  • Benelux Neuromodulation Society
  • German Neuromodulation Society
  • Italian Neuromodulation Society
  • Japan Neuromodulation Society
  • Southeast European Neuromodulation Society
  • The Neuromodulation Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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