Society of Neurological Surgeons - Winn Prize
The Society of Neurological Surgeons is pleased to announce that nominations
are open for the 2010, H. Richard Winn, MD, Prize
The purpose of this international award is to encourage research in the neurosciences
and to recognize outstanding, continuous commitment to research in the neurosciences
by a neurological surgeon. For more details, please see: http://www.societyns.org/
The Society of Neurological Surgeons has established a committee composed of neurosurgeons
and neuroscientists to evaluate candidates and select an annual awardee. We invite
you and your colleagues to submit nominations. In order to encourage a broad solicitation,
the Society would appreciate dispersing this announcement to your colleagues and
faculty. Please note that the goal of The Winn Prize is to recognize accomplished,
but active investigators and not to honor individuals whose career, however distinguished,
is emeritus. Previous Grass Prize awardees are ineligible.
Nominations for the Winn Prize must be accompanied by a short summary of the nominee’s
significant scientific accomplishments and contributions. The letter proposing the
nominee must be accompanied by three to five papers, which the nominee feels represent
their most significant, and substantial research contributions. The letter of nomination
should be mailed by post or sent electronically to the Chair of the Winn Prize Selection
committee:
Ralph G. Dacey,Jr. MD,
Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor
Chairman of Neurosurgery
Washington University
660 S. Euclid Ave. Box 8057
St. Louis, MO 63110-0000
daceyr@nsurg.wustl.edu
The H. Richard Winn Prize has been established by the generous support of family,
friends, colleagues, former residents and grateful patients (see http://www.societyns.org/ ).
Biography of H. Richard Winn, M.D.
H. Richard Winn, MD, trained in Neurological Surgery at the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville under John A. Jane, MD, PhD. During residency he spent a year
in England at Atkinson Morley's Hospital and had the opportunity start clinical
research on the natural history of cerebral aneurysms working with Alan Richardson
and pursuing long-term outcome studies initiated by Sir Wylie McKissock. Following
military service with the US Army in Germany, Dr. Winn returned to Charlottesville
where he pursued basic science training in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular physiology
under the direction of Robert M. Berne, Professor of Physiology and began his studies
on the role of adenosine and cerebral blood flow regulation. He has been continuously
funded by the NIH since 1974 for this ongoing effort.
He held faculty positions in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiology at the
University of Virginia, rising to full Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurological
Surgery until 1983 when he moved to University of Washington as the Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery with joint Professorship in the
Department of Physiology and Biophysics. In 2003, after spending several months
as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery) at Tribhuvan
University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, he moved to Mount Sinai Medical
School where he was appointed as a tenured Professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery
and Neuroscience.
His clinical interests are centered on cerebrovascular disease, trauma and oncology
while simultaneously continuing to pursue basic investigations in the laboratory.
He was awarded a Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the NIH. Other
honors include being selected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (1992) "for studies in cerebral metabolism and for pioneering investigations
defining the physiologic regulation of brain blood flow," the Wakeman Award for
Research in the Neurosciences (1990), the Sir Wylie McKissock Neuroscience Prize
(1992) from St. George's Medical School, London and the Grass Foundation Award (1999)
from the Society of Neurological Surgery "for excellence in research contributions
in the areas of science and academic neurosurgery." He also received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from the Haverford School (2000) and the Distinguished Service Award
from the Society of Neurological Surgeons (2005).
Cover Letter
Dear Colleague:
It is my sincere pleasure to announce the second annual H. Richard Winn, M.D.
Prize of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. The purpose of this
international award is to encourage research in the neurosciences and to recognize
outstanding, continuous commitment to research in the neurosciences by a neurological
surgeon. This prize both recognizes the accomplishments of Dr. Winn, and seeks to
reward a neurological surgeon who has made, and continues to make, substantial contributions
to clinical or basic neuroscience. The goal of The Winn Prize is
to recognize accomplished, but active investigators and not to honor individuals
whose career, however distinguished, is emeritus.
The award recipient will receive an engraved gold medal, a leather-bound volume
of their reprints, expenses for attending the SNS Annual meeting, and a $3000 cash
prize.
Attached please find a detailed description of the requirements for the prize application,
and contact information for the nomination process. The deadline for nominations
is December 12, 2008.
On behalf of the SNS, I would appreciate it if you could distribute this information
widely to individuals in your institution, or organization that might help us find
the most qualified individuals for consideration by the selection committee for
this honor.
Respectfully submitted,
Kim J. Burchiel, M.D.
Secretary
The Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery is the largest
continental society of neurological surgeons having more than 28 countries as its
members. With China, Japan and Korea, the AASNS has more than 14,000 neurosurgeons
representing almost 40% of the world’s neurosurgeons and 60% of the worlds population.
Australia has played a major role in the formation and growth of the AASNS. The
first meeting of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery was held
in Sydney with Sir Douglas Miller as the president. The late Prof. B. Ramamurthi
a founder member of the AASNS subsequently was elected as a Hon president of the
AASNS. In 1999 Dr.K.Ganapathy was elected as secretary. In keeping with the present
electronic era a website of the AASNS has been created ( www.aasns.com) . It is hoped that through this website all
neurosurgical activities in this region can be accessed. There will be a “Wanted”
section besides a “ Neurosurgeons Available” section. Links will be provided to
all conferences, courses etc. Readers of this journal are cordially invited to make
the maximum use of this website. Material for inclusion may be sent to
webmaster@aasns.com Readers are kindly requested to send photographs of
previous AASNS conferences and any interesting historical information about the
AASNS. This will be acknowledged.
Prof. K. GANAPATHY
Secretary AASNS
Email: drkganapathy@gmail.com
Books, Journals and Publications
Dr. B.S.Singhal is gathering information on cases of familial motor neurone disease
for genetic work up. Those who have seen such cases may please contact
Dr.Singhal
Dept. of Neurology,
Bombay Hospital,
12 Marine Lines,
Mumbai - 400 020.
Fax No. 022 - 283 6926. for a collaborative work up
A National Ataxia Consortium has been formed recently with the
idea of collecting clinical and genetic information on all hereditary and sporadic
degenerative spino-cerebral ataxias. If any of the physicians, neurologists, peadiatricians,
neurosurgeons or others have recently seen such cases and recorded them would they
very kindly contact:
Dr. K K Sinha,
'Mansarovar', Booty Road,
Bariatu,
Ranchi - 834 009.
Fax No.: 0651-541212.
Email: adcran@dte.vsnl.net.in
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contact
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12 A Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam
Chennai - 600 034.
Phone: 9- 44 8259601