Board Members

Officers & Committee Chairs

President
John C. “Jay” Wellons, III, MD, MSPH
Cal Turner Chair and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, and Radiology
Vice Chair, Department of Neurologic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital
Email: [email protected]

President-Elect
Shenandoah (Dody) Robinson, MD 
Professor of Neurosurgery 
Johns Hopkins
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ 

Secretary
Abhaya Kulkarni, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC
University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Kids 
Email: [email protected] 

Treasurer
Bradley Weprin, MD, MHCM
Director Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Health Texas
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, and Radiation Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.childrens.com/

Member-At-Large
Susan Durham, MD 
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Email: [email protected]

Member-At-Large
Howard Weiner, MD
Chief of Neurosurgery
George A. Peterkin Jr. Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery
Texas Children's Hospital
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Email: [email protected] 

Past President
Gerald Grant, MD 
Duke University
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery 
Email: [email protected]

Credentials and Membership Committee Chairman:  Brandon Rocque, MD and Kelly Mahaney, MD

Bylaws Committee Chairman: Ruth Bristol, MD

Education Committee:  Cormac Maher, MD (Chair) and Carolyn Quinsey, MD 

GEDI Task Force:  Angela Price, MD 

Nominating Committee:  Gerald Grant (Chair); Jeff Ojemann, MD, John Ragheb, MD, Dody Robinson, MD, Susan Durham, MD 

Advocacy Committee:  Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, MD (Chair); Tina Duhaime, MD (Climate); Jonathan Martin, MD (Firearms Safety); Suresh Magge, MD; David Bauer, MD; Alexandra Beier, MD; Heather Spader, MD; Eric Sribnick, MD 

Mentorship Committee:  Howard Weiner, MD and Mark Krieger, MD 

Communication  Committee: Krystal Tomei, MD 

Membership Committee: Brandon Rocque, MD and Kelly Mahaney, MD 

Research Committee: David Daniels, MD

Scientific Program Committee Chairman:  Neena Marupudi, MD

Wellness:  Tony Avellino, MD 

Historian: Marion L Walker, MD