Through a nationwide election, Dr. Ketan Bulsara, chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at UConn Health has been elected the 43rd chair of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery.

This is a very prominent neurosurgical section whose leaders have had great impact in neurosurgery and far beyond.  The mission of the Cerebrovascular (CV) Section is to promote and assure advancement in the diagnosis and the surgical and endovascular management of cerebrovascular disease.

In doing so the CV section serves as the forum for the exchange of ideas and information among neurological surgeons, promotes public awareness of the many manifestations of cerebrovascular disease and educate the public on recognizing the signs and symptoms as well as the treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disease, and advance the field.

In addition the CV serves as the responsible body to apprise the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS of activities in this area of neurological surgery; a resource for the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS in conducting special studies and propose solutions to problems in this area when directed to do so by the Board and/or Executive Committee; and serves the Section to assist the AANS and the CNS in the advancement of education, research, and patient care in the area of cerebrovascular disease;