December, 2013
Dear Colleagues,
As I have mentioned, one of my goals as President of the ANA is to expand our international reach enough to help strengthen neurologic research around the world.
For that reason I am pleased to announce the establishment of the ANA’s International Outreach Committee, which met for the first time on November 18. The goal of the committee is to define a potential role for the ANA in international neurological issues that are aligned with our role as academic clinicians and clinician scientists. We have been encouraged in this effort by colleagues from both within the ANA and abroad.
Initial members of the committee are Joseph Berger, University of Kentucky; Ildefonso Rodriguez-Leyva, Universitad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi (Mexico); Shri Mishra, University of Southern California; Farrah Mateen, Harvard University; and myself.
In the coming months, our committee hopes to identify countries where neurology could most greatly benefit from a relationship with the ANA, and to determine the best methods for establishing those relationships. We have already established preliminary relationships with neurologists in Mexico, India and Turkey. This initiative has the potential for tremendous rewards over years. Please stay tuned for further details as they become available, and feel free to share your ideas with me or anyone else on the committee.
Sincerely,
Robert H. Brown, Jr., D.Phil., M.D.
University of Massachusetts