Global Engagement Committee
The Global Engagement Committee (GEC) is a committee created by the Board to enhance the relationship of the ANA to the wider world of academic neurology and neuroscience in a global context. The GEC works with ANA leadership regarding how best to achieve ANA’s international objectives.
Blogs:
- Ubongo is the Nyanja word for brain. Dr. Omar Siddiqi’s experience working as a neurologist in Zambia and his efforts to improve neurological care in the country.
- On the Road: A Zambian Neurologist in the Windy City at the 2022 ANA Annual Meeting
Chair
Omar Siddiqi, MD
2023 – 2025
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vice Chair
Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS
2024 – 2025
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Members
Melody Asukile, MB CHB, MMED, FCNeurol(SA)
2022 – 2025
University of Zambia
Mehari Genreyohanns, MD
2022 – 2025
University of Texas Southwestern
Margherita Milone, MD, PhD, FANA
2023 – 2026
Mayo Clinic
Fred Stephen Sarfo, MD, PhD, FWACP, FGCP
2022 – 2025
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Joseph Zunt, MD, MPH
2022 – 2025
University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center
Monica Diaz, MD, MS
2022 – 2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Uma Menon, MD, MBA (HC)
2023 – 2026
Stefano Sandrone, PhD
2023 – 2026
Imperial College London
Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, FANA
2023 – 2026
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Nicoline Scheiss, MD, FANA
Observer
2022 – 2025
World Health Organization / Johns Hopkins University
ANA Board Liaison
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP, FANA
2023 – 2025
University of Pennsylvania
ANA Staff Liaison
Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS