The Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS) is the inter-continental,

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representing

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s of the Asian-Australasian region. It was founded in 1964 and is made up of twenty-eight national societies, totaling 60 percent of neurosurgeons globally. It is the largest of the five continental associations ( AANS, AASNS, CAANS, EANS and FLANC) of the

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. The official journal of the society is the

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Affiliated national societies

The following societies representing their respective country are constituents of AASNS: *Neurosurgical Society of Australasia *Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons *Chinese Neurosurgical Society *Chinese Congress of Neurological Surgeons *Emirates Neuroscience Society *Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons *Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society *Neurosurgical Section of Neurological Society of India *Indonesian Neurosurgical Society *Israel Neurosurgical Society *Japan Neurosurgical Society *Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons *Korean Neurosurgical Society *Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia *Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeon *New Zealand Neurosurgical Society *Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery *Clinical Neuroscience Society of Singapore *Taiwan Neurosurgical Society *The Royal College of Neurological Surgeons of Thailand *Uzbekistan Society of Neurosurgery *Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society

Past Presidents

List of the past presidents in chronological order: * Douglas Miller * Keiji Sano * Udon Poshakrina * Romeo Gustillo * HL Wen * J Geoffrey Toakley * Kil Soo Choi * Ching-Chang Hung * Iftikhar Ali Raja *

Balaji Sadasivan Balaji Sadasivan ( or ; 11 July 1955 – 27 September 2010) was a Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon. He attended Raffles Institution, Siglap Secondary School and National Junior College, and studied medicine at the University of Singapo ...

* Tetsuo Kanno * Yong-Kwang TU * Andrew Kaye * Basant Misra

References

{{reflist Learned societies Medical and health organisations based in Singapore Neurosurgery organizations International organisations based in Singapore