Boop named president of AANS

On May 5, Semmes-Murphey Pediatric Neurosurgeon Frederick A. Boop, MD, was named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeon. Boop became the group’s president during the 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, which was held in Chicago.

“It’s an honor to serve and continue the long legacy of SemmesMurphey chairmen who have presided over the organization,” Boop said.

Boop is chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center,co-director of the Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, medical director of the Le Bonheur Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit and chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

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