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2 Purpose-Driven Mission: A History of the American Society of Neuroradiology…
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ASNR-sponsored research has spanned from basic science to clinical applications, including morphologic and physiologic imaging, outcomes research, and the
development of new diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Recent efforts have emphasized evidence-based medicine, comparative effectiveness research (CER) and articial intelligence (AI) [78].
Conclusion
Since its inception in 1962, ASNR has evolved from a small, visionary group of
founders to a major force in the eld of neuroradiology. The Society has stayed true
to its original mission while adapting to the vast changes in healthcare, technology,
and the socioeconomic environment that have occurred since 1990. The society’s
strategic shifts toward inclusivity, advocacy, education, and research reect its commitment to advancing neuroradiology and optimizing patient care. With continuous
strategic planning, ASNR has not only navigated challenges but has also seized
opportunities to promote excellence in practice, advocate for the specialty, foster
international collaboration, and drive forward with innovation in research and education. The enduring legacy of ASNR is a testament to its members’ dedication and
the pivotal role neuroradiology plays in modern medicine.
Acknowledgments The author would like to acknowledge the following individuals who provided encouragement and invaluable support toward the completion of this endeavor: Mary Beth
Hepp, Yvonne W.Lui, MD, James B.Gantenberg, FACHE, Karen Lyp, Robert M.Quencer, MD,
Mauricio Castillo, MD, William P.Dillon, MD, Robert M.Barr, MD, Patrick A.Turski, MD, Eric
J.Russell, MD, Robert I.Grossman, MD, Robert R.Lukin, MD, David M.Yousem, MD, Pina
C. Sanelli, MD, Barton F. Branstetter IV, MD, Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, and Erin Simon
Schwartz, MD.
Appendix: Past Presidents oftheAmerican Society
ofNeuroradiology
2023–24 Yvonne W.Lui, MD, FACR
2022–23 Erin Simon Schwartz, MD, FACR
2021–22 Tina Young Poussaint, MD, FACR
2020–21 Joshua A.Hirsch, MD, FACR, FSIR, FSNIS
2019–20 Robert M.Barr MD, FACR
2018–19 Pina C.Sanelli, MD, MPH, FACR
2017–18 Jacqueline A.Bello, MD, FACR
2016–17 Howard A.Rowley, MD
2015–16 Laurie A.Loevner, MD
2014–15 Gordon K.Sze, MD, FACR
2013–14 Mauricio Castillo, MD, FACR
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2012–13 Pamela W.Schaefer, MD
2011–12 David B.Hackney, MD, FACR
2010–11 Carolyn Cidis Meltzer, MD, FACR
2009–10 John R.Hesselink, MD, FACR
2008–09 Robert D.Zimmerman, MD, FACR*
2007–08 David M.Yousem, MD, MBA
2006–07 Robert I.Grossman, MD
2005–06 Patricia A.Rhyner, MD
2004–05 Victor M.Haughton, MD
2003–04 Charles M.Strother, MD
2002–03 Patrick A.Turski, MD, FACR
2001–02 William P.Dillon, MD
2000–01 William S.Ball, Jr., MD
1999–00 Eric J.Russell, MD, FACR
1998–99 A.James Barkovich, MD
1997–98 Richard E.Latchaw, MD
1996–97 Burton P.Drayer, MD
1995–96 Robert R.Lukin, MD
1994–95 Robert M.Quencer, MD
1993–94 Glenn S.Forbes, MD, FACR
1992–93 David Norman, MD
1991–92 R.Nick Bryan, MD, PhD
1990–91 Anton N.Hasso, MD, FACR*
1989–90 Joseph F.Sackett, MD
1988–89 Anne G.Osborn, MD
1987–88 Michael S.Huckman, MD*
1986–87 Derek C.Harwood-Nash, MD*
1985–86 R.Thomas Bergeron, MD
1984–85 Samuel M.Wolpert, MD*
1983–84 O.Wayne Houser, MD*
1982–83 Arthur E.Rosenbaum, MD
1981–82 Gabriel H.Wilson, MD*
1980–81 George Wortzman, MD
1979–80 David O.Davis, MD*
1978–79 Stephen A.Kieffer, MD*
1977–78 Sadek K.Hilal, MD*
1976–77 Norman E.Leeds, MD*
1975–76 Irvin I.Kricheff, MD*
1974–75 Hillier L.Baker, Jr., MD*
1973–74T.Hans Newton, MD*
1972–73 Fred J.Hodges, III, MD*
1971–72 Norman E.Chase, MD*
1970–71 D.Gordon Potts, MD*
1969–70 Giovanni Di Chiro, MD*
1968–69 Colin B.Holman, MD*
J. D. Clemente
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1967–68 Harold O.Peterson, MD*
1966–67 Ernest H.Wood, MD*
1965–66 Donald L.McRae, MD*
1964–65 Mannie M.Schechter, MD*
1962–64 Juan M.Taveras, MD*
Founding Members
Norman E.Chase, MD*
Giovanni Di Chiro, MD*
William N.Hanafee, MD*
Fred J.Hodges, III, MD*
Colin B.Holman, MD*
Norman E.Leeds, MD*
Eugene V.Leslie, MD*
Donald L.McRae, MD*
Thomas H.Newton, MD*
Harold O.Peterson, MD*
D.Gordon Potts, MD*
Mannie M.Schechter, MD*
Juan M.Taveras, MD*
Ernest H.Wood, MD*
*Deceased
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Chapter 3
Asian-Oceanian Society ofNeuroradiology
andHead & Neck Radiology: TheEarly
Years
FrancisHui andC.C.TchoyosonLim
Introduction
The Asian and Oceanian Society of Neuroradiology and Head & Neck Radiology
(AOSNHNR) is a federation of Neuroradiological Societies comprising neuroradiologists and head and neck radiologists, dedicated to the science and the arts of
diagnostic and interventional radiology within the region of Asia and Oceania [1].
This chapter chronicles the founding and development of the Society to the present
day, focusing especially on our Congresses. The AOSNHNR works closely with
international partners in Europe, the Americas and also with general radiology
Societies and those of our allied health professionals. Many individual members
have made important contributions, and individual Asian and Oceanian national
societies have written other chapters in this book; which readers are encouraged
to peruse.
Founding oftheAOSNHNR
In the early 1990s, the need for a society in the Asian and Oceanian countries to
promote neuroradiology and head and neck radiology was growing. The impending
establishment of the World Federation of the Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS)
F. Hui
Radiology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
C. C. T. Lim (
Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
Duke-NUS Medical School, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Programme,
SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
e-mail: tchoyoson@duke-nus.edu.sg
D. Birchall (ed.), A World History of Neuroradiology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-16653-1_3
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F. Hui and C. C. T.Lim
at the same time, gave new impetus to our radiologists to form a society to provide
representation from the Asian and Oceanian regions [2].
Through the initiative of Prof. Mutsumasa Takahashi, a meeting was arranged in
January 1994 among interested participants attending the 18th International Congress
of Radiology in Singapore in 1993. At this rst organizational meeting of the
AOSNHNR, the representatives of the countries and regions of Asia and Oceania met
and discussed the organization of the Society and its Constitution [3]. Prof. Takahashi
was designated President-Elect and asked to organize the rst scientic meeting to
coincide with the XV Symposium Neuroradiologicum scheduled to be held in
Kumamoto in September 1994. The Constitution of the Society was carefully discussed by the representatives and nally adopted through mail ballots.
First Congress andXV Symposium Neuroradiologicum:
Kumamoto 1994
The nal organizational meeting of the society was held at the Hotel New Otani,
Kumamoto, Japan on September 25, 1994 [4]. More than 30 representatives from
Asia and Oceania region founded the society. The ofce of the society was located
at the Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
The Constitution of the society was adopted ofcially and the ofce bearers were
elected by representative National Delegates.
The very rst Ofcers of the AOSNHNR Council were duly elected as follows:
President: Mutsumasa Takahashi (Japan)
Vice-President: Tsuen Chang (Taiwan)
Treasurer: Michael Mu-Huo Teng (Taiwan)
Secretary: Mutsumasa Takahashi (Japan)
National and Regional Delegates: Mark Soo (Australia)
Elizabeth Thompson (Australia)
Rajesh Kapur (India)
Hayao Shiga (Japan)
Shinpei Tada (Japan)
Kee Hyun Chang (Korea)
Kyu Ho Choi (Korea)
Jung-Ho Suh (Korea)
Francis Hui (Singapore)
Jackson C.T. Lin (Taiwan)
Chau-Chin Lee (Taiwan)
Nitaya Suwanwela (Thailand)
Hon-Shing Lam (Hong Kong)
Jian-Ping Dai (China)
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It was decided at the council meeting that the AOSNHNR would join the WFNRS
as well as the International Congress of Head and Neck Radiology. The delegate to
the WFNRS would be Nitaya Suwanwela of Thailand and the delegate to the
ICHNR would be S.Tada of Japan. It was also agreed that in the following years,
the meeting would be held every 3 or 4years in various cities of the Asian and
Oceanian countries.
Following the organizational meeting and a brief opening ceremony, with an
address by Prof. Takahashi, 9 proffered papers were presented with stimulating discussions. A special lecture, “Spinal Cord Injury: MR Imaging and Evolving
Concepts in Treatment” by Dr. R. M. Quencer (USA) was also included in the
program.
Following the inaugural meeting, the secretariat lost no time in reaching out and
collating the list of national delegates among potential member countries.
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Second Congress: Taipei 1997
The second Congress of the AOSNHNR, held in Taipei, Taiwan from March 23 to
27, 1997 under the Presidency of Dr. Tsuen Chang, proved to be a successful meeting which attracted 228 delegates; Secretary General was Michael Mu Huo Teng,
and Scientic Committee Chairman was Professor Wan-Yuo Guo. During the
Council meeting, important amendments to the Constitution of the Society were
also passed. New National Delegates were admitted into the council. They were
Benny Huwae, Benjamin D Adapon, Adel Shannan, Umair Rashid Chaudhry and
Jehad Al Watban. Dr. Tsuen Chang was elected as President, Prof. Michael Sage as
Vice-President and Prof. Michael Teng as Secretary General/Treasurer.
Third Congress: Adelaide 1999
The third AOCNHNR Congress was held in Adelaide, Australia from June 18 to
211,999. At the Council meeting, Prof. Michael Sage was elected President, Prof
Kee-Hyun Chang as Vice-President and Prof. Brian Tress as Secretary General/
Treasurer. Prof. Sage, reported that over 70 posters were submitted [5].
Fourth Congress: Seoul 2001
The fourth AOCNHNR Congress took place very soon after the 9–11 tragedy when
international air travel was still severely impacted. Nevertheless, the organizing
committee led by the chairman, Kee-Hyun Chang bravely soldiered on and worked
hard to put together a very fruitful meeting with a detailed scientic program for the
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385 attendees from 23 countries [6]. The program featured refresher courses, symposia, special lectures, and 144 scientic paper presentations, with more than 90%
of oral presenters using the new computer-linked presentations.
At the Council meeting, Prof. Kee-Hyun Chang was elected as President, JianPing Dai as Vice-President and Prof. Dong Ik Kim as Secretary General/Treasurer.
F. Hui and C. C. T.Lim
World Wide Web Presence
In July 2003, the ofcial website of the Society at http://www.aosnhnr.org was set
up thanks to the hard work of the Korean Society of Neuroradiology and Head &
Neck Radiology to enhance visibility of the organization and promote easy broadcasting of news and future events of interest to all members [1]. It also served to
encourage interaction among member countries.
Fifth Congress: Shanghai 2004
The fth AOCNHNR Congress was held in Shanghai, China; Chairman of the organizational committee, Dr. Xiaoyuan Feng, reported that the number of registrants
totaled 337, of which 117 were from overseas and 220 were local. The scientic
program consisted of 37 refresher course lectures, 70 oral presentations and 53 scientic poster exhibitions. At the council meeting of the AOSNHNR, Jian-Ping Dai
was elected as President, Francis Hui as Vice-President and Xiaoyuan Feng as
Secretary General/Treasurer [7].
Sixth Congress: Singapore 2007
The sixth AOCNHNR Congress was held in Singapore from February 2–52,007. Dr.
Francis Hui reported that the number of registrants totaled 456, of which 113 were
local and 343 were from 29 other countries [8]. The keynote presentation of the
Congress was named the Takahashi Lecture, in honor of Mutsumasa Takahashi, the
Founding President of the Society. Prof Pierre Lasjaunias was the distinguished
speaker for the inaugural Takahashi Lecture and he delivered a stirring oration on the
“Anatomy and Development of the Cerebral Venous System.” The scientic program
included 12 plenary lectures, 39 topical lectures and 13 concurrent symposiums.
At the Council meeting, Francis Hui was elected President, Benny Huwae as
Vice-President, Vincent Chong as Secretary General and Tchoyoson Lim as
Treasurer. During the meeting, a proposal was made to shorten the name for future
congresses to Asian & Oceanian Congress of Neuroradiology (AOCNR).