Robert Florin Resident Award

SponsorAANS
EligbilityNeurosurgery Resident
CriteriaSocioeconomic topic. The award will be chosen based on originality, merit, innovation, and scientific process. The resident must have contributed a significant contribution to the abstract.
CommitteeThe winning abstract is chosen by the AANS annual meeting Program Committee.
FrequencyAnnually and presented at the AANS meeting. If it is decided that there is no abstract that deserves the award that year, the ad hoc committee may choose not to present the award that year.
Amount$500
Previous Recipients
2004Jeffery M. Tomlin, MD
2005Richard L. Rovit, MD
2006Douglas Kondziolka, MD
2007Jonathan P. Miller, MD
2008Zachary N. Litvack, MD
2009Brian L. Hoh, MD
2010John K. Ratliff, MD
2011Maya Babu, MD
2012Timothy R. Smith, MD PhD
2013Scott Parker, MD
2014Omar Tanweer, MD
2015Kimon Bekelis, MD
2016Owoicho Adogwa, MD
2017Michael Bohl, MD
2018Anthony DiGiorgio, DO
2019Samer Zammar, MD
2021Safwan Alomari, MD
2022Kunal P. Raygor, MD


Through the AANS and CNS, a variety of socioeconomic awards are offered to the membership. Winners are selected from the abstract submissions to each of the respective meetings. There is no separate application process. A summary of each award is provided below.

AANS Sponsored

Cone Pevehouse Young Neurosurgeon Award

Robert Florin Resident Award


CNS Sponsored

Julius Goodman Resident Award

Sam Hassenbusch Young Neurosurgeon Award


CSNS Sponsored

Leibrock Lifetime Achievement Award

Randall W. Smith Award for Meritorious Service to the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies