The American Society for Peripheral Nerve was established April 19, 1990 by our 21 founding members. Today ASPN represents over 300 members comprised of member of many different fields including neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, general surgery, rehabilitation, basic science, and engineering. We come together because of our mutual interest in solving nerve related problems facing clinicians and scientists. With those goals in mind ASPN continues to serve as the world’s gathering place for all those interested in nerve regeneration and repair.

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ASPN Founding Members

Warren Breidenbach, MD Thomas Brushart, MD David Chiu, MD A. Lee Dellon, MD Richard Ehrlichman, MD Nelson Goldberg, MD Roger Khouri, MD

Howard Klein, MD Susan Mackinnon, MD Hallene Maragh, MD Wyndell Merritt, MD Michael Orgel, MD Elliot Rose, MD Joseph Rosen, MD

Brooke Seckel, MD Saleh Shenaq, MD Thomas Stevenson, MD Berish Strauch, MD Julia K. Terzis, MD, PhD Allen Van Beek, MD Bruce Williams, MD

ASPN Past Presidents
Christine Novak, PT, PhD 2019-2020 David Brown, MD 2018-2019 Tessa Gordon, PhD 2017-2018 Martijn Malessy, MD, PhD 2016-2017 Thomas H. H. Tung, MD 2015-2016 Nash H. Naam, MD 2014-2015 Allan J. Belzberg, MD 2013-2014 Robert Spinner, MD 2012-2013 Ivica Ducic, MD, PhD 2011-2012 Paul S. Cederna, MD 2010-2011 Howard M. Clarke, MD, PhD 2009-2010 Robert C. Russell, MD 2008-2009 Gregory R.D. Evans, MD, FACS 2007-2008 Rajiv Midha, MD 2006-2007 Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD 2005-2006		Steven McCabe, MD 2004-2005 Keith E. Brandt, MD 2003-2004 William M. Kuzon, Jr., MD, PhD 2002-2003 Nancy H. McKee, MD 2001-2002 David T. W. Chiu, MD 1999-2001 Saleh Shenaq, MD 1998-1999 Allen Van Beek, MD 1997-1998 Wyndell Merritt, MD 1996-1997 Susan E. Mackinnon, MD 1995-1996 H. Bruce Williams, MD 1994-1995 Berish Strauch, MD 1993-1994 A. Lee Dellon, MD 1992-1993 Julia K. Terzis, MD, PhD 1990-1992