National Committees & Leadership

National and international leadership positions (election and nomination based), as listed in the curriculum vitae.

Leadership & National Committee Roles

Co-Chairman — Section on Robotics, Enabling Technology and Minimally Invasive Surgery (REMi)
North American Spine Society (NASS).
Co-Chairman — Surgical Engineering Committee
North American Spine Society (NASS).
2021 – 2024
Co-Chairman — Spinal Cord Injury Committee
North American Spine Society (NASS).
2018 – 2021
Minimally Invasive Procedure (MIP) Committee
North American Spine Society (NASS).
2016 – 2024
International Membership Committee
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
2014 – 2017
Resident Fellow Leadership Program
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
2017 – 2019
Young Neurosurgeons Committee
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) — won highest number of votes.
2018 – 2023
Co-Chairman — Sergeant at Arms Committee
AANS-CNS Spine Section Annual Meetings (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
Co-Chairman — Sergeant at Arms Committee
CNS Annual Meeting.
2019
Committee Member — Member Feedback Committee
North American Spine Society (NASS).
2018 – Present

Abstract Reviewer — NASS Annual Meeting
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Reviewer — NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship Proposals
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Scientific Program Committee — AANS-CNS Spine Section Annual Meeting
2021
AANS Annual Meeting Focus Group — San Francisco
2019

Research Committee — Departmental N2QOD Data Analysis and Assessment
2017 – 2020
Medical Benefits and Safety of the ReWalk Exoskeleton System
Mary Beth Schmidt, PhD; Michael L. Reed, DPT, OCS; Karthik Madhavan, MD — submission to health insurance approval (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and others).
2017 – Ongoing
Hospital Education Committee — Nursing Education in Neurological Examination
Education of nurses in neurological examination and post-operative requirements of cranial, spine, and pituitary/endocrine patients; planning of education sessions with University of Miami hospital leadership.
2011 – 12
Hospital Education Committee — MRI Technician Education
Education of MRI technicians on optimal placement of fiducials for stereotactic navigation in cranial surgery.
2012
Uchart Super User Support — Department of Neurological Surgery, Iowa City, IA
Instrumental in the design of order sets for admission and post-operative patients and frequently used orders in neurosurgery.
May 2009