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John Knightly, MD, FAANS

Past President
ANS
Morristown, New Jersey, United States

A practicing neurosurgeon with a subspecialty interest in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, I currently am the Past-President, Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists and Altair Health as well as Chief of Quality Department of Neurosurgery Atlantic Neuroscience Institute. My other areas of specialty interest and research include health care policy, outcomes and registry science, and quality improvement. I have served as Chair of the Joint Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) as well as chair of the of the Quality Improvement Workforce of the AANS/CNS and past AANS representative to the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. I was recently nominated to the position of Vice-President of the AANS.

I am also currently Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, for NeuroPoint Alliance and a founding member of the executive committee of the American Spinal Registry (ASR). A Vice-Chairmen and Director on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS), I have also had appointments on several committees within the AANS, American College of Surgeons as well as the National Quality Forum.
My other subspecialty interests include management of traumatic neurological injuries and have served as Head of Neurotrauma, Morristown Memorial Medical Center Trauma Center and am currently Unaffiliated/Independent Neuro-Trauma Consultant for the National Football League and the New York Jets.

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