title: Meeting the challenges of neurosurgery. The 2006 presidential address.
abstract: The challenges faced by neurosurgery in 2006 are many. There are five principal challenges that have received a great deal of attention from the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons this past year. These are the challenge of maintaining a modern, efficient, and responsive educational program for neurosurgery; the challenge of maintaining the boundaries of neurosurgical practice and preventing the incursion of subspecialty groups into the performance of neurosurgical procedures; the challenge of responding to the changing demands of society; the challenge of influencing increased reimbursement; and the challenge of creating meaningful medical liability reform. Each of these issues are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute of Savannah, Georgia, USA. neuro@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Fremont P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000639:trends; D008318:Malpractice / Q000639:trends; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D013038:Specialization / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States