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BrainPAC," said Anna D. Hohler, MD, FAAN, chair of the BrainPAC Executive Committee. "We are no longer content to sit idly by as decisions affecting our livelihood and our patients are made for us by those with little familiarity with our profession and our purpose."

The AAN launched BrainPAC in 2007 because it knew that to effectively make the case for its members and their patients, it would ·need to form a PAC that would give leverage with the senators and representatives who could help neurology. "Our role is to educate politicians about the plight of our patients and to provide them with ideas about improving neurologic health care for tomorrow," said Hohler. "With BrainPAC, we have the access to provide them with tangible data and personal experience to allow them to understand the consequences of their decisions."

Now, as members continue to face economic uncertainty due to the rapidly changing health care field, threats to Medicare payment, and overall declining reimbursement, support for BrainPAC is all the more crucial. BrainPAC hopes to raise $40,000 in September to add to the more than $160,000 already raised this year.

BrainPAC had its best year in 2010, raising $195,844 from 853 supporters. Of the nearly 100 federal candidates Brain PAC supported in the 2010 election, 91 percent won. The Academy ranks in the top 20 in fundraising among leading physician association PACs. A strong, successful PAC with broad support from Academy members gives neurology a seat at the table when Congress decides on issues like fixing the SGR or properly recognizing the value of neurology.

BrainPAC Helps Drive Advocacy Success

The ability to connect with key lawmakers-across political parties and viewpoints-through BrainPAC enables the Academy to have an important presence in Washington. Just this past year, contributions to the Brain PAC have enabled the Academy to have an important presence in Washington.

• Bills were introduced in both the House and Senate to help to secure a primary care incentive bonus for neurologists.

• The AAN received special invitations to closed-door meetings with top staffers to discuss improvements to the flawed SGR system.

• The Academy continued to provide robust support for increasing NIH funding for neurological disorders research.

• The AAN was provided with opportunities to preview and comment on legislation that would affect neurologists. The Academy was therefore able to stop a recent potentially devastating proposal to cut neuroimaging reimbursements to pay for a free trade agreement with South Korea.

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Bra in P· A ·C Every donation of $1,000, $500, or $100 to Brain PAC helps ensure the viability of our profession and continued access to care for our patients.

Top 2011 Donor States to be Recognized BrainPAC will begin recognizing US states for their neurologists' collective contributions. An award will be given to the top state in each of the following categories:

• Top overall contributions

• Top percentage of neurologist participation

• Top donations per capita

• Total number of donors

Each award will be presented during the annual BrainPAC Donor Reception at the 2012 AAN Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Members are urged to-contribute using personal funds online at www.BrainPAC.org, or by mailing a personal check to the following address:

BrainPAC, 1080 Montreal Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55116

Donors Invited to Reception at Fall Conference

BrainPAC will host a Donor Appreciation Reception, open to donors of $100 or more ($50 for Residents and Fellows), at the AAN Fall Conference in Las Vegas. The event will take place Saturday, October 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Chopin 1 Room at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

The reception will feature Rep. Joe Heck, MD, (R-NV) who represents the state's 3rd Congressional District, which contains parts of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and adjacent areas. Elected in 2010, Heck is a former osteopathic physician specializing in emergency medicine and member of the Doctors Caucus in Congress. His wife, Lisa, is a registered nurse. Heck serves on the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the House of Representatives, which has considerable input on certain health care issues.

Last year, Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), who represents most of Las Vegas and is married to a physician, spoke to donors about her support for making neurology eligible for the primary care bonus that was part of the health care reform law.

2011 BrainPAC Contributors

($1 00 or more from January 1 to July 31, 2011)

Platinum Donors ($1,000+) Mike Amery, Esq. Carmel Armon, MD, FAAN Orly Avitzur, MD, MBA, FAAN Robin L. Brey, MD, FAAN Neil A. Busis, MD, FAAN Maureen A. Callaghan, MD, FAAN Patrick M. Capone, MD, PhD Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN Stanley Fahn, MD, FAAN Dominic Fee, MD Briseida E. Feliciano-astacio, MD Judy 5. Fine-Edelstein, MD Glen R. Finney, MD Corey C. Ford, MD, PhD, FAAN Mariecken V. Fowler, MD Kenneth J. Gaines, MD, FAAN Donald S. Gervais, Jr., MD William S. Gilmer, MD J. Clay Goodman, MD, FAAN Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN Katherine A. Henry, MD, MEd, FAAN Linda A. Hershey, MD, PhD, FAAN Daniel B. Hier, MD, MBA, FAAN Anna D. Hohler, MD, FAAN Jonathan P. Hose , MD, FAAN

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Todd J. Janus, PhD, MD, FAAN Elaine C. Jones, MD, FAAN Ralph F. J6zefowicz, MD, FAAN Lily Jung-Henson, MD, MMM, FAAN Michael J. Kaminski, MD, FAAN Edgar J. Kenton, MD, FAAN Mark A. Kozinn, MD, FAAN Alexander Krob, MD Richard A. Lafrance, MD, FAAN Rod Larson Robert T. Leshner, MD, FAAN Steven L. Lewis, MD, FAAN Christopher Milford, MD Aaron E. Miller, MD, FAAN Michael W. Morse, MD Pushpa Narayanaswami, MD, MBBS Manmohan Nayyar, MD, FAAN Marc R. Nuwer, MD, PhD, FAAN Sandra F. Olson, MD, FAAN Richard ntera, MD

·me~l=l-y aniel C. Potts, MD

William G. Preston, MD, FAAN Christopher Prusinski, DO Catherine M. Rydell, CAE Dariush Saghafi, MD Heidi B. Schwarz, MD, FAAN James F. Selwa, MD, MBA Nilay R. Shah, MD Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD

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Thomas Swanson, MD Carolyn L. Taylor, MD Lynne P. Taylor, MD, FAAN John B. Townsend, MD Lyzette E. Velazquez, MD Thomas R. Vidic, MD, FAAN Michael J. Wasserman, MD, FAAN Michael A. Williams, MD, FAAN John R. Wilson, MD Mark S. Yerby, MD, MPH, FAAN Dario M. Zagar, MD

Gold Donors ($500-$999)

Michael E. Batipps, MD, FAAN Michael L. Goldstein, MD, FAAN David W. Brandes, MD, FAAN Allison Brashear, MD, FAAN Charles W. Brock, MD Margaret E. Burnett, MD Wesley A. Carr, MD Ignacio M. Carrillo-Nunez, MD Marc Chamberlain, MD, FAAN Larry Charleston, MD Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD, FAAN Peter D. Donofrio, MD, FAAN Simon J. Farrow, BM, Bch Fang Feng, MD, PhD Kathy L. Gardner, MD James M. Gilchrist, MD, FAAN Michael C. Graeber, MD Glenn D. Graham, MD, PhD, FAAN Elliott G. Gross, MD, FAAN Jeffrey L. Gross, MD Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, FAAN Michael Gruenthal, MD, PhD Syed Sajid Hasan, MD John David Hixson, MD Niranjan N. Jani, MD Suriya A. Jeyapalan, MD Joseph S. Kass, MD Joel M. Kaufman, MD, FAAN Laurence J. Kinsella, MD, FAAN Brett M. Kissela, MD, FAAN David A. Konanc, MD Bennett L. Lavenstein, MD, FAAN Dennis Q. McManus, MD John G. Nutt, MD, FAAN Erik Perkins, MD Laura B. Powers, MD, FAAN Gregory T. Pupillo, MD Jeffrey J. Raizer, MD Bridglal Ramkissoon, MBBS Stacy A. Rudnicki, MD, FAAN Robert L. Ruff, MD, PhD, FAAN David S. Saperstein, MD Drasko Simovic, MD Alan G. Stein, MD Azreena B. Thomas, MD Svinder S. Toor, MBBS Edwin Trevathan, MD David J. Walsh, MD, FAAN Steven J. Zuckerman, MD, FAAN

Silver Donors ($100-$499) John C. Adair, MD

Charles H. Adler, MD, PhD, FAAN Antwan B. Ahad, MD Thomas A. Ala, MD Jack N. Alpert, MD, FAAN Michael P. Alexander, MD, FAAN Jagga R. Alluri, MD David C. Anderson, MD, FAAN Ronny E. Antelo, MD Arthur K. Asbury, MD, FAAN Sara G. Austin, MD, FAAN Richard L. Barbano, MD, PhD, FAAN Jason Barfield, MD Amrutlal J. Barot, MD, FAAN lkshvanku Barot, MD RobertJ. Baumann, MD, FAAN Tom Beauchamp Jeffrey 0. Berman, MD James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN Christopher Bever, Jr., MD, MBA, FAAN David Q. Beversdorf, MD Rachel Biemiller, MD Suur Biliciler, MD David M. Biondi, DO Larry L. Blankenship, MD Nicholas Blondin, MD Brad S. Boop, MD John Booss, MD, FAAN Derek Brandt William L. Brannon, MD, FAAN Carolyn B. Britton, MD Robert J. Brocker, MD Richard D. Brower, MD, FAAN Lawrence W. Brown, MD Jeffrey R. Buchhalter, MD, FA{'\N Linda Y. Buchwald, MD, FAAN Jeffrey M. Burns, MD Christopher Calder, MD, PhD Jonathan L. Carter, MD Gregory D. Cascino, MD, FAAN Terrence L. Cascino, MD, FAAN Yoon-Hee Cha, MD Antonia C. Chalmers, MD Vinay Chaudhry, MD, FAAN Seemant Chaturvedi, MD;.FAAN Kamal R. Chemali, MD I-Hweii Amy Chen, MD Peter S. Chin, MD Jean E. Cibula, MD Derya Jim Coskun, MD Patricia K. Crumrine, MD

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Robert B. Daroff, MD, FAAN William C. Davison, MD, FAAN Joel M. Dean, DO John R. Delfs, MD Theslee J. DePiero, MD Alan Lee Diamond, DO Michael J. Doherty, MD, FAAN Ronald G. Emerson, MD, FAAN Scott Emery, MD

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Thomas K. Emig, MD John D. England, MD, FAAN Eric S. Englestein, MD Jeffrey 8. English, MD John W. Engstrom, MD, FAAN Jay C. Erickson, MD, PhD Christine Doss Esper, MD Gregory J. Esper, MD David A. Evans Linda M. Famiglio, MD John A. Ferro, MD, MS Terry D. Fife, MD, FAAN Lina Fine, MD Michael F. Finkel, MD, FAAN Charles C. Flippen, MD, FAAN Jack H. Florin, MD Gwendolyn C. Ford, MD, FAAN Benjamin M. Frishberg, MD, FAAN Nancy N. Futrell, MD, FAAN Alber . Galabur D, FAAN

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Allen L. Gee, MD, PhD Leo R. Germin, MD Daniel Giang, MD, FAAN Martin Gizzi, MD, PhD, FAAN Jorge T. Gonzalez, MD William R. Gooch, MD Edward F. Good, MD, FAAN Andrew D. Goodman, MD, FAAN Donna Chandler Graves, MD Lenora Gray, MD, FAAN Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD Kavita M. Grover, MD Mark Gudesblatt, MD Amparo Gutierrez, MD, FAAN Lori M. Guyton, MD William J. Hamilton, DO James F. Hammill, MD, FAAN Navjot S. Hanspal, MD, FAAN Kevin R. Hargrave, MD David E. Hart, MD Danielle Haskins, MD William S. Henderson, FACMPE John W. Henson, MD, FAAN G.J, Herr, MD Steven Herskovitz, MD, FAAN David A. Hinkle, MD, PhD Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD Thomas G. Hoffman, MD, FAAN Noel Holtz, MD Steven J. Holtz, MD, FAAN R. Clinton Horan, MD Jeffrey L. Horstmyer, MD, FAAN Bernadette A. Hughes, MD, FAAN John Hutchins, JD David A. Jaeger, MD, PhD

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Anubha Jati, MBBS Suriya A. Jeyapalan MD, MPH Burk Ju belt, MD, FAAN Norman Kachuck, MD H. Rai Kakkar, MD Amy Kaloides Jeffrey Kane, MD Sheldon Kapen, MD Charles E. Kaufman, MD, FAAN Berneet Kaur, MD Douglas I. Katz, MD, FAAN Christopher J. Kenney, MD Eric Alan Kelts, MD Kimbra L. Kenney, MD Chris Keran Richard D. King, MD, PhD Sally E. Kirkpatrick, MD Stephen S. Kirzinger, MD, FAAN Brad C. Klein , MD Jon C. Kooiker, MD, FAAN Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, FAAN Vitaliy Koss, MD Jessica B. Kraker, MD Roger W. Kul a, MD, FAAN Parveen Kumar, MD, FAAN John F. Kurtzke, MD, FAAN Michael J. Kushner, MD, FAAN Jennifer M. Kwon, MD Frederick G. Langendorf, MD David S. Larsen, MD Edward M. Leaton, MD Bruce Levi Barry L. Levin, MD Richard A. Lewis, MD, FAAN

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c esus . overa, MD Vitalie Lupu, MD Glenn A. Mackin, MD, FAAN, FACP Leo M. Maher, MD, FAAN Jennifer J. Majersik, MD Omkar N. Markand, MD, FAAN Michael E. Markowski, DO Alberto A. Martinez-Arizala, MD, FAAN Jan H. Mashman, MD, FAAN Peter Sebastian Masny, MD Donn a an

· erine D. Mathews MD David H. Mattson, MD, PhD, FAAN Sarah A. Maulden, MD Anthony May, MD David N. McCollum, MD David McKee, MD Jeffrey F. McKelvy, PhD, MD Robert W. McMahpn, MD, FAAN Uma Menon, MD Robert G. Miller, MD, FAAN

Alireza Minagar, MD, FAAN Elizabeth Minto, MD Mark Mintz, MD Bibhuti Mishra, MD Dhanpat C. Mohnot, MD, FAAN Ze ad co MD o n C. Morris, MD, FA osnu'tl-L.--Marrisml,M Tara Morrison, MD Mark L. Moster, MD, FAAN Natalia Murinova, MD Stephen E. Nadeau, MD, FAAN Susan M. Naselli, MD Sajjan K. Nemani, MD, FAAN Nirjaleshwar K. Nikhar, MD, MRCP Burtram J. Odenheimer, MD, FAAN Barry S. Oken, MD, FAAN Blake B. O'Lavin, MD, FAAN David Palestrant, MD Walter Panis, MD Dhruv R. Patel, MD Gary L. Pattee, MD Huned S. Patwa, MD Amanda C. Peltier, MD Reed C. Perron, MD Amie L. Peterson, MD Rada Petrinjac-Nenadic, MD Hal S. Pineless, DO Richard Earl Popwell, MD Jerome 8. Posner, MD, FAAN J. Michael Powers, MD, FAAN Anthony E. Proske, MD Joan Puglia, MD Stefan M. Pulst, MD, FAAN Tarakad S. Ramachandran, MD, FAAN Kottil W. Rammohan, MD Marc Raphaelson, MD Wahid Rashidzada, MD Todd A. Rave, MD Paula D. Ravin, MD Khalid Razzaq, MD Jordan S. Reichman, MD Donald L. Rezek , PhD

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Daniel Tarsy, MD, FAAN Frederick R. Taylor, MD Ezgi Tiryaki, MD Bharat M. Talia, MD, FAAN Joseph A. Tornabene, MD Angela Traylor, MD John W. Tulloch, MD, FAAN Giorgio S. Tu re Ila, MD Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, FAAN Petre Udrea, MD Basim M. Uthman, MD, FACIP Michael Valente, DO Robert J. Varipapa, MD Navin K. Varma, MD

Disclosure Statement

Aleksandar Videnovic, MD James Wang, MD, PHO Jacqueline Washington,

MD, FAAN Marc Y. Wasserman, MD William J. Weiner, MD, FAAN Bernard M. Weintraub, MD Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD Ruth H. Whitham, MD, FAAN Judith A. Willis, MD Paul S. Willis, MD Christopher M. Wilson, MD Diane D. Wirz, MD, FAAN Robert J. Wityk, MD Suying Wu, MD Frisca L. Yan-Go, MD, FAAN Tommy Yee, MD Robyn G. Young, MD Alan S. Zacharias, MD Dawn T. Zapinski, MD Nassim Zecavati, MD Mohammed J. Zafar, MD, FAAN Ronald A. Zerofsky, MD Earl A. Zimmerman, MD, FAAN

Resident and Fellow Leadership Club Donors ($50-$99) Anna Marisa Cervantes, MD Nicole A. Chiola, MD Charles Clarke, MD Neha Dangayach, MD Constantine Farmakidis, MD Raghav Govindarajan, MD Angela Hardwick, MD Dietrich Haubenberger, MD Anthony Izzo, MD Nicholas Elwood Johnson, MD Zeshaun Khawaja, MD William E. Lievens, MD Catherine Mamah, MD Teshamae Monteith, MD Babak Movassaghi, MD Nathaniel Schuster Yi Xie, MD

Contributians to Brain PAC are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Contributions to Brain PAC are strictly voluntary, and you have the right to refuse to contribute w ithout any reprisal. Federal election law requires the AAN to

use its best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation, and name of the employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in a

calendar year. Voluntary political contributions by individuals to Brain PAC should

be made w ith personal funds, which are used to benefit politica l candidates

and activities on a national level that support neurology. Funds received from corporations are used to defray administrative expenses of BrainPAC.

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