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International science at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology

From the Science Committee (J.W.H.), Membership Committee (G.D.C.), Associate Editor for Science (J.W.H.), AAN.com, American Academy of Neurology (J.W.H., G.D.C., M.E.P.), St. Paul, MN; Neurology Service (J.W.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Department of Neurology (G.D.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. John W. Henson, Stephen E. Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 9 East, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a major venue for presentation of the latest disease-related clinical and basic neurologic research and is attended by a large number of neurologists from countries outside the United States and Canada. One-third of annual meeting attendees and abstract submissions are international in origin, with wide variations between countries and world regions, and this proportion has remained stable for the past 5 years. By comparison, international neurologists constitute 12% (n = 2,485) of AAN membership, and international membership has declined slightly over the past 5 years compared to a 15% increase from the United States and Canada. The scientific topics covered by international abstracts are similar to those from the United States and Canada. Abstract acceptance rates are 15% lower for international submissions than for those from the United States and Canada although variations between countries are seen. Three times more European neurologists attend the annual meeting than are AAN members whereas Asian neurologists are more likely to be AAN members than to attend the annual meeting. The AAN is working to understand and address the issues that affect international physicians’ decisions to participate in the annual meeting.

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