President’s Announcements
After an international search led by the Editor-In-Chief Search Committee, I am proud to announce that Dr. Michael
Diringer will be our next Neurocritical Care Journal editor-in-chief. Mike is currently a professor of neurology, neurosurgery,
anesthesiology, and occupational therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Mike’s journey in medicine
started at the University of Kentucky. He then moved to SUNY at Stony Brook for his neurology residency. Later he joined Johns
Hopkins University in their first group of neurocritical care fellows. Since then his contributions to the field, the society, and
the journal are too many to count. As the president of NCS from 2005–2008, he was heavily involved with the development
of the journal. He also served as the associate editor on the editorial board of Neurocritical care for several years. Mike brings a
significant depth of experience to the journal. His vision and goal is to make the journal the primary source for investigation,
critical analysis, and informed discussion of issues addressing the care of the patients we serve. He would like to see the journal:
• Be an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies that address the major challenges facing
the field as it strives to carry out its missions
• Inform immediate care decisions, deepen knowledge, and advance further scientific discovery
• Make the journal the go-to place for neurocritical care literature
• Educate readers on how to interpret literature
Please join me in welcoming Mike as our new editor. He is planning to discuss his visions and plans for the journal during the
Annual Meeting. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to him and share your ideas and suggestions.
Below is the list of 2017 inductees to our Fellow of Neurocritical Care Society (FNCS) program. Welcome aboard!
Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH, FAHA, FCCM, FNCS
President
Fellow of Neurocritical Care Society
In 2013, the Neurocritical Care Society began offering a program that includes a designation to recognize exceptional
service, academic excellence, and leadership in the field of neurocritical care. This program is called the
Fellow of Neurocritical Care Society.
2017 INDUCTEES
David Hwang, MD, FNCS
Yale University School of Medicine
Michael Rodricks, MD, FNCS
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School
Aarti Sarwal, MD, FNCS
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Kristine O’Phelan, MD, FNCS
University of Miami, Miller School of
Medicine
Dea Mahanes, RN, MSN, CNRN, CCRN,
CCNS , FNCS
University of Virginia
Peter LeRoux, MD, FACS, FNCS
Lankenau Medical Center
Monisha K umar, MD, FNCS
University of Pennsylvania
Jordan Bonomo, MD, FCCM, FNCS
University of Cincinnati
Diana Greene-Chandos, MD, FNCS
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Jorge Mejia-Mantilla, MD, MSc, FNCS
Fundacion Clinica Valle del Lili
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