Dear AINA members and friends:

It is an honor to take on the leadership of this organization. I would like to thank the outgoing President, Dr. Ramesh Madhavan, for leading our organization over the past two years. I would also like to thank all the outgoing executive committee members.

Going forward, we need to find new avenues to engage our younger neurologists of Indian origin. There are many residents and fellows and young neurologists who can and should contribute to AINA. We also look forward to the first AINA-Indian Academy of Neurology joint meeting. Thanks to Dr. Sanjay Singh for taking the lead on this initiative. We also need to continue to build on previous successful subspecialty meetings, such as the AINA forums held at the American Epilepsy Society under the leadership of Dr. Singh and Prakash Kotagal.

Our professional community of Indian neurologists has great achievements to share with each other and we need to support each other. The Tarang newsletter, developed by Aarti Sarwal, is one area where we can highlight our community achievements. We also need to continue our strong partnership with the American Academy of Neurology and American Brain Foundation.

Finally, thanks to the staff of Badger Bay for providing AINA with professional association management for the past two years. We look forward to a continued, successful relationship.

Please reach out to me if you have any ideas to help AINA grow and prosper.

-Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN

Professor of Clinical Neurology

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine