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We are now in our fourth year of publication
and I am exceedingly delighted with our success thus far. Articles
for consideration for publication are being received on a regular
basis and we often receive letters of congratulations on our journal
from all over the world. Since last writing I am extremely pleased to inform you that Dr. Hasanain Al Sharif, from Egypt and Dr. Mokbel Chedid, USA have joined us as members of our Editorial Board. Prof. Ossama Al-Mefty and Prof. Issam Awad from the USA as well as Prof. Jens Haase, from Denmark have also agreed to join the membership of our International Advisory Board. I thank each of them for their interest and support in our journal. In 1999 we offered an award for the best MD thesis published by a young neurosurgeon. Unfortunately, we did not recieve sufficient submissions to be able to grant this award. It was, therfore, agreed that we should allocate this award to the country that actually submitted the highest number of papers to our journal since its inception in 1997. The award consists of covering the cost for two young neurosurgeons to attend our PANS meeting in Beirut. Morocco submitted the highest nunber of papers with of 13 submissions. The Moroccan Society of Neurosurgery chose our two winners and these are detailed on page 116. Our congratulations and admiration to go our Moroccan colleagues on their remarkable writing abilities. As I am sure you are aware our next PANS meeting is the 4-7 October, 2000 in Beirut and I look forward to seeing as many of our colleagues as possible that can spare the time to join us. Prof. Antoine Nachanakian will take over the reign of President at this time and I offer him my full support. I would also like to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere appreciation to Dr. Sherif Ezzat for his execution as President of our Society over the last two years. |
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