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A message of the WANS President - Miguel A. Arraez
Dear friends of the WANS:
I hope this mail will find you in good health about to start some leave for Christmas holidays, wishing
you all a great @me with your family and friends. Less than one month ago we enjoyed the Cape Town
WANS mee@ng wonderfully organized by Graham Fieggen (thank you, Graham!) plenty of science and
friendship, the two magic words of the WANS. We are preparing the next WANS mee@ng, to be held in
Malaga (Spain) on May 11-12, 2024. The venue will be the GRAN HOTEL MIRAMAR
(https://www.granhotelmiramarmalaga.com/en/), a very special place at the seaside and also at the city
center. Malaga is a cosmopolitan place with a very rich social and cultural life and we are sure you will
enjoy your stay. We are preparing a variety of tours including the neighbor ci@es of Cordoba and
Granada among other leisure ac@vi@es. The annual mee@ng of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery will
be held in Malaga the days before (May 8-10). WANS member will be very welcome (please let me know
if you want to par@cipate in this mee@ng too as Faculty. Accommoda@on and registra@on will be waived
but confirma@on is needed before February).
Finally, please keep in mind some obliga@on of the members (par@cipa@on in the vo@ng process of new
members -now through the website- and aXendance to WANS mee@ngs/payment of membership fee to
keep the condi@on of WANS member, lost a[er two consecu@ve periods of absence/not payment).
Regarding the acceptance of new members, in Cape Town was approved the procedure from 2024
(announcement of vacancies a[er the year mee@ng and then submission of proposals. Proposals sent in
advance without vacancies will not be accepted).
With my very best wishes of friendship and neurosurgical science,
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Miguel A. Arraez
President, World Academy of Neurological Surgery