Timir Banerjee, clinical professor of neurological surgery at the University of Louisville, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Humanitarian Award of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). The award will be presented at the AANS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Banerjee has been a member of the AANS since 1977.

Banerjee was recognized for his breadth of humanitarian efforts here in Louisville and abroad. He has volunteered as an educator and a neurosurgeon in various countries including India, Nepal, Brazil, Honduras and Peru, and he founded a trust in honor of his mother through which he has supported philanthropic efforts all around the world, including providing neurosurgical tools to developing countries and funding care for leprosy and cancer patients.

In Louisville, he has taught elementary, middle and high school students the principles of benevolence and he founded a society to prevent violence among adolescents.

Founded in 1931, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association with more than 7,600 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to patients. All active members of the AANS are certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Neurosurgery) of Canada or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery, AC. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the entire nervous system including the spinal column, spinal cord, brain and peripheral nerves.