American Academy of Neurology 2020
“Due to the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the American Academy of Neurology announced March 13, 2020, that it has no choice but to make the necessary decision to cancel the AAN’s Annual Meeting originally scheduled for April 25–May 1, 2020, in Toronto.
Protecting the health, safety, and well-being of our members, attendees, and ultimately our neurology patients is paramount, and serves as the reason for our decision to cancel the AAN Annual Meeting for the first time in our 72-year history. Put simply, canceling the AAN Annual Meeting is the right thing to do during this historic time.
Our team has been meeting daily, actively monitoring the situation and following guidance from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, and Canada Public Health. On March 11, 2020, for example, the World Health Organization elevated the status of the novel coronavirus outbreak to a pandemic, and the United States President announced the US government’s decision to restrict travel from mainland Europe. Specifically affecting Toronto, the location of AAN’s 2020 Annual Meeting, the global COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Toronto and surrounding communities. Additionally, many US academic institutions have restricted employee travel, preventing many of our faculty and speakers from being able to attend the AAN Annual Meeting and making us unable to provide the educational offerings you need and expect.”