In 2008 at an ACGME Educational Conference a small group of neurosurgery coordinators, led by Kathy Guzman (University of Southern California) and Lois Hengenius (University Hospitals, Cleveland) met and discussed the desire to have a dedicated neurosurgery coordinators meeting. A proposal was generated and sent to all the neurosurgery residency programs in the country to gauge the level of interest and support for such a meeting. An overwhelmingly positive response from program coordinators, program directors and department chairs resulted in this proposal being submitted to the SNS Council. The SNS Council approved the establishment of a coordinator meeting held just prior to the SNS Meeting. The first meeting was held in Salt Lake City in May 2009 with 65 coordinators in attendance.

        The Annual Meeting has continued successfully each year. At the 10th anniversary meeting in 2018 discussions were held about the need to formalize the group to ensure continued success.   A series of discussions, votes and collaboration resulted in the election of officers and the establishment of the Association of Residency Administrators in Neurological Surgery (ARANS) in May 2019.