About the Society (ECNS)
EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS)
In 1998, the American Medical EEG Association (AMEEGA) and the American Psychiatric Electrophysiology Association (APEA) merged to form the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS). This merger reflected the growing neurophysiological union between neurology and psychiatry.
In a further step toward this merger, during the first ECNS executive session it was agreed that ECNS should complete its multidisciplinary mission by inviting Ph.D. and PsyD. psychologists to join as full members and ensuring their representation on the governing board.
ECNS Goals
The original goal of AMEEGA, which remains a primary function of the ECNS, is to further the clinical practice of classic electroencephalography (EEG) from the professional, scientific, and economic standpoints.
In addition to classic EEG, ECNS also strongly supports those who practice the newer field of Quantitative EEG (QEEG) as well as the allied fields of Evoked Potentials, Polysomnography (sleep EEG), and Peripheral Neurophysiology. The dynamic nature of this society is attested to by the increasing numbers of presentations at meetings that employ newer methods of assessing brain function, such as-SPECT, PET, functional MRI.
Who We Are?
ECNS members include professionals from many specialties including, but not limited to:
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Epileptology
- Polysomnography
- Neurophysiology
- Magnetoencephalography
- Biomedical engineering
- Radiology
Annual Meeting
ECNS hosts one major annual meeting, providing a platform for presenting new scientific and clinical information, review symposia, and discussions of medical economics as they relate to ECNS members.
Tax Information
ECNS is exempt from paying income tax on its revenue. However, payments made to ECNS. (e.g., membership dues, meeting registration, etc.) are not deductible as a charitable contribution by the individual or encharitable contribution. Members or participants in ECNS meetings may, however, be able to claim these payments as unreimbursed business expenses on Schedule A of their personal tax returns.