AAN Leadership Development
Cultivating leaders. Building neurology's future.
Palatucci Advocacy Leadership
Leadership Programs
When: August 7-10, 2025
Where: Grand Hyatt Deer Valley near Park City, UT
It's the weekend that will change your life: Learn how to become an advocacy leader in your clinic, institution, or community. The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum honors the memory of AAN Board of Directors Member Donald M. Palatucci, MD, FAAN.
The 2025 application period is now closed.
Program overview
The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum teaches neurologists the following skills:
- Action planning: Create an effective plan that identifies your issue and resolves the problem
- Media relations: Sharpen your on-camera interview skills, work with reporters, and improve your confidence
- Grassroots advocacy: Get an inside look at how governments work and how to get results
Experienced advocate coaches and staff will assist you in preparing your action plan for optimum success, and you will network with AAN leadership and other committed colleagues.
The AAN covers all expenses. All travel is arranged through the Academy's travel agency. Guests must pay their own way and can accompany participants to select events, but can't attend day-to-day activities. Be advised that the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum may be funded in whole or in part from a transfer of value made from industry to the AAN.
Learn more about the impact and success of our graduates.
Curriculum
The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum teaches neurologists how to:
- Promote state and federal legislation
- Be more confident in front of the camera
- Develop coalitions
- Organize and reinvigorate state neurological societies
- Lobby for fair reimbursement
- Help draft position statements that affect future legislation
Experienced advocate coaches and staff will assist you in preparing your action plan for optimum success, and you will network with AAN leadership and other committed colleagues.
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The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum is supported in part by:
Champion level
Advocate level
Benefactor level
The Forum empowered me to become an impactful advocate by providing the tools and resources to help me succeed. I also built a network of passionate and highly motivated colleagues. It helped me grow as a neurologist, pursue my career goals, and inspired me to make a difference.
Kara Stavros, MD
Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum Graduate (2018)
Advisor (2019, 2022)
Graduate resources
PALF Graduates can visit the PALF Graduate resources webpage to access resources related to:
- Action planning, including the PALF Action Plan site
- Media and communications
- Social media
- Legislative training
Contact us
For additional information please contact Dave Showers, Associate Director, Advocacy Engagement, at (612) 928-6132.