SNS History
President – E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD
The Society of Neurological Surgeons is the oldest neurosurgical professional society in the world. Its creation by Harvey Cushing in 1920 represents the foundational moment for neurological surgery as an independent specialty of medicine. Today, The Society comprises U.S. academic department chairs, residency program directors, and other educational leaders; serves as the representative body for neurosurgery to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; and sponsors the Association of Residency Administrators in Neurological Surgery.
The continuing development of the field of neurological surgery including graduate and post-graduate education.
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Neurosurgery Governance and Professionalism Advances Reported in JNS
Two decades of governance and educational reform work by the One Neurosurgery Summit organizations was reported in the JNS in August, 2021. An accompanying editorial and response outlined specialty-wide improvements to diversity, equity, and physician wellness.
An SNS-led commission created a professionalism policy for U.S. neurosurgery organizations, as reported in the JNS in March, 2021.
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Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students Supplement
Authors: Daniel L. Barrow, MD & Bernard R. Bendok, MD
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the brain, spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Although it is fundamentally a surgical discipline, neurosurgery requires knowledge of neurology, critical care, trauma care, and radiology. Neuroanatomy and disorders of the human nervous system may be intimidating to students and non-neurological physicians. All practitioners, however, should be familiar with some aspects of the discipline of neurosurgery. This supplement provides a basic fund of knowledge all physicians should have, regardless of their chosen specialty.
H. Richard Winn, MD, Prize
The purpose of this international award is to encourage research in the neurosciences and to recognize outstanding, continuous commitment to research in the neurosciences by a neurological surgeon.
The Society of Neurological Surgeons has established a committee composed of neurosurgeons and neuroscientists to evaluate candidates and select an annual awardee. We invite you and your colleagues to submit nominations. In order to encourage a broad solicitation, the Society would appreciate dispersing this announcement to your colleagues and faculty.
Learn more about the award
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Program Director Toolkit
Educational and regulatory demands on Program Directors have become increasingly complex and time consuming particularly with respect to the ACGME Competencies, Milestones and Next Accreditation System. The Society of Neurological Surgeons Website Committee has created the Program Director (PD) Toolkit to provide you with some practical tools for teaching and evaluating residents, as well as educating medical students.
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Bilateral Frontotemporal Decompressive Craniectomy (Kjellberg Procedure)
Oct 14, 2019 by The Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery
The Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery faculty will lead you through a bilateral frontotemporal decompressive craniectomy. A 27 year-old male with no medical history presents with a GCS of 3 immediately after a high speed motorcycle acciden…
Cranial Flap Fixation
Oct 14, 2019 by SNS
This video explains details on cranial flap fixation including placement and securing metal plates to bone flaps. This video is the fourth of six surgical and procedural skills modules developed by the Bootcamp Subcommittee of the Committee on Resident Education of the So…
Drilling Burr Holes in Bone Dissection
This video is the first of six surgical and procedural skills modules developed by the Bootcamp Subcommittee of the Committee on Resident Education of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. It was developed to supplement the PGY1 Bootcamp courses and is meant to help individu…
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