Practicing Neurosurgeon Membership

Apply for Membership Today

To apply for membership, please submit a completed Active membership application in full, “which includes verification of training, a copy of your CV and payment of the required $25 application fee and dues fee. Please note that dues and application fees are non-refundable.

Benefits of Practicing Neurosurgeon Membership

The benefits of Practicing Neurosurgeons Membership include:

• Subscription to our publications: Neurosurgery, Operative Neurosurgery,  and Congress Quarterly
• Discounts on our online self-assessment tools: SANS Lifelong Learning, SANS: Spine, SANS: Pediatrics, SANS Competencies, and SANS Neurotrauma
• Extensive educational resources, including our online education catalog of over 350 CME hours accessible at your convenience, anytime and anywhere, including Nexus with 600+ cases in all 7 subspecialties.
• Reduced registration rate for the CNS Annual Meeting CNS resources such as the CNS+ app, the Member Dashboard, and our CNS Online Education Subscription option
• Online management of CME credit, member account, and meeting participation

The annual dues for Active membership are $1,070 for US and $835 for Canada/Mexico.

Are You Eligible?

In addition to being a licensed physician whose practice is substantially limited to neurological surgery in North America (US, Canada, and Mexico), an applicant for Active membership in the Congress must:

Meet at least (1) one of the following criteria:

1. Be certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery; or
2. Have completed the residency training requirements of a neurological surgery program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or
3. Have acceptable academic training equivalent to the requirements for eligibility for examination by the American Board of Neurological Surgery; or
4. Have an outstanding record in the field of neurological surgery over a period of years, due to the high standard of quality of the applicant’s work; or
5. Be an International Member currently practicing within North America and have been approved by request to the Membership Committee to convert from International Member to Active Member; AND
6. Have a record consistent with the highest standards of the profession.