Associate Membership

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To apply, submit a completed Associate membership application that includes your CV, the name of a current CNS member (Active/International member only) to serve as a reference, and payment of the required $25 application fee and dues fee.

To apply as an International Associate, submit a completed International Associate membership application that includes your CV and one letter of reference or letter of employment at current institution and payment of the required $25 application fee and dues fee.

Please note that dues and application fees are non-refundable.

Benefits of Associate Membership

The benefits of Associate 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
• Access to online educational resources with more than 120+ online courses and webinars
• Leadership opportunities through volunteering on committees
• Reduced registration rate for the Annual Meeting
• Online management of CME credit, member account, and meeting participation

The annual dues for Associate Membership are $360 and International Associate Membership are $75.

Are You Eligible?

To become an Associate Member, you must be a physician or scientist who is not a neurological surgeon but has shown distinction in a neurosurgically related discipline.

A person may apply for International Associate Membership if they meet the requirements of Associate Membership, but are an international surgeon who maintains a specialized practice outside of North America that is similar, or complimentary to, those maintained by CNS members, but have not recovered accredited or institutional-based neurosurgical training and/or are without a local neurosurgery training program (neurosurgeons or neurosurgical trainees/residents are not eligible for this membership type).