Active Membership

Active membership is for licensed practicing neurosurgeons in North America (US, Canada, and Mexico).

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Benefits of Active Membership

The benefits of Active membership include:

• Subscription to our publications: Neurosurgery, Operative Neurosurgery, Clinical 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 100 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 Active membership are $890 for US and $675 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

Have a record consistent with the highest standards of the profession.

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To apply for membership, please submit a completed and signed Active membership application in full, which includes a copy of your curriculum vitae and payment of the required $25 application fee and dues of $890.

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You also can download an application. For more information, contact us.