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, 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 $1,030 for US and $805 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:
- 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
- Have completed the residency training requirements of a neurological surgery program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or
- Have acceptable academic training equivalent to the requirements for eligibility for examination by the American Board of Neurological Surgery; or
- 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
- 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 Active membership application in full, which includes a copy of your curriculum vitae and payment of the required $25 application fee and dues fee.
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