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 practicing neurosurgeon in North America (US, Canada, and Mexico), an applicant for Active membership in the Congress must:

• Meet at least 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;
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• Be a member in good standing in the applicant's local or regional medical society, or provide equivalent documentation of good standing in the local medical community. Applicants who are active duty officers in the Armed Forces are exempt from this requirement;
• Have a record consistent with the highest standards of the profession

Apply for Membership Today

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.