Enhance Your Neurosurgical Training with NREF
The NREF is committed to providing young neurosurgeons with access to relevant, leading-edge educational opportunities.
NREF offers free courses to provide advanced resident and fellow educational training in topic areas not always covered within neurosurgical residency.
| Course | Course Directors | Dates* | Venue / City |
| Spine Fundamentals Cadaver Course for Residents and Fellows | Dr. Praveen Mummaneni and Dr. Juan Uribe | July 21-24, 2022 | BNI Lab, Phoenix, AZ |
| Neuroendovascular Surgery Techniques Course for Fellows | Dr. Mandy J. Binning and Dr. Lucas Elijovich | Sept. 16-18, 2022 | MERI Lab, Memphis, TN |
| Endovascular & Vascular Techniques Course for Senior Residents | Dr. Andrew Grande and Dr. Mark Bain | Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2022 | MERI Lab, Memphis, TN |
NOTE: Dates, agenda and faculty members are subject to change.
Attendance at NREF Resident Education courses is by invitation only.
Residency program directors and residency coordinators are notified of these resident course opportunities approximately 16 weeks in advance of each course and are asked to nominate one resident and one alternate from their program to attend, based on specified course criteria.
The course directors make the selections as to who will be invited based on the nominations.
Once selected, the NREF covers course fees, travel and hotel accommodations for the resident. At this time, nominations are accepted from residency program directors in the United States and Canada only.
Space at live courses is limited, so more than 50 hours of previously-recorded didactic content from AANS/NREF Resident Education Courses is available online free of charge – for members and non-members alike.
The NREF has partnered with the Young Neurosurgeons Committee (YNC) to provide young neurosurgeons and medical students with timely information, education and inspiration towards a career in neurosurgery. These hour-long sessions are presented via Zoom and recorded.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), NREF, and Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research (CNF) joined forces to present a webinar on sports-related concussions and brain injury.
All past episodes of NREF webinars are archived on the NREF YouTube channel.