NREF Honor Your Mentor Funds Announce Awards
NREF Honor Your Mentor Funds Announce Awards Honor Your Mentor (HYM) Funds recognize the incredible people who have advanced neurosurgery. Each mentor fund has a specific purpose, and donations fund a chosen research or educational endeavor in the mentor’s name across a variety of subspecialties. The following HYM funds have recently made award disbursements: Albert L. Rhoton, Charles […]
Support the NREF While You Shop
Support the NREF While You Shop Last minute holiday shopping? Purchases made through AmazonSmile benefit the NREF. Designate “Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation” as your charity, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of select items to the NREF at no additional cost to you.
How You Can Support NREF – December 2022
Enhance Your Neurosurgical Training with NREF Illuminate the world of neurosurgery with a contribution to NREF. You can make a difference in one minute. Text “Neurosurgery” to 41444 from your mobile device or visit our online Donate page. Every donation helps fund cutting-edge research and educational programs to help develop the next generation of neurosurgeons provide the […]
Enhance Your Neurosurgical Training with NREF
Enhance Your Neurosurgical Training with NREF The NREF is committed to providing early career neurosurgeons with access to relevant, leading-edge educational opportunities. Our free, in-person courses offer advanced resident and fellow educational training in topic areas not always covered within neurosurgical residency. While spaces at the in-person courses are invitation-only, there are courses and webinars available online, free of […]
Application Open for 2023 Timmons Leadership Award
Application Open for 2023 Timmons Leadership Award The Shelly D. Timmons Honor Your Mentor Fund was established to support leadership development for all young neurosurgeons. Applications for the 2023 Shelly D. Timmons Leadership Award are being accepted through the NREF. The Awardee will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills through participation in mentoring sessions with Dr. Timmons. Early career neurosurgeons […]
Cushing Circle of Giving Welcomes New Members
Cushing Circle of Giving Welcomes New Members The Cushing Circle of Giving was established by the NREF as a lifetime giving society to recognize donors who support the foundation’s research and education efforts. The NREF extends its gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. P. Charles Garell, Mark J. Krinock, MD, FAANS, and Eric A. Potts, MD, FAANS, as the newest […]
Batter Up for 2023 Charity Softball Tourney
Batter Up for 2023 Charity Softball Tourney Save the Date! The Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament, hosted by Columbia University, returns to New York City’s Central Park on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Proceeds benefit the Andrew T. Parsa Honor Your Mentor Fund for brain tumor research through the NREF. For more information, please contact Ricardo J. Komotar, MD, FAANS; […]
Chairs Message The Impact of Your Generosity
Chairs Message – The Impact of Your Generosity Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2022 has been a remarkable year for the Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF). The Foundation awarded more than $2 million in grants and fellowships; we welcomed dozens of residents and fellows back to our in-person courses; Honor Your Mentor Funds reached the $7 million […]