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Honor Your Mentor Funds

Training with the best leads to success, which benefits patients. Now you can show your gratitude through the NREF by honoring a mentor who helped you succeed.

Honor Your Mentor Funds recognize the incredible people who have advanced neurosurgery. Each mentor fund has a specific purpose. Your gift will fund a chosen research or educational endeavor in their name. Don’t see your mentor on the list? Review the fund guidelines, call 888.566.2267 or email info@nref.org to get started.
Faces of the previous mentors

Awards to Date

See a list of awards made from Honor Your Mentor Funds.

Mentor & Interest

Chris A. Philips , MD

To advance medical student mentorship, research, education and participation ...

Christopher I. Shaffrey

To support an international surgeon scholar to attend the AANS/CNS Spine...

Damirez T. Fossett

To provide funding to students at HBCU medical schools to support educational opportunities in neurosurgery, residency applications and the interview process.

David Kline, MD

To be used for education and clinical, or basic, science research of peripheral nerves.

David L. Kelly Jr

To support Resident Education and Research within department of...

Deborah L Benzil, MD

To promote and support trailblazers whose work is changing the paradigm...

Donald O. Quest

To fund the Quest Research Awards.

Ed Benzel

To fund clinical outcomes studies to analyze posture and deformity in...

Edward H. Oldfield, MD

To support innovative clinical and translational research performed by...

Edward R. Laws Jr, MD

To support resident education and research within the department of neurosurgery...

Edward S. Connolly, MD

To be utilized for clinical outcome studies, clinical or basic science...

Fred Gentili, MD

The award is to recognize and honor a mentor in neurosurgery, in the area...