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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

R. Michael Scott, MD

To support the R. Michael Scott Lectureship and related educational...

Ralph G. Dacey

To fund the Ralph Dacey Cerebrovascular Research Lectureship...

Raymond Sawaya, MD

To support an annual award for the most successful Neurosurgical Oncology Fellow.

Regis W. Haid Jr, MD

To be utilized for support of spinal clinical outcomes studies and fellowship...

Richard G. Fessler MD

To support basic or clinical research directed toward developing or evaluating...

Robert F. Heary

To support mentorship of medical students and residents as well as...

Roberto C. Heros MD

To support clinical or bench research by a neurosurgical resident, awarded purely...

Robertson Brothers

To support education and research within the University of Tennessee...

Roy A. E. Bakay, MD

To support research in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.

Sanford J. Larson MD

To fund an award for best spine research paper at the AANS...

Sanjiv Bhatia, MD

To fund an international pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric epilepsy...

Shelly D. Timmons

To support leadership development for all young neurosurgeons.