Press Releases

In-training and early career neurosurgeons who were awarded Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) funding have significant success in acquiring subsequent grant support, research productivity and achievements of academic rank, according to a study done by the NREF, which examined the impact of NREF grants from 2000-2015.

The Cerebrovascular Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery joined in supporting the Society of Neurological Surgeons newly launched Neurosurgeon-Scientist Training Program.

The Society of Neurological Surgeons announced it had established a Neurosurgeon-Scientist Training Program to increase the pool of neurosurgery residents conducting research and to enhance their success rate in becoming independent neurosurgeon-scientists.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) is pleased to announce a new grant program - the NREF Early Career Neurosurgeon Fellowship. Applications will be available through the NREF website beginning December 1, 2022. The NREF Early Career Neurosurgeon Traveling Fellowship is designed for neurosurgical residents, fellows and early-career neurosurgeons interested in a subspecialty experience away from their home neurosurgery program.

The Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation's (NREF) Honor Your Mentor (HYM) Funds started in 2014 with a modest six funds and total pledges of $177,195 from 37 donors. Today, NREF is excited to announce that the program has climbed to an impressive 70 funds with total pledges of $7,067,324.84 from 2,459 donors.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) and the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section are pleased to announce that Edward Duckworth, MD, MS, FAANS, and Farhan Siddiq, MD, FAANS, have been selected as recipients of the 2022 Joint Cerebrovascular Section Traveling Fellowship.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) has secured agreements with DePuy Synthes, Globus Medical, Medtronic, NuVasive and Olympus to provide funding in support of the foundation's Clinical Fellowship Grants program.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) announces this year's recipients of the foundation's Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Awards.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons presented several major awards during the 2022 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia. These awards honor the lifetime contribution of members for their surgical, scientific and humanitarian accomplishments.

Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, has been named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Stroink is a board-board certified neurosurgeon based in Illinois and will serve as the organization's president for the next 12 months.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Names Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, as the organization's president-elect. The Charlotte-based neurosurgeon will serve as president-elect of the association for the next 12 months.

The Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Tumors are pleased to announce Jacob Young, MD, and Daniel Green Eichberg, MD, as the recipients of the StacheStrong and NREF Research Grants on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors. These grants were funded by the NREF through a partnership with StacheStrong, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity focused on raising funds and awareness for brain cancer research.

NREF Announces Recipients of 2021-22 Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Awards

NREF Awards 2021 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships

Medtronic Joins American Spine Registry as Sponsor

Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Announces 2021-22 Clinical Fellowship Grant Recipients

Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, has been named president-elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).

Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FAANS, a professor and co-chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been named vice president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).

Regis W. Haid, Jr., MD, FAANS, has been named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).