Your safety is our priority! The NREF is committed to creating a safe and healthy environment for all our attendees, faculty, sponsors, NREF staff and the community.
NREF is following best practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and will abide by the legal mandates from the state where each course is held. Health and safety measures will be updated as planning for the 2022 courses continues.
In cooperation with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Neurosurgery Education & Research Foundation (NREF) offers free courses to provide advanced resident and fellow educational training in topic areas not always covered within neurosurgical residency.
Thanks to our valued individual donors and corporate supporters, the NREF has funded over ninety (90) courses attended by more than 2,000 residents and fellows, with thousands more viewing presentations online.
Attendance at NREF Resident Education courses is by invitation only.
Residency program directors and residency coordinators are notified of these resident course opportunities approximately sixteen (16) weeks in advance of each course and are asked to nominate one resident and one alternate from their program to attend each course, based upon specified course criteria.
Watch Resident Education Online
While spaces at the NREF Resident Education Courses are limited, several courses are available online, free of charge, to neurosurgical residents around the world. Each program consists of several hours of didactic lectures based on the course topic.
2023 Resident Education Course Calendar
The NREF is committed to providing young neurosurgeons with access to relevant, leading-edge educational opportunities.
Neuroendovascular Surgery
Techniques Course for Fellows
Directors: Mandy J. Binning, MD, FAANS and
Lucas Elijovich, MD
Dates: September 15-17, 2023
Location: Memphis, TN
Endovascular and Vascular
Techniques for Residents
Directors: Andrew W. Grande, MD, FAANS and
Mark D. Bain MD, FAANS
Dates: September 28-30, 2023
Location: Memphis, TN
Spinal Deformity for Residents
Directors: Tyler R. Koski, MD, FAANS and
Daniel M. Sciubba, MD, FAANS
Dates: April 28-30, 2023
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Spine Fundamentals Cadaver Course for Residents and Fellows
Directors: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, FAANS and
Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS
Dates: July 14-16, 2023
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Senior Resident Skull Base
Dissection Course
Directors: Carl B. Heilman, MD, FAANS; L. Madison Michael, II, MD, FAANS; and Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FAANS, FACS
Dates: October 27-29, 2023
Location: Memphis, TN
Thank you so much for an outstanding course. This really was the best course I have ever attended and I am very grateful for the opportunity.
Michael Safaee, MD, 2018 attendee, Senior Residents Course on MIS and Emerging Spinal Technologies
For More Information
If you are interested in supporting a course, serving as faculty or need more information about NREF Resident/Fellow Educational programs, please contact NREF at 847.378.0500 or via email at info@nref.org.
