Active Membership
The CNS Active Membership is open to licensed practicing neurosurgeons from the
US, Canada and Mexico whose primary neurosurgical training meets the requirements
for eligibility for examination by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
For an annual dues of $575, Active Members enjoy a wide range of benefits, including:
- Complimentary subscription to
NEUROSURGERY®, as well
as all supplements to NEUROSURGERY®.
- Complimentary subscription to
Operative Neurosurgery, a supplement to NEUROSURGERY®.
- Complimentary subscription to
Congress Quarterly, official CNS newsmagazine.
- Complimentary subscription to
Clinical Neurosurgery.
- Discounts on SANS Lifelong Learning,
CNS online self-assessment tool, as well as SANS: Spine, SANS: Pediatrics, SANS Competencies and SANS Neurotrauma.
- Complimentary access to the University
of Neurosurgery, featuring more than 40 online courses and webinars.
- Opportunity to participate in the organization through volunteering on various
CNS committees.
- Reduced registration fee for CNS Annual Meeting.
- Ability to manage your CME credit, member account and meeting participation via
your online CNS Account.
Eligibility
An applicant for Active Membership in the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
must be a licensed physician whose practice is substantially limited to neurological
surgery. Further, an applicant for Active Membership must:
Meet at least one of the following:
(A) be certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, The Royal College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery;
OR have completed the residency training requirements of a program approved by the
American Board of Neurological Surgery; OR have acceptable academic training equivalent
to the requirements for eligibility for examination by the American Board of Neurological
Surgery; OR have an outstanding record in the field of neurological surgery over
a period of years, due to the high standard of quality of the applicants work; AND
(B) be a member in good standing in the applicant’s local or regional medical society
or equivalent documentation of good standing in the local medical community (e.g.
active hospital privileges) except for applicants who are officers in the Armed
Forces; AND
(C) have a record consistent with the highest standards of the profession.
Apply Today
Applicants must submit for consideration a complete and signed Active Membership
Application, verification of their primary neurosurgical training and two references
from CNS Members. Upon approval by the CNS Executive Committee, new members will
be required to remit a $25 application fee and their first-year’s dues of $575.
Please direct questions to:
Member Services Department
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
10 N. Martingale Road, Suite 190
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
Phone: 847 240 2500
Fax: 847 240 0804
Toll Free: 877 517 1CNS
Email: membership@1cns.org