Patient Education

Useful Links:

Brain Tumors: IRSA - Understanding Brain Tumors

AVMs: IRSA - Arteriovenous Malformations

RadioSurgery: IRSA - Stereotactic Radiosurgery Overview

Gamma Knife: IRSA - Gamma Knife Surgery

Affilliate Organizations:

• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants
• CANN | Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• National Institute of Health
• Society for Neuroscience
• Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care

Cerebrovascular:

• American Heart Association
• American Stroke Association
• Brain Aneurysm Foundation
• National Stroke Association

Endocrine:

• Endocrine Society

Epilepsy:

• American Epilepsy Society
• Epilepsy Foundation

Functional:

• American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
• Movement Disorder Society
• ST/Dystonia

Hydrocephalus: The Hydrocephalus Association

Journals:

• British Journal of Neurosurgery
• Journal of Neuroscience
• Journal of Neurosurgery
• Nature
• Neurological Research
• Neuron
• Neurosurgery
• Spine
• Stroke
• Surgical Neurology

Match Organizations:

• National Resident Match Program
• Neurosurgery Resident Match Program

Neurologic Organizations: American Academy of Neurology

Neurosurgical Organizations:

• American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
• American Board of Neurologic Surgery
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences
• Council of State Neurosurgical Societies
• Neurocirugia Mexicana
• Society for Neurologic Surgeons
• Women in Neurosurgery
• World Federation of Neurological Societies

Oncology:

• American Brain Tumor Association
• National Brain Tumor Foundation

Pain:

• American Academy of Pain Management
• American Chronic Pain Association
• American Pain Society
• National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain
• The Pain Society

Pediatric:

• American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery
• American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
• American Syringomyelia Alliance Project

Peripheral Nerve: Peripheral Nerve Society

Skull Base: North American Skull Base Society

Spine Organizations:

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• American Spine Injury Association
• American Syringomyelia Alliance Project
• Cervical Spine Research Society
• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
• Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord Research
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
• North American Spine Society

Trauma:

• Brain Trauma Foundation
• Think First Foundation