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The Massimo Collice Award
The Massimo Collice Foundation for Neuroscience announces an annual international prize of 10,000 euros for experimental or clinical research on Cerebral vascular malformations. The prize is intended to deepen training of the applicant in any specialized neurosurgical area, and will be delivered at the 2013 Annual meeting of the Cerebrovascular Section of the American Association of Neurological surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Participants younger than 40 years old on December 31, 2012 are eligible to apply and should be the lead author of the work. The study must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal or accepted for publication in 2012 and may not have already received another award. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2013.
Entries should either be emailed to Rose Borgia Collice (rosa.borgia@libero.it) and Alberto Debernardi (alberto.debernardi@massimocolliceonlus.org) or posted to: Fondazione Massimo Collice, via Rovani 11, 20123 Milano, Italy.
CNS SANS MOC Board Review Course, March 9-10
JW Marriott Desert Ridge
Phoenix, Arizona
March 9-10, 2013
The inaugural CNS SANS MOC Board Review Course provides learners a unique opportunity to utilize the tools of the Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (SANS) with questions modeled after those on the actual ABNS exam. Find an expert faculty who will lecture on high-yield material pertinent to the exam – from entrapment neuropathies and brachial plexus to vascular malformations or sellar tumors and cysts.
This course offers up to 11.5 hours of CME and an additional 5 CME hours for a special CNS SANS test designed specifically for those taking this course.
Course Fees:
- $1,000 for CNS Members
- $1,200 for CNS Non-Members
CNS 2010 Annual Meeting: Submit Your Abstracts
“A Celebration of Neurosurgery!” is the theme to this fall’s annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting being held in San Francisco from October 16-21. The CNS welcomes those interested to submit an abstract by the April 8 deadline. To submit an abstract go to http://2010.cns.org. Contact the CNS with any questions at info@1cns.org.
The Original Science Program comprises three distinct formats: Top Ten Abstracts, the Neurosurgical Forum, and Digital Posters. Irrespective of presentation format, all original science abstracts are also made continuously available and then archived after the meeting as online digital posters.
First International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia
Registration is still open to attend the First International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia. The conference, taking place May 6-8 in Hannover, Germany, consists of workshops, forums and lectures for dystonia experts and caretakers.
Dystonia is a movement disorder that can be helped with deep brain stimulation. The goal of this meeting is to advance existent therapies, improve their differential use and stimulate research in new therapeutic approaches.
AANS/CNS Section on Pain Biennial Meeting
Early registration fees are still available for the AANS/CNS Section on Pain taking place on April 30, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The title of this year’s all-day meeting is “Complication Avoidance in the Neurosurgical Pain Patient: How to Make the Situation Better, Not Worse.”
The day’s discussions include psychological assessment of the chronic pain patient, medicolegal issues involving chronic pain patients, intrathecal infusion therapy and complications of neuromodulation.
