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The AANS offers a comprehensive suite of educational opportunities, designed to support neurosurgeons at every stage of their career. From dynamic live online, live in person and on demand courses and valuable enduring materials, our resources are tailored to you.
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The AANS delivers top-tier continuing medical education (CME) through educational activities grounded in evidence-based medicine and adult learning principles.
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The AANS is committed to addressing your current challenges. Our coding resources help you maximize reimbursement, stay updated on new coding and regulatory requirements, ensure compliance with evolving policies and streamline daily operations.
The AANS is committed to addressing your current challenges. Our coding resources help you maximize reimbursement, stay updated on new coding and regulatory requirements, ensure compliance with evolving policies and streamline daily operations.
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Stay Informed with the AANS. Discover Our Publications and Journals.Journal of Neurosurgery
Founded in 1944, the AANS’s flagship journal is recognized throughout the world by neurosurgeons and related medical specialists for its authoritative and cutting-edge clinical and laboratory research articles, case reports, technical notes, review articles and more. JNS is the most referenced journal specific to neurosurgery in publication.
JNS: Spine
First published in 1999 as a quarterly supplement to the Journal of Neurosurgery, JNS: Spine quickly grew in volume and frequency, and became an independent monthly journal in 2004. JNS: Spine provides the latest techniques and research findings in the rapidly advancing area of spine surgery.
JNS: Pediatrics
Neurosurgical Focus
This well-respected, freely accessible, online-only journal has been publishing important findings in neurosurgery since 1996. Each monthly issue covers a different topic in the field, and submissions are reviewed by experts on each topic. Continuing medical education credits are offered for many articles.
Neurosurgical Focus: Video
This open-access, online-only journal presents high-definition videos of neurosurgery-related procedures, creating a unique educational experience that makes viewers feel present in the operating room. The video journal was first published in 2012 as a twice-yearly video supplement to Neurosurgical Focus. In July 2019 it became an independent quarterly journal under its new name, Neurosurgical Focus: Video.
JNS: Case Lessons
This rapid-publication, open-access, online-only journal offers reports of single cases and small case series, with a focus on the lesson that the observation or experience provides to the reader. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons commenced publication in January 2021.
