CNS Guidelines Initiative

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CNS Guidelines Initiative

The CNS Foundation proudly supports the development, review and dissemination of CNS Guidelines in order to keep this essential service free, accessible and of high quality to the worldwide community of neurosurgeons.

Perioperative Spine Surgery Guidelines (2019 – 2022)

Generously supported by the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (Spine Section), this three-year project will support preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative guidelines for neurosurgeons in the Spine and Peripheral Nerves sub-specialty.

Demonstrating Impact – The Guidelines App

2017: Trauma Section donation funds development and implementation of free Guidelines App. Available for both Android and Apple phones, the CNS Guidelines App includes guideline recommendations and topic overviews for all CNS-produced guidelines in six specialty areas. Through the app, clinicians have immediate, at the point-of-care access to 16 guideline topics, with links to the full-text of the guideline.

2019: Guidelines App dissemination reaches 9,000 downloads by neurosurgeons around the world.

The CNS adheres to robust methodological processes to ensure the publication of high quality, evidence-based guidelines that clinicians can rely on. Currently, the CNS produces guidelines in the subspecialty topic areas of Pain, Pediatrics, Spine, Stereotactic/Functional, Trauma, and Tumor.

If you or your organization are interested in learning more about supporting the CNS Guidelines Initiative, please contact Courtney Johnson, Manager of Foundation & Giving, to learn about specific standards and policies for supporting medical guidelines.

“CNS Foundation represents the primary source of funding for the creation and publication of clinical practice Guidelines in Neurosurgery. As current Chair of the AANS-CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, I feel that it is critical to have funding to support clinical practice guidelines for spinal disorders. CNS Foundation provides necessary support for guidelines development.”
- Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FACS
CNS Foundation Section Steward