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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.

Thomas Larrew, 2021 CNS Guidelines Quality Scholar Award Recipient

CNS Foundation Quality Guideline Scholar Award

Perioperative Spine Surgery Guidelines

Demonstrating Impact – The Guidelines App

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CNS Guidelines Application Schedule:

CNS Foundation Quality Guidelines Scholar Award
Application Period: February 13-March 13, 2023

The CNS Foundation extends its sincere appreciation to the Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves for a generous gift to fully develop the Peripheral Nerves Guidelines. This three-year project will benefit neurosurgeons of all disciplines, and their patients around the world.

CNS Foundation Quality Guideline Scholar Award

Eligibility Criteria: Applicants should be neurosurgical residents in good standing with residency program support for this commitment. Fully protected time is not required, but you will be expected to have at least 20 hours/week to devote to research efforts and to be given time to travel to the CNS Annual Meeting. Applicant must be a member of the CNS membership organization (cns.org).

Application Period: February 13-March 13, 2023. Awardees will be notified Spring 2023. For more information and to submit your application, click here. If you have any questions about this scholarship, please contact Trish Rehring at trehring@cns.org.

This program will be administered by a mentorship committee including members of the CNS Guidelines and Quality Improvement Committees and other experts in the field. The mentorship committee will review the applications and choose a CNS Guidelines and Quality Scholar for a term, which will run through the academic year July 2023–June 2024. Up to $12,000 of financial support will be available from the CNS Foundation to support coursework, technical materials, and travel for research meetings and conferences. After completion of the scholarship, the expectation is that this work will be presented at the 2024 CNS Annual Meeting and a manuscript based on this work will be submitted to Neurosurgery.

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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, Director of Foundation & Giving, to learn about specific standards and policies for supporting medical guidelines.

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“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

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.

CNS Guidelines Application Schedule:

CNS Foundation Quality Guideline Scholar Award

Perioperative Spine Surgery Guidelines (2019 – 2022)

Demonstrating Impact – The Guidelines App

Improving worldwide patient health through innovative programs that allow neurosurgeons to collaborate globally as researchers, learners, educators and caregivers.

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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.

CNS Guidelines Application Schedule:

CNS Foundation Quality Guideline Scholar Award

Perioperative Spine Surgery Guidelines (2019 – 2022)

Demonstrating Impact – The Guidelines App

Improving worldwide patient health through innovative programs that allow neurosurgeons to collaborate globally as researchers, learners, educators and caregivers.

Get Involved

Associated CNS Websites

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