2023 SANS Written Boards Review Course for neurological surgeons

Event date : Virtual Saturday, January 21, 2023

2023 SANS Written Boards Review Course

The SANS Written Board Course prepares neurosurgery residents for the ABNS Primary Examination (commonly referred to as the Written Board Exam). Join us as we bring together pairs of expert faculty who will cover the breadth of all subspecialty and general neuro topics included on the Written Board Exam, in an engaging and participative manner for the attendees.

The program features lectures presented by faculty for each topic area, with integrated SANS questions which the participants engage with via live polling. Each question will then be discussed live by the faculty to ensure participants are able to not only identify the correct answer, but understand the logic behind the correct response.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the surgical and non-surgical management of tumors, vascular malformations, trauma, pain, and other pathological processes that affect the central nervous system (e.g., brain, hypophysis, and spinal cord), the peripheral nervous system (e.g., cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerves), the autonomic nervous system, the supporting structures of these systems (e.g., meninges, skull and skull base, and vertebral column), their vascular supply (e.g., intracranial, extracranial, and spinal vasculature), and their histopathology.
• Discuss the use and interpretation of images associated with these conditions.
• Discuss neurodegenerative processes and their management.

Saturday, January 21st, 2023

Course Description
The SANS Written Boards Review Course prepares neurosurgery residents for the ABNS Primary
Examination (commonly referred to as the Written Boards). Using SANS questions that were
specifically designed for this course, expert faculty cover the breadth of all subspecialty and
general neuro topics included on the Written Boards Exam.
The one-day intensive review provides summative didactic sessions covering the breadth of
neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neuropathology, neuroimaging, neurology, neurosurgery,
critical care, and core competencies—from synaptic physiology to cranial nerve anatomy to
complex spine surgery.

8 Videos on Below topics 

Trauma and Critical Care, Ryan S. Kitagawa & Emily Sieg
Spine Surgery, Alexander E. Ropper & Jared Fridley
Neuropathology, Tarik Tihan & Matthew D. Wood
Brain Tumors and Skull Base, Walavan Sivakumar & Rafael Vega
Vascular, Adam J. Polifka & Jacob Cherian
Peripheral Nervous System, Robert J. Spinner & Brandon Smith
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Taryn M. Bragg & Jason Hauptman
Pain and Functional Neurosurgery, Ashwin Viswanathan & Ahmed Raslan