NANS Residents and Fellows

The North American Neuromodulation Society Residents and Fellows Section-Young Neuromodulators is looking to establish leadership positions for 2022. The deadline to submit nomination materials is Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:59pm EST. We are currently accepting applications for the following four positions: Vice Chair of RFS, Mentorship Liaison, Research Liaison, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

To apply for one or more of the positions listed please send your nomination materials to Adrianna Siebenaler at asiebenaler@neuromodulation.org  Please include: 

• Name
• PGY-year and position (PGY-4, Chief Resident)
• Training program (UCLA)
• Board position in consideration
• CV
• A brief statement of your goals and qualifications for the committee position

• Attendees of the 2022 NANS Annual Meeting can claim CME credits. Click here.
• Attendees of the 2022 NANS Annual Meeting can receive online access to view presentations! Access presentations with your NANS login credentials. Attendees will only be able to view presentations based on their registration. 
• To access any of the NANS Past Meeting content you must be a NANS Member. To view this content please log into My Account and click on the Past Meetings tab. If you are not a member and are interested in obtaining this educational content please become a NANS Member today. Residents and Fellows have a discounted membership rate of $50.

As a Trainee/Student member, you are eligible for valuable benefits that far exceed the $50 annual membership fee, including:

• Preference to the annual and mid-year Hands-On Cadaver Courses, which are only available to NANS members. This unbiased course represents all device manufacturers with intimate teaching by world-class faculty.
• Access to the online version and resources of our society’s journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface.
• Membership in the International Neuromodulation Society by courtesy.
• Eligibility for travel awards to attend the NANS Annual Meeting.
• Mentorship from a group of highly accomplished, multidisciplinary neuromodulation thought leaders, including contact information of mentors in NANS and access to a summary of landmark papers.
• Networking & Employment opportunities to secure your future.
• Opportunities to become involved in a growing, state-of-the-art association.

As current residents and fellows, we personally feel that NANS membership has proved invaluable to our professional development. No other organization gives you more of the support you need to advance your career than NANS! Click here to join NANS now.

Multimedia archived from the NANS Past Annual Meetings can be found here. Please log into your NANS account to view this content.

Clinical Case Series

Please see below for eight clinical cases that have been created for the NANS Clinical Case Discussion Series. Although there may be some case by case variation by topic, each case follows a standardized format that is meant to highlight core educational concepts within neuromodulation that are relevant to Fellows and Residents in training. These cases were created by RFS board members as well as those Fellows participating in the Mentorship program. Each case was carefully reviewed and created in conjunction with a NANS faculty mentor.

1. FBSS Case
2. DRG for PHN
3. Neuropathic Pain Case
4. Occipital Neuralgia Case
5. Arulkumar Explant Case
6. Anticoagulation in SCS
7. Chronic Pelvic Pain
8. IDDS for Cancer Pain

Visual Abstract Series

Click the links below to view our visual abstract series. Our visual abstracts, released each month through our Twitter account, summarize new key articles published within the neuromodulation space.

1. Effective Relief of Pain and Associated Symptoms with Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation System
2. Sensor-Driven Position-Adaptive Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain
3. 10KHZ HF SCS Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain: A 24 Month Study
4. SCS Intervention Decreased or Stabilized Opioid Usage at 1-Year Post-Implant
5. SCS Frequency Study
6. IDDS vs. CMM for Refractory Cancer Pain
7. Efficacy of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
8. A Multicenter Study Evaluating DRG Stimulation and Predictors for Trial Success
9. The Cost Effectiveness of SCS in the Treatment of FBSS
10. Safety and Efficacy of Peripheral Electrical Stimulation to Treat Chronic Pain
11. Multicolumn SCS for Predominant Back Pain in FBSS Patients
12. SCS Infection Rate and Risk Factors: Results from a United States Payer Database
13. Percutaneous PNS Provides Sustained Relief in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
14. 10KHZ HF SCS Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain: A 24 Month Study
15. Sensor-Driven Position-Adaptive Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain
16. Effective Relief of Pain and Associated Symptoms with Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation System
17. Burst SCS for Limb and Back Pain
18. PROCO-RCT Frequency & Analgesia in SCS
19. Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain and Ischemic Diseases: Consenus Recommendations

Videos:

Implantation of a Baclofen Pump

Implantation of Thoracic SCS

Knot Tying Videos (courtesy of Antimated Knots)

One-handed Tie

Two-handed Tie

Surgeon's Knot

NANS SCS Workshop for Fellows/Residents Video Presentations:

(Warning these links access some rather large video files, they may take a while to download)

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

The Mechanics of Programming for DBS

Programming DBS for Parkinson's Disease

Below are educational resources offered by system manufacturers directed towards patients. You may find it useful not only to direct your patients to these websites, but also to use them for your own understanding of each implantable system.

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Boston Scientific
Control your Pain

Medtronic
Living with Chronic Pain

St. Jude Medical
Discovering Neurostimulation

Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Therapy

Medtronic
Living with Chronic Pain

Deep Brain Stimulation

Medtronic
Living with Parkinson’s Disease

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Cyberonics
VNS Therapy for Epilepsy