NANS Residents and Fellows

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

• Preference for funded (airfare, hotel) registration to the annual and future mid-year Hands-On Cadaver Courses, which are only available to NANS members. This unbiased course represents all device manufacturers with intimate teaching by a 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, held yearly in Las Vegas.
• 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.
• Eligibility for the Legislative Awareness, Health Policy, and Advocacy Fellowship in Washington, DC (see Announcements below).
• Opportunities to become involved in a growing, state-of-the-art organization.

As current residents and fellows, we personally feel that membership in NANS 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. SCS Intervention Decreased or Stabilized Opioid Usage at 1-Year Post-Implant
2. SCS Frequency Study
3. IDDS vs. CMM for Refractory Cancer Pain
4. Efficacy of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
5. A Multicenter Study Evaluating DRG Stimulation and Predictors for Trial Success
6. The Cost Effectiveness of SCS in the Treatment of FBSS
7. Safety and Efficacy of Peripheral Electrical Stimulation to Treat Chronic Pain
8. Multicolumn SCS for Predominant Back Pain in FBSS Patients
9. SCS Infection Rate and Risk Factors: Results from a United States Payer Database
10. Percutaneous PNS Provides Sustained Relief in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
11. 10KHZ HF SCS Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain: A 24 Month Study

2017 NANS Top Abstracts and Award Winners

Landmark Articles in Neuromodulation
Please click here to view or download.
Last Updated: 6/27/15 A listing of lectures and videos covering pertinent topics in neuromodulation.

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