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Courses

The Department of Neurological Surgery runs three recurring courses for physicians and other clinicians: a course on innovation in neurosurgery, a board review course, and a symposium on traumatic brain injury. Each one has its own registration page. The dates, fees and credit hours below come from those pages, so check them there before you book travel.

  1. Dates TBA2027 Neuro InnovateDevices, research and AI in neurosurgery, with the CNS Innovation Institute 2026 course held Aug 6–7
  2. Jan 16–212027 Kranzler Chicago Review Course in NeurosurgeryBoard preparation for residents and practicing neurosurgeons Registration open
  3. Dates TBA2027 University of Chicago Neurotrauma SymposiumPenetrating brain injury: guidelines, gaps and research 2026 symposium held Sep 10–11
Intraoperative MRI suite at UChicago Medicine
Intraoperative MRI suite, UChicago Medicine

Neuro Innovate

2027 dates to be announced · the 2026 course was held August 6–7 at the David Rubenstein Forum

A one-day course about how new devices, research findings and AI tools in neurosurgery get from an idea to patients. Speakers are neurosurgeons and industry researchers who work on these problems. In 2026 the talks covered AI in surgical training and practice, radiosurgery, skull base surgery, new imaging methods and how academic departments organize innovation work.

The course is run with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Innovation Institute. Its fellows meet in Chicago the day before for a closed Fellows Summit on commercialization, regulation and reimbursement, intellectual property and pitching to investors. The course itself is open to neurosurgeons, other surgeons and neurologists, nurses, advanced practice providers, researchers, trainees and students.

2026 fees
Physicians $275; other clinicians $125; UChicago and affiliate clinicians, students and fellows $25; industry $450
Format
Fellows Summit (by invitation) on day 1, then the course on day 2
2026 course directorsMohamad Bydon, MD, with Sharona Ben-Haim, MD (UC San Diego) and Garni Barkhoudarian, MD (Pacific Neuroscience Institute)
Course website 2026 agenda
Harper Memorial Library on the University of Chicago campus in autumn
Harper Memorial Library. Photo: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0

Kranzler Chicago Review Course in Neurosurgery

January 16–21, 2027 · David Rubenstein Forum · in person or online

A six-day review of the whole field, taught as a series of lectures and question sessions. Most people who take it are in one of three groups: residents getting ready for the written board exam, surgeons who have recently finished training and are preparing for the oral boards, and practicing neurosurgeons who want to check that their knowledge is up to date.

The syllabus covers vascular, skull base and tumor surgery, spine, pediatrics, epilepsy, functional neurosurgery and pain, and uses more than 400 board-style questions. The course started in 1973 as the Cook County Graduate Medical Education Neurosurgery Review Course. It is named for Dr. Leonard Kranzler, who directed it, and the Department of Neurological Surgery now hosts it.

Credit
53.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Fees
Physicians and other clinicians $2,600; residents and fellows $2,100
Resident lodging
The first 20 residents from ACGME-accredited programs who register to attend in person get five nights at The Study at University of Chicago hotel at no charge.
Course directorMartin D. Herman, MD, PhD
Register for 2027 Course website
The Center for Care and Discovery hospital building at UChicago Medicine at dusk
Center for Care and Discovery, UChicago Medicine

University of Chicago Neurotrauma Symposium

2027 dates to be announced · the fourth symposium was held September 10–11, 2026

A yearly two-day meeting on penetrating brain injury, most often gunshot wounds to the head. UChicago Medicine runs the adult Level I trauma center for the South Side, and many of these patients are treated here. The symposium brings together neurosurgeons, trauma surgeons, neurocritical care physicians, rehabilitation therapists, researchers and people who work in health policy and community organizations.

Each year looks at what the current treatment guidelines say, where the evidence is still thin, and what research would close those gaps. The program is a mix of talks and panel discussions.

  • 2023Penetrating Brain Injury: Toward a New Paradigm
  • 2024Penetrating Brain Injury: Establishing Priorities
  • 2025Exploring Practice Changes, Persistent Gaps, and Advancing Research Collaborations
  • 2026From Evidence to Impact
2026 credit
9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, plus physical and occupational therapy hours
2026 fees
Physicians $400 ($250 early); other clinicians, residents and fellows $250 ($100 early)
Course directorsParamita Das, MD, MS, Director of Trauma Neurosurgery, with Fernando Goldenberg, MD, Christos Lazaridis, MD, Ali Mansour, MD, MS and Susan Rowell, MD, MBA, MCR
2026 symposium page Recorded talks (2025)

Questions about a course

For registration, fees or accessibility, use the contact details on each course's registration page. For anything else, call the department at (773) 702-2123. Residency, fellowship and visiting student programs are listed on the Education page.