November 2025

NEUROSCIENCES

ADVANCED TRAINING IN OPEN AND ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY: A HANDS-ON SKULL BASE CME PROGRAM

Bringing together skill sets from neurosurgery and otolaryngology, this comprehensive three-day CME course offers a unique opportunity to collaborate and learn complex surgical techniques from some of the top experts in the field of skull base pathologies. Participants will also take advantage of the leading-edge technologies and cadaver dissection available in our lab. The Northwestern Medicine Skull Base Lab team instructs via didactic presentation, 3D and virtual reality anatomy demonstration, and guided cadaveric dissection. Participating surgeons get hands-on dissection experience using specimens to practice several complex approaches in both open and endoscopic cranial base surgery.
 
April 10 – 12, 2026
Downtown Chicago on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus
 
Course directors: James P. Chandler, MD, and Robert C. Kern, MD
 
On completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Review the surgical approaches (open and endoscopic) for complex skull base pathologies.
  • Recognize the advantages of a team-based approach for managing pre-op, peri-op and post-op skull base pathologies.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in endoscopic instrument handling and standard open skull base approaches.
 
Registration
Attending physician: $2,500
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine alumni: $1,500
Pair registration (neurosurgery and otolaryngology–head and neck surgery): $3,500
Trainee: $1,500
Breakfast, refreshments, lunch and Friday dinner are provided. Space is limited. 
 
Accreditation:
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement:
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program:
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
 
Additional information
If you have questions, please call Ella Henry at 650.665.3397 or email [email protected].

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