About SNS

For some time prior to 1949, a group of neurosurgeons in the mid-South had exhibited interest in the prospect of meeting informally once or twice yearly to discuss mutual clinical and technical problems.

Under the stimulus of Dr. R. Eustace Semmes, therefore, in November of 1949, invitations were sent to some fifty neurosurgeons to meet in Memphis to discuss the formation of the group. On November 29, 1949, twenty-three of the founding group met in Memphis for the first organizational scientific meeting.

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Annual Meeting

Palm Trees

Save the Date!
76th SNS Annual Meeting
March 11-14, 2026
Wyndham Grand Rio Mar
Puerto Rico

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