Emerging Leaders Course
April 10 – 12, 2025
Indiana Spine Group, Medical Academic Center
Carmel, Indiana
The Emerging Leaders Course further promotes CSRS’s mission of developing young members by creating an open and intimate forum addressing the various challenges faced by early career spine surgeons. This course will be open to 32 total participants. The primary audience is orthopedic or neurosurgeons in their first five years of practice, and neurosurgeons in their last year of residency.
2025 Meeting Chairs: Michael McCarthy, MD & Alpesh Patel, MD, MBA
Learning Objectives
• Create an open participant driven education platform to facilitate honest, “real-life” conversations between attendees & facility.
• Provide useful and informative lectures focusing on topics relevant to young surgeon leaders.
• Emphasis on advanced cervical spine topics and techniques.
• Further explore participants as surgeon leader in and out of the operating room.
• Hands-on labs working one on one with cervical spine experts.
• Promote engagement of early career members within CSRS
• Limited capacity to facilitate group discussion and networking with current and past CSRS presidential line
Applicants
The Emerging Leaders Course will select the top candidates based upon an application process. The CSRS Education committee will review and select the final candidates.
Applicants must be US based and be either from a ACGME or CAST accredited program or have a fellowship secured with a CSRS active member.
Accepted practicing surgeons are only responsible for a $300 registration fee. (CSRS will cover the hotel, airfare/travel, and most food expenses.) A limited number of spots are available for neurosurgeon residents, and CSRS will cover the complete registration fee as well as hotel, airfare/travel and most of the food expenses.
Application Timeline
Applications open: December 2, 2024 - January 15, 2025
Application Review: Late January/ Early February
Acceptance & Rejection Notices: Mid-February
Emerging Leaders Course: April 10-12, 2025
Application Details:
Applicants will be required to provide a CV in PDF format, a 500 word or less essay on why the applicant is interested in attending the course, and a 250 word or less essay on what the applicant hopes to gain from the course.
Program & Faculty
Coming soon!
Highlights from the 2024 Emerging Leaders Course
