Oakstone Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review 2026

Evidence-Based Neurosurgical Board Prep

Inclusive and broad in scope, Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review is an online video program that helps you strengthen your practice across the full spectrum of neurosurgery. Review every major subspecialty area, from vascular, head injury and craniocerebral trauma, spinal surgery, peripheral nerves, brain, spine, and spinal cord tumors, to skull base lesions, pituitary tumors and craniopharyngiomas, hydrocephalus and cysts, functional neurosurgery, and special topics.

The continuing medical education lectures — given by experienced and authoritative faculty from highly regarded institutions — are expertly informed, evidence based, and guideline driven. You’ll acquire and master the combined technical clinical skills, analytical abilities, communication skills, and compassion needed as you diagnose and treat a vast range of neurological conditions. The course equips you with technical and nontechnical neurosurgical skills while helping to achieve the best clinical outcomes.

Date of Original Release: April 30, 2026

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Apply structured clinical reasoning to select diagnostic tests and treatment strategies that challenge initial assumptions
Integrate imaging, neurophysiologic data, and intraoperative findings to guide operative planning and adjustments
Select appropriate management strategies based on patient- and disease-specific factors
Implement evidence-based perioperative and postoperative management strategies to improve surgical outcomes
Modify management strategies in response to new clinical or intraoperative information
Apply guideline-concordant decision-making to reduce unnecessary testing and overtreatment
Identify common diagnostic errors, cognitive biases, and guideline misapplications that impact neurosurgical decision-making
Intended Audience

This educational activity is designed for neurosurgeons, neurosurgery residents and fellows, and neuro-anesthesiologists.

+ Topics:

Vascular

Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke – Hakeem Shakir, MD

Intracranial Aneurysms – Andrew Bauer, MD

Intracranial Vascular Malformations – Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD

Moyamoya Disease – Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD

Contemporary Carotid Endarterectomy – Christopher M. Loftus, MD

Cerebrovascular Emergencies – An Endovascular Perspective – Bradley Gross, MD

Head Injury/Craniocerebral Trauma

Closed Head Injury – Concussion and Head Injury in Sports – William P. Meehan III, MD

Blunt and Penetrating Paranasal Sinus Injuries – Modern Lessons from Ukraine – Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FACS

Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury – Ryan S. Kitagawa, MD

Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury – Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS, FAANS

Spinal Surgery

Cervical Spine Trauma – John H. Chi, MD, MPH

Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma and Stabilization Techniques – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

Disc Herniations – Cervical, Lumbar, and Thoracic – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA

Hydromyelia and Syringomyelia – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

Peripheral Nerves

Acute Nerve Injury and Repair – Mark A. Mahan, MD, FAANS

What’s New with Peripheral Nerve Tumors and Lesions – Robert J. Spinner, MD

Reconstructive Strategies for Brachial Plexus Injuries – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

Compression Neuropathies – Christopher J. Winfree, MD, FAANS

Surgical Management of Weakness and Paralysis – Restorative Techniques – Justin M. Brown, MD, FAANS

Interpreting Electrodiagnostic Studies for Management of Nerve Injuries – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

Brain Tumors

Modernizing the Approach to Solid Tumor Brain Metastases – Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD

Malignant Gliomas – Charles S. Cobbs, MD

Meningiomas – Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS

Low-Grade Gliomas – Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS

Pineal Region Tumors – Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS

Vestibular Schwannomas – Kaith K. Almefty, MD

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations – Contemporary Approaches and Future Possibilities – Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FACS

Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors

Metastatic Tumors of the Spine – John F. Burke, MD, PhD

Skull Base Lesion

Meningiomas of the Skull Base and Other Skull Base Lesions – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FACS, FAANS

Skull Base Surgical Approaches – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FACS, FAANS

Pituitary Tumors and Craniopharyngiomas

Non-Functioning and Functioning Pituitary Tumors – Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS

Endoscopy for Pituitary Surgery – Gabriel Zada, MD

Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery for Craniopharyngiomas – Daniel Prevedello, MD

Functional Neurosurgery

Functional Neurosurgery – Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Surgery – John Rolston, MD

Special Topics

Neurofibromatosis – Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD

von Hippel-Lindau Disease – Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD