News

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Doctor and Professor David Douglas Cochrane. Doug, as he was widely known, leaves an enduring legacy of inspiring all who worked with him to be better, and inspiring institutions to become better versions of themselves. He was born in Cambridge, Ontario, […]

We are so pleased to invite you to the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery – ISPN 2024 in Toronto, Canada, October 13-17, 2024. The occasion of this 50th Annual Meeting is a milestone event, and we look forward to welcoming the pediatric neurosurgery community from all over the world to […]

We are proud to announce that our PESIG group has now published its first paper in Child’s Nervous System: ‘The Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Interest Group (PESIG) under the auspice of the ISPN Research Committee: Availability of relevant technology and geographical distribution’. This first paper aims to introduce PESIG and to analyze geographical differences of epilepsy surgery and […]

As members of the ISPN, you are at the heart of what makes our association great. Your passion, expertise, and dedication have contributed to our success over the years, and now, we invite you to take your involvement to the next level. We want to encourage you to become more active within the ISPN and […]

The ISPN Business Meeting 2023 will take place during ISPN 2023 on Wednesday 18 October 2023, 14:25-15:25 Chile time in Hall A of the Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center in Viña del Mar, Chile. Our members are invited to join us for this important annual gathering where we will provide an update on ISPN activities […]

At ISPN 2023 we will be hosting two pre-congress courses on Sunday, October 15, 2023, with a Craniofacial course taking place in the morning and a Neuroendoscopy course in the afternoon. Registration is free of charge for ISPN 2023 participants, and we recommend registering as soon as you can, as there is limited space available […]

Join us on 30 June for the final module of our first series (module 12) of the ISPN Medical students, residents & trainees education course! The topic of this module is Neuroradiology – Imaging on CNS in children – Friday 30 June 17:00-19:00CEST Moderators Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda […]

Join us for this year’s ISPN Nursing Symposium! After a successful online edition in 2022, this year’s ISPN Nursing symposium will again take place in virtual format. The online format will allow nurses globally to join the symposium. This year’s symposium will take place on Monday 16 October. We invite you to submit your nursing […]

In addition to our regular ISPN meeting attendance scholarships, the ISPN Executive wants to provide additional support to pediatric neurosurgeons from Latin America who want to travel to & attend the ISPN 2023 Annual Meeting in Viña del Mar, Chile (15-19 October 2023). For this purpose, we are making additional travel grants of USD 500 […]

Time is running out to apply for the ISPN 2023 meeting attendance scholarship! The final abstract submission deadline is 15 May (poster abstracts can be submitted until 15 June) and you can submit your application for a meeting attendance scholarship until 21 May 2023. The ISPN meeting attendance scholarship supports younger people from low and lower middle income countries (per World Bank classification) […]