Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation

06/02/2026

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

🎓General Education Award - deadline June 22
🎓Skull-base and Vascular Technique Course - deadline July 12
🎓Jacksonville Traveling Fellowship - deadline September 30

For more info, send email to [email protected] or visit https://neurosurgeryoutreach.org/programs/educational-awards-the-neurosurgery-outreach-foundation/

05/29/2026

"Something that's a big help with hope is remembering the good things that have happened in my life."

Diagnosed with astrocytoma at a young age, Adam Scott Campbell has undergone multiple brain surgeries. In NOF Stories Part 2, Adam tells us more about the treatments he's undergone, meeting the love of his life, and how a list helped battle his depression.

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Join Adam in making a difference for people around the world living with brain disease. Text “Adam” to 707070.

05/27/2026

NOF is once again heading to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 15-19 to continue its ESM program at the National Center for Maternal and Child Health. Doctors Eylem Ocal, Gregory Albert and Laura Hobart-Porter make up the team. ESM 2026 Mongolia is supported by the Dorrance-Tomlinson Education Fund.

05/23/2026

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month! Join poet, writer and brain tumor survivor Adam Scott Campbell in making a difference for people around the world living with brain disease. Text “Adam” to 707070.

"Everyone in other countries and in places where they don't have access to the medical care that they need, to have the surgeries they might need---for brain surgeries, brain tumors---deserves the chance to have those surgeries." - Adam Scott Campbell, poet, writer and brain tumor survivor.

More on his inspiring story in this link - https://youtu.be/H3RNBH0n5r8?si=k6OX9uWER_afs_Rj

05/19/2026

"You are intersecting at the two strongest touchpoints for young medical students and college students who are saying 'I want to be a neurosurgeon': the first of which is pediatric neurosurgery, the second being international health," remarks Neurosurgery Podcast host Dr. Michael Wang of his interview with Dr. Philipp Aldana, AANS 2026 Humanitarian Awardee. Find out more on the "International Care: The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation" interview in the links below.

🎧Listen to the podcast here---
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-care-the-neurosurgery-outreach-foundation/id1474617803?i=1000767790103

▶️Watch the interview here---
https://youtu.be/jmTc49d3i1c?si=69z1GEcy2WzX7kV6

A conversation with Dr. Philipp Aldana, recipient of the 2026 AANS Humanitarian AwardFind more at https://neurosurgeryoutreach.org/

05/19/2026

ATM: The NOF team in General Santos City at the Dr. Jorge P. Royeca City Hospital for ESM Philippines 2026, together with Dr. Manilyn Hong, NOF awardee and Dr. Raymund Gagwis.

05/14/2026

ATM: The NOF Team in the Philippines for ESM 2026, at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC).

05/13/2026

"I was terrified as a 9-year old to have surgery...There's professionals who do know what they're doing. Brain surgeons know what they're doing and it turned out fine."

Diagnosed with astrocytoma at a young age, Adam has undergone multiple brain surgeries. In his story, he opens up about the challenges he’s faced, the victories he’s earned, and how a divine presence, an Angel, changed his life forever.

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Join Adam in making a difference for people around the world living with brain disease. Text “Adam” to 707070.

Hear more about his story in this link - https://youtu.be/H3RNBH0n5r8?si=k6OX9uWER_afs_Rj

05/08/2026

Dr. Philipp Aldana, FAANS, FAAP, receives the "Humanitarian Award" at the American Association of Neurosurgical Surgeons Annual Meeting 2026. The award recognizes Dr. Aldana’s dedication to advancing neurosurgical care and improving access to treatment for underserved communities worldwide.

NOF was co-founded by Dr. Aldana in 2010. He shares, "All the volunteers and supporters of NOF are humanitarians, working tirelessly and giving generously to fulfill its mission of advancing neurosurgical care in underserved communities worldwide. This award belongs to them."

Since 1997, the AANS has conferred its "Humanitarian Award" to members who have given their time and talents to charitable or public service and whose actions have brought honor to the neurosurgical specialty.

05/07/2026

ATM: The NOF team at AASPN 2026 in Manila, Philippines.