Advancing Neuroscience Through Collaboration
The Big Ten Neurosurgery Consortium brings together leading academic neurosurgery programs to advance collaborative clinical research, generate meaningful discoveries, and improve outcomes for patients.
Big Ten Neurosurgery: By the Numbers
17 neurosurgery programs within the Big Ten network provide the following advantages:
Clinical
- More than 55,000 Procedures, of which over 42,000 were surgeries
- More than 480,000 Outpatient Visits
- 300 adult neurosurgeons and 45 pediatric neurosurgeons
- The Big Ten serves almost 1/3 of the nation’s population with a tenth of the number of neurosurgeons listed in the nation. (AANS)
Research
- 350 Active Clinical Trials
- All sites have Biobanking capabilities and Investigative Pharmacies
- All sites have established Reliance Agreements with a single commercial IRB
- 114 Clinical Research staffing (average 7 per site), 180 Scientists (73 Basic Scientists and 107 Translational Scientists)
- Awarded ~$55,000,000 NIH funding (Blue Ridge Institute 2023)
*Data obtained from public sources or through survey responses from participating departments/institutions. Clinical data extrapolated from 13 responses.
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