About the ASEAN Neurosurgical Society

The ASEAN Neurosurgical Society is a registered ASEAN-affiliated Civil Society Organisation (CSO).

The members of the ASEAN Neurosurgical Society are neurosurgeons who are Members of their national neurosurgical societies in the ASEAN countries (ASEAN is the Association of South-east Asian Nations, established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, and subsequently joined by Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia). The Society also recognises acknowledged neurosurgeons in ASEAN countries which do not have a national neurosurgical society as members.

The ASEAN Neurosurgical Society organises the ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery once every two years. The Congress is held in one of the ASEAN countries and is organised by the national neurosurgical society of that country.

The 10th ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery was held in Singapore in 2002, the 11th ASEAN Congress was held in Bali, Indonesia, in 2004 and the 12th ASEAN Congress was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2006. The 13th ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur in December 2008.

The 14th ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery will be held in Phuket, Thailand in February 2011.