Its members are health professionals providing care to critically ill and injured patients.
Although a great percentage of the members are healthcare practitioners are in the US, the society is international and includes members from multiple healthcare disciplines all over the world History The Neurocritical Care Society was formed in 2002 with Thomas P Bleck MD MCCM as the founding president.
NCS is an interdisciplinary society, with membership roles spanning multiple physician disciplines, nursing, advanced practice providers, pharmacists and other allied health providers who specialize in the care of patients with severe neurological illness.
Diplomates of the member boards in neurology, neurological surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, surgery, and internal medicine with the requisite training or experience in neurocritical care will be eligible to sit for the inaugural examination in 2021.
The 18th annualmeeting was conducted virtually, and the 19th Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held in Chicago in October 2021.