For the third year in a row, Weill Cornell was chosen as the east coast venue for the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) Junior Resident "boot camp" - an intensive hands-on training course that matches experienced neurosurgeons with young residents in dissection labs and simulation labs. The course takes place in the Weill Cornell Medical College Gross Anatomy Lab, in the Surgical Innovations Lab for Skull Base Microneurosurgery, and in the Skills Acquisition and Innovation Laboratory (SAIL).

Surgical instruments at the ready for the nearly 70 residents who participated in this year's course

Residents gather in the Gross Anatomy Lab

Residents work on models first before moving on to cadaver stations

Dr. Elowitz uses a model first before the dissection begins

Dr. Elowitz oversees residents beginning dissection

Dr. Elowitz guides residents in a spine surgery technique

Dr. Gordon Baltuch of the University of Pennsylvania oversses residents at a skull base station

Dr. Ning Lin guides residents at a cranial station

Dr. Ning Lin (left) guides residents at a cranial station

Dr. Ning Lin guides residents at a cranial station

Dr. Ning Lin guides residents at a cranial station

Dr. Kim works with residents at a spine station

Dr. Hartl starts at a model table before moving to a dissection station

Dr. Hartl directing students at a spine station

Sixth-year Weill Cornell resident Michael Virk (right) assists Dr.Mark Bilsky of MSKCC at a spine station

Dr. Mark Bilsky uses spine models to prepare residents for hands-on dissections

Dr. Mark Bilsky uses spine models to prepare residents for hands-on dissections

Residents work together at a cadaver station

Residents work together at a cadaver station

Dr. Bernardo (center) and Dr. Stieg (right) oversee students at a skull base station

Dr. Bernardo (center) oversees students at a skull base station

Dr. Stieg confers with Dr. Bilsky during the Anatomy Lab session

Dr. Stieg participates at the cranial model station

In the Anatomy Lab, residents get hands-on experience

In the Anatomy Lab, residents get hands-on experience

In the Anatomy Lab, residents get hands-on experience

Dr. Hartl prepares for hands-on spinal dissection

Dr. Hartl talks to his students before hands-on spinal dissection

In the SAIL Lab, Dr. Patsalides demonstrates intra-arterial techniques

In the SAIL Lab, Dr. Patsalides demonstrates intra-arterial techniques

In the SAIL Lab, Dr. Patsalides demonstrates intra-arterial techniques

In the SAIL Lab, residents worked on simulators

In the Surgical Innovations Lab, residents practiced microsurgical techniques

In the Surgical Innovations Lab, Dr. Christopher Winfree (right) guides a resident through microsurgical techniques

Weill Cornell spine fellow Japhet Ngerageza guides resident

Teaching microsurgical techniques in the Surgical Innovations Lab

Teaching microsurgical techniques in the Surgical Innovations Lab

Teaching microsurgical techniques in the Surgical Innovations Lab