THE FLORIDA NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1958 TO UNITE QUALIFIED NEUROSURGEONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA INTO A REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION TO FURTHER THE AIMS AND IDEALS OF NEUROSURGERY AND OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, TO STUDY THE SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS OF MEDICINE TO ENCOURAGE AND MAINTAIN THE BEST PATIENT CARE AND THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PRACTICE OF NEUROSURGERY, TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF LIKE PURPOSE AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AT LARGE.