Neurosurgery fellowships in Taipei.

Funding: Full training and fellowship: shared resident dormitory (about USD 500/month) plus USD 500/month food allowance provided by Professor Tu's private foundation; travel at the trainee's expense. Observership: no accommodation, living or travel support.

Exposure: Short-term fellowship training within a high-volume integrated neuroscience service.

Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official WFNS centre profile. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Observation of general and specialty medical care in the host clinical department (no direct patient care); neurosurgery placement depends on departmental review.

Eligibility: Foreign nationals with an MD/MB (or dental) degree and a licence to practise in their own country.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official NTUH observationship guidelines. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The hospital provides no financial support; trainees fund living, travel and insurance themselves.

Exposure: Clinical or laboratory training in a chosen specialty or subspecialty, including neurosurgery (one of the departments that has provided international training programmes); applicants may name the TVGH doctors they wish to follow.

Eligibility: Overseas residents, fellows and specialists who are healthy, in good standing and have at least one consecutive year of relevant clinical experience (residency counts) and are still practising; Mandarin or Taiwanese fluency preferred but not essential.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Taipei Veterans General Hospital Department of Medical Education page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Spine Tumor Center, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery: about 1400 surgical cases per year and 106 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1. Multidisciplinary Spine Tumor Meetings 2. Grand Round 3. Mortality and Morbidity.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.