- Duration
- Approved period, charged per month
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Fee-paying: observership USD 2,000/month or hands-on practice USD 3,000/month plus SIF-PC tuition and admin fees; discounts or waivers may apply.
- Exposure
- Spinal neurosurgery at the Gangnam campus, listed as a separate neurosurgery track within the Severance International Fellowship.
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Funding: Fee-paying: observership USD 2,000/month or hands-on practice USD 3,000/month plus SIF-PC tuition and admin fees; discounts or waivers may apply.
Exposure: Spinal neurosurgery at the Gangnam campus, listed as a separate neurosurgery track within the Severance International Fellowship.
Eligibility: International physicians may apply, subject to departmental availability. For hands-on practice, full SIF-Prime Course participation is required when applying for Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare permission; enrolment alone is not permission to treat patients.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Yonsei Institute for Global Health physician fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- One year in neurosurgery and one year in orthopaedic surgery, covering degenerative, deformity, trauma, tumour, paediatric and minimally invasive spine surgery with anterior, posterior and lateral approaches.
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Application status: The curriculum file is labelled 2025 but its admission plan describes 2020–21. The proposed four places are historical, not current vacancies.
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: One year in neurosurgery and one year in orthopaedic surgery, covering degenerative, deformity, trauma, tumour, paediatric and minimally invasive spine surgery with anterior, posterior and lateral approaches.
Eligibility: Iraqi Board-wide: the Board states it currently trains 2,505 students across 37 specialties plus 25 students from Arab countries; non-Iraqi eligibility for this programme is not specified.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Adult and paediatric spine surgery covering degenerative disease, deformity, tumours, infections, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, anterior and posterior cervical-to-lumbosacral approaches, instrumentation and clinical research.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Adult and paediatric spine surgery covering degenerative disease, deformity, tumours, infections, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, anterior and posterior cervical-to-lumbosacral approaches, instrumentation and clinical research.
Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NBE FNB Spine Surgery curriculum guidelines. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Accommodation and remuneration are provided as per CMC institutional rules; no fellowship-specific amount is published.
- Exposure
- Subspecialty spine neurosurgery training within the CMC Vellore Department of Neurosurgery.
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Funding: Accommodation and remuneration are provided as per CMC institutional rules; no fellowship-specific amount is published.
Exposure: Subspecialty spine neurosurgery training within the CMC Vellore Department of Neurosurgery.
Eligibility: MCh / DNB Neurosurgery completed within the last 5 years.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director
Source: Official CMC Vellore prospectus 2025–2026. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Spine and spinal deformity surgery within the AIIMS New Delhi Department of Neurosurgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Spine and spinal deformity surgery within the AIIMS New Delhi Department of Neurosurgery.
Eligibility: Online application via the AIIMS exams website as listed by the Neurological Society of India.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Advertisement published in June every year; online registration, MCQ exam and interview (per NSI directory)
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Spine and craniovertebral junction neurosurgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Spine and craniovertebral junction neurosurgery.
Eligibility: Selection via advertisement (typically June), online registration, multiple-choice question examination and interview.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Minimally invasive spine surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Minimally invasive spine surgery.
Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 to 12 months
- Deadline
- Applications must be submitted at least 9 months before the targeted commencement date
- Funding
- Self-funded; fellows bear expenses and an NNI processing fee is charged after acceptance.
- Exposure
- Clinical spine surgery and multidisciplinary spinal-problem management at National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@TTSH).
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Funding: Self-funded; fellows bear expenses and an NNI processing fee is charged after acceptance.
Exposure: Clinical spine surgery and multidisciplinary spinal-problem management at National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@TTSH).
Eligibility: Overseas applicants need an accredited medical degree, relevant home-country licensing examination, completed 12-month internship, home registration and good standing, active post-housemanship experience or postgraduate qualification, and home-government/health-authority/institution sponsorship. Institutional sponsorship requires current full-time employment of at least 40 hours weekly. Department-specific criteria also apply.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NNI neurosurgery fellowship programmes page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- One year in the Department of Surgery’s published advanced-training recruitment list. The PDF is undated; confirm the duration for the intended intake.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Subspecialty training in spinal neurosurgery within the Neurosurgery Division of Ramathibodi's Department of Surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Subspecialty training in spinal neurosurgery within the Neurosurgery Division of Ramathibodi's Department of Surgery.
Eligibility: Thai advanced-residency (แพทย์ประจำบ้านต่อยอด) pathway for neurosurgeons; the course page does not publish entry criteria, so confirm eligibility and Thai registration requirements with the Department of Surgery.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Programme director
Source: Official Ramathibodi Department of Surgery page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipContact programme
Spine →TUTehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran · Iran
Listed lead Programme instructors: academic staff of the Neurosurgery department at Shariati, Imam Khomeini and Sina Hospitals (department contact: Alireza Khoshnevisan)
- Duration
- 3–6 months
- Deadline
- Rolling applications year-round; September intake deadline 31 June (as stated on the TUMS major page)
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding; fees follow the TUMS international education fees schedule.
- Exposure
- Joint orthopaedic–neurosurgery programme covering spinal trauma, paediatric and adult deformity, degenerative, metabolic, tumour, infectious and congenital disease; decompression, discectomy, instrumentation and tumour surgery with intraoperative neuromonitoring at Shariati, Imam Khomeini and Sina hospitals.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding; fees follow the TUMS international education fees schedule.
Exposure: Joint orthopaedic–neurosurgery programme covering spinal trauma, paediatric and adult deformity, degenerative, metabolic, tumour, infectious and congenital disease; decompression, discectomy, instrumentation and tumour surgery with intraoperative neuromonitoring at Shariati, Imam Khomeini and Sina hospitals.
Eligibility: Graduated neurosurgeon or orthopaedic surgeon; successful completion of an approved general physician programme; proficient in English or Persian.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Tehran University of Medical Sciences page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Daegu Catholic University Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.
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Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Daegu Catholic University Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (12)
Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (12)
Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (over 3 months)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
- Exposure
- Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Pohang Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.
Source reviewed 9 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.
Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Pohang Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.
Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1–2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.
Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director; the directory entry does not publish entry criteria.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- NBEMS minimum FNB stipend effective 1 June 2025: INR 49,000 per month in year 1 and INR 51,000 in year 2. State-government hospitals must pay the higher of these minima or the applicable state-government basic stipend. This is the scheme minimum, not a confirmed GSVM payroll quotation.
- Exposure
- Two-year post-doctoral Fellowship of the National Board (FNB) training in spine surgery within a neurosurgical unit.
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Funding: NBEMS minimum FNB stipend effective 1 June 2025: INR 49,000 per month in year 1 and INR 51,000 in year 2. State-government hospitals must pay the higher of these minima or the applicable state-government basic stipend. This is the scheme minimum, not a confirmed GSVM payroll quotation.
Exposure: Two-year post-doctoral Fellowship of the National Board (FNB) training in spine surgery within a neurosurgical unit.
Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 50 beds and about 350 surgical cases per year in the Spine Surgery Center, with standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques. Fellows may scrub in and may observe surgery at affiliated hospitals in Tokyo, Gifu and Fukushima and attend morning, spine and research conferences. Operating-room language is Japanese; the team rates its written and spoken English 3 out of 5.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 50 beds and about 350 surgical cases per year in the Spine Surgery Center, with standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques. Fellows may scrub in and may observe surgery at affiliated hospitals in Tokyo, Gifu and Fukushima and attend morning, spine and research conferences. Operating-room language is Japanese; the team rates its written and spoken English 3 out of 5.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 40 beds and about 400 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques and tuberculosis surgery. Weekly spine tumour board, multidepartmental spine case conference and orthopaedic spine conference are listed. Fellows follow the hospital's educational observership rules. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 40 beds and about 400 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques and tuberculosis surgery. Weekly spine tumour board, multidepartmental spine case conference and orthopaedic spine conference are listed. Fellows follow the hospital's educational observership rules. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page describes a spine centre across Queen Mary Hospital (acute trauma, degenerative and tumour) and Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital (paediatric and adult deformity and degenerative), with about 120 beds and 400 surgical cases per year, and access to Hong Kong Children's Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Fellows attend scoliosis and spine clinics and grand rounds, get hands-on operating experience, may take part in on-call duties and research. Operating-room language is English.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page describes a spine centre across Queen Mary Hospital (acute trauma, degenerative and tumour) and Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital (paediatric and adult deformity and degenerative), with about 120 beds and 400 surgical cases per year, and access to Hong Kong Children's Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Fellows attend scoliosis and spine clinics and grand rounds, get hands-on operating experience, may take part in on-call duties and research. Operating-room language is English.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- 2028 AO Spine programme: applications open April 2027, close May 2027, and results are scheduled for September 2027. The 2027 call is closed.
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 100 beds and about 600 surgical cases per year with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Journal conferences and spine case meetings are listed. Scrubbing in requires the medical licence of the fellow's own nation. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
Source reviewed 15 Oct 202656% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 100 beds and about 600 surgical cases per year with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Journal conferences and spine case meetings are listed. Scrubbing in requires the medical licence of the fellow's own nation. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 330 beds and about 11,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques and pain management. Operating-room language is Chinese; English proficiency is rated 5 out of 5. Fellows are asked to follow the government's general regulations.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 330 beds and about 11,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques and pain management. Operating-room language is Chinese; English proficiency is rated 5 out of 5. Fellows are asked to follow the government's general regulations.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 130 beds and about 433 surgical cases per year, with open, minimally invasive, anterior and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery; endoscopy, robotics and navigation are marked not used. Basic information, a resume and a COVID-19 vaccination certificate are requested. Operating-room language is Korean.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 130 beds and about 433 surgical cases per year, with open, minimally invasive, anterior and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery; endoscopy, robotics and navigation are marked not used. Basic information, a resume and a COVID-19 vaccination certificate are requested. Operating-room language is Korean.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 450 beds and about 10,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Scrubbing in requires a formal surgeon licence and sufficient training. Operating-room language is Chinese; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 450 beds and about 10,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Scrubbing in requires a formal surgeon licence and sufficient training. Operating-room language is Chinese; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 800 beds and about 1,500 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Fellows take part in orthopaedic department conferences and Korean spine society meetings. Operating-room language is English.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 800 beds and about 1,500 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Fellows take part in orthopaedic department conferences and Korean spine society meetings. Operating-room language is English.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page lists 238 beds and about 11,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. The fellow's home-country medical licence is requested. Operating-room language is English; team English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page lists 238 beds and about 11,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. The fellow's home-country medical licence is requested. Operating-room language is English; team English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipContact programme
Spine →AMAster Medcity
Kochi · India
Listed lead Anup Nair (as listed in the NSI directory)
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Spine surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Spine surgery.
Eligibility: M.Ch in Neurosurgery, or MS in Orthopaedics with at least two years of experience, as listed by Aster Medcity.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Neurological Society of India neurosurgery fellowship programmes directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 weeks or 6 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.
Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Neurological Society of India neurosurgery fellowship programmes directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Two years; the maximum time limit to complete the course is 4 years.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Fellows are paid a monthly subsistence allowance equivalent to the starting salary of 9th level of the Nepal Health Service for 24 months.
- Exposure
- Spine surgery: vertebral fractures and dislocations, spinal infection, tumours and degenerative disease, with emergency, outpatient, ward and OT duties.
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Funding: Fellows are paid a monthly subsistence allowance equivalent to the starting salary of 9th level of the Nepal Health Service for 24 months.
Exposure: Spine surgery: vertebral fractures and dislocations, spinal infection, tumours and degenerative disease, with emergency, outpatient, ward and OT duties.
Eligibility: Candidates must hold MS in Orthopaedics or Neurosurgery recognised by BPKIHS/NMC, be registered with the Nepal Medical Council, and have at least one year of relevant experience; the prospectus does not otherwise address foreign applicants
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official BPKIHS fellowship prospectus 2023 (PDF). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Not specified on the official page.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Operating-room training (primary assisting, MIS and endoscopic procedures, navigation-assisted surgery, deformity correction, revision surgery), outpatient evaluation, post-operative care; degenerative, trauma, deformity, paediatric, infection and tumour and intradural spine surgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Operating-room training (primary assisting, MIS and endoscopic procedures, navigation-assisted surgery, deformity correction, revision surgery), outpatient evaluation, post-operative care; degenerative, trauma, deformity, paediatric, infection and tumour and intradural spine surgery.
Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official Kauvery Hospital FNB spine surgery page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 weeks.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Observation in OP, IP and department activities; familiarisation with MIS instruments and implants; observing and scrubbing for spine cases.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Observation in OP, IP and department activities; familiarisation with MIS instruments and implants; observing and scrubbing for spine cases.
Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Kauvery Hospital MISSAB spine fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term: minimum 3 weeks; long-term: 3 months or longer.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Centre-specific: many listed centres state no stipend; some list stipends for longer fellowships. Values as listed by mentors (no pay period unless stated): Marengo Asia Hospital, Vadodara 45,000 per month; Venus, Vadodara 75000; Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai 1.2 lakhs; Purushottam Hospital, Bhubaneswar “yes” for more than 6 months; none at Aditya (Jabalpur), Asian Spine Hospital and Mumbai Spine centres. These values belong to the MISSAB spine fellowship at each centre and not to other fellowships at the same hospitals.
- Exposure
- Hands-on exposure to centre-specific MIS spine techniques under accredited mentors, with MISSAB certification on completion.
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Application status: The page lists accredited centres and an apply link but no dated intake; availability and stipend vary by centre.
Funding: Centre-specific: many listed centres state no stipend; some list stipends for longer fellowships. Values as listed by mentors (no pay period unless stated): Marengo Asia Hospital, Vadodara 45,000 per month; Venus, Vadodara 75000; Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai 1.2 lakhs; Purushottam Hospital, Bhubaneswar “yes” for more than 6 months; none at Aditya (Jabalpur), Asian Spine Hospital and Mumbai Spine centres. These values belong to the MISSAB spine fellowship at each centre and not to other fellowships at the same hospitals.
Exposure: Hands-on exposure to centre-specific MIS spine techniques under accredited mentors, with MISSAB certification on completion.
Eligibility: Active MISSAB membership (mandatory), demonstrated commitment to minimally invasive spine surgery, and a fellowship logbook signed by the mentor. The page speaks of 'surgeons' and is not restricted to neurosurgeons.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Official contact · Programme director
Source: Official MISSAB fellowship page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 4 months.
- Deadline
- Yearless recurring application period: March 1–31; no current cycle year is specified.
- Funding
- Fee-paying scheme; departmental discounts or waivers are discretionary. A salary or stipend is not stated.
- Exposure
- Degenerative spinal disease, spinal cord tumours, minimally invasive techniques, deformity and trauma; spinal surgery observation, research and multidisciplinary conferences.
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Application status: Named international training track with its own curriculum and application page; a current open intake is not established.
Funding: Fee-paying scheme; departmental discounts or waivers are discretionary. A salary or stipend is not stated.
Exposure: Degenerative spinal disease, spinal cord tumours, minimally invasive techniques, deformity and trauma; spinal surgery observation, research and multidisciplinary conferences.
Eligibility: International physicians meeting the track’s specialty and clinical-experience requirements may apply.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Positions · Examinations · Language · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Yonsei Institute for Global Health track curriculum and application guidance. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 4 to 12 weeks under the AO Spine international scheme.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine offers a location-adjusted stipend towards living and accommodation costs. Fellows cover travel and insurance and arrange their accommodation.
- Exposure
- Open and minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, spinal navigation and intradural surgery.
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Funding: AO Spine offers a location-adjusted stipend towards living and accommodation costs. Fellows cover travel and insurance and arrange their accommodation.
Exposure: Open and minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, spinal navigation and intradural surgery.
Eligibility: Spine physicians or specialists in neurosurgery, orthopaedics or trauma with a strong interest in spine surgery. AO requires prior AO course or event participation, two years of membership, age 45 or younger at application and no recent spine fellowship within two years except self-funded placements.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Spine fellowship host profile. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Clinical attachment up to 12 months (observation up to 90 days; hands-on 1–12 months); clinical fellowship 1–3 years; subspecialty training more than 3 years. Programme-specific length is not stated.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- No stipend is stated. Fees apply (see Fees).
- Exposure
- Clinical attachment is limited clinical training or clinical observation only; clinical fellowship and hands-on attachment are hands-on training. The Neuro-Spine module content is not published on the pages read.
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Application status: Neuro-Spine Surgery is listed among the Department of Surgery programmes on the UMMC attachment portal. The module content for this area is not shown on the pages read; terms below are the portal-wide rules.
Funding: No stipend is stated. Fees apply (see Fees).
Exposure: Clinical attachment is limited clinical training or clinical observation only; clinical fellowship and hands-on attachment are hands-on training. The Neuro-Spine module content is not published on the pages read.
Eligibility: Non-Malaysian applicants follow the same requirements, including the Professional Visit Pass (PLIK), and apply at least six months before the start for hands-on attachment, fellowship or subspecialty training (two months for observation).
Still to confirm: Duration · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official UMMC Fellowship/Training Attachment Programme portal. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Six months in the hospital’s 2026 fellowship catalogue.
- Deadline
- 20 December 2024 for the historical January 2025 College call.
- Funding
- The hospital catalogue does not state programme pay or stipend.
- Exposure
- Hospital-based fellowship in neurosurgical spine care.
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Application status: Listed in the 2026 hospital catalogue. Sardjito welcomed a hospital-wide fellowship cohort in July 2026. Current application dates and availability for this track are unconfirmed.
Funding: The hospital catalogue does not state programme pay or stipend.
Exposure: Hospital-based fellowship in neurosurgical spine care.
Eligibility: The historical January 2025 College call was for qualified neurosurgery specialists and listed Sardjito as a host for this track.
Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: RSUP Dr. Sardjito 2026 fellowship catalogue and Indonesian Neurosurgery College host matrix. Reviewed 8 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks.
- Deadline
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): 2027 call closed; 2028 programme call expected to open April 2027, close May 2027, results September 2027.
- Funding
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
- Exposure
- About 220 surgical cases per year; spinal navigation available; weekly academic spine unit meeting and monthly orthopaedic grand round.
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Application status: The AO Spine host-centre page lists the unit but does not publish a current intake or deadline; confirm with the host and AO Spine. The host department is orthopaedic or spine-service based; AO Spine fellowships are described by AO as open to orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. Scrubbing in requires Saudi Commission registration and a temporary hospital privilege. Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): call for the 2027 AO Spine fellowship programme is closed. AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
Exposure: About 220 surgical cases per year; spinal navigation available; weekly academic spine unit meeting and monthly orthopaedic grand round.
Eligibility: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): spine physician or ortho/neurosurgery/trauma specialist; 2+ yrs AO Spine membership; 1+ AO course; no spine fellowship in past 2 yrs (unless self-funded); up to 45.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application route
Source: AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 11 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks.
- Deadline
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): 2027 call closed; 2028 programme call expected to open April 2027, close May 2027, results September 2027.
- Funding
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
- Exposure
- About 600 surgical cases per year with trauma predominant (about 350), plus degeneration, infection, deformity and oncology; navigation, endoscopic and intradural techniques.
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Application status: The AO Spine host-centre page lists the unit but does not publish a current intake or deadline; confirm with the host and AO Spine. The host department is orthopaedic or spine-service based; AO Spine fellowships are described by AO as open to orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): call for the 2027 AO Spine fellowship programme is closed. AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
Exposure: About 600 surgical cases per year with trauma predominant (about 350), plus degeneration, infection, deformity and oncology; navigation, endoscopic and intradural techniques.
Eligibility: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): spine physician or ortho/neurosurgery/trauma specialist; 2+ yrs AO Spine membership; 1+ AO course; no spine fellowship in past 2 yrs (unless self-funded); up to 45.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application route
Source: AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 11 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks.
- Deadline
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): 2027 call closed; 2028 programme call expected to open April 2027, close May 2027, results September 2027.
- Funding
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
- Exposure
- About 300 surgical cases per year with an endoscopic and minimally invasive focus; endoscopic simulator practice and free attendance at the centre's scheduled endoscopic courses.
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Application status: The AO Spine host-centre page lists the unit but does not publish a current intake or deadline; confirm with the host and AO Spine. No local licence is required to scrub in. Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): call for the 2027 AO Spine fellowship programme is closed. AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
Exposure: About 300 surgical cases per year with an endoscopic and minimally invasive focus; endoscopic simulator practice and free attendance at the centre's scheduled endoscopic courses.
Eligibility: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): spine physician or ortho/neurosurgery/trauma specialist; 2+ yrs AO Spine membership; 1+ AO course; no spine fellowship in past 2 yrs (unless self-funded); up to 45.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application route
Source: AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 11 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks.
- Deadline
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): 2027 call closed; 2028 programme call expected to open April 2027, close May 2027, results September 2027.
- Funding
- Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
- Exposure
- About 1200 surgical cases per year; navigation, robotics, endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques; paediatric neuromuscular clinics.
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Application status: The AO Spine host-centre page lists the unit but does not publish a current intake or deadline; confirm with the host and AO Spine. The host department is orthopaedic or spine-service based; AO Spine fellowships are described by AO as open to orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): call for the 2027 AO Spine fellowship programme is closed. AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
Exposure: About 1200 surgical cases per year; navigation, robotics, endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques; paediatric neuromuscular clinics.
Eligibility: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): spine physician or ortho/neurosurgery/trauma specialist; 2+ yrs AO Spine membership; 1+ AO course; no spine fellowship in past 2 yrs (unless self-funded); up to 45.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application route
Source: AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 11 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.