Neurotrauma & neurocritical care fellowships and training in Europe

Application status: NACCS describes independent fellowships with flexible starts and older PGCert-linked cohorts. Cambridge University Hospitals separately advertised a 12-month Higher Clinical Fellow post in its ICU and NCCU starting 3 February 2027. That recruitment closed on 31 August 2026.

Funding: The closed February 2027 Higher Clinical Fellow advert quoted £67,325–£76,582 per year. The salary applied to that employed post.

Exposure: Specialist neurocritical care and trauma care in a mixed level 2/3 critical care unit serving a population of 2.6 million. The FICM profile of this host unit describes traumatic brain injury, extracranial and spinal trauma, neurovascular disease, acquired weakness, autoimmune encephalitis, seizures and neurosepsis. It also lists multimodal monitoring and advanced neuroimaging research resources; individual fellowship allocations are not specified.

Eligibility: Fellows come from a wide range of backgrounds including anaesthesia, intensive care, neurosurgery, neurology and emergency medicine.

Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: NACCS training fellowship listing. Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Severe traumatic brain injury assessment, emergency neurosurgery, neurotrauma MDT review, critical decision-making and service leadership.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 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: 80 hours: 70 hours of lectures on cerebral physiopathology, imaging, electrophysiology, stroke, brain and spinal trauma, infections, status epilepticus, postoperative neurosurgical complications and brain death, plus 10 hours of case presentations.

Eligibility: Intended for practising physician specialists holding the French diploma or an equivalent diploma permitting the practice of medicine

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Université Lyon 1 programme page. Reviewed 17 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: Run jointly by the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care: the trainee serves as the neurosurgical consultant on the intensive care unit, with daily neuroradiology and ICU rounds, interdisciplinary neurovascular and trauma conferences, ICP/CPP monitoring, ventilation and weaning, vasospasm management after subarachnoid haemorrhage, neurophysiological diagnostics and extracorporeal organ-replacement therapy.

Eligibility: Board-certified neurosurgeons (Fachärztin/Facharzt für Neurochirurgie) pursuing the additional qualification in special intensive care medicine within the department.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Uniklinik RWTH Aachen neurosurgery training page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: WFNS lists the Larissa track at six to twelve months. Its central short-term programme describes placements of up to three months, so the centre’s current intake and which route applies require separate verification.

Funding: Accommodation and two daily meals are provided by the department; Wi-Fi and access to the medical school and hospital libraries are included.

Exposure: Management of head trauma in a tertiary setting, surgical techniques for intracranial hypertension, traumatic intracranial haematomas and complex cranio-facial trauma, and exposure to multimodality neuromonitoring with the intensive care department.

Eligibility: The centre lists a medical diploma or medical faculty certificate and two recommendation letters in its application checklist. It gives no separate specialist-grade requirement.

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

Source: Official WFNS Foundation training centre page (University of Thessaly). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Application form and documents are described; duration, deadline and funding are not published.

Funding: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.

Exposure: Cranial and spinal neurotrauma in adults and children, neurotrauma critical care, global neurosurgery activities and clinical research; clinical portion full-time in Colombia, research with Cambridge.

Eligibility: The application page encourages neurosurgeons from low- and middle-income countries with basic English proficiency and requests certification of their home-country neurosurgery training.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Neurotrauma and Global Neurosurgery International Fellowship website. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.