Spine fellowships and training in North America

Application status: The page still says applications are accepted for 2027–2028, but its 15 September 2026 deadline has passed. No extension is published; confirm availability with Barrow Global.

Funding: Published as a funded laboratory-based fellowship (salary/benefit detail on the CommonSpirit careers posting linked from the page).

Exposure: Spinal biomechanics, implantable devices, surgical techniques, publications and major spine conferences.

Eligibility: Oriented to international spine surgeons or neurosurgery residents from low- and middle-income countries.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Barrow International Sonntag Spine Research Fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Research funding and moonlighting opportunities are published.

Exposure: Neurotrauma, deformity correction, minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery, navigation and clinical research.

Eligibility: All fellows must be eligible for work within the United States and hold a permanent Pennsylvania medical licence and DEA licence.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Pittsburgh page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Not published on the directory page.

Exposure: Diseases of the spine including minimally invasive, robotic, reconstructive and oncologic spine surgery, plus spine radiation therapy and radiosurgery; clinical sites include Stanford Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and VA Palo Alto.

Eligibility: International applicants are considered; the page asks them to allow more time for processing.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance

Source: Official Stanford Spine Clinical Instructorship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

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

Exposure: Occiput to ilium surgery: anterior and posterior decompression, cervical/thoracic/lumbar stabilisation, disc arthroplasty, deformity correction, open and minimally invasive approaches, intradural/extradural oncology, craniocervical fusion, syringomyelia and Chiari; weekly clinic and about three operative days, time split equally between orthopaedic and neurosurgical services; about 2000 spinal procedures a year at Foothills.

Eligibility: Medical graduates from outside English-speaking countries must submit IELTS; fellows must obtain a Canadian work permit

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine - Combined Spine Surgery fellowship summary (PDF, file dated 2018). Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The page still says it is accepting applications for a 1 July 2026 start, which has passed. A later intake is not established.

Funding: UT Health San Antonio’s institutional 2026–27 house-staff scale ranges from USD 68,907.81 (PGY-1) to USD 87,635.80 (PGY-8), effective 1 July 2026. The spine fellowship’s assigned pay level and contract must be confirmed.

Exposure: Exposure to a wide range of spine pathologies and the latest techniques and technologies, with faculty from Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and PM&R.

Eligibility: Candidates from ACGME accredited neurosurgery, neurology or radiology residencies are eligible to apply; must be eligible for a full Texas medical license.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UT Health San Antonio neurosurgery spine fellowship page. Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

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

Exposure: Fellows take part in over 200-300 spine surgeries each year covering degenerative disease, trauma, tumors, deformities and pediatric cases, join spine oncology rounds with radiation oncology specialists, and rotate through each spine surgeon's practice at the University of Manitoba.

Eligibility: International medical graduates may apply. The fellowship page requires a medical degree from a school in the FAIMER directory and an accepted English-language test result; individual admission and licensure remain subject to the host and regulator.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: University of Manitoba Department of Surgery. Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine offers a contribution toward living expenses, using a US benchmark of USD 550 per week, paid in Swiss francs. Fellows cover travel and insurance; the contribution may not meet all costs.

Exposure: The host page states the AO Fellows have an opportunity to scrub in (no additional license required) at a center with 1500 total surgical cases per year; techniques include standard open, robotics, minimally invasive surgery, anterior surgery, spinal navigation and intradural surgery.

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: Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: AO Spine Fellowship Host Center page (Center for Spine and Orthopedics). Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment salary and benefits follow Cleveland Clinic appointment terms for the spine fellowship positions.

Exposure: Degenerative cervical/thoracic/lumbar disease, deformity, intra- and extradural tumours, trauma, infection, congenital abnormalities and complex reconstruction/revision; about 60% non-fusion / 40% fusion; roughly 30% cervical, 60% lumbar, remainder thoracic.

Eligibility: Possible only when the applicant can satisfy Ohio permanent-licence, USMLE Step 3 and acceptable work-authorisation requirements.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Cleveland Clinic fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Both fellowship positions receive AANS/NREF support as published on the official Cleveland Clinic Florida spine fellowship page.

Exposure: Adult and adolescent deformity, degenerative disease, trauma, tumour, open reconstruction, minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery, plus translational research.

Eligibility: International applicants must hold an H1 visa or equivalent and an ECFMG certificate; must be able to obtain a permanent Florida Medical License and have passed USMLE Step 3

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Cleveland Clinic Florida programme page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: UCSF directs applicants to its GME salary and benefits information.

Exposure: Advanced experience with complex spine surgery in the UCSF spine center clinic and inpatient service.

Eligibility: Appropriately trained neurosurgical applicants for UCSF's complex spine fellowship.

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

Source: Official UCSF fellowships page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend and salary figures are not listed on the NYU neurosurgery fellowships page; employed fellows follow NYU Langone house-staff / GME appointment terms.

Exposure: Spine surgery fellowship directed by Darryl Lau, MD.

Eligibility: Detailed entry criteria are set by each fellowship director; the department directs applicants to Allison George Lucas for application information.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents

Source: Official NYU Langone fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated adult and paediatric spinal deformity and scoliosis practice.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated minimally invasive spinal surgery training.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Paediatric spinal deformity and scoliosis training.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Comprehensive integrated spine fellowship training.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated clinical spine training with a defined spinal-research focus.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official McGill PGME neurosurgery fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page publishes CAD 100,000 plus benefits when applicable.

Exposure: Complex trauma, spinal cord injury, deformity, degeneration, oncology, intradural tumours, pain, navigation, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy and robotics.

Eligibility: UBC-wide postgraduate-fellow policy: complete all training and examinations needed for specialist status in the home country, with an official specialty-college letter and proof of examinations. Programme selection and a signed training agreement are additionally required.

Still to confirm: Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official UBC fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Advanced neurological spine training within OHSU's CAST-accredited fellowship portfolio.

Eligibility: Foreign applicants must be legally able to work in the U.S. or eligible to obtain work authorization; J-1 visas considered only in very rare circumstances; non-ACGME candidates must be eligible for H-1B (requires completing all USMLEs; LMCC not accepted for H-1B)

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official OHSU fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The fellow is appointed as Emory senior clinical faculty; the official page states that accepted research presentations are funded.

Exposure: Complex degenerative disease, spinal deformity, spinal oncology (including sacrectomy/hemipelvectomy collaboration), uniportal and biportal endoscopy and endoscopic fusions; team volume over 1,100 spine surgeries/year since 2025 with more than 200 endoscopic cases annually; sites include Emory University Hospital-Midtown, Grady Memorial and Emory University Hospital.

Eligibility: The published postgraduate route requires completion of a US ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency and Georgia licensure. An overseas residency alone does not meet that route; enfolded spine rotations are arranged separately.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Emory neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UH GME stipends from 1 July 2026: USD 69,825 (PGY-1) to USD 85,888 (PGY-7); the programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Anterior and posterior reconstructive spine surgery from degenerative disease to deformity, with over 250 cases a year (about 100 involving deformity, infection and oncology), clinic time, resident teaching, spine conference and oncology tumour board.

Eligibility: CAST spinal neurosurgery fellowship at UH Cleveland Medical Center; detailed entry criteria are obtained through the UH Neurological Surgery GME office.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official University Hospitals fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Trauma, tumour, infection, deformity, paediatric and degenerative spine at a high-volume Level 1 trauma centre, including outpatient surgery at the 48X Surgery Center.

Eligibility: Institution-wide: international medical graduates need a current ECFMG certificate, passing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores, and a medical school listed in the FAIMER/WFME directory for California postgraduate training licensure.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UC Davis Health fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide DHMC GME stipend scale for residents and fellows, 2026–27: PGY-1 USD 75,651 to PGY-8 USD 106,814 (e.g. PGY-7 USD 102,531); the fellow's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: CAST Spine fellowship at Dartmouth Hitchcock, approved in 2026.

Eligibility: Eligibility criteria are not listed on the CAST fellowships page; enquiries go to the coordinator.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official Dartmouth Hitchcock CAST fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UTHealth Houston GME stipend scale for residents and fellows: AY 2026-27 Pay Level 7 USD 88,925.70, Pay Level 8 USD 91,149.35 (AY 2027-28: Level 7 USD 91,594, Level 8 USD 93,883), per the official GME Trainee Benefits & Stipends page; confirm the appointment type and pay level for this fellowship.

Exposure: The official page describes a one-year CAST-accredited spinal neurosurgery fellowship but does not detail case mix or volumes.

Eligibility: Foreign-trained applicants must hold a valid ECFMG certificate, be fully trained in neurosurgery and have had at least some prior postgraduate training in the US; sponsorship only through ECFMG under J-1 visas.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official UTHealth Houston fellowship page. 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Degenerative disease, trauma, infection, oncology and deformity.

Eligibility: ECFMG candidates will be sponsored for a J-1 Educational visa. Other employment- or naturalization-based visas are acceptable; however, candidates are responsible for obtaining the appropriate visa prior to acceptance.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Arizona fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UK College of Medicine GME stipends for 2026-27: PGY-6 USD 79,000, PGY-7 USD 82,250, PGY-8 USD 86,500; the PGY level is set by the lowest PGY level eligible to train in the subspecialty, so confirm the level with the programme.

Exposure: Comprehensive spine care with emphasis on complex adult spinal deformity and advanced minimally invasive techniques, in multidisciplinary collaboration with orthopaedics; optional research year in spinal biomechanics or spinal cord physiology and regeneration.

Eligibility: MD graduate of an ACGME- or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-accredited residency, eligible for an unrestricted Kentucky medical licence granted before the start date.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Kentucky fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend and benefits are described on a separate UAMS orthopaedics applicant-information page; figures are not given on the fellowship page.

Exposure: Around 350-400 operative cases (about 80% operative time) and some 1,500 new referrals a year: degenerative cervical and lumbar disease, adult and paediatric deformity, spinal tumours and complex trauma including spinal cord injury, with MIS and endoscopic surgery, 360-degree fusion, O-arm navigation and robotics, and lateral approaches; at least one publishable work expected.

Eligibility: Graduates of an ACGME-accredited orthopaedic surgery or neurosurgery residency, meeting UAMS GMEC policy 1.200 (Recruitment and Appointment), with a negative pre-employment drug screen and a satisfactory criminal background check.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official UAMS fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: 2026-2027 stipends range from $63,723.67 (PGY-1) to $85,733.08 (PGY-8) per year.

Exposure: Spinal trauma and fracture management, spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery and spinal cord injury management, with research opportunities; rotations at UofL Hospital and Jewish Hospital.

Eligibility: Residents in their final years of a US residency programme or neurosurgeons who have completed a US neurosurgical residency and are pursuing spinal neurosurgery.

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

Source: Official University of Louisville fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Approximately 400 surgical cases across deformities, fractures, neoplasms and degenerative conditions in all ages; extensive anterior and cervical spine surgery, MIS lumbar fusion (percutaneous fixation and MIS interbody fusion), and cervical-to-lumbar instrumentation; training by seven full-time orthopaedic spine surgeons and five full-time neurosurgeons with paediatric and adult deformity exposure.

Eligibility: Applicants enter through SF Match Residency and Fellowship Matching Services; programme-specific prerequisites follow the SF Match listing.

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

Source: Official Norton Healthcare fellowship page. 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Broad range of spinal disorders with emphasis on academic development for a career in academic neurological spine surgery.

Eligibility: Foreign-equivalent neurosurgery residency completion is accepted as published on the official fellowships page.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Temple University Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: AHN lists Alexander Yu as director on its CAST neurosurgery page. AHN also advertises a Spine Surgery Fellowship led by Ryan Sauber through the NASS SF Match. Confirm with AHN which recruitment route applies to the CAST listing.

Funding: AHN’s Medical Education Consortium publishes a planned 2027–28 annual resident/fellow scale of USD 71,813 at PGY1 through USD 87,847 at PGY8 (PGY7: USD 86,347). This is an institutional future-year scale under the standard Consortium appointment; the CAST fellowship’s appointment category, assigned PGY and actual salary require confirmation. It does not establish current programme pay.

Exposure: Broad spectrum of spinal disorders across Allegheny General Hospital and Forbes Regional Hospital with a multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, orthopaedic spine surgeons, pain medicine and rehabilitation medicine.

Eligibility: AHN identifies neurosurgeons and neurosurgery residents as the training audience. The CAST standard requires completion of accredited neurosurgical residency or a CAST-approved foreign equivalent for post-residency fellows. Enfolded training follows the chief-resident year under the CAST timing rules. Ask AHN which route it offers in the next cycle.

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

Source: Official Allegheny Health Network CAST-approved neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Complex spine surgery (deformity and spinal oncology), spine trauma, minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery, congenital disorders (tethered cord, Chiari malformation), computer-assisted and robotic spine surgery, spinal stereotactic radiosurgery protocols, and intracranial trauma and general neurosurgery through call, across one Level I trauma centre and two community hospitals.

Eligibility: Applicants are expected to have completed neurosurgery residency at a US ACGME accredited residency program by the time of enrollment.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Brown University Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education stipend scale (effective 11 March 2026): Graduate Level 1 USD 75,105 to Graduate Level 10 USD 106,096 a year (e.g. Level 7 USD 95,417); the fellow's level depends on prior training.

Exposure: More than 1,500 spine procedures a year, covering trauma, deformity, degenerative disease and oncology, with rotations among five core spine faculty.

Eligibility: Institution-wide GME requirement: graduates of medical schools outside the United States must hold a valid ECFMG certificate; certified English translations are required for documents in other languages.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education stipend scale (effective 11 March 2026): Graduate Level 1 USD 75,105 to Graduate Level 10 USD 106,096 a year (e.g. Level 7 USD 95,417); the fellow's level depends on prior training.

Exposure: Minimally invasive, deformity, oncology, endoscopic, lateral, anterior, robotic and awake spine surgery with seven spine faculty across 12 rotation blocks; over 1,300 spine cases in the most recent academic year.

Eligibility: Institution-wide GME requirement: graduates of medical schools outside the United States must hold a valid ECFMG certificate; certified English translations are required for documents in other languages.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UPMC Medical Education GME stipend scale for AY 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 84,281; PGY-7 USD 87,231; PGY-8 USD 90,284 (AY 2027–28: PGY-7 USD 92,034; PGY-8 USD 95,716) per the official UPMC GME stipends page; the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Adult scoliosis and deformity, degenerative and revision surgery, trauma including lumbopelvic fixation, tumour and infection, motion preservation, navigation and robotics, endoscopic and tubular MIS techniques, and lateral and anterior approaches.

Eligibility: Page lists 'Be eligible to work in the United States' as a requirement; no statement on visa sponsorship.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Pittsburgh Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: UTSW GME publishes 2026–27 stipends by PGY level for each employing institution (UT Southwestern, Parkland, Children's, Scottish Rite); the programme is listed among UTSW GME neurological surgery fellowships, but its employer and stipend are not stated on the programme page.

Exposure: Traumatic, deformity, degenerative, neoplastic and congenital spine surgery: two operating days a week at UT Southwestern, one at Parkland Hospital, one clinic day and one protected research day.

Eligibility: IMGs may apply if they hold ECFMG certification (when applicable) and a J-1 visa sponsored by ECFMG or permanent residency; H-1 visas are not sponsored.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UT Southwestern fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Roughly 70% operative and 30% non-operative work across degenerative (50%), deformity (20%), trauma (15%) and tumour (15%) cases; about 70% MIS and 60% navigated, with lumbar, cervical and thoracic work in adult and paediatric patients. At least two research projects or papers are required.

Eligibility: Orthopaedic and neurosurgery trainees are invited to apply.

Still to confirm: Commencement · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Weill Cornell Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Traumatic, degenerative, deformity and neoplastic spinal and peripheral nerve disorders using open and less-invasive techniques, computer-assisted surgery and robotics, with rotations across neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine faculty and cadaveric and simulation training.

Eligibility: An International Spine Fellowship track is open to surgeons who completed neurological or orthopaedic residency abroad.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education stipend scale (effective 11 March 2026): Graduate Level 1 USD 75,105 to Graduate Level 10 USD 106,096 a year (e.g. Level 7 USD 95,417); the fellow's level depends on prior training.

Exposure: Adult and paediatric spinal deformity surgery with minimally invasive, microscopic and endoscopic techniques, in collaboration with orthopaedic surgery and neuro-interventional therapeutics, with protected research time.

Eligibility: Open to US and Canadian citizens, US permanent residents and international applicants who completed neurosurgery or orthopaedic residency at an accredited institution.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Comprehensive adult spine surgery including complicated deformities, degenerative conditions, infections, tumours, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, with an emphasis on biomechanics; spine instructors function as attending surgeons while supervising residents.

Eligibility: Post-residency neurosurgeons seeking advanced complex spine training for an academic practice.

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

Source: Official University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide IU School of Medicine GME stipends for residents and fellows, July 2026–June 2027: PGY-6 USD 81,100, PGY-7 USD 84,600, PGY-8 USD 88,200 (July 2027–June 2028: PGY-7 USD 88,500, PGY-8 USD 90,646); the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Complex and minimally invasive spine procedures, tumours, artificial disc replacement, degenerative disease, trauma, kyphoplasty and pain management, plus traumatic spine and brain disorders in amateur and professional athletes.

Eligibility: The department states it is unable to accept applicants with an ECFMG visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Indiana University School of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Ohio State Wexner Medical Center GME housestaff stipends (latest schedule published, FY2025): PGY-7 USD 78,409, PGY-8 USD 82,997, PGY-9 USD 83,680 (fellow PGY level set by prior training).

Exposure: Comprehensive spinal care within Ohio State Spine Care with emphasis on complex degenerative, adult deformity, inflammatory and traumatic pathology, advanced minimally invasive techniques, and an option of an additional clinical or basic/translational research year in spinal biomechanics or spinal cord physiology/regeneration.

Eligibility: The official page invites enquiries from international medical graduates.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Ohio State College of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Trainee salary is set at the Michigan Medicine House Officer rate for the equivalent postgraduate training level under the HOA contract.

Exposure: Minimally invasive, complex revision, deformity, degenerative, tumour and reconstructive spine surgery, with training in instrumentation, navigation, robotics and advanced intraoperative imaging, outpatient spine clinics, weekly spine conference, cadaveric courses and a required spine research project.

Eligibility: Designed for neurosurgeons who have completed an ACGME-accredited (US) neurosurgery residency.

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

Source: Official University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide WashU Medicine GME Consortium housestaff stipends, 1 Jul 2026-30 Jun 2027: PGY-6 USD 88,091; PGY-7 USD 91,618; PGY-8 USD 95,032; PGY-9 USD 99,151. The fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level or confirm housestaff appointment.

Exposure: Craniocervical to sacral spine surgery including instrumentation from anterior and posterior approaches, atlantoaxial cases, endoscopic diskectomies/fusions, tumours, infection, congenital, trauma and inflammatory disorders.

Eligibility: Applicants who meet criteria for an unrestricted (non-training) Missouri medical license may be considered alongside ACGME US/Canada residency graduates.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official WashU Medicine Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide WashU Medicine GME Consortium housestaff stipends, 1 Jul 2026-30 Jun 2027: PGY-6 USD 88,091; PGY-7 USD 91,618; PGY-8 USD 95,032; PGY-9 USD 99,151. The fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level or confirm housestaff appointment.

Exposure: Peripheral nerve pathology from carpal tunnel release to brachial plexus reconstruction with nerve transfers/grafting, plus complex spine (deformity and/or MIS) with neurosurgery spine faculty.

Eligibility: Trainees in or graduates of an ACGME-approved neurosurgery residency who can meet criteria for an unrestricted Missouri medical license. Personal visit and interview required.

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

Source: Official WashU Medicine Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UW Hospitals and Clinics GME stipend rates for 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 90,508; PGY-7 USD 94,702; PGY-8 USD 99,104 per the official UW SMPH GME compensation page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: Minimally invasive surgery (tubular laminectomy, transforaminal and lateral interbody fusion, cortical screw trajectories, retropleural thoracotomy, percutaneous screws), endoscopic spine surgery, degenerative, deformity, trauma, infection and oncology cases, navigation and robotics, skills laboratories and a Fundamentals of Spine lecture series.

Eligibility: MD or DO with board eligibility/certification in neurosurgery, completion of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency, eligibility for a Wisconsin medical licence and UW Health credentialing, and passing a caregiver background check (repeated every two years).

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official UW–Madison Department of Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UI Health Care GME stipend schedule 2026-2027 for residents and fellows: PGY-6 USD 87,300; PGY-7 USD 92,100 per year, paid monthly. The department does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Four months with Dr. Patrick Hitchon (thoracolumbar trauma and tumours, largely anterior and anterolateral approaches, plus general spine) and four months with Dr. Arnold Menezes (craniovertebral junction tumours, congenital anomalies and deformities), with clinics, all spine-related surgery and clinical research.

Eligibility: Post-residency neurosurgical training; the official pages do not publish further eligibility criteria.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Iowa Department of Neurosurgery fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Degenerative spinal disorders, deformity, complex fractures, infections and spinal tumours, with advanced instrumentation, minimally invasive techniques and intraoperative image guidance, rotating with multiple spine faculty; teaching conferences, journal club and a resident spine anatomy cadaver course.

Eligibility: Candidates who completed the chief residency year of a foreign equivalent of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency may be considered.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official Rush University fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide MCW Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) GME stipend scale for the year beginning 1 July 2026 (e.g. PGY-6 USD 88,570; PGY-7 USD 93,524; PGY-8 USD 96,982) per the official GME benefits page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: Spine trauma, tumours and degenerative disease with all types of surgical fixation and graduated operative responsibility, plus basic and clinical research including biomechanics and access to a large crash-test facility; fellows must present nationally and produce at least two publication-quality papers.

Eligibility: Accepts applicants with ACGME-accredited or Royal College residency; MCW may sponsor H-1B visas; unrestricted Wisconsin medical license required

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Programme funds conference travel. Institution-wide Mass General Brigham housestaff salary scale effective 1 Jul 2026 (residents and clinical fellows represented by CIR): PGY-6 USD 106,612; PGY-7 USD 112,535; PGY-8 USD 118,458. Most GME-approved programmes also pay a USD 10,500 lump-sum stipend for housing/childcare. The programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Degenerative, oncologic, traumatic, deformity and endoscopic spine surgery; open and minimally invasive techniques; complex reconstruction and spinal instrumentation; substantial outpatient clinic experience; teaching of neurosurgery residents; clinical, anatomic, biomechanical, outcomes and translational research.

Eligibility: The programme accepts completion of an ACGME-accredited programme or its equivalent in the applicant's home country; a valid Massachusetts medical licence is also required. Home-country equivalence does not itself establish visa sponsorship.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation

Source: Official Mass General Brigham fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Advanced training in the comprehensive management of spinal disorders, including complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.

Eligibility: Graduates of an equivalent international residency programme may apply if eligible for a New York State licence and DEA registration.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Columbia Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 8 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Endoscopic spine surgery; minimally invasive deformity and fusion; spine robotics; advanced lateral techniques (anterior-to-psoas, lateral ALIF); adult thoracolumbar and cervical deformity correction including PSO and VCR; en bloc and intralesional tumour resection; trauma; revision and reconstruction; degenerative disease; peripheral nerve repair. Over 2,000 spine surgeries a year; clinical and translational research.

Eligibility: Applicants email a CV expressing interest; the director and coordinator then send application guidelines. Detailed published entry criteria beyond that invitation are not listed on the fellowship page.

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

Source: Official Penn Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Complex spinal surgery including deformity, tumours and trauma; 350-400 cases a year, many performed independently; fellows act as independent attending surgeons, supervise residents and run an outpatient clinic; weekly Grand Rounds and a monthly combined spine conference with Orthopedics; at least one research project presented at a spring meeting.

Eligibility: Structured advanced training for complex spinal surgery (deformity, tumours and trauma); detailed entry criteria are discussed with the programme during application.

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

Source: Official Yale Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and complex reconstruction and fusion for degenerative conditions, deformity, tumours, infection and trauma at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview. Graduation requires at least 75 complex spine cases as first surgeon, a project presented at the Banff North America Spine Fellows Forum, at least one peer-reviewed publication and attendance at the AO North America Advanced Concepts Course.

Eligibility: The programme requires completed US ACGME neurosurgery training, US board eligibility and independent Maryland licensure, plus eligibility for a junior-faculty instructorship and privileges at both sites. An overseas residency alone is not the published route.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery instructorship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Duke GME stipend scale for residents and fellows, FY27 (effective 1 Jul 2026): PGY-6 USD 86,292; PGY-7 USD 90,036; PGY-8 USD 94,332 per year, per the Duke Neurosurgery stipends and benefits page.

Exposure: Post-residency adult spine surgery training within the Duke Department of Neurosurgery; the list page does not publish case volumes or rotation details.

Eligibility: Institution-wide Duke GME rule: international medical graduates need a currently valid ECFMG certificate or a full unrestricted US licence.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Duke Neurosurgery fellowship programmes page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UVA GME 2026-27 house staff stipend (medical): PGY-6 USD 82,390, PGY-7 USD 85,775, PGY-8 USD 89,920, paid bi-weekly; the PGY level is set by GME stipend policy, so confirm the level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Rotation blocks providing broad outpatient and inpatient spinal care, from focal disc herniations to complex deformity reconstruction, including clinic evaluation and all aspects of surgical and postoperative care. Fellows are encouraged to submit at least one first-author abstract and one first-author manuscript.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; confirm with the fellowship coordinator.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official UVA Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UAB GME salary scale for 1 July 2026–30 June 2027: USD 64,890 (PGY-1) to USD 91,418 (PGY-8); the programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level. Fellows hold staff privileges and serve as instructors; whether this scale applies to the instructorship year is stated only through the UAB GME schedule.

Exposure: Adult deformity, spinal oncology and outpatient minimally invasive surgery, including work at UAB's ambulatory surgery centre. Fellows hold staff privileges, take complex spine trauma call, run a weekly clinic and serve as neurosurgery instructors.

Eligibility: Designed for neurosurgeons seeking advanced spine training and independent practice leadership.

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

Source: Official UAB Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funded by and conducted primarily from Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute; funds are provided for one national professional meeting. The official page does not publish the salary.

Exposure: Clinical rotation covering degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic and congenital spinal conditions, with about 70% of time in surgery and 30% in non-operative care, across a university medical centre, a community hospital and a private ambulatory surgery centre. The research rotation requires at least two projects and one publishable paper.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish formal eligibility criteria; applicants submit a CV, cover letter and three reference letters.

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

Source: Official UTHSC Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Houston Methodist GME salary scale 2026–27 by programme level: level 1 USD 72,080 to level 8 USD 92,986 (e.g. level 7 USD 89,660).

Exposure: Approximately 3,500 spine surgeries performed at Houston Methodist, covering the full spectrum of spinal pathology including instrumentation and minimally invasive endoscopic approaches.

Eligibility: A medical degree outside the US/Canada requires valid ECFMG certification; applicants also need ACGME- or RCPSC-accredited neurosurgery training and Texas licensing eligibility.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Houston Methodist fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: UCLA GME salary scale referenced by the programme page: from 1 September 2026, USD 98,466 (PGY-1) to USD 124,896 (PGY-9), e.g. PGY-7 USD 118,801 and PGY-8 USD 124,242; higher rates from 1 July 2027. Travel support for meetings is provided.

Exposure: Approximately 300 major spinal operations, including minimally invasive surgery, deformity, oncology, trauma, degenerative and congenital disease; outpatient clinics, resident teaching, a weekly joint neurosurgery–orthopaedic spine conference and optional NIH-funded research. Sites: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Spine Center.

Eligibility: At this time we are not able to accept international fellows who require visa support.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees

Source: Official UCLA Neurosurgery fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package; it refers applicants to the University of Utah Health GME website.

Exposure: Complex cervical spine disorders, spinal deformity including scoliosis, spinal oncology including radiosurgery and degenerative disease, using image-guided, minimally invasive, endoscopic and microsurgical techniques, with high volumes of spinal fracture and tumour cases at University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Eligibility: Utah GME permits IMG applications under the same selection criteria, with valid ECFMG certification, work authorization and Utah licensing eligibility or an approved variance. Each fellowship still sets its own prior-training requirements.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Utah Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fellows are appointed as Acting Instructors with a listed base salary of $120,000 per year ($10,000 per month); approved moonlighting or Saturday surgery may attract extra pay.

Exposure: Case mix of roughly 20% trauma, 55% degenerative, 10% deformity and 15% neoplasia/infection, split about evenly between cervical and thoracolumbar pathology, with complex trauma, deformity, minimally invasive, full-endoscopic, navigated and robotic surgery and a multidisciplinary metastatic spine tumour programme. Sites: Harborview Medical Center (primary), UW Medical Center–Montlake and UW Medical Center–Northwest.

Eligibility: International medical graduates must hold ECFMG certification and existing US work authorisation; the fellowship does not sponsor visas.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Washington Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Operative, clinic and ward training in degenerative, neoplastic, traumatic and infectious spinal disorders, junior attending call, resident teaching, and clinical and basic research with access to the Kelly Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory and virtual reality laboratories at the Sonntag Spine Center.

Eligibility: Foreign-trained applicants must hold a valid ECFMG certificate and have completed at least 36 months of accredited postgraduate training in the US.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route

Source: Official Barrow Neurological Institute fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide CU Anschutz GME annual base stipends for 2026-27: PGY-6 USD 97,824.22, PGY-7 USD 102,995.34, paid monthly; confirm the PGY level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Complex spine surgery "from the skull base to the tail bone": deformity, minimally invasive surgery, tumours, high-volume trauma, CSF leaks through a dedicated CSF Leak Program, motion preservation, craniovertebral junction and spinopelvic disorders, working with orthopaedics and PM&R at the multidisciplinary UCHealth Spine Center, with access to campus research laboratories.

Eligibility: The official page does not list eligibility criteria; qualified applicants are invited to contact the programme.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official CU Anschutz Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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; applicants are asked for details of self-funding if applicable.

Exposure: Four-month blocks with each of three spinal neurosurgeons covering trauma, oncology, infection, vascular malformations and degenerative disease at a Level 1 trauma centre, with clinics, a required research project, weekly spine case conference, teaching and second on-call home call.

Eligibility: International applicants who meet CPSO requirements for licensure as a clinical fellow contact the fellowship director; sponsored candidates from Gulf agreement countries must apply via their sponsoring agency to PGME.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Toronto Department of Surgery page. Reviewed 8 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: Adult traumatic and non-traumatic spine surgery (degenerative, deformity, neoplastic and infectious) across the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, complex tumour resections, out-of-house call no more than 1:4, and two research projects in areas such as spinal cord injury, deformity, minimally invasive surgery and outcomes.

Eligibility: International applicants who meet CPSO requirements for licensure as a clinical fellow contact the fellowship director; sponsored candidates from Gulf agreement countries must apply via their sponsoring agency to PGME.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official University of Toronto Department of Surgery page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funded post for one fellow per year; additional fellows with external funding can be accepted.

Exposure: Complex peripheral nerve reconstruction, peripheral nerve and spine oncology, degenerative spine surgery and a multidisciplinary neurofibromatosis clinic, with clinical or basic science research and didactic teaching.

Eligibility: International applicants who meet CPSO requirements for licensure as a clinical fellow contact the fellowship director; sponsored candidates from Gulf agreement countries must apply via their sponsoring agency to PGME.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Toronto Department of Surgery fellowship description. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Programme-funded salary of $70,000 per year unless self-funded; fellows able to bill as surgical assistants may also receive a share of billings.

Exposure: Four months each of neurosurgical spine and orthopaedic spine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and combined spine surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital, 3–4 operating days a week and about 400 cases covering deformity and intradural pathology, optional Stollery scoliosis exposure, about 1-in-4 second call and CSORN research.

Eligibility: For applicants whose medical school instruction was not in English, minimum IELTS requirements apply; preference for candidates scoring over 7.0 in each IELTS segment or better than B in each OET segment. Visa and licensing not stated.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Alberta Division of Neurosurgery 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: Tutored, full-time training in spinal surgery at Mexico's national neurology and neurosurgery institute.

Eligibility: Admission calls are open to Mexican and foreign doctors; foreign applicants must provide apostilled or consular-legalised documents (2020 call).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance

Source: Official INNN postgraduate course page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funded by a ten-year, $500,000 endowment from Dr Chris Ekong through Hospitals of Regina Foundation, supporting ten one-year fellowships; individual salary details are not published.

Exposure: Degenerative spine disease, spinal deformity, spinal cord injury, spinal tumours and spinal trauma, with emergency and inpatient care, consultations and post-operative follow-up. Faculty are Regina's four neurosurgeons and two orthopaedic spine surgeons, and the fellow teaches medical students and residents at the College of Medicine Regina Campus.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons seeking subspecialty spine training (one surgeon accepted a year). The page does not publish further eligibility criteria.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Hospitals of Regina Foundation page. Reviewed 9 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: Ambulatory and surgical spine care with an average operative case load of approximately 250 cases, plus research opportunities.

Eligibility: Completion of a neurosurgical residency programme and eligibility for licensure in North Carolina.

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

Source: Official Wake Forest University School of Medicine page. Reviewed 9 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 details.

Exposure: Approximately 25% paediatric and 75% adult spinal care, covering deformity, trauma, tumour, degenerative disease, and cervical, thoracic and lumbar procedures with some motion-sparing and minimal-access techniques; includes a monthly clinic at the spinal cord rehabilitation programme and one research paper to present at a national or international meeting.

Eligibility: International applicants should contact the Fellowship Director, Dr. Supriya Singh, via Jennifer.Desjardins@lhsc.on.ca

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Western University Orthopaedic Spine and Neurosurgery fellowship 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 details.

Exposure: Spinal disorders and peripheral nerve surgery within a division of seven faculty members.

Eligibility: International medical-school graduates need valid ECFMG certification, a full unrestricted US licence, or the listed Fifth Pathway qualification. The page additionally requires completed ACGME-approved US neurosurgery residency; these alternatives do not waive that prerequisite. Visa sponsorship is not established.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

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

Application status: UMMC describes this as an enfolded fellowship for neurosurgery residents. Its page does not publish a current application window or a separate external vacancy.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Neurosurgical and orthopedic approaches to degenerative, deformity, traumatic and neoplastic spine disease.

Eligibility: University of Maryland describes this as additional training for neurosurgery residents. CAST’s April 2026 enfolded spine standards require completion of PGY-3 before a programme can offer a position.

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

Source: Official University of Maryland neurosurgery fellowship programs page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Salary is set at the PGY-6 training level in the institutional stipend schedule. The programme page does not state a fixed currency amount.

Exposure: Training to diagnose and treat the full range of spinal disorders together with neurotrauma.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UF Jacksonville neurotrauma and spine fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The application page lists 2027–2028, 2028–2029 and 2029–2030 as recruiting years; confirm the chosen year's remaining places.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Operative cases 2-3 days per week, spine clinics 1-2 days per week, roughly 80% clinical and 20% research, leadership of spine conference and faculty role in the Cahill Spine Symposium; at least one peer-reviewed manuscript expected.

Eligibility: Completed a chief-resident year in neurological or orthopaedic surgery at an accredited institution. Final-year concurrent applicants need their programme director to confirm ACGME graduation and case-log requirements are complete.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official USF Health complex spinal fellowship page. Reviewed 15 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 details.

Exposure: Complex spine training at Tulane and Ochsner covers degenerative, neoplastic, deformity and vascular conditions, with emphasis on deformity, minimally invasive techniques and robotics.

Eligibility: Host-level rule: international medical graduates applying to Tulane GME must hold an ECFMG-sponsored J-1 visa.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official Tulane School of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The undated Weill Cornell research fellowship page still names Ali A. Baaj, who joined Northwestern Medicine in 2025. Confirm whether this research fellowship, its director and its application route remain current with Weill Cornell before applying.

Funding: Listed as contingent on the nature of the research; no amounts specified.

Exposure: Management of a spine clinical outcomes registry, data collection and analysis, clinical and biomechanics studies, educational events and workshops, abstract presentations, and observation of spinal surgeries.

Eligibility: Ideal candidate is a physician in pre-residency status, or a junior-level international neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon seeking to engage in spine-related research in the United States.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Weill Cornell complex spine research fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The T. Glenn Pait spine research fellowship is a funded one-year position; the host does not state the amount. This does not establish financial support for the separate observership.

Exposure: Spine clinical research and neurosurgery observership; no further content is described on the page.

Eligibility: Research fellowship: doctoral degree (MD, PhD or MD/PhD) in medicine or a related field, evidence of peer-reviewed productivity, and the skills needed for assigned responsibilities. These published criteria do not establish admission to the separate observership.

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

Source: Official UAMS neurosurgery observership page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The page does not give a dated application cycle or say whether applications are currently open.

Funding: UBNS reported a 2026–27 NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant for the spine fellowship. The announcement describes an award to the programme.

Exposure: Complex spine cases in open and minimally invasive techniques, robotic spine surgery and spinal deformity.

Eligibility: Foreign medical school graduates must have completed the ECFMG exams (English and VQE) or FMGEMS; a valid ECFMG certificate is required for non-US/Canada graduates.

Still to confirm: Current status · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UB Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Lahey names Subu N. Magge as the fellowship enquiry contact. The CAST spine list names Magge and administrator Julie Witham under Tufts Medical Center with the same Lahey email. Ask which listing and submission route apply to the intended intake.

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

Exposure: Degenerative spinal disease, spinal trauma, tumours, deformity, minimally invasive and image-guided surgery; fellows can join national and international spine registry projects and learn clinical trial design and comparative effectiveness research.

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

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Lahey Clinic spine fellowship page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The page does not give a dated application cycle or say whether applications are currently open. The page presents these as enfolded fellowships in the department.

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

Exposure: Complex minimally invasive and robotic spine cases, revision surgery, deformity, spinal cord tumours and infections.

Eligibility: Host-level GME rule: international graduates need a currently valid ECFMG certificate (or a full unrestricted US licence in the programme's jurisdiction).

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route

Source: Official LSU Health Shreveport enfolded fellowships page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The page does not give a dated application cycle or say whether applications are currently open. A separate 'Apply for a Fellowship' sub-page is linked but was not read.

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

Exposure: Minimally invasive, deformity, trauma, degenerative and tumour cases; over 2,000 spinal cases annually; clinical and basic science research with the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

Eligibility: International medical graduates: completed neurosurgery residency, USMLE Steps 1, 2 CK and 3 (scores above 200) and valid ECFMG certification at time of application.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official University of Miami Neurosurgery clinical fellowship programs page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The page does not give a dated application cycle or say whether applications are currently open. The page says the fellowships are currently offered as enfolded experiences to trainees in the neurosurgery residency and gives no separate application route.

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

Exposure: Not stated on the official page; the page describes general residency rotations only.

Eligibility: Penn State requires ECFMG certification from international medical graduates applying to its Neurosurgery Residency. It strongly recommends US clinical experience for those applicants.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official Penn State neurosurgery residency/fellowship page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The listed cycle had a September 26, 2025 deadline; no later cycle was confirmed.

Funding: $2,500; funds may be used for research projects, travel or other career-development activities in academic spine surgery.

Exposure: Seed funding to jump-start an academic spine surgery career.

Eligibility: Medical students, residents and clinical fellows in neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery.

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

Source: Official Spine Section research grants listing. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: 2027 intake call: form deadline 6 Sep 2026, interviews from 6 Oct 2026 (passed). The page states no places are currently available for foreign physicians; next call (March 2028 intake) to be published 1 June 2027.

Funding: Programme marked as receiving an economic support from CMABC (amount informed after selection); no fee payable to ABC; support recipients may not work elsewhere during training.

Exposure: UNAM-endorsed PAEM; no curriculum detail on the page.

Eligibility: No authorised places for foreign applicants; only applicants with an ENARM folio in the Mexican category.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Positions · Participation level · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official Centro Médico ABC alta especialidad call. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Page lists the course but no call dates or admission terms; calls said to follow the annual national calendar.

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

Exposure: Titular professor Dr. Iván Ulises Sámano López; academic endorsement by Universidad La Salle (Facultad Mexicana de Medicina). No curriculum detail.

Eligibility: Medical specialty graduates (or those in the final year of their specialty) with a valid specialty board certification, per the general Alta Especialidad requirements.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Hospital Angeles residencias page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Page lists the course but no call dates or admission terms.

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

Exposure: Professors listed: Dr. Jesús Alberto Pérez Contreras, Dr. José Antonio Soriano Sánchez, Dr. Alfonso Vega Sosa; endorsed by Universidad La Salle. No curriculum detail.

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

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official Hospital Angeles residencias page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: 2026 call page is marked 'Convocatoria Cerrada' (registration to 14 Aug 2026). Next call not stated.

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

Exposure: Clinical high-specialty course in spine surgery; curriculum details not given on the cited pages.

Eligibility: Foreign applicants additionally provide a maintenance-grant letter (own country, institution or self-signed sponsor), valid passport and, if selected, FM3.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official UANL Posgrado de Medicina - Cursos de Alta Especialidad. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Advert refers to the July 2026 start. SFCR says to ask the institution about the next session.

Funding: Partially funded; amount is not published.

Exposure: Device safety, FDA/MAUDE databases, device innovation and AI; engineering and biostatistics collaboration.

Eligibility: Orthopaedic or neurosurgery residents, spine fellows and junior attendings.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: UMKC programme advert published by the French Society of Spine Surgery (SFCR). Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: No dated application cycle or current vacancy is published.

Funding: Undated advert lists CAD 55,000/year; the applicable appointment’s pay needs review.

Exposure: Complex/degenerative spine, deformity, tumour and infection; endoscopy, anterior/lateral approaches and intradural surgery.

Eligibility: Completed neurosurgery or orthopaedic residency; Canadian, US and European graduates prioritised.

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

Source: CHUM programme advert published by the French Society of Spine Surgery (SFCR). Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: No dated application cycle or current vacancy is published.

Funding: Not published.

Exposure: Adult spine degeneration, trauma, neoplasia and infection, occiput to sacrum; clinical and research training.

Eligibility: Division-wide prerequisites include medical/specialty degrees and good standing; the spine section does not give a separate specialty-entry rule.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Ottawa Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The university publishes the curriculum and enquiry contacts. A dated intake is not published.

Funding: Tuition and funding are not published in the cited programme materials.

Exposure: Spinal approaches, instrumentation, deformity, fractures, degenerative disease, tumours and infection, plus research coursework.

Eligibility: The curriculum provides foreign applicant documentation instructions, including an apostilled medical title, passport and temporary membership in Guatemala’s medical college.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Universidad Rafael Landívar programme page and curriculum. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

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. Scrubbing in is not available for all cases. 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 450 surgical cases per year; navigation and intradural techniques; weekly academic session and research protocols.

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.

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 page states orthopaedic or neurosurgeon licences are 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 1200 surgical cases per year; daily emergency case presentation and outcome review; academic sessions three days a week.

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.

Application status: Page states 2027 call details will be announced soon; 2026 LOI window was 28 Jan to 27 Feb 2026.

Funding: Up to $20,000; funds may not pay resident/fellow or personnel salary; indirect costs and travel not funded

Exposure: Mentored cervical spine research project completed at the applicant's own institution while remaining in training

Eligibility: Orthopaedic or neurosurgery residents and fellows must complete the project during training at the same institution. One team member must be an Active CSRS member. Candidate members and members of CSRS-EU or CSRS-AP do not fulfil that requirement. Investigators may apply in one category per year, and a resident or fellow cannot receive this award in consecutive years.

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

Source: CSRS research grants page. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Page lists an annual window of 1 Feb to 15 Mar with notifications in August; current-cycle dates not confirmed.

Funding: Up to $10,000 each; up to 3 awarded per cycle

Exposure: Mentored spinal deformity and related research project

Eligibility: Residents and fellows in good standing in an orthopaedic or neurosurgery training programme; SRS membership not required but at least one SRS member or candidate member must be a co-investigator; preliminary data not required

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

Source: SRS research grants page. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The 2026 cycle is shown as closed; the page states a 2027 deadline of 10 May but the cycle opening was not confirmed.

Funding: Typically US$3,000–US$7,000, primarily for travel and housing costs.

Exposure: Participation in a research project at a host facility.

Eligibility: International applicants eligible

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

Source: NASS - Research Grants & Traveling Fellowship Opportunities. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The published application deadline was 1 July 2026. The next round has no published dates on the programme page.

Funding: Mentoring programme (no funding stated).

Exposure: Individualised mentoring from senior spine investigators at major conferences, aimed at federal research funding and clinical trial expertise.

Eligibility: Chief residents, fellows and junior faculty within five years of their initial faculty appointment; junior neurosurgical spine faculty.

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

Source: Spine Section - Emerging Investigator Program. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The 2027 letter-of-intent deadline (15 September 2026) has passed per the page; award date 7 May 2027.

Funding: Up to US$10,000 for future research. The 2027 policies exclude indirect costs, travel, principal investigator and LSRS member salaries, and use for industry development or personal business gain.

Exposure: Funding supports future lumbar spine research. The principal investigator must accept the award at the 2027 LSRS Annual Meeting and present the findings at the 2028 meeting.

Eligibility: MD/DO residents or fellows at application. An LSRS member must be an investigator, and previous LSRS grant recipients are ineligible for three years. Applicants may submit one distinct proposal per grant opportunity.

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

Source: LSRS - Research Grant Program. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The 2027 letter-of-intent deadline (15 September 2026) has passed per the page; award date 7 May 2027.

Funding: Up to US$10,000 for future research. The 2027 policies exclude indirect costs, travel, principal investigator and LSRS member salaries, and use for industry development or personal business gain.

Exposure: Funding supports future lumbar spine research. The principal investigator must accept the award at the 2027 LSRS Annual Meeting and present the findings at the 2028 meeting.

Eligibility: MD/DO applicants within five years of fellowship completion, or PhD applicants within five years of postdoctoral training. An LSRS member must be an investigator, and previous LSRS grant recipients are ineligible for three years. Applicants may submit one distinct proposal per grant opportunity.

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

Source: LSRS - Research Grant Program. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.