Paediatric neurosurgery fellowships and training in South America

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

Exposure: Paediatric neurosurgery at Argentina's national tertiary children's hospital.

Eligibility: Foreign applicants must have completed a neurosurgery residency endorsed by the competent authorities of their own country (AANC fellowship regulation).

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

Source: Official Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía accredited-fellowship list. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Self-funded course: tuition of R$2,100 per month for 12 months; no scholarships are available.

Exposure: Paediatric neurosurgery training; the selection examination and interview were held at the Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer.

Eligibility: 1 place open to Brazilian and foreign candidates with a valid CRM registration and a revalidated diploma

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official PUC-Rio CCEC selection notice. 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: Paediatric neurosurgery subspecialty training at Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, a national referral hospital in the EsSalud network.

Eligibility: Subspecialty (subespecialidad) place in Peru's national residency admission competition; applicants are assessed under CONAREME rules for subspecialty training. Universidad Ricardo Palma’s 2025 programme table lists Neurosurgery as the prerequisite specialty for its two-year Paediatric Neurosurgery subspecialty.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official CONAREME 2026 vacancy table (EsSalud). Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Official sources conflict: the 2027–2028 call gives applications 3–30 November 2026, while course page /58 displays both “inscrições encerradas” and an application deadline of 30 November 2026. Current availability remains unconfirmed pending clarification from HCB.

Funding: No scholarship; the placement is educational and creates no employment relationship. Application and enrolment fees apply.

Exposure: Practical paediatric neurosurgery for neurosurgeons already trained in general neurosurgery: hydrocephalus and neuroendoscopy, craniosynostosis and craniofacial syndromes, spinal dysraphism, paediatric brain and spinal tumours, trauma, vascular disease and epilepsy surgery, in outpatient clinic, ward, ICU and operating room; first assistant in the first six months and surgeon with the mentor in the last six.

Eligibility: The 2027–2028 call explicitly addresses foreign professionals, subject to applicable professional, immigration and licensing requirements; it does not waive the stated CNRM/MEC residency prerequisite.

Still to confirm: Current status · Accommodation

Source: Official HCB work plan for the paediatric neurosurgery fellowship (course page: hcb.org.br/ensino-e-pesquisa/cursos/32). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: A university fee is required; no stipend is mentioned.

Exposure: The listing reports about 800 neurosurgical procedures a year (400 elective, 400 emergency) with faculty interests in neuroendoscopy, neuro-oncology, craniopharyngioma, epilepsy surgery, spinal dysraphism, hydrocephalus, spine, trauma and vascular disease.

Eligibility: MD degree, a completed neurosurgical training programme and indemnity insurance.

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

Source: ISPN International Fellowships page for the Instituto de Neurocirugía Asenjo (page dated October 2024). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Page shows 'INSCRIPCIÓN 2026: No disponible' and states 'NO ABRE CONCURSO 2026'; no open call is shown.

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

Exposure: The linked curriculum (internally dated 2024) covers congenital disorders, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis and acquired disease, with paediatric neurology and orthopaedics rotations, simulation and research.

Eligibility: The 2026 institutional checklist has a foreign-applicant route requiring Argentine DNI, recognised/revalidated degree and national professional registration. This historical route does not establish a future intake.

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

Source: Official Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires residencias y becas programme page (beca de perfeccionamiento). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The UFG 2025–26 paediatric selection offered one place and closed on 13 April 2025. Its published terms describe that historical cohort.

Funding: No stipend per the SBN listing.

Exposure: The 2025–26 UFG call describes paediatric training in hydrocephalus, dysraphism, craniosynostosis, neuroendoscopy and oncology, plus a publication requirement. The SBN mentoring directory names Paulo Ronaldo Jube.

Eligibility: The 2025–26 call accepted a comparable neurosurgery residency from another country. Practitioners in Brazil with a foreign medical diploma had to supply Brazilian diploma revalidation.

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

Source: SBN Mentoria directory (society listing; host page not separately verified). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Listed in the SBN Mentoria directory (Complementação Especializada); the listing gives no dates, openings or application call. A 2024 HCFMRP-USP Complementação Especializada edital lists a Neurocirurgia Pediátrica track, matched by track name only; its terms are historical and no later edital was found.

Funding: No stipend per the SBN listing.

Exposure: Paediatric mentor listed: Prof. Hélio Rubens Machado.

Eligibility: Historical 2024 edital: completed medical degree plus a medical residency accredited by the CNRM or an AMB specialist title.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: SBN Mentoria directory (society listing; host page not separately verified). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The 2027 application window ran 6 Oct to 6 Nov 2026 and has closed; confirm the next cycle with the programme.

Funding: Self-funded: application fee R$ 620; R$ 187.44 monthly plus enrolment and semester instalments (R$ 300 each).

Exposure: Care activities and scientific project development in paediatric neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Resident or graduate in neurosurgery; selection by curriculum review and interview.

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

Source: FMUSP CCEx programme page. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.