26 programmes and training pathways found from official sources. Confirm current availability, licensing, and operating privileges directly with each institution.
This summary describes the profiles indexed here; it is not a count of vacancies.
Read the individual participation terms: a broad clinical pathway label does not establish hands-on access.
9 focus areas are represented. Compare the curriculum and supervision within your intended subspecialty.
Cerebrovascular comparison guide →Functional & epilepsy comparison guide →General & multi-subspecialty comparison guide →Neuro-oncology comparison guide →Ask the selected host in Argentina whether your qualifications fit this specific post, which patient-care activities are permitted, and who arranges registration and immigration documentation. Country coverage does not imply that every profile accepts international applicants.
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Compare your shortlisted profiles →Clinical · Travelling fellowship pathways are represented. Country-level licensing, language and visa requirements are not inferred; confirm them with the host and the current national or regional regulator.
International applicant guide →Recorded information is not a guarantee of funding, eligibility or a currently open intake.
International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) – Latin American Commission (ALADE)
Multiple sites · Argentina / Brazil / Mexico
Listed lead Call issued by the ILAE Latin American Commission: Mario A Alonso Vanegas, Marcelo Bartuluchi, Arthur Cukiert.
Application status: The 2026 call states an application window of 10 Oct 2026 to 30 Nov 2026, results on 20 Dec 2026 and start of the placements on 1 Apr 2027. The page does not name the host hospitals; it says details on training centres are available from the contact emails.
Funding: Support of USD 12,000 per year from the ILAE Executive Committee via the Latin American Commission's education budget.
Exposure: One-year placement in surgical epileptology following the ILAE epilepsy surgery curriculum, with rotations in three countries.
Eligibility: Must be a resident of a Latin American country (and under 45).
Still to confirm: Participation level · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official ILAE Latin American Commission call for applicants (2026 call, PDF). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Funding: The official page does not publish fees, funding or stipends; Fleni does not provide transport or meals.
Exposure: Full-month rotations in the requested service and area of interest; rotations have no set curriculum and require at least 80% attendance and prior mandatory infection-control training.
Eligibility: Open to health professionals and students from Argentine or foreign institutions.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Fleni rotations page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Hospital Universitario Austral (Universidad Austral)
Pilar, Buenos Aires · Argentina
Listed lead Dr. Ricardo N. de Rosa
Application status: Applications by online form; no deadline published.
Funding: Not published.
Exposure: Neurosurgery service programmes include nervous-system tumours, paediatric neurosurgery, neurotrauma, skull base, vascular, pituitary, pain intervention, Parkinson and functional surgery, and epilepsy surgery.
Eligibility: Foreign physicians may apply once their medical degree is validated in Argentina and they have Argentine national medical registration.
Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Universidad Austral Becas de Perfeccionamiento page. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Listed lead Gonzalo Kido (surgeon in charge of fellows)
Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.
Exposure: Instituto Ortopedia y Traumatologia Carlos E. Ottolenghi: about 400 surgical cases per year and 200 beds; techniques include standard open, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis 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: Current status · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees
Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
HIGA San Martín de La Plata, Unidad de Patología Espinal (UPE)
La Plata · Argentina
Listed lead Head of department: Pedro Bazán
Application status: The AO Spine host-centre page lists the unit but does not publish a current intake or deadline; confirm with the host and AO Spine. No additional licence is required to scrub in. Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): call for the 2027 AO Spine fellowship programme is closed. AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): AO Spine stipend contributes to accommodation and living costs and may not cover all costs; travel is not covered.
Exposure: About 220 surgical cases per year across deformity, degeneration, infection, oncology and trauma; robotics, navigation, endoscopic and intradural techniques; 3D biomodels and research.
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.
Hospital Universitario Austral, Spine Surgery
Pilar · Argentina
Listed lead Head of department: Juan Pablo Guyot and Enrique Miguens
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 says scrubbing in is possible but priority goes to the long-term fellow or resident. 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 320 surgical cases per year (degeneration and adult deformity predominant); anatomy practice sessions available.
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.
Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan, Spine Department
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Listed lead Head of department: Rodrigo Remondino
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 fellows observe rather than act as active assistant. 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: Paediatric spine centre with about 253 surgical cases per year, mostly paediatric deformity (about 200), plus infection, oncology and trauma; navigation and thoracoscopic techniques.
Eligibility: Host-level rule (AO Spine short-term fellowship route): spine physician or ortho/neurosurgery/trauma specialist; 2+ yrs AO Spine membership; 1+ AO course; no spine fellowship in past 2 yrs (unless self-funded); up to 45.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · 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.
Hospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos Mejía / Hospital de Alta Complejidad El Cruce
Buenos Aires and Florencio Varela · Argentina
Listed lead Dr Eduardo Seoane and Dr Pablo Seoane
Funding: Listed as part-time and ad honorem (unpaid).
Exposure: Case conferences, teaching sessions, surgical planning and epilepsy operations, with about 80% of activity at Hospital El Cruce and 20% at Hospital Ramos Mejía.
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
Source: Official Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía accredited-fellowship list. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Rosario · Argentina
Listed lead Dr Ignacio Barrenechea, Dr Héctor Rojas and Dr Roberto Herrera
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: 2,400 hours a year and around 130 operations, covering primary and metastatic brain tumours, pituitary surgery, skull base, intraventricular, intramedullary and insular tumours, brain mapping, stereotactic procedures and radiosurgery at Hospital Privado de Rosario and Clínica Adventista Belgrano (Buenos Aires).
Eligibility: Foreign candidates may enrol if they meet all Argentine national and provincial regulations for professional practice.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official Grupo Gamma / Hospital Privado de Rosario programme document. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Hospital de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Listed lead Dr Beatriz Mantese and Dr Romina Argañaraz
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.
Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Listed lead Dr Pablo Jalón
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Spinal column and spinal cord surgery at the University of Buenos Aires teaching 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 · Application route
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.
Centro Médico Pellegrini / Hospital Interzonal Abraham Piñeyro / Clínica La Pequeña Familia
Junín, Buenos Aires Province · Argentina
Listed lead Dr Carlos Zanardi and Dr Nelson Picard
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Spine and spinal cord surgery across a private medical centre, a provincial interzonal hospital and a clinic in Junín.
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 · Application route
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.
