Training formats represented
- Clinical pathway (format unspecified): 3 profiles
- Observership: 1 profile
- Travelling fellowship: 1 profile
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Neurosurgery fellowships
in Czechia.
5 programmes and training pathways found from official sources. Confirm current availability, licensing, and operating privileges directly with each institution.
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This summary describes the profiles indexed here; it is not a count of vacancies.
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General & multi-subspecialty →
Internships and Observerships for Foreign Doctors
University Hospital Ostrava (FNO)
Ostrava · Czechia
- Duration
- Confirm with programme (separate short-term procedure for stays up to 3 months)
- Deadline
- Contact the FNO Education Department 4 months before the planned start (non-EU doctors, and EU doctors who will practise); 1.5 months before for observership-type stays without practising
- Funding
- The official document does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Placement in the chosen clinic; FNO's Neurosurgery Clinic (joint with the University of Ostrava Faculty of Medicine) is headed by prof. MUDr. Radim Lipina, Ph.D.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (12)
Funding: The official document does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Placement in the chosen clinic; FNO's Neurosurgery Clinic (joint with the University of Ostrava Faculty of Medicine) is headed by prof. MUDr. Radim Lipina, Ph.D.
Eligibility: EU doctors may join as practising trainees (with Ministry permission) or as non-practising observers; non-EU doctors must use the Ministry permission route.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official University Hospital Ostrava foreign-doctor internship procedure. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Radiosurgery →
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Training Centre
Na Homolce Hospital Department of Stereotactic and Radiation Neurosurgery
Prague · Czechia
- Duration
- Training-centre placements in stereotactic radiosurgery (length arranged with the centre)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Leksell Gamma Knife radiosurgery programme with more than 24,000 radiosurgery operations over 30 years of Gamma Knife operation at Na Homolce Hospital.
Source reviewed 13 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Leksell Gamma Knife radiosurgery programme with more than 24,000 radiosurgery operations over 30 years of Gamma Knife operation at Na Homolce Hospital.
Eligibility: Applicants for stereotactic radiosurgery training at Na Homolce Hospital as arranged with the centre.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Na Homolce Hospital department page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Spine →
Postgraduate Professional Placement (Odborná stáž) – Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery
University Hospital Olomouc (FN Olomouc) Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery
Olomouc · Czechia
- Duration
- Confirm with programme (placements longer than five working days require a placement contract)
- Deadline
- Application must be submitted at least 14 working days before placement start (general rule for all postgraduate placements)
- Funding
- Placements are charged by invoice after completion to the employer or trainee (free for members of the Czech Armed Forces); on-site accommodation is available.
- Exposure
- FN Olomouc's Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery covers general neurosurgery, neurotraumatology and specialised spine surgery.
Source reviewed 15 Oct 202644% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (14)
Funding: Placements are charged by invoice after completion to the employer or trainee (free for members of the Czech Armed Forces); on-site accommodation is available.
Exposure: FN Olomouc's Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery covers general neurosurgery, neurotraumatology and specialised spine surgery.
Eligibility: Postgraduate doctors arranging a professional placement, including placements within specialisation training; the exact dates must be agreed in advance with the head of the relevant department.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official FN Olomouc careers and education page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
General & multi-subspecialty →
WFNS Foundation Fellowship at WFNS Training Centres
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Foundation
Prague · Czechia
- Duration
- Up to three months at selected WFNS Training Centres.
- Deadline
- No open window: 'Applications for the WFNS Short-Term Fellowship Programme are temporarily closed' and no new applications are being accepted.
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Short-term attachment at a WFNS Training Centre; the page does not name a single subspecialty.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Application status: Page states applications for the WFNS Short-Term Fellowship Programme are temporarily closed
Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Short-term attachment at a WFNS Training Centre; the page does not name a single subspecialty.
Eligibility: The WFNS short-term scheme targets young neurosurgeons, particularly from developing countries. Its rule requiring citizenship of a country with fewer than one neurosurgeon per million inhabitants applies only to applicants to the Rabat Reference Center, not to every WFNS training centre.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS fellowship criteria and application page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Cerebrovascular →
Masaryk Hospital Ústí nad Labem — cerebrovascular observership (CV Section listing)
Department of Neurosurgery, University J.E. Purkyně, Masaryk Hospital
Ústí nad Labem · Czechia
Listed lead Prof. MUDr. Martin Sameš, CSc., listed as Prim. (head physician) of the neurosurgery department on the clinic contact page.
- Duration
- Variable length: the page describes listed centres as taking US trainees and faculty for variable-length clinical exposure.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
- Exposure
- Observership in cerebrovascular surgery and endovascular therapy (EVT).
Source reviewed 29 Oct 202632% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (17)
Application status: Listing on the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section page for US trainees and faculty; page says the centre offers an observership (no fellowship) but gives no dates (page dated 2020).
Funding: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Exposure: Observership in cerebrovascular surgery and endovascular therapy (EVT).
Eligibility: Listed for US trainees and faculty seeking variable-length clinical exposure; no further criteria stated.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Official source · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section international sites listing (aggregator; confirm with host). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.