Training formats represented
- Clinical pathway (format unspecified): 5 profiles
- Clinical fellowship: 1 profile
- University diploma: 1 profile
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Neurosurgery fellowships
in South Africa.
7 programmes and training pathways found from official sources. Confirm current availability, licensing, and operating privileges directly with each institution.
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Neurotrauma & neurocritical care →
Neurocritical Care Fellowship
University of Cape Town Division of Neurosurgery / Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Professor Ivan Joubert; Professor Patrick Semple
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Rotations through neurosurgical, general surgical and medical intensive care units.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Rotations through neurosurgical, general surgical and medical intensive care units.
Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; enquiries go to the Division of Neurosurgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Neurointervention →
Vascular–Neurointerventional Surgery Fellowship
University of Cape Town Division of Neurosurgery / Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Professor Allan Taylor; Professor David Le Feuvre
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Combined advanced microsurgical and endovascular neurovascular training at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Combined advanced microsurgical and endovascular neurovascular training at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital.
Eligibility: UCT’s faculty guidance describes a pathway for foreign-qualified doctors at recognised teaching hospitals through unpaid, supernumerary registrar appointments and limited HPCSA registration. Ask the division whether this pathway applies to the named fellowship.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Accreditation
Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Skull base →
Pituitary and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
University of Cape Town Division of Neurosurgery / Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Professor Patrick Semple
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Endoscopic pituitary and endocrine surgery in collaboration with otorhinolaryngology and endocrinology, plus microsurgical key-hole surgery for sella and supra-sella tumours, particularly craniopharyngiomas and pituitary tumours.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Endoscopic pituitary and endocrine surgery in collaboration with otorhinolaryngology and endocrinology, plus microsurgical key-hole surgery for sella and supra-sella tumours, particularly craniopharyngiomas and pituitary tumours.
Eligibility: UCT’s faculty guidance describes a pathway for foreign-qualified doctors at recognised teaching hospitals through unpaid, supernumerary registrar appointments and limited HPCSA registration. Ask the division whether this pathway applies to the named fellowship.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Accreditation
Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Paediatric neurosurgery →
Paediatric Neurosurgery, Paediatric Neurocritical Care and Intraoperative Neurophysiology Fellowship
University of Cape Town / Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Professor Anthony Figaji and Dr Nico Enslin
- Duration
- 1–2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Paediatric neuro-oncology, epilepsy and functional neurosurgery, dysraphism, craniofacial and congenital abnormalities, hydrocephalus, advanced neurocritical care (microdialysis, continuous EEG, brain oxygenation and CBF, high-frequency data capture) and intraoperative neurophysiology.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202644% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (14)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Paediatric neuro-oncology, epilepsy and functional neurosurgery, dysraphism, craniofacial and congenital abnormalities, hydrocephalus, advanced neurocritical care (microdialysis, continuous EEG, brain oxygenation and CBF, high-frequency data capture) and intraoperative neurophysiology.
Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; enquiries go to the Division of Neurosurgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Spine →
Neurosurgical Spine Surgery Fellowship
University of Cape Town Division of Neurosurgery / Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Dr Andrew Mathole
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Most aspects of adult and paediatric spine surgery except adolescent deformity/scoliosis; includes spine trauma (with orthopaedics), spine oncology, degenerative spinal deformity and paediatric craniocervical junction disorders.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202644% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (14)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Most aspects of adult and paediatric spine surgery except adolescent deformity/scoliosis; includes spine trauma (with orthopaedics), spine oncology, degenerative spinal deformity and paediatric craniocervical junction disorders.
Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; enquiries go to the Division of Neurosurgery.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Neurotrauma & neurocritical care →
Sub-specialty Certificate in Critical Care of the College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa (Cert Critical Care (SA) Neurosurg)
Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) — College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa
Various accredited South African units · South Africa
- Duration
- Minimum of 18 months in a numbered subspecialty trainee post.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- Subspecialty certification in critical care for neurosurgeons, assessed by a written examination and a structured oral/clinical examination.
Source reviewed 15 Oct 202644% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (14)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: Subspecialty certification in critical care for neurosurgeons, assessed by a written examination and a structured oral/clinical examination.
Eligibility: Candidates need 18 months in a numbered subspecialty trainee post; those who began subspecialty training on or after 1 January 2013 must submit a portfolio with the application.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official CMSA Cert Critical Care (SA) Neurosurg page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Spine →
AO Spine Fellowship Host Centre: Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Cape Town · South Africa
Listed lead Head of department: Sanesh Miseer
- Duration
- AO Spine route rule: short-term international fellowships last 4 to 12 weeks.
- Deadline
- AO Spine route rule: call for the 2028 programme opens April 2027 and closes May 2027 (exact days not given).
- Funding
- AO Spine route rule: stipend benchmarked at USD 550 per week in the US, adjusted to local prices; only a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals.
- Exposure
- About 350 surgical cases per year with infection and trauma cases prominent; cadaver lab facilities for skills training.
Source reviewed 11 Nov 202660% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (10)
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 host department is orthopaedic or spine-service based; AO Spine fellowships are described by AO as open to orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. Scrubbing in requires Health Professions Council registration in South Africa. Host-level: the department's own page also lists a separate 1-year IGASS-recognised spine fellowship (CV + ~300-word motivation letter emailed to the course director; applications accepted any time for future dates). AO terms come from the AO Spine global fellowship page; regional AO guidelines were not checked and may differ.
Funding: AO Spine route rule: stipend benchmarked at USD 550 per week in the US, adjusted to local prices; only a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals.
Exposure: About 350 surgical cases per year with infection and trauma cases prominent; cadaver lab facilities for skills training.
Eligibility: AO Spine route rule: spine physician or orthopaedic/neurosurgery/trauma surgeon with strong spine interest; up to 45 years old; 2+ years AO Spine membership; prior AO course/event; no spine fellowship in past 2 years (self-funded excepted).
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · 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.