Training formats represented
- Clinical pathway (format unspecified): 5 profiles
- Travelling fellowship pathway (format unspecified): 2 profiles
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Neurosurgery fellowships
in Taiwan.
7 programmes and training pathways found from official sources. Confirm current availability, licensing, and operating privileges directly with each institution.
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International Clinical Training — Division of Neurosurgery (Keelung)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
Keelung · Taiwan
- Duration
- The hospital-wide application form offers placements from one month to two years. Applicants select Keelung and describe the proposed training topic; the unit sets the actual placement length.
- Deadline
- For physician training longer than three months, submit at least four months before the proposed start. For training shorter than three months, submit at least two months before the proposed start.
- Funding
- Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians; a competitive one-year scholarship of NT$24,000 per month is published for qualifying trainees.
- Exposure
- Keelung's Division of Neurosurgery is listed as a host department in CGMH's 2026 training-department list; specific learning skills are not itemised.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202660% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (10)
Funding: Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians; a competitive one-year scholarship of NT$24,000 per month is published for qualifying trainees.
Exposure: Keelung's Division of Neurosurgery is listed as a host department in CGMH's 2026 training-department list; specific learning skills are not itemised.
Eligibility: Licensed physicians with at least one full year of clinical practice, recommended by their employing institution.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Chang Gung Memorial Hospital international training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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International Professional Training (Neurosurgery)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei · Taiwan
- Duration
- Up to 2 years for international medical staff, extendable by a further 2 years (hospital policy under Ministry of Health and Welfare guidelines).
- Deadline
- Applications must be received at least 5 months before the intended start date.
- Funding
- The hospital provides no financial support; trainees fund living, travel and insurance themselves.
- Exposure
- Clinical or laboratory training in a chosen specialty or subspecialty, including neurosurgery (one of the departments that has provided international training programmes); applicants may name the TVGH doctors they wish to follow.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202660% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (10)
Funding: The hospital provides no financial support; trainees fund living, travel and insurance themselves.
Exposure: Clinical or laboratory training in a chosen specialty or subspecialty, including neurosurgery (one of the departments that has provided international training programmes); applicants may name the TVGH doctors they wish to follow.
Eligibility: Overseas residents, fellows and specialists who are healthy, in good standing and have at least one consecutive year of relevant clinical experience (residency counts) and are still practising; Mandarin or Taiwanese fluency preferred but not essential.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Taipei Veterans General Hospital Department of Medical Education page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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WFNS Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University
Taipei · Taiwan
Listed lead WFNS names Yong-Kwang Tu as centre president, but TMU dates his superintendent term to December 2017–November 2023; current programme director requires confirmation
- Duration
- Full training 4–5 years; postgraduate fellowship 1 year; short-term observership 1–3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Full training and fellowship: shared resident dormitory (about USD 500/month) plus USD 500/month food allowance provided by Professor Tu's private foundation; travel at the trainee's expense. Observership: no accommodation, living or travel support.
- Exposure
- Short-term fellowship training within a high-volume integrated neuroscience service.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (12)
Funding: Full training and fellowship: shared resident dormitory (about USD 500/month) plus USD 500/month food allowance provided by Professor Tu's private foundation; travel at the trainee's expense. Observership: no accommodation, living or travel support.
Exposure: Short-term fellowship training within a high-volume integrated neuroscience service.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official WFNS centre profile. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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International Clinical Training — Division of Neurosurgery (Linkou)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
Taoyuan (Linkou) · Taiwan
- Duration
- Confirm with programme (applications for over 3 months must be filed 4 months ahead; under 3 months, 2 months ahead)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians. A scholarship of NT$24,000 per month for one year (15 awards every six months) is open to trainees staying one year or more with at least one SCI publication.
- Exposure
- Learning skills listed for Linkou neurosurgery: brain tumour surgery, endovascular intervention and high cervical surgery.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202648% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (13)
Funding: Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians. A scholarship of NT$24,000 per month for one year (15 awards every six months) is open to trainees staying one year or more with at least one SCI publication.
Exposure: Learning skills listed for Linkou neurosurgery: brain tumour surgery, endovascular intervention and high cervical surgery.
Eligibility: Licensed physicians with at least one full year of clinical practice, recommended by their employing institution.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Chang Gung Memorial Hospital international training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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Clinical Observationship for Foreign Medical Doctors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei · Taiwan
- Duration
- Up to 1 year
- Deadline
- Application must be submitted two months prior to the planned observationship
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Observation of general and specialty medical care in the host clinical department (no direct patient care); neurosurgery placement depends on departmental review.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202644% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (14)
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Observation of general and specialty medical care in the host clinical department (no direct patient care); neurosurgery placement depends on departmental review.
Eligibility: Foreign nationals holding an MD, MB, DDS or BDS degree and a licence to practice in their own country; observationship up to one year, no direct patient care
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NTUH observationship guidelines. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung · Taiwan
Listed lead Cheng-Hung Lee (surgeon in charge of fellows)
- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Deadline
- 2028 programme call opens April 2027 and closes May 2027; results September 2027 (AO states decisions are sent by the end of October at the latest).
- 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
- Department of Orthopedics: about 818 surgical cases per year and 68 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1.Participate in weekly spine morning conferences. 2.Organize an annual cadaveric spine surgery workshop in August.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202684% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (4)
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: Department of Orthopedics: about 818 surgical cases per year and 68 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1.Participate in weekly spine morning conferences. 2.Organize an annual cadaveric spine surgery workshop in August.
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
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.
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AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — National Taiwan University Hospital
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei · Taiwan
Listed lead Fon-Yih Tsuang (surgeon in charge of fellows)
- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Deadline
- 2028 programme: AO Spine call opens April 2027 and closes May 2027; results September 2027 (the 2027 call is closed).
- 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
- Spine Tumor Center, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery: about 1400 surgical cases per year and 106 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1. Multidisciplinary Spine Tumor Meetings 2. Grand Round 3. Mortality and Morbidity.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202676% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (6)
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: Spine Tumor Center, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery: about 1400 surgical cases per year and 106 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1. Multidisciplinary Spine Tumor Meetings 2. Grand Round 3. Mortality and Morbidity.
Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits
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.
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