General & multi-subspecialty fellowships in United States

Funding: Salary and benefits are set by each individual Barrow fellowship programme.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular and skull base, complex spine, global neurosurgery, research, neuroendovascular, oncology and functional neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Applicants should review each individual Barrow fellowship page for eligibility, documents and application routes.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Barrow directory. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The application table publishes future cohort deadlines; confirm the selected cohort in Mayo Recruit before applying.

Funding: Institution-wide Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education stipend scale (effective 11 March 2026): Graduate Level 1 USD 75,105 to Graduate Level 10 USD 106,096 a year (e.g. Level 7 USD 95,417); the fellow's level depends on prior training.

Exposure: Year 1 provides a general neurosurgical education; year 2 is tailored to the fellow's interests, with particularly robust exposure to brain tumours, epilepsy and functional surgery.

Eligibility: Explicitly designed for international medical graduates who completed neurosurgery residency abroad and meet ECFMG, language and visa prerequisites.

Still to confirm: Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College Neurosurgical International Fellowship page (Minnesota). Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

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

Exposure: Shadowing the invited neurosurgery faculty member; no direct patient contact.

Eligibility: Open to qualified foreign nationals who are non-LCME residents or invited as Visiting Scholars of Neurosurgery.

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

Source: University of Miami Department of Neurological Surgery - Visiting Observers. Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The USF Neurosurgery/Tampa General Hospital Observer Program is paused and is not accepting new observer applications. The official page offers an interest list for reopening updates. The linked TGH physician-observer request form independently states that all hospital observerships are on hold and new applications will not be processed.

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

Exposure: The operative scope and level of participation are not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.

Eligibility: We encourage all international observers to reach out to the USF Medicine International office for onboarding and coordination.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: USF Health Neurosurgery – Observer Program. Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The Department of Neurological Surgery offers unpaid observerships

Exposure: The operative scope and level of participation are not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.

Eligibility: International Graduate of Medical School: A physician who has completed specialty or subspecialty training

Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: UT Southwestern Neurological Surgery – Observerships. Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The applicant and/or the applicant’s employer/sponsor are responsible for boarding, meals and transportation expenses.

Exposure: Participants observe USC physicians and residents in their specialties

Eligibility: Applicants must have graduated from a medical school with medical license in a foreign country.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Keck Medicine of USC International Health - Physician Observership. Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend and salary figures are not listed on the NYU neurosurgery fellowships page; employed fellows follow NYU Langone house-staff / GME appointment terms.

Exposure: Department index covering stereotactic radiosurgery, interventional neuroradiology/endovascular surgery, neuromodulation, paediatric neurosurgery, skull-base surgery and radiosurgery, and spine surgery.

Eligibility: Detailed entry criteria are set by each fellowship director; the department directs applicants to Allison George Lucas for application information.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official NYU Langone fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Programme-specific; CAST publishes accreditation status, not salaries or funding.

Exposure: Official subspecialty lists of CAST-accredited fellowships in cerebrovascular, neurocritical care, neuroendovascular, neurosurgical oncology, neurotrauma, peripheral nerve, skull base, spine and stereotactic & functional neurosurgery.

Eligibility: CAST FAQ: programmes may accept international fellows who graduated from the ACGME-equivalent residency in their home area; DO graduates may also be accepted. Where a subspecialty has an ABNS RFP pathway, RFP requirements are set by ABNS, not CAST.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official SNS CAST website. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fully funded fellowship grants are awarded at $75,000; smaller awards are possible depending on available support.

Exposure: Funding for post-residency clinical fellowships; the 2025–26 listing covered spine, cerebrovascular and cranial (tumour) fellowships, and the 2024–25 listing also included stereotactic and functional fellowships.

Eligibility: The applicant is the institution (non-profit North American programme with a neurosurgery residency). Fellows need not be US citizens but must have completed an ACGME-accredited (or Canadian-equivalent) neurosurgery residency.

Still to confirm: Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official NREF clinical fellowship grants page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Not applicable.

Exposure: The certification the ACGME requires of IMGs entering ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship programmes, and a prerequisite for USMLE Step 3 and unrestricted US licensure.

Eligibility: For graduates of medical schools outside the United States, regardless of citizenship; graduates of Canadian schools from 1 July 2025 onwards are also treated as IMGs.

Still to confirm: Duration · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official ECFMG certification page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Supported through an NIH training grant. Institution-wide Mass General Brigham housestaff salary scale effective 1 Jul 2026 (residents and clinical fellows represented by CIR): PGY-6 USD 106,612; PGY-7 USD 112,535; PGY-8 USD 118,458. Most GME-approved programmes also pay a USD 10,500 lump-sum stipend for housing/childcare. The programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Care of patients with brain tumours and functional disorders; neuro-navigation, intra-operative imaging and post-operative management; ordering and interpreting radiographic studies; research in functional brain mapping, intra-operative tissue characterisation, image-guided minimally invasive ablation, guidance and robotics.

Eligibility: Completion of an ACGME-accredited programme or the equivalent in the home country; senior neurosurgical residents may be considered on an individual basis. Applicants must be eligible for a valid limited Massachusetts State Medical License.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation

Source: Official Mass General Brigham fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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: A comprehensive, supervised full-time educational experience in the care of neurosurgical cases, including surgical procedures and the clinical management of patients with life-threatening neurological illnesses.

Eligibility: Designed for international neurosurgeons; specific eligibility criteria are not published and must be confirmed with the education programme director.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Inova Neurosciences academic programmes page. Reviewed 9 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: Interaction with Inova's neuroscience experts and participation in clinical and educational activities, including conferences, medical grand rounds and seminars.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons seeking an observational experience; detailed criteria are not published.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Inova Neurosciences academic programmes page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: The official linked WINS X M:B Scholarship 2026–2027 application form says it is no longer accepting responses, although the scholarship landing page still displays “Applications Open”. A new application window is not established.

Funding: Up to USD 12,500 per scholar for travel, observership, training, research and related expenses.

Exposure: Observation in the host institution's operating rooms, clinics and patient care, plus at least one research project; hosts named are the University of Florida (Dr. Maryam Rahman) and Barrow Neurological Institute (Dr. Laura Snyder).

Eligibility: Female neurosurgery residents and junior faculty. The collaborating WINS awards page describes the same scholarship more narrowly as supporting senior residents or junior faculty; the Mission:BRAIN page does not specify a resident year. Applicants earlier in residency should confirm eligibility for the relevant round.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Mission:BRAIN WINS Scholarship page. 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 details.

Exposure: Divisions: spine and peripheral nerve; cerebrovascular and neurointerventional; neuro-oncology; stereotactic and functional.

Eligibility: International physicians, researchers and students who meet eligibility requirements are invited to apply; approved participants typically enter on J-1 visas, some observing 3 months or less may enter on B-1 as permitted; health coverage of at least $50,000 per accident/illness required.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Penn Neurosurgery observership page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.