- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Salaried position; amount via the programme director.
- Exposure
- Endoscopic and open microscopic skull base techniques and Gamma Knife radiosurgery; about 100 operative skull base cases per year and 4 call nights per month.
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Funding: Salaried position; amount via the programme director.
Exposure: Endoscopic and open microscopic skull base techniques and Gamma Knife radiosurgery; about 100 operative skull base cases per year and 4 call nights per month.
Eligibility: Foreign medical graduates not accepted.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact
Source: NASBS Fellowship Registry entry. Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Salaried position; amount via the programme director.
- Exposure
- Large volume of posterolateral skull base/acoustic tumors and open cerebrovascular cases; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; anatomical dissection laboratory.
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Funding: Salaried position; amount via the programme director.
Exposure: Large volume of posterolateral skull base/acoustic tumors and open cerebrovascular cases; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; anatomical dissection laboratory.
Eligibility: Official sources conflict: the NASBS registry says foreign medical graduates outside the US/Canada are not accepted and requires US/Canada residency; the UH programme page describes an ACGME neurosurgery residency prerequisite and a foreign-trained route requiring valid ECFMG certification and some US postgraduate training. Obtain written clarification from the programme before relying on either route.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: NASBS Fellowship Registry entry. Reviewed 20 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 month duration.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The 2021 brochure lists full salary plus benefits, alongside “through their institution”; the paying institution and a current package need clarification.
- Exposure
- Expectation of at least 2 lab projects and at least 2 clinical projects leading to publication per year; the fellow observes skull base cases once per week on average and is primary coordinator of the CCF skull base lab.
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Funding: The 2021 brochure lists full salary plus benefits, alongside “through their institution”; the paying institution and a current package need clarification.
Exposure: Expectation of at least 2 lab projects and at least 2 clinical projects leading to publication per year; the fellow observes skull base cases once per week on average and is primary coordinator of the CCF skull base lab.
Eligibility: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Accreditation
Source: Cleveland Clinic - Research Fellowship flyer (Nov 2021). Reviewed 21 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- 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
- Skull base surgery and radiosurgery fellowship directed by Donato R. Pacione, MD.
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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: Skull base surgery and radiosurgery fellowship directed by Donato R. Pacione, MD.
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.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- No deadline is published; the programme began reviewing applications on 1 July 2026.
- Funding
- The official programme page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
- Exposure
- Open and minimally invasive skull-base surgery, cadaveric dissection, simulation, multidisciplinary management and translational or clinical research.
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Funding: The official programme page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Open and minimally invasive skull-base surgery, cadaveric dissection, simulation, multidisciplinary management and translational or clinical research.
Eligibility: Non-US citizens require a valid visa and US work authorisation; equivalent residency training and Illinois licensure eligibility must be confirmed.
Still to confirm: Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official Northwestern fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
- Exposure
- Open, endoscopic and complex cranial skull-base surgery, perioperative management, pituitary care, cadaveric anatomy and clinical research.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Open, endoscopic and complex cranial skull-base surgery, perioperative management, pituitary care, cadaveric anatomy and clinical research.
Eligibility: Foreign applicants must be legally able to work in the U.S., or eligible to obtain work authorization. Unable to support J-1 applicants that require a Conrad J-1 waiver to be eligible for an H-1B visa.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees
Source: Official OHSU fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
- Exposure
- Open, minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to anterior, middle and posterior skull base; augmented-reality-assisted surgery; benign and malignant tumours, pituitary/parasellar lesions, vascular anomalies and traumatic/congenital skull base defects.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Open, minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to anterior, middle and posterior skull base; augmented-reality-assisted surgery; benign and malignant tumours, pituitary/parasellar lesions, vascular anomalies and traumatic/congenital skull base defects.
Eligibility: Institution-wide: international medical graduates need a current ECFMG certificate, passing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores, and a medical school listed in the FAIMER/WFME directory for California postgraduate training licensure.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact
Source: Official UC Davis Health fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institution-wide LSU Health Shreveport house-officer salaries (current, year not stated): H.O. VI USD 74,190; H.O. VII USD 81,200 per the official GME benefits and salary page; the fellowship's level is not stated.
- Exposure
- Endoscopic and open skull base and complex cranial surgery: endoscopic skull base surgery, aneurysm/AVM surgery, complex skull base tumours, acoustic neuroma surgery, awake craniotomy, intraventricular endoscopy and radiosurgery, with ENT collaboration; two research projects, at least one publication and a monthly skull base teaching conference.
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Funding: Institution-wide LSU Health Shreveport house-officer salaries (current, year not stated): H.O. VI USD 74,190; H.O. VII USD 81,200 per the official GME benefits and salary page; the fellowship's level is not stated.
Exposure: Endoscopic and open skull base and complex cranial surgery: endoscopic skull base surgery, aneurysm/AVM surgery, complex skull base tumours, acoustic neuroma surgery, awake craniotomy, intraventricular endoscopy and radiosurgery, with ENT collaboration; two research projects, at least one publication and a monthly skull base teaching conference.
Eligibility: Institution-wide GME policy: international graduates need a currently valid ECFMG certificate before appointment.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official LSU Health Shreveport fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- 2026-2027 stipends range from $63,723.67 (PGY-1) to $85,733.08 (PGY-8) per year; the page does not state which level applies to fellows.
- Exposure
- Hands-on involvement in complex cranial and skull base surgery, multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, resident teaching (lectures, dissections, conferences) and research, rotating through UofL Health-UofL Hospital, Brown Cancer Center and UofL Health-Jewish Hospital.
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Funding: 2026-2027 stipends range from $63,723.67 (PGY-1) to $85,733.08 (PGY-8) per year; the page does not state which level applies to fellows.
Exposure: Hands-on involvement in complex cranial and skull base surgery, multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, resident teaching (lectures, dissections, conferences) and research, rotating through UofL Health-UofL Hospital, Brown Cancer Center and UofL Health-Jewish Hospital.
Eligibility: Board-eligible neurosurgeons with significant senior-level clinical experience seeking a skull base subspecialty focus.
Still to confirm: Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation
Source: Official University of Louisville fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed
Skull base →
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota · United States
Listed lead Michael Link, MD
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- NASBS Skull Base Fellowship Match 2026 cycle (2028–2029 position): applications 15 May–30 June 2026 (closed); interviews 3 August–16 November 2026; rank list 19 November 2026; Match Day 17 December 2026. 2026–2027 and 2027–2028 positions are full.
- 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
- Extensive open and endoscopic skull-base operative experience, with primary inpatient and outpatient responsibility and leadership of the skull-base service across four quarterly rotations.
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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: Extensive open and endoscopic skull-base operative experience, with primary inpatient and outpatient responsibility and leadership of the skull-base service across four quarterly rotations.
Eligibility: Institution-wide GME requirement: graduates of medical schools outside the United States must hold a valid ECFMG certificate; certified English translations are required for documents in other languages.
Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipContact programme
Skull base →CCCleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
Listed lead Pablo Recinos, MD (contact person)
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institution-wide Cleveland Clinic GME salary for clinical residents and fellows (effective 16 May 2026): PGY-6 USD 84,180, PGY-7 USD 89,204, PGY-8 USD 90,521 (PGY level depends on the fellow's appointment).
- Exposure
- Interdisciplinary skull base team with interventional neuroradiology, otolaryngology, neuro-ophthalmology and plastic surgery; one of the largest US meningioma programmes (~200 new meningioma patients/year; ~100 operations) plus ~50–60 MVD procedures and growing minimally invasive endoscopic anterior skull base work.
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Funding: Institution-wide Cleveland Clinic GME salary for clinical residents and fellows (effective 16 May 2026): PGY-6 USD 84,180, PGY-7 USD 89,204, PGY-8 USD 90,521 (PGY level depends on the fellow's appointment).
Exposure: Interdisciplinary skull base team with interventional neuroradiology, otolaryngology, neuro-ophthalmology and plastic surgery; one of the largest US meningioma programmes (~200 new meningioma patients/year; ~100 operations) plus ~50–60 MVD procedures and growing minimally invasive endoscopic anterior skull base work.
Eligibility: International medical graduates must hold a currently valid ECFMG certificate to apply.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official Cleveland Clinic neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Skull base fellowship via NASBS match (appointment length per match/programme)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institution-wide UPMC Medical Education GME stipend scale for AY 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 84,281; PGY-7 USD 87,231; PGY-8 USD 90,284 (AY 2027–28: PGY-7 USD 92,034; PGY-8 USD 95,716) per the official UPMC GME stipends page; the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.
- Exposure
- Endoscopic and open skull-base surgery at the Center for Cranial Base Surgery (about 30–50 cases a month; about half endoscopic endonasal with otolaryngology colleagues), plus lateral skull-base, vascular, brain-tumour, minimally invasive transorbital and selected general cranial surgery.
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Funding: Institution-wide UPMC Medical Education GME stipend scale for AY 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 84,281; PGY-7 USD 87,231; PGY-8 USD 90,284 (AY 2027–28: PGY-7 USD 92,034; PGY-8 USD 95,716) per the official UPMC GME stipends page; the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.
Exposure: Endoscopic and open skull-base surgery at the Center for Cranial Base Surgery (about 30–50 cases a month; about half endoscopic endonasal with otolaryngology colleagues), plus lateral skull-base, vascular, brain-tumour, minimally invasive transorbital and selected general cranial surgery.
Eligibility: Applicants enter through the NASBS Neurosurgery Skull Base Fellowship Match; detailed criteria follow NASBS match rules.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official University of Pittsburgh Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipContact programme
Skull base →
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, California · United States
Listed lead Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS (co-directors Robert K. Jackler and Peter H. Hwang)
- Duration
- 1–2 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package. It notes that fellows may provide night, weekend and holiday coverage at an affiliated hospital to supplement income.
- Exposure
- Complex transcranial microsurgical approaches, advanced endoscopic endonasal surgery, transorbital surgery, endoscopic and exoscopic brain port surgery and CyberKnife radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, sinonasal malignancies, schwannomas, meningiomas and primary brain tumours.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package. It notes that fellows may provide night, weekend and holiday coverage at an affiliated hospital to supplement income.
Exposure: Complex transcranial microsurgical approaches, advanced endoscopic endonasal surgery, transorbital surgery, endoscopic and exoscopic brain port surgery and CyberKnife radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, sinonasal malignancies, schwannomas, meningiomas and primary brain tumours.
Eligibility: The linked NASBS programme profile accepts international medical graduates who meet its training and California licensing requirements.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Stanford Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- CAST-approved skull base fellowship (length discussed with the programme)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institution-wide IU School of Medicine GME stipends for residents and fellows, July 2026–June 2027: PGY-6 USD 81,100, PGY-7 USD 84,600, PGY-8 USD 88,200 (July 2027–June 2028: PGY-7 USD 88,500, PGY-8 USD 90,646); the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.
- Exposure
- High-volume transcranial microsurgery and endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, including pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, chordomas, vestibular schwannomas and complex vascular skull base disease, with a skull base anatomy laboratory and multidisciplinary work with otolaryngology, radiation oncology (including Gamma Knife), endocrinology and neuro-oncology.
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Funding: Institution-wide IU School of Medicine GME stipends for residents and fellows, July 2026–June 2027: PGY-6 USD 81,100, PGY-7 USD 84,600, PGY-8 USD 88,200 (July 2027–June 2028: PGY-7 USD 88,500, PGY-8 USD 90,646); the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.
Exposure: High-volume transcranial microsurgery and endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, including pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, chordomas, vestibular schwannomas and complex vascular skull base disease, with a skull base anatomy laboratory and multidisciplinary work with otolaryngology, radiation oncology (including Gamma Knife), endocrinology and neuro-oncology.
Eligibility: The department states it is unable to accept applicants with an ECFMG visa.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation
Source: Official Indiana University School of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Post-residency clinical fellowship year (staff privileges granted)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institution-wide Ohio State Wexner Medical Center GME housestaff stipends (latest schedule published, FY2025): PGY-7 USD 78,409, PGY-8 USD 82,997, PGY-9 USD 83,680; the fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level.
- Exposure
- Expanded endoscopic and open cranial base surgery across anterior, lateral and posterior fossae plus craniofacial, head and neck and occipitocervical compartments; about 500 skull base surgeries a year (approximately half endoscopic) in partnership with Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
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Funding: Institution-wide Ohio State Wexner Medical Center GME housestaff stipends (latest schedule published, FY2025): PGY-7 USD 78,409, PGY-8 USD 82,997, PGY-9 USD 83,680; the fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level.
Exposure: Expanded endoscopic and open cranial base surgery across anterior, lateral and posterior fossae plus craniofacial, head and neck and occipitocervical compartments; about 500 skull base surgeries a year (approximately half endoscopic) in partnership with Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Eligibility: Post-residency graduates planning an academic career with emphasis on complex skull base surgery; as a post-residency graduate the fellow is granted staff privileges to admit and independently care for patients under senior mentorship.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official Ohio State Department of Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Applications reviewed from end of June/beginning of July; interviews August/September (applications via NASBS Match)
- Funding
- Institution-wide MCW Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) GME stipend scale for the year beginning 1 July 2026 (e.g. PGY-6 USD 88,570; PGY-7 USD 93,524; PGY-8 USD 96,982) per the official GME benefits page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.
- Exposure
- Expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches across all planes and minimal-access keyhole techniques for tumour, vascular, traumatic and congenital pathology, with inpatient and outpatient care and basic and clinical research opportunities.
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Funding: Institution-wide MCW Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) GME stipend scale for the year beginning 1 July 2026 (e.g. PGY-6 USD 88,570; PGY-7 USD 93,524; PGY-8 USD 96,982) per the official GME benefits page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.
Exposure: Expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches across all planes and minimal-access keyhole techniques for tumour, vascular, traumatic and congenital pathology, with inpatient and outpatient care and basic and clinical research opportunities.
Eligibility: The official page does not publish specific eligibility criteria; confirm with the programme.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Fellowship start date July 2028 for the next published match cycle (programme length set by each participating skull base fellowship)
- Deadline
- Application opens 18 May 2026; application deadline 30 June 2026; certified rank lists by 19 November; match results 8 December 2026; Match Day 17 December 2026
- Funding
- Salary and benefits are set by each participating skull base fellowship programme listed in the NASBS match.
- Exposure
- A centralised match covering 26 participating neurosurgical skull-base fellowship programmes in the 2026 cycle, including US centres and the Universities of British Columbia and Ottawa.
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Application status: Open match cycle (next cycle opens 18 May 2026)
Funding: Salary and benefits are set by each participating skull base fellowship programme listed in the NASBS match.
Exposure: A centralised match covering 26 participating neurosurgical skull-base fellowship programmes in the 2026 cycle, including US centres and the Universities of British Columbia and Ottawa.
Eligibility: Neurosurgery residents interested in pursuing a career in skull base surgery who apply through the NASBS Skull Base Fellowship Match.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NASBS fellowship match page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Current NASBS match cycle closed on 30 June 2026 (interviews 3 August–16 November 2026; Match Day 17 December 2026).
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
- Exposure
- Diagnosis and management of patients with pituitary disease; minimally invasive endoscopic surgery in the operating room and dissection laboratory; clinical and laboratory neuroendocrine research. Fellows must contribute at least one scholarly work and submit at least one abstract to a national meeting.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Diagnosis and management of patients with pituitary disease; minimally invasive endoscopic surgery in the operating room and dissection laboratory; clinical and laboratory neuroendocrine research. Fellows must contribute at least one scholarly work and submit at least one abstract to a national meeting.
Eligibility: The programme permits completed ACGME-accredited training or its equivalent in the applicant's home country, with a valid Massachusetts medical licence. Individual credentialing and immigration approval are separate requirements.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official Mass General Brigham fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- 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
- Complex cranial and skull base procedures with laboratory anatomical refinement; skull base and microsurgical anatomy; cranial base and neuro-oncological pathologies; open and endoscopic approaches; surgical decision-making, operative planning and perioperative care. At least one scholarly work and one national abstract are required.
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Funding: 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: Complex cranial and skull base procedures with laboratory anatomical refinement; skull base and microsurgical anatomy; cranial base and neuro-oncological pathologies; open and endoscopic approaches; surgical decision-making, operative planning and perioperative care. At least one scholarly work and one national abstract are required.
Eligibility: Applicants may have completed, or be in their senior year of, an ACGME-accredited programme or its equivalent in their home country, with strong recommendation and scholarly achievement. The published equivalence route does not guarantee licensing or sponsorship.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · 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.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
- Funding
- UCLA GME salary scale referenced by the programme page: from 1 September 2026, USD 98,466 (PGY-1) to USD 124,896 (PGY-9), e.g. PGY-7 USD 118,801 and PGY-8 USD 124,242; higher rates from 1 July 2027.
- Exposure
- Advanced skull base craniotomies (petroclival meningioma, vestibular schwannoma, tuberculum sellae meningioma), complex meningioma and pituitary surgery, radiosurgery for parasellar tumours, collaboration with head and neck surgery, oculoplastics and radiation oncology, and multidisciplinary pituitary, lateral skull base and transorbital tumour conferences across three sites based at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
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Funding: UCLA GME salary scale referenced by the programme page: from 1 September 2026, USD 98,466 (PGY-1) to USD 124,896 (PGY-9), e.g. PGY-7 USD 118,801 and PGY-8 USD 124,242; higher rates from 1 July 2027.
Exposure: Advanced skull base craniotomies (petroclival meningioma, vestibular schwannoma, tuberculum sellae meningioma), complex meningioma and pituitary surgery, radiosurgery for parasellar tumours, collaboration with head and neck surgery, oculoplastics and radiation oncology, and multidisciplinary pituitary, lateral skull base and transorbital tumour conferences across three sites based at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Eligibility: At this time we are not able to accept international fellows who require visa support.
Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees
Source: Official UCLA Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1–2 years
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline; applications and interviews on a rolling basis.
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package; it refers applicants to the University of Utah Health GME website.
- Exposure
- Diagnosis, preoperative assessment, operative participation and postoperative care for complex skull base tumours, complex cranial base aneurysms and head and neck cancer with the ENT division; resident teaching, a joint skull base conference with ENT and neuroradiology, and clinical research at University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package; it refers applicants to the University of Utah Health GME website.
Exposure: Diagnosis, preoperative assessment, operative participation and postoperative care for complex skull base tumours, complex cranial base aneurysms and head and neck cancer with the ENT division; resident teaching, a joint skull base conference with ENT and neuroradiology, and clinical research at University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Eligibility: Utah GME permits IMG applications under the same selection criteria, with valid ECFMG certification, work authorization and Utah licensing eligibility or an approved variance. Each fellowship still sets its own prior-training requirements.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official University of Utah Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- Per the NASBS fellowship match calendar for the relevant cycle
- Funding
- The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
- Exposure
- Skull base tumour management using microsurgery, endoscopy, intraoperative CT and MRI with neuronavigation, Gamma Knife and CyberKnife radiosurgery, neurotology, neuroendocrinology and neuro-oncology, with the Swedish Hearing and Skull Base Surgery Center, Seattle Pituitary Center, Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment and a skull base teaching laboratory at the Seattle Science Foundation.
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Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Skull base tumour management using microsurgery, endoscopy, intraoperative CT and MRI with neuronavigation, Gamma Knife and CyberKnife radiosurgery, neurotology, neuroendocrinology and neuro-oncology, with the Swedish Hearing and Skull Base Surgery Center, Seattle Pituitary Center, Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment and a skull base teaching laboratory at the Seattle Science Foundation.
Eligibility: Physicians who are fully trained in neurosurgery.
Still to confirm: Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director
Source: Official Providence Swedish fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Minimally invasive surgery for brain, pituitary and skull-base tumours through the Pacific Brain Tumor Center and Pacific Pituitary Disorders Center, including endoscopic endonasal and keyhole approaches.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Minimally invasive surgery for brain, pituitary and skull-base tumours through the Pacific Brain Tumor Center and Pacific Pituitary Disorders Center, including endoscopic endonasal and keyhole approaches.
Eligibility: Completion of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgical residency and eligibility for a California medical licence.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official Pacific Neuroscience Institute page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3–12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Self-funded or supported by the visiting fellow's sponsoring institution.
- Exposure
- Non-clinical observation and anatomical work in endoscopic endonasal and keyhole skull-base surgery, including the institute's neuroanatomy laboratory; foreign-trained fellows do not provide patient care.
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Funding: Self-funded or supported by the visiting fellow's sponsoring institution.
Exposure: Non-clinical observation and anatomical work in endoscopic endonasal and keyhole skull-base surgery, including the institute's neuroanatomy laboratory; foreign-trained fellows do not provide patient care.
Eligibility: Designed for non-U.S. citizens; no patient-care role.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Pacific Neuroscience Institute page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Official Stanford pages describe different limits: the Skull Base Center lists a maximum of 3 months, while the JFM lab’s hospital OR observer route is limited to 30 consecutive days and excludes June–July. Confirm which route applies. The linked JFM OR-observer form states that SHC permits only one 30-day block per 12-month period (policy described as in place since 2023).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Salary, stipend and costs are not published on the cited programme page.
- Exposure
- Observation of skull-base surgery and participation in departmental conferences and teaching.
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Funding: Salary, stipend and costs are not published on the cited programme page.
Exposure: Observation of skull-base surgery and participation in departmental conferences and teaching.
Eligibility: International physicians are explicitly welcomed.
Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official institutional programme page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Not published; confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Duke’s institutional 2026–2027 resident/fellow schedule ranges from USD 71,052 at PGY-1 to USD 94,332 at PGY-8, effective 1 July 2026. This page does not assign a PGY pay level to this fellowship.
- Exposure
- Skull-base surgery within Duke's internal enfolded training route.
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Funding: Duke’s institutional 2026–2027 resident/fellow schedule ranges from USD 71,052 at PGY-1 to USD 94,332 at PGY-8, effective 1 July 2026. This page does not assign a PGY pay level to this fellowship.
Exposure: Skull-base surgery within Duke's internal enfolded training route.
Eligibility: No external international intake is published.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official institutional programme page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- One-year fellowship; the fellowships index page says it is offered as either a one- or two-year fellowship.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- NASBS lists this as a salaried position; the amount is not stated.
- Exposure
- Open anterior, lateral and posterior skull base approaches with microscope and exoscope; more than half of cases endoscopic; radiosurgery planning (Gamma Knife and Novalis); 24-hour cadaveric skull base dissection laboratory; multidisciplinary clinic and tumour boards.
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Funding: NASBS lists this as a salaried position; the amount is not stated.
Exposure: Open anterior, lateral and posterior skull base approaches with microscope and exoscope; more than half of cases endoscopic; radiosurgery planning (Gamma Knife and Novalis); 24-hour cadaveric skull base dissection laboratory; multidisciplinary clinic and tumour boards.
Eligibility: Foreign medical graduates are accepted if they meet the US/Canada residency requirement, USMLE Steps 1–3, unrestricted Pennsylvania medical licence and appropriate visa requirements.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official Thomas Jefferson University neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 24 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Geisinger’s institutional fellow pay schedule effective 1 July 2026 ranges from USD 80,000 (Fellow 4) to USD 90,000 (Fellow 8). The host warns that salaries may vary by programme; the skull-base fellowship’s pay level is not assigned on this page.
- Exposure
- Microsurgical and endoscopic skull-base training, including open cerebrovascular surgery, BioSkills laboratory research and multidisciplinary conferences. Published procedural minimum: 70 total cases, with at least 10 in each of seven listed categories. The research expectation is at least five first-author publications per year.
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Funding: Geisinger’s institutional fellow pay schedule effective 1 July 2026 ranges from USD 80,000 (Fellow 4) to USD 90,000 (Fellow 8). The host warns that salaries may vary by programme; the skull-base fellowship’s pay level is not assigned on this page.
Exposure: Microsurgical and endoscopic skull-base training, including open cerebrovascular surgery, BioSkills laboratory research and multidisciplinary conferences. Published procedural minimum: 70 total cases, with at least 10 in each of seven listed categories. The research expectation is at least five first-author publications per year.
Eligibility: The host accepts graduates of American and international neurosurgical programmes, subject to programme leadership’s recognition of training and eligibility for the required Pennsylvania training licence.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official Geisinger skull base fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 90 percent of the fellow's workload is skull base; more than 525 operative skull base cases per year and more than 100 Gamma Knife skull base tumour cases; skull base dissection laboratory.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 90 percent of the fellow's workload is skull base; more than 525 operative skull base cases per year and more than 100 Gamma Knife skull base tumour cases; skull base dissection laboratory.
Eligibility: International medical graduates must have completed neurosurgery residency and hold valid ECFMG certification. The department also lists USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3 with scores above 200; its continued reference to discontinued Step 2 CS should be clarified with the education office.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for the University of Miami. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 90 percent of the fellow's workload is skull base; open and endonasal cranial base, pituitary, craniocervical, radiosurgery and cerebrovascular case categories; anatomical dissection laboratory and laboratory research opportunities.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 90 percent of the fellow's workload is skull base; open and endonasal cranial base, pituitary, craniocervical, radiosurgery and cerebrovascular case categories; anatomical dissection laboratory and laboratory research opportunities.
Eligibility: Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): No; Residency training in US/Canada required: Yes
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Johns Hopkins Hospital. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 60 percent of workload is skull base; 250-300 cases per year including about 100 Gamma Knife cases; weekly fresh cadaveric specimens; NIH-funded tumour epigenetics laboratory.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 60 percent of workload is skull base; 250-300 cases per year including about 100 Gamma Knife cases; weekly fresh cadaveric specimens; NIH-funded tumour epigenetics laboratory.
Eligibility: Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): No; Residency training in US/Canada required: Yes
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Keck USC. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 or 2 years.
- Deadline
- Application deadline 01/01/2025; decision deadline 03/01/2026 (as listed; may be outdated)
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 80 percent of workload is skull base; about 510 operative skull base cases per year including Gamma Knife and transcranial vascular cases; microdissection lab, workshops and monthly academic day.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 80 percent of workload is skull base; about 510 operative skull base cases per year including Gamma Knife and transcranial vascular cases; microdissection lab, workshops and monthly academic day.
Eligibility: Foreign medical graduates (outside US and Canada) accepted if the doctor qualifies for an Arkansas State Medical license; Residency Training in US/Canada Required: Yes
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 70 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year including endonasal and Gamma Knife cases; anatomical dissection laboratory and fluorescence research.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 70 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year including endonasal and Gamma Knife cases; anatomical dissection laboratory and fluorescence research.
Eligibility: Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): No; Residency Training in US/Canada Required: Yes
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for the ATLAS Institute. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 months to 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 50 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year plus gliomas, awake mapping, 5-ALA, LITT, meningiomas and metastases; Gamma Knife about 40 cases; full dissection laboratory.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 50 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year plus gliomas, awake mapping, 5-ALA, LITT, meningiomas and metastases; Gamma Knife about 40 cases; full dissection laboratory.
Eligibility: Accepts foreign medical graduates (outside US & Canada): No; residency training in US/Canada required: Yes (NASBS registry entry).
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Cornell. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Minimum of three months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- A stipend is provided that depends on level of training; amount not stated.
- Exposure
- Observation of cases in the operating room, clinical research and cadaveric dissection in the Surgical Innovations Laboratory, with a focus on transnasal approaches to the skull base.
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Funding: A stipend is provided that depends on level of training; amount not stated.
Exposure: Observation of cases in the operating room, clinical research and cadaveric dissection in the Surgical Innovations Laboratory, with a focus on transnasal approaches to the skull base.
Eligibility: The page addresses neurosurgeons-in-training; formal criteria are not specified.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · 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 Weill Cornell neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- Listed as 100 percent skull base workload with a mixed reality laboratory; call about 7 nights per month.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: Listed as 100 percent skull base workload with a mixed reality laboratory; call about 7 nights per month.
Eligibility: Accepts Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): Yes; requires USMLE 1-3, ECFMG pass; US/Canada residency training not required
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Lehigh Valley Health Network. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 75 percent of workload is skull base; about 100 skull base cases per year plus open vascular cases including cerebral bypass; anatomical dissection laboratory.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 75 percent of workload is skull base; about 100 skull base cases per year plus open vascular cases including cerebral bypass; anatomical dissection laboratory.
Eligibility: Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): No; US/Canada residency training required: Yes; California medical license required
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Loma Linda University. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 months or 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 50 percent of workload is skull base; about 100 operative skull base cases per year including pituitary/sella; funded anatomical dissection laboratory.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 50 percent of workload is skull base; about 100 operative skull base cases per year including pituitary/sella; funded anatomical dissection laboratory.
Eligibility: Accepts foreign medical graduates (outside US & Canada): Yes. Must have completed neurosurgery residency and be eligible for an Illinois medical license
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for NorthShore. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed
Skull base →CCCleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida · United States
Listed lead Badih Adada, MD (director); Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD (co-director)
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 85 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; skull base laboratory with microscope and endoscope available 24/7 on the Weston campus.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 85 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; skull base laboratory with microscope and endoscope available 24/7 on the Weston campus.
Eligibility: Accepts foreign medical graduates (outside US & Canada): Yes; requires a certified copy of current ECFMG certification and qualifying exam results
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Cleveland Clinic Florida. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1 year.
- Deadline
- Application deadline: 1 July 2027; decision deadline: 15 March 2028, as published in the NASBS registry.
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 80 percent of workload is skull base; about 250 operative skull base cases per year including posterior fossa, endonasal, Gamma Knife and cerebrovascular cases; Center for Surgical Arts dissection facility.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 80 percent of workload is skull base; about 250 operative skull base cases per year including posterior fossa, endonasal, Gamma Knife and cerebrovascular cases; Center for Surgical Arts dissection facility.
Eligibility: Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): No; Residency Training in US/Canada Required: Yes
Still to confirm: Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for Allegheny Health Network. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 12 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
- Exposure
- About 90 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; call 3-4 nights per month.
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Funding: Listed as a salaried position; details via the programme director.
Exposure: About 90 percent of workload is skull base; about 200 operative skull base cases per year; call 3-4 nights per month.
Eligibility: Accepts Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada): Yes. Eligibility requirements: USMLE Steps 1-3, ECFMG Certificate.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official NASBS Fellowship Registry entry for the University of Colorado. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Minimum of 12 months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- ALT-VISION anatomical laboratory dissection, shadowing open microscopic, endoscopic endonasal and combined skull base surgery, clinic and weekly conferences, and non-surgical clinical research.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: ALT-VISION anatomical laboratory dissection, shadowing open microscopic, endoscopic endonasal and combined skull base surgery, clinic and weekly conferences, and non-surgical clinical research.
Eligibility: Aimed primarily at international neurosurgeons; university sponsors a J-1 visa; must have completed neurosurgery residency and commit to at least 12 months.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Ohio State neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Any length of time up to three months.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- No funding: the department and university do not cover travel, housing or stipend.
- Exposure
- Observation of endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery only, with no hands-on or direct patient care; invitation to weekly teaching conferences and the monthly pituitary conference.
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Funding: No funding: the department and university do not cover travel, housing or stipend.
Exposure: Observation of endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery only, with no hands-on or direct patient care; invitation to weekly teaching conferences and the monthly pituitary conference.
Eligibility: Open to "national and international physicians" for observation only (up to three months, no funding or stipend)
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official UPMC endoscopic endonasal teaching and research page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
