SOURCED FACULTY PROFILE

Yi Lu, MD, PhD

Spine neurosurgeon; Director of Neurosurgical Trauma, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mass General Brigham / Harvard Medical School →
Boston, United States

Linked programmes: 1
Source reviewed: 17 Oct 2026

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PUBLISHED PROGRAMME ROLE

Co-Director, MGB Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship

Published position: Spine neurosurgeon; Director of Neurosurgical Trauma, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Academic title: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Department: Neurosurgery
Qualifications: MD, Columbia; neurosurgical training, Boston Children's/Brigham; spine fellowship, University of Miami
Clinical interests: Spinal deformity, minimally invasive surgery, tumours and trauma
Research interests: Spinal cord recovery and spinal degeneration
Professional organisations: Not published in the indexed source

ASSOCIATED PATHWAYS

1 linked programme.

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Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed

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Mass General Brigham Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship

Mass General Brigham / Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts · United States

Listed lead Yi Lu, MD, PhD and Ganesh Shankar, MD, PhD (Fellowship Co-Directors)

Duration: 12 months
Deadline: Not recorded · check official call
Funding: Programme funds conference travel. 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: Degenerative, oncologic, traumatic, deformity and endoscopic spine surgery; open and minimally invasive techniques; complex reconstruction and spinal instrumentation; substantial outpatient clinic experience; teaching of neurosurgery residents; clinical, anatomic, biomechanical, outcomes and translational research.

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Funding: Programme funds conference travel. 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: Degenerative, oncologic, traumatic, deformity and endoscopic spine surgery; open and minimally invasive techniques; complex reconstruction and spinal instrumentation; substantial outpatient clinic experience; teaching of neurosurgery residents; clinical, anatomic, biomechanical, outcomes and translational research.

Eligibility: The programme accepts completion of an ACGME-accredited programme or its equivalent in the applicant's home country; a valid Massachusetts medical licence is also required. Home-country equivalence does not itself establish visa sponsorship.

Still to confirm: 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.