Tacuarembó and Hospital Maciel Visiting Neurosurgery Placement (Archive)
Hospital de Tacuarembó / Hospital Maciel
Tacuarembó / Montevideo · Uruguay
Listed lead Álvaro Villar, head of neurosurgery at Hospital de Tacuarembó per the news report; he is not named as placement director.
- Duration
- One month for the reported placement.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Funding was not stated in the ASSE report.
- Exposure
- Exchange of neurosurgical techniques and practice at the regional neurosurgery centre in Tacuarembó and Hospital Maciel in Montevideo. Participants described seeing care for vascular lesions and brain tumours.
Source & missing information (19)
Application status: Uruguay’s Presidency reported the completed two-hospital placement on 27 February 2012. Current recruitment, dates and a public application route remain unverified.
Funding: Funding was not stated in the ASSE report.
Exposure: Exchange of neurosurgical techniques and practice at the regional neurosurgery centre in Tacuarembó and Hospital Maciel in Montevideo. Participants described seeing care for vascular lesions and brain tumours.
Eligibility: The two participants in the reported placement were advanced neurosurgery residents from Hospital Central Antonio María Pineda in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official report from Uruguay’s public health service (ASSE). Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.