Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded; accommodation must be arranged by the trainee.

Exposure: Two chosen subspecialty rotations of one month each, with the remaining four months allocated by the neurosurgery centre at China's largest neurosurgical service.

Eligibility: Attending-level (主治医师) or above neurosurgeons who have completed basic clinical training, working in grade-II or higher hospitals, generally aged 45 or under; selection by application review and online interview. Aimed at doctors from across China.

Still to confirm: Current status · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.

Exposure: Rotation in Cerebrovascular Ward 3 (about 8,000 cerebrovascular interventional and angiographic procedures annually), covering endovascular treatment of aneurysms and AVMs, intracranial and extracranial stenosis and occlusion, with clinical research coursework.

Eligibility: Licensed physicians (neurosurgery or neurology preferred) at attending level or above, bachelor's degree or higher, aged 45 or under, normally from tertiary hospitals; selection by application review and online interview.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular Ward 1 hybrid operating-room programme (over 300 complex hybrid cerebrovascular operations per year), combining open and endovascular treatment.

Eligibility: Attending-level or above cerebrovascular neurosurgeons with at least 5 years' clinical experience and basic neurointerventional or microsurgical skills, from grade-II or higher hospitals, generally aged 45 or under.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.

Exposure: Placement in one subspecialty ward without rotation: cerebrovascular, neuroendoscopy, paediatric neurosurgery, functional, skull base, spine and spinal cord, neurotrauma, glioma, epilepsy, peripheral nerve or disorders of consciousness.

Eligibility: Licensed neurosurgeons who are associate chief physician or above, or attending for at least 3 years, normally from grade-II A or higher hospitals; selection by document review and online interview.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.

Exposure: Mentor-led one-month placement in a single subspecialty ward, without rotation.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons with over 15 years in tertiary-hospital neurosurgery who are department heads, deputy heads or subspecialty leads; prior Tiantan visiting physicians preferred.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.