An official-source starting point for advanced neurosurgical training in this destination.
Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Specialist trainingContact programme
General & multi-subspecialty →WFNS Reference Training Centre
⌖ Cairo · Egypt
Profile completeness44%14 decision fields need confirmation
Key facts at a glance
Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Verify the current intake with the host.
No exact application window is recorded. Check the host's current call before applying. Recorded status: Rolling / contact programme; source review 13 Oct 2026. This is not a live vacancy check.
- Eligibility
- WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
- Funding
- Not clearly published on the directory page.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check the official call
- Duration
- 4 years (full programme)
- Hands-on status
- Confirm clinical privileges directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the recorded evidence supports.
Decision-critical fields are separated into published information, partial signals and questions that require direct confirmation.
2/6recorded without scope caveatNot an admission decision
International eligibility
WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Training level & pathway
Specialist training · General & multi-subspecialty
Participation / hands-on scope
Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Medical registration & licensing
Copy of medical qualification and licence plus a letter of good standing from the medical board.
Language requirement
No programme-specific language score is recorded in the cited profile. Confirm the clinical working language and any formal test requirement.
Visa & work authorisation
Visa, sponsorship and work-right requirements are appointment-specific and must be confirmed with the institution.
NeuroSurgFellow does not guarantee admission, licensing, visas, employment, funding or operative privileges. Requirements may change by intake and appointment.
Data quality & missing information · 44% of decision fields recorded
44% of tracked decision fields are recorded
Checked 13 Oct 2026. Unresolved fields are missing, qualified or awaiting confirmation in this record. They may be available from the host; a missing field does not mean that a requirement or cost does not apply.
✓ Duration✓ Official source✓ Commencement✓ Positions✓ International eligibility✓ Medical registration✓ Examinations✓ Benefits✓ Application route✓ Official contact✓ Programme director— Eligibility: confirm directly— Funding: confirm directly— Training exposure: confirm directly— Current status: confirm directly— Deadline: confirm directly— Participation level: confirm directly— Training level: confirm directly— Language: confirm directly— Visa / work authorisation: confirm directly— Fees: confirm directly— Insurance: confirm directly— Accommodation: confirm directly— Application documents: confirm directly— Accreditation: confirm directly
Recheck cited source ↗Plan the application.
- Status at last source review
- Rolling / contact programme
This full four-year neurosurgical training listing asks candidates to commence in January 2024. Its “position available” text is not evidence of a current intake; this is a primary specialist-training route.
- Commencement
- Criteria page refers to commencing training in January 2024 (past; update not shown).
- Duration
- 4 years (full programme)
- Positions
- WFNS vacancy update: position available.
- Application route
- Send the application form and scanned, attested documents by e-mail to Prof. Nasser El-Ghandour (Chairman, Egypt/Africa Medical Training Program); final approval by the WFNS Foundation Chairman.
- Standalone deadline
- No separate deadline field is recorded; check the current official call.
- Official contact
- centraloffice@wfns.org (WFNS Central Office, Prague)
Published entry requirements.
Clinical or academic eligibility
Applicants must commit to returning to their home country on completion, with a head-of-department or national-society recommendation confirming employment as a neurosurgeon on return.
Funding and support
Not clearly published on the directory page.
Benefits, fees & relocation
- Programme and application fees
- Not recorded. Confirm tuition, application and placement fees; missing fees do not mean the placement is free.
- Benefits
- Certificates issued by the training centre and WFNS after four years.
- Insurance
- Not recorded. Confirm medical, professional indemnity and travel cover appropriate to the placement.
- Accommodation
- Not recorded. Confirm whether housing is arranged or funded, and which costs remain yours.
Application documents
- Application letter with commitment to return home
- Medical degree and licence
- CV
- Recommendation from head of department or national society president with confirmation of employment on return
- Police clearance certificate
- Letter of good standing from the medical board
- Photo
- Passport copy
- Motivation letter
Licence, examinations, language & visa
Copy of medical qualification and licence plus a letter of good standing from the medical board. Certificates issued by the training centre and WFNS at the end of the four-year programme. Language requirements are not recorded in this profile. Visa and work-authorisation requirements need direct confirmation.
Recorded programme associations.
Read each role and its source date. Historical programme associations do not establish current supervision.
FIELD-LEVEL EVIDENCE
What was checked, and when.
These dates apply only to the named information, not the entire profile. Unlisted fields have no separate review date recorded.
- training Type · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · published — Scope correction: full primary neurosurgical training rather than post-residency subspecialty fellowship.
- Status caveat · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · published — Scope and date correction; parent should exclude from post-residency directory.
- Accreditation · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Institution policy · conditional — Direct acceptance letter, dated 14 June 2023. Centre designation only; no claim of current vacancy, statutory specialist qualification or automatic funding. Historical Sudan/Sierra Leone candidate-specific financial arrangements excluded.
- Start / intake · 2026-10-29 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — Source text: “willingness to commence training in January 2024”
HOST INSTITUTION
Cairo University
1 sourced pathway is currently indexed for this institution.
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Compare other published profiles in the same city, country or geographic region. Each host sets its own eligibility and application rules.
FOCUSED SOURCE REVIEW · 2026-10-23
What the latest source review found.
Searched WFNS uploaded Cairo application material. No new Cairo-specific contract or application attachment established; previously integrated recognition letter remains historical and its candidate-specific financial terms were not generalized.
This review covers the sources and details described here; it does not confirm a current vacancy.
SOURCE & VERIFICATION
Official programme information.
- Source
- Official WFNS training-centre register
- Coverage
- Official programme or institutional starting point
- Last checked
- 13 Oct 2026
- Editorial status
- Source-linked profile
- Programme lead
- Prof. Nasser El-Ghandour (Chairman, Egypt/Africa Medical Training Programme)
- Accreditation / recognition
- WFNS Foundation centre recognition: its 14 June 2023 acceptance letter records that the Executive Board accepted Cairo University’s Department of Neurosurgery as a Reference Full Program Training Centre on 9 June 2023. This documents the historical WFNS centre designation; current recruitment and the recognition of an individual qualification require separate confirmation.
- Planned editorial review
- 13 Apr 2027
KEEP EXPLORING
View all General & multi-subspecialty pathways →Related fellowship profiles.
- Duration
- Individual Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgery fellowships set their own lengths (typically 1 year for clinical CAST tracks)
- Deadline
- Varies per fellowship. Example: International Sonntag Spine Research Fellowship deadline September 15, 2026 (academic year 2027-2028; now closed).
- 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.
Source reviewed 13 Oct 202660% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (10)
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: Varies per fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery requires, for foreign-trained applicants, a valid ECFMG certificate and at least 36 months of accredited US postgraduate training; Sonntag Spine Research Fellowship is for international spine surgeons / residents from low- and middle-income countries.
Still to confirm: Commencement · 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.
General & multi-subspecialty →
Neurosurgical International Fellowship
Rochester, Minnesota · United States
Listed lead Jamie Van Gompel, MD, FAANS
- Duration
- 2 years
- Deadline
- 2029–2031 cohort: 1 February 2027. 2030–2032 cohort: 1 February 2028. The 2028–2030 deadline (1 February 2026) has passed.
- 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.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202688% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (3)
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.
General & multi-subspecialty →
Academic Fellowship Directory
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Multiple locations · North America
- Duration
- Varies by programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Programme-specific.
- Exposure
- A broad official starting point for academic and clinical neurosurgical fellowship discovery.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202624% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (19)
Application status: The AANS directory currently carries an under-construction notice warning that listed data may be inaccurate. Use individual official programme pages to confirm requirements and availability.
Funding: Programme-specific.
Exposure: A broad official starting point for academic and clinical neurosurgical fellowship discovery.
Eligibility: Programme-specific.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official AANS directory. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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