A long-running fellowship established at Chile's national neurosurgery institute and documented by the University of Chile.
Focused cerebral vascular and skull-base surgical training for Chilean and international neurosurgeons.
Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed
Cerebrovascular →Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Instituto de Neurocirugía Dr. Alfonso Asenjo / Universidad de Chile
⌖ Santiago · Chile
Profile completeness24%19 decision fields need confirmation
Key facts at a glance
Source reviewed 8 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: Current availability unconfirmed; source review 8 Oct 2026. This is not a live vacancy check.
- Eligibility
- Article reports the programme's graduates include doctors from Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Spain as well as Chileans; it states no admission rules.
- Funding
- Not published on the institutional profile.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check the official call
- Duration
- The NASBS registry lists one year for the historical 2016–2017 application cycle; confirm the present duration with the host.
- Hands-on status
- The 2016–17 NASBS listing describes training at Instituto de Neurocirugía Asenjo and Clínica Las Condes, with approximately half of the workload in skull-base surgery and an estimated two nights and two weekends on call per month. Current sites, call duties and clinical permissions require confirmation.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the recorded evidence supports.
Decision-critical fields are separated into published information, partial signals and questions that require direct confirmation.
1/6recorded without scope caveatNot an admission decision
International eligibility
Article reports the programme's graduates include doctors from Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Spain as well as Chileans; it states no admission rules.
Training level & pathway
Clinical fellowship · Cerebrovascular
Participation / hands-on scope
The 2016–17 NASBS listing describes training at Instituto de Neurocirugía Asenjo and Clínica Las Condes, with approximately half of the workload in skull-base surgery and an estimated two nights and two weekends on call per month. Current sites, call duties and clinical permissions require confirmation.
Medical registration & licensing
No programme-specific licensing field is recorded in the cited profile. Confirm directly with the host and regulator.
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 · 24% of decision fields recorded
24% of tracked decision fields are recorded
Checked 8 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.
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Recheck cited source ↗Plan the application.
- Status at last source review
- Current availability unconfirmed
Instituto de Neurocirugía Dr. Alfonso Asenjo marked the fellowship’s 25th anniversary in October 2025 and identified Peruvian neurosurgeon Alberto Trelles among its early graduates. The anniversary announcement gives no new intake dates.
- Commencement
- Not recorded · confirm the intended intake
- Duration
- The NASBS registry lists one year for the historical 2016–2017 application cycle; confirm the present duration with the host.
- Positions
- Two fellows per year in the historical NASBS registry entry for the 2016–2017 cycle; this does not establish current vacancies.
- Application route
- The NASBS entry for the 2016–2017 cycle requested a CV sent to jorgemuramd@gmail.com and named Marta Diaz (madiaz@med.uchile.cl) for application enquiries. Reconfirm these historical contacts and current recruitment before submitting.
- Standalone deadline
- No separate deadline field is recorded; check the current official call.
- Official contact
- Not published in this profile
Published entry requirements.
Clinical or academic eligibility
The historical NASBS registry requires prior neurosurgical training and home-country board approval for foreign applicants; current entry requirements need reconfirmation.
Funding and support
Not published on the institutional profile.
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
- Not recorded. Ask which benefits, if any, are included in the appointment.
- 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
- CV requested by the historical NASBS listing; obtain a current checklist before applying.
Licence, examinations, language & visa
Registration requirements need direct confirmation. For its archived 2016–17 listing, NASBS recorded written and oral examinations for foreign graduates to practise medicine in Chile. The current regulator and host requirements are unconfirmed. Language requirements are not recorded in this profile. Visa and work-authorisation requirements need direct confirmation.
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.
- Programme lead (as published) · 2026-11-11 ↗ — Programme source · published — Stated on the official page read on 11 Nov 2026.
- Duration · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — New official specialty-society registry source. Exact programme identity matches Institute Asenjo, Jorge Mura, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Explicit 2016/2017 application/decision deadlines make these historical terms, not a current vacancy. Existing intake dates and status retained.
- Entry requirements · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — New official specialty-society registry source. Exact programme identity matches Institute Asenjo, Jorge Mura, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Explicit 2016/2017 application/decision deadlines make these historical terms, not a current vacancy. Existing intake dates and status retained.
- International graduates · 2026-11-11 ↗ — Programme source · published — Stated on the official page read on 11 Nov 2026.
- Places · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — New official specialty-society registry source. Exact programme identity matches Institute Asenjo, Jorge Mura, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Explicit 2016/2017 application/decision deadlines make these historical terms, not a current vacancy. Existing intake dates and status retained.
- Application documents · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — New official specialty-society registry source. Exact programme identity matches Institute Asenjo, Jorge Mura, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Explicit 2016/2017 application/decision deadlines make these historical terms, not a current vacancy. Existing intake dates and status retained.
- How to apply · 2026-10-23 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — New official specialty-society registry source. Exact programme identity matches Institute Asenjo, Jorge Mura, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Explicit 2016/2017 application/decision deadlines make these historical terms, not a current vacancy. Existing intake dates and status retained.
- Examinations · 2026-11-12 ↗ — Scheme requirements · conditional — Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery Fellowship > Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements and Application Deadline, 31 December 2016.
- Status caveat · 2026-11-12 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — October 27, 2025 institutional news, paragraphs on the vascular symposium and INCA-trained fellows. Names the 25th anniversary, Sophia Scheel, and Peruvian graduate Alberto Trelles.
- Hands-on / observation scope · 2026-11-12 ↗ — Programme source · conditional — Historical NASBS registry: Location; Required Prior Training Program; Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base; Night and Weekend Call; 2016 application and 2017 decision dates. Reported workload and call apply only to the recorded cycle.
HOST INSTITUTION
Instituto de Neurocirugía Dr. Alfonso Asenjo / Universidad de Chile
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FOCUSED SOURCE REVIEW · 2026-10-23
What the latest source review found.
Read newly located NASBS registry entry matching Jorge Mura, Institute Asenjo, 2000 founding and vascular/skull-base title. Proposed six explicitly historical applicant-planning details. Entry carries December 2016/February 2017 deadlines; no current vacancy or stipend inferred.
This review covers the sources and details described here; it does not confirm a current vacancy.
SOURCE & VERIFICATION
Official programme information.
- Source
- Official Universidad de Chile profile
- Coverage
- Official programme or institutional starting point
- Last checked
- 8 Oct 2026
- Editorial status
- Source-linked profile
- Programme lead
- Dr Jorge Mura Castro, who created the Cerebrovascular and Skull Base fellow programme in 2000 and teaches it at the Instituto de Neurocirugia Dr Alfonso Asenjo.
- Accreditation / recognition
- Not recorded · confirm with the host or accreditor
- Planned editorial review
- 8 Apr 2027
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Cerebrovascular →
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship
Stanford, California · United States
Listed lead Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
- Duration
- 1 year (1 July–30 June)
- Deadline
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; decisions generally made near June/July
- Funding
- Not published on the directory page.
- Exposure
- Complex surgical aneurysms, vascular malformations (including brainstem and thalamic lesions), minimally invasive endovascular procedures, carotid stenosis and moyamoya disease at a high-volume quaternary referral centre.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202680% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (5)
Funding: Not published on the directory page.
Exposure: Complex surgical aneurysms, vascular malformations (including brainstem and thalamic lesions), minimally invasive endovascular procedures, carotid stenosis and moyamoya disease at a high-volume quaternary referral centre.
Eligibility: Stanford GME welcomes international medical graduates to its sponsored training programmes. Non-US-citizen IMGs must secure an approved visa and California licensure; the fellowship's residency prerequisites and appointment approval still apply.
Still to confirm: Funding · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance
Source: Official Stanford Cerebrovascular Clinical Instructorship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Cerebrovascular →
Cerebrovascular, Endovascular & Skull Base Fellowship
Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona · United States
Listed lead Bernard Bendok, MD
- Duration
- 1 year; enfolded option for candidates who completed a chief resident year or PGY-7 level
- Deadline
- Application and all supporting documentation must be submitted 18 months preceding the program start date
- 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
- Advanced microsurgical, interventional, endoscopic and radiosurgical techniques for complex cranial-base and neurovascular disease and brain tumours, with protected research time and a hands-on simulation curriculum.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202680% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (5)
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: Advanced microsurgical, interventional, endoscopic and radiosurgical techniques for complex cranial-base and neurovascular disease and brain tumours, with protected research time and a hands-on simulation curriculum.
Eligibility: Applicants must meet Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education admissions requirements, including visa and ECFMG rules where applicable.
Still to confirm: Current status · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation
Source: Official Mayo Clinic College cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship page (Arizona). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Cerebrovascular →
Neurovascular Fellow in Neurosurgery
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (John Radcliffe Hospital)
Oxford · United Kingdom
- Duration
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Historical closed advert: Salary of £73,992 a year (Hospital medical and dental staff pay scheme). This is the advertised rate for that vacancy, not a verified current salary.
- Exposure
- The fellow provides 16-32 hours of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week, has access to weekly full day elective operating lists plus emergency operating while on the rota, and may have training opportunities in the angio suite.
Source reviewed 22 Oct 202656% of decision fields recorded
Source & missing information (11)
Application status: The linked NHS Jobs advert is closed. Its training requirements, salary and duties describe that historical vacancy; no new intake is verified.
Funding: Historical closed advert: Salary of £73,992 a year (Hospital medical and dental staff pay scheme). This is the advertised rate for that vacancy, not a verified current salary.
Exposure: The fellow provides 16-32 hours of general neurosurgery on-call cover per week, has access to weekly full day elective operating lists plus emergency operating while on the rota, and may have training opportunities in the angio suite.
Eligibility: FRCS, preferably FRCS (SN) or equivalent, with full GMC registration.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Programme director
Source: NHS Jobs advert. Reviewed 22 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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