Advanced spine-focused neurosurgical fellowship with structured supervision and UHasselt academic links, including possible PhD work. Not an open vacancy.
Complex navigated spine surgery; intraoperative CT, neuromonitoring and robotic assistance.
Clinical fellowshipCurrent availability unconfirmed
Spine →NCL Neurosurgery Fellowship — Complex Navigated Spine Surgery
Jessa Ziekenhuis — Neurochirurgisch Centrum Limburg
⌖ Hasselt · Belgium
Profile completeness40%15 decision fields need confirmation
Key facts at a glance
Source reviewed 21 Oct 2026. Verify the current intake with the host.
- Eligibility
- Recently recognised neurosurgeon, or recognition imminent; Dutch proficiency and research interest.
- Funding
- Closed advert lists €8,500 gross, without a pay period; not a current salary guarantee.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check the official call
- Duration
- Not stated in the checked advert.
- Hands-on status
- Supervised consultations, inpatient care, surgery and interventional pain therapy; on-call duties, multidisciplinary meetings and research.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports.
Decision-critical fields are separated into published information, partial signals and questions that require direct confirmation.
2/6fully publishedNot an admission decision
International eligibility
Recently recognised neurosurgeon, or recognition imminent; Dutch proficiency and research interest.
Training level & pathway
Clinical fellowship · Spine
Participation / hands-on scope
Supervised consultations, inpatient care, surgery and interventional pain therapy; on-call duties, multidisciplinary meetings and research.
Medical registration & licensing
No programme-specific licensing field is recorded in the cited profile. Confirm directly with the host and regulator.
Language requirement
Good knowledge of Dutch.
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 · 40% of decision fields recorded
40% of tracked decision fields are published
Checked 21 Oct 2026. Unavailable details below were not published in the cited material and have not been guessed.
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- Application status
- Current availability unconfirmed
Employer advert closed; no current intake established.
- Commencement
- Not published
- Duration
- Not stated in the checked advert.
- Positions
- Not published
- Application route
- Advert requested documents by email; recruitment is closed.
- Standalone deadline
- No separate deadline field is recorded; check the current official call.
- Official contact
- secretariaat.neurochirurgie@jessazh.be
Published entry requirements.
Clinical or academic eligibility
Recently recognised neurosurgeon, or recognition imminent; Dutch proficiency and research interest.
Funding and support
Closed advert lists €8,500 gross, without a pay period; not a current salary guarantee.
Benefits, fees & relocation
Benefits not published in this profile. Programme fees are not published. Insurance details are not published. Accommodation support is not published.
Application documents
- Motivation letter
- CV
Licence, examinations, language & visa
Registration requirements need direct confirmation. Examination requirements are not published. Good knowledge of Dutch. 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.
- training Type · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Published status · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Status caveat · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Duration · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · unresolved — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Entry requirements · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Language · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Funding · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Clinical / research exposure · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Hands-on / observation scope · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- summary · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Application documents · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- How to apply · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Official contact · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
- Programme lead (as published) · 2026-10-21 ↗ — Programme source · published — Employer advert: programme description, offering, duties, applicant profile and application sections; platform marks advert closed. Duration, recognition jurisdiction, international eligibility and sponsorship not established.
HOST INSTITUTION
Jessa Ziekenhuis — Neurochirurgisch Centrum Limburg
1 sourced pathway is currently indexed for this institution.
SOURCE & VERIFICATION
Official programme information.
- Source
- Jessa employer-authored fellowship advert (closed)
- Coverage
- Official programme or institutional starting point
- Last checked
- 21 Oct 2026
- Editorial status
- Source-linked profile
- Programme lead
- Maarten Wissels and Sven Bamps (fellowship leads); Eric Put (department head).
- Accreditation / recognition
- Not recorded · confirm with the host or accreditor
- Planned editorial review
- 21 Apr 2027
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- Duration
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- Deadline
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- Funding
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- Exposure
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Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
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- Deadline
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- Funding
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- Exposure
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- Duration
- 1 year (1 July–30 June)
- Deadline
- Applications accepted on a rolling basis
- Funding
- Not published on the directory page.
- Exposure
- Diseases of the spine including minimally invasive, robotic, reconstructive and oncologic spine surgery, plus spine radiation therapy and radiosurgery; clinical sites include Stanford Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and VA Palo Alto.
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Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance
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