APPLICATION TIMELINE & ROUTEPlan the application.
- Status at last source review
- Rolling / contact programme
- Commencement
- Academic year begins 1 July
- Duration
- 1 year; enfolded option for candidates who completed a chief resident year or PGY-7 level
- Positions
- 1 per year
- Application route
- Apply online through Mayo's Recruit system at least 18 months before the July start; no match service is used; shortlisted applicants interview in Phoenix/Scottsdale.
- Standalone deadline
- Application and all supporting documentation must be submitted 18 months preceding the program start date
- Official contact
- gabriel.veronique@mayo.edu
Open application source ↗ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTSPublished entry requirements.
Clinical or academic eligibility
Residents or postgraduates in good standing; preference for academic interest in neurovascular, cerebrovascular, skull-base disease and brain tumours. Before a CAST-accredited fellowship, candidates must satisfactorily complete an ACGME-accredited neurological surgery residency.
Training level
Post-residency CAST fellowship; enfolded option for late-residency candidates meeting published criteria
Funding and support
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.
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
- Institution-wide for appointments of at least one year: 20 working days' vacation; short-term disability (up to 13 weeks, including six weeks' paid maternity leave); 10 days' paid parental leave; dental assistance plan; meal subsidy for on-call trainees; free parking and intercampus shuttle; tax-deferred annuity plans.
- Insurance
- Institution-wide: comprehensive medical care plan, plus voluntary basic and additional life, disability, family life, accidental death and dismemberment, and excess personal liability insurance.
- Accommodation
- Not recorded. Confirm whether housing is arranged or funded, and which costs remain yours.
Application documents
- Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education standard application materials
- Three letters of recommendation (one from the previous programme director)
Licence, examinations, language & visa
Must meet Mayo Clinic GME and Arizona medical licensure/training-permit requirements for the appointment. Examination requirements are not recorded in this profile. Language requirements are not recorded in this profile. Institution-wide: Mayo Clinic GME residents and fellows are often sponsored for the J-1 visa through ECFMG; Mayo may also sponsor clinical residents and fellows for H-1B if all eligibility requirements are met (GME visa contact: GMEvisahelp@mayo.edu).