Lahey Clinic (Lahey Hospital & Medical Center)
⌖ Burlington, MA · United States
Source reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Verify the current intake with the host.
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Degenerative spinal disease, spinal trauma, tumours, deformity, minimally invasive and image-guided surgery; fellows can join national and international spine registry projects and learn clinical trial design and comparative effectiveness research.
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General entry requirements: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host. Separate international eligibility is not recorded.
Advanced clinical subspecialty training in spine surgery, combining structured operative teaching and clinical research.
Structured clinical fellowship with operative exposure alongside four spine attending physicians and opportunities to work on spine registries and clinical research.
Lahey's institutional page cites Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine Policy 97-001 on limited licences for international medical graduates, who need a valid ECFMG certificate.
No programme-specific language score is recorded in the cited profile. Confirm the clinical working language and any formal test requirement.
Lahey's institutional graduate-education page states that it does not sponsor residents or fellows for H-1 visas and works with ECFMG on J-1 visas for its ACGME-accredited programmes; J-1 acceptance depends on the specific programme.
NeuroSurgFellow does not guarantee admission, licensing, visas, employment, funding or operative privileges. Requirements may change by intake and appointment.
Checked 29 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.
Lahey names Subu N. Magge as the fellowship enquiry contact. The CAST spine list names Magge and administrator Julie Witham under Tufts Medical Center with the same Lahey email. Ask which listing and submission route apply to the intended intake.
Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Advanced clinical subspecialty training in spine surgery, combining structured operative teaching and clinical research.
Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
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Lahey's institutional page cites Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine Policy 97-001 on limited licences for international medical graduates, who need a valid ECFMG certificate. Lahey's institutional page requires international medical graduates to hold a valid ECFMG certificate and to pass USMLE Steps 1 and 2. Language requirements are not recorded in this profile. Lahey's institutional graduate-education page states that it does not sponsor residents or fellows for H-1 visas and works with ECFMG on J-1 visas for its ACGME-accredited programmes; J-1 acceptance depends on the specific programme.
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Phoenix, Arizona · United States
Listed lead Brian P. Kelly, PhD (research supervisor)
Application status: The page still says applications are accepted for 2027–2028, but its 15 September 2026 deadline has passed. No extension is published; confirm availability with Barrow Global.
Funding: Published as a funded laboratory-based fellowship (salary/benefit detail on the CommonSpirit careers posting linked from the page).
Exposure: Spinal biomechanics, implantable devices, surgical techniques, publications and major spine conferences.
Eligibility: Oriented to international spine surgeons or neurosurgery residents from low- and middle-income countries.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Barrow International Sonntag Spine Research Fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
University of Pittsburgh / UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States
Listed lead David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD
Funding: Research funding and moonlighting opportunities are published.
Exposure: Neurotrauma, deformity correction, minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery, navigation and clinical research.
Eligibility: All fellows must be eligible for work within the United States and hold a permanent Pennsylvania medical licence and DEA licence.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official University of Pittsburgh page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Stanford, California · United States
Listed lead John Ratliff, MD, FACS and Jon Park, MD, FRCSC (co-directors)
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.
Eligibility: International applicants are considered; the page asks them to allow more time for processing.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance
Source: Official Stanford Spine Clinical Instructorship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
