855 source-linked profiles · 66 countries · 16 subspecialties.
Covers post-residency subspecialty training only: fellowships, observerships, travelling awards, research fellowships and subspecialty diplomas or courses. Primary neurosurgery residency and specialist-training programmes are not listed.
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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
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.
Funding: Salary and benefits, plus travel and international housing costs.
Exposure: Global health leadership, clinical practice, teaching and research across Arizona and northern Tanzania.
Eligibility: The published clinical fellowship is directed to an ACGME-trained neurosurgeon; international applicants should verify credentialing eligibility before applying.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Deadline · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official Barrow programme page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
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
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.
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery including neuromodulation and related open and stereotactic procedures for movement disorders, epilepsy, chronic pain and psychiatric disorders.
Source reviewed 13 Oct 202676% of decision fields recorded
Exposure: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery including neuromodulation and related open and stereotactic procedures for movement disorders, epilepsy, chronic pain and psychiatric disorders.
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 · Deadline · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance
Source: Official Stanford Stereotactic and Functional Clinical Instructorship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
One year, 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028, 20 hours per week.
Deadline
Registration 30 September to 2 November 2026 (until 23:00); documents by email by 12:00 on 3 November 2026
Funding
No stipend (bolsa-auxílio) is offered; a registration fee of R$ 200.00 applies.
Exposure
Training in spine neurosurgery in outpatient and surgical settings within an interdisciplinary context for adults and children with disabilities, covering degenerative disease, tumour, trauma, amputations and brain injuries.
Source reviewed 15 Oct 202676% of decision fields recorded
Funding: No stipend (bolsa-auxílio) is offered; a registration fee of R$ 200.00 applies.
Exposure: Training in spine neurosurgery in outpatient and surgical settings within an interdisciplinary context for adults and children with disabilities, covering degenerative disease, tumour, trauma, amputations and brain injuries.
Eligibility: Foreign candidates need a revalidated medical diploma, a residence visa and a Portuguese proficiency certificate
Still to confirm: Training level · Medical registration · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official AACD Ensino e Pesquisa page and edital for the 2027 spine neurosurgery aperfeiçoamento. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Eligibility: Foreign doctors must be authorised to practise medicine in France.
Still to confirm: Deadline · Positions · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official Sorbonne Université programme page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Eligibility: UBC-wide postgraduate-fellow policy: complete all training and examinations needed for specialist status in the home country, with an official specialty-college letter and proof of examinations. Programme selection and a signed training agreement are additionally required.
Still to confirm: Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official UBC fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Listed lead Supervised by Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD and Michael Huang, MD
Duration
1–2 years
Deadline
30 December 2026 (2027–2028 fellowship year)
Funding
Salary and benefits follow the UCSF Graduate Medical Education schedule; the fellowship page refers applicants to the UCSF GME website.
Exposure
Surgical and medical management of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, including multimodality neuromonitoring, at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, with rotations at Highland Hospital in Oakland and the UCSF Weill Neurorecovery Clinic, plus mentored clinical trial and research training.
Source reviewed 14 Oct 202668% of decision fields recorded
Funding: Salary and benefits follow the UCSF Graduate Medical Education schedule; the fellowship page refers applicants to the UCSF GME website.
Exposure: Surgical and medical management of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, including multimodality neuromonitoring, at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, with rotations at Highland Hospital in Oakland and the UCSF Weill Neurorecovery Clinic, plus mentored clinical trial and research training.
Eligibility: The programme invites current and recent graduates of US neurosurgery residencies and requires California medical-licence eligibility. A medical degree or residency completed abroad alone does not meet the published training route.
Still to confirm: Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Listed lead Shuichi Suzuki, MD, PhD (co-director Kiarash Golshani, MD)
Duration
24 months
Deadline
Not recorded · check official call
Funding
Fellows hold an academic appointment as health sciences clinical instructor/fellow; stipend figures are not listed on the UCI fellowship programmes page.
Exposure
Multidisciplinary neuroendovascular patient care with state-of-the-art technology and some clinical research at UCI Health – Orange.
Source reviewed 12 Oct 202664% of decision fields recorded
Funding: Fellows hold an academic appointment as health sciences clinical instructor/fellow; stipend figures are not listed on the UCI fellowship programmes page.
Exposure: Multidisciplinary neuroendovascular patient care with state-of-the-art technology and some clinical research at UCI Health – Orange.
Eligibility: Selected through the SNIS Neurointerventional Fellowship Match; detailed criteria follow CAST/match requirements.
Still to confirm: Funding · Deadline · International eligibility · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents
Source: Official UC Irvine neurological surgery fellowships page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure
Movement disorders, epilepsy, chronic pain, spasticity and peripheral nerve, with surgery and rounds at Tampa General Hospital (intraoperative MRI, epilepsy monitoring unit, neuromodulation research labs) and a weekly multidisciplinary Movement Disorders Neuromodulation Clinic with stimulator programming.
Source reviewed 15 Oct 202664% of decision fields recorded
Application status: The application page lists 2027–2028, 2028–2029 and 2029–2030; its submission section repeats spine-programme contacts, so confirm the correct functional-programme recipient.
Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Movement disorders, epilepsy, chronic pain, spasticity and peripheral nerve, with surgery and rounds at Tampa General Hospital (intraoperative MRI, epilepsy monitoring unit, neuromodulation research labs) and a weekly multidisciplinary Movement Disorders Neuromodulation Clinic with stimulator programming.
Eligibility: Completion of a chief resident year in neurological surgery or orthopaedic surgery at an accredited institution; applicants seeking a position concurrent with their final residency year need a programme director letter confirming all ACGME graduation requirements, including minimum case logs.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Application route
Source: Official USF Health fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.
Exposure: Advanced training in the comprehensive management of spinal disorders, including complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.
Eligibility: Graduates of an equivalent international residency programme may apply if eligible for a New York State licence and DEA registration.
Still to confirm: Deadline · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official Columbia Neurosurgery fellowships page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Programme-funded salary of $70,000 per year unless self-funded; fellows able to bill as surgical assistants may also receive a share of billings.
Exposure
Four months each of neurosurgical spine and orthopaedic spine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and combined spine surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital, 3–4 operating days a week and about 400 cases covering deformity and intradural pathology, optional Stollery scoliosis exposure, about 1-in-4 second call and CSORN research.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202664% of decision fields recorded
Funding: Programme-funded salary of $70,000 per year unless self-funded; fellows able to bill as surgical assistants may also receive a share of billings.
Exposure: Four months each of neurosurgical spine and orthopaedic spine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and combined spine surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital, 3–4 operating days a week and about 400 cases covering deformity and intradural pathology, optional Stollery scoliosis exposure, about 1-in-4 second call and CSORN research.
Eligibility: For applicants whose medical school instruction was not in English, minimum IELTS requirements apply; preference for candidates scoring over 7.0 in each IELTS segment or better than B in each OET segment. Visa and licensing not stated.
Still to confirm: Commencement · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation
Source: Official University of Alberta Division of Neurosurgery page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
