Cerebrovascular

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: Applicants seeking advanced cerebrovascular training after core neurosurgery residency; selections are made about two years ahead.

Still to confirm: Funding · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance

Source: Official Stanford Cerebrovascular Clinical Instructorship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funded fellowship posts are available (the stipend is not stated on the fellowship page); additional fellows need external funding.

Exposure: Complex aneurysm and AVM surgery, bypass, minimally invasive vascular approaches and research.

Eligibility: Programme-specific. Confirm specialist registration, licensing, language and visa requirements with the official centre.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UHN education page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Scheme-wide: fellows are employed and usually salaried by the hosting NHS trust, but may face extra costs (accommodation, travel, courses); RCS England financial assistance is no longer available for post-CCT fellows (bursaries up to GBP 1,000 and specialty grants may help).

Exposure: Aneurysm, vascular malformation and subarachnoid-haemorrhage management with advanced cranial approaches.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fellows pay their own travel expenses.

Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.

Eligibility: Programme-specific. Confirm specialist registration, licensing, language and visa requirements with the official centre.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Training exposure · Current status · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funding and employment terms are not published on the university overview.

Exposure: International cerebrovascular neurosurgery practice associated with Helsinki University Hospital / University of Helsinki neurosciences.

Eligibility: The department explicitly welcomes visiting international neurosurgeons and physicians specialising in neurosurgery.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Helsinki department page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: An employed clinical post is described, but salary and benefits are not published in the fellowship document.

Exposure: Competitive post-specialist development in vascular neurosurgery within CHUV's academic department.

Eligibility: External candidates who have completed neurosurgical specialist training may apply competitively alongside eligible CHUV graduates; Swiss registration and employment conditions apply.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official CHUV postgraduate training concept. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Published tuition varies by initial, individually funded continuing, or employer-funded registration.

Exposure: Advanced cerebrovascular pathology education intended to deepen expertise beyond the standard curriculum, with required clinical participation evidence.

Eligibility: Holders of the French DES in neurosurgery who have obtained the microsurgery diploma, or DES neurosurgery trainees who have validated their 7th semester; written approval from the teaching lead must accompany the registration file.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · International eligibility · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Université Lyon 1 programme profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Open cerebrovascular surgery, multidisciplinary selection and supported transition toward independent neurovascular practice.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Aneurysm, AVM and other neurovascular management, MDT decision-making and progressively supervised operative practice.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Imaging interpretation, treatment selection, aneurysm and vascular-malformation surgery, complications and delayed cerebral ischaemia management.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide BIDMC GME salary scale, set by PGY level (including non-ACGME clinical fellows): AY 2026–2027 PGY-5 USD 100,826, PGY-6 USD 103,078, PGY-7 USD 109,459 (salaries cap at PGY-7 for most trainees); residents also receive an annual USD 10,000 stipend.

Exposure: An initial four months in the angiography suite for those without endovascular experience, then 18 months of weekly endovascular and open cases (typically two days endovascular, two days operating theatre, one day clinic) plus a weekly neurovascular conference.

Eligibility: Satisfactory ACGME-accredited (or Canadian equivalent) neurosurgery training, or senior residents of accredited programmes with broad neurosurgical and ICU exposure; prior endovascular experience (many applicants have about 100 diagnostic angiograms) is beneficial.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Beth Israel Deaconess fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UIC College of Medicine GME stipend scale for 2025–2026 (application to this non-ACGME fellowship is not separately stated on the fellowship page): PGY-6 USD 88,003, PGY-7 USD 89,126, PGY-8 USD 92,017 a year, plus taxable annual stipends of USD 1,200 (meals) and USD 3,000 (education).

Exposure: Supervised operative experience in complex aneurysms, bypass, carotid endarterectomy and AVMs, daily multidisciplinary ICU rounds, cerebrovascular conferences, monthly Grand Rounds, twice-monthly M&M, research time and cadaver/microsurgery laboratory training.

Eligibility: Foreign graduates considered if already licensed in their own country and ECFMG-certified.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official University of Illinois Chicago fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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: Over 1,100 endovascular and open cerebrovascular procedures annually; five dedicated neurosurgical theatres (one hybrid) and biplane neuroangiography suites; CESI simulation centre with endovascular simulator and microvascular anastomosis lab; paediatric cerebrovascular experience at Connecticut Children's; neurosurgically trained fellows take part in all open cerebrovascular procedures.

Eligibility: Applicants with background training in neurosurgery, neurology (stroke or neurocritical care) or neuroradiology.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Hartford Hospital fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Salary and benefits follow the UCSF Graduate Medical Education schedule; the fellowship page refers applicants to the UCSF GME website.

Exposure: Participation in many of the roughly 400 cerebrovascular operations a year (aneurysms, AVMs, cavernous malformations, bypass, carotid endarterectomy), with a case mix of about 75% open cerebrovascular and 25% endovascular neurosurgery, plus inpatient, ICU and clinic care.

Eligibility: Available to post-residency graduates only.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: UTSW GME publishes 2026–27 stipends by PGY level for each employing institution (UT Southwestern, Parkland, Children's, Scottish Rite); the programme is listed among UTSW GME neurological surgery fellowships, but its employer and stipend are not stated on the programme page.

Exposure: The official page does not describe the case mix; programme faculty include Babu Welch, Jonathan White, Rafael de Oliveira Sillero and Panagiotis Mastorakos.

Eligibility: IMGs may apply if they hold ECFMG certification (when applicable) and a J-1 visa sponsored by ECFMG or permanent residency; H-1 visas are not sponsored.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official UT Southwestern Medical Center fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Emory GME house-staff stipend scale 2026–27: PGY-1 USD 71,959 to PGY-10 USD 96,025 (e.g. PGY-7 USD 88,522); the fellow's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: Full gamut of open cerebrovascular procedures at Emory University Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital (both Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Centers).

Eligibility: Graduated neurosurgery residents with an interest in open cerebrovascular surgery.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official Emory University Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Site-specific; several sites state that visitors must be self-funded.

Exposure: A list of US cerebrovascular and endovascular centres accepting international trainees and faculty, with observership length, open/endovascular focus and whether a fellowship is available.

Eligibility: Specifically aimed at international trainees and faculty; visa, licensure and funding requirements vary by site.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Cerebrovascular Section listing. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Made possible by the Fellows Family; the official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Research balanced with clinical cases and multidisciplinary training in paediatric cerebrovascular conditions including moyamoya, AVMs, vein of Galen malformations, aneurysms and stroke. Research productivity is a strong expectation.

Eligibility: Holders of a valid ECFMG certificate who can obtain a Massachusetts medical licence are eligible as published.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Boston Children's Hospital neurosurgery education page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Jefferson (SKMC) GME stipend scale for July 2026–June 2027: PGY-7 USD 100,857.05; PGY-8 USD 104,682.29; PGY-9 USD 108,669.58; the fellowship page does not state the PGY level.

Exposure: Microsurgery, endovascular embolisation of aneurysms and AVMs, Gamma Knife and LINAC radiosurgery, stroke-prevention surgery, carotid endarterectomy and carotid angioplasty/stenting, head and neck pathology, glomus tumours, intractable epistaxis, and spinal cord tumours and AVMs. Over 2,000 neurovascular and endovascular procedures in the past year.

Eligibility: International graduates are eligible if they hold a valid ECFMG certificate and meet Pennsylvania licensure requirements (per programme eligibility).

Still to confirm: Duration · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Thomas Jefferson University fellowship page. Reviewed 8 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: Cerebrovascular microsurgery and/or neuroendovascular treatment of aneurysms, AVMs, vascular neoplasms and moyamoya disease, plus extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease including carotid endarterectomy, with radiosurgery training at the Swedish Radiosurgery Center and hands-on courses at the Seattle Science Foundation.

Eligibility: Applicants should be fully trained in neurosurgery.

Still to confirm: Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Providence Swedish fellowship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The department states it provides a scholarship to fellows during their stay in Japan (amount not published) and an apartment near the hospital including electricity and water.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular surgery (aneurysm clipping, AVM surgery, microvascular decompression), endovascular diagnosis and treatment, glioma, degenerative and tumour spine surgery, trauma, normal pressure hydrocephalus and endoscope-assisted clot removal, with daily microvascular anastomosis practice, journal club and conferences.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons from abroad are explicitly invited.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees

Source: Official Fujita Health University Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital neurosurgery page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: A stipend of JPY 100,000 per month is published for applicants who apply between July and September of the previous year, subject to available funds; the scholarship reference dates from 2019 and must be reconfirmed.

Exposure: Surgical observation, off-the-job training in microscopic vascular anastomosis and writing clinical research papers.

Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular Ward 1 hybrid operating-room programme (over 300 complex hybrid cerebrovascular operations per year), combining open and endovascular treatment.

Eligibility: Attending-level or above cerebrovascular neurosurgeons with at least 5 years' clinical experience and basic neurointerventional or microsurgical skills, from grade-II or higher hospitals, generally aged 45 or under.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Blended teaching (76 hours of lectures and 432 hours of other training) on cerebrovascular anatomy, microvascular technique, interventional neuroradiology, aneurysms, extra-intracranial bypass, dural fistulas, cavernomas, neurovascular conflicts and AVMs, plus 325 hours of placement including 25 hours of active participation in complex vascular surgery.

Eligibility: Foreign degrees accepted with translation, Declaration of Value (or Diploma Supplement/ENIC-NARIC statement) and passport; non-EU residents abroad must also pre-register on Universitaly.

Still to confirm: Current status · Medical registration · Language · Benefits · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official University of Milan admission call. Reviewed 8 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Open vascular and endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Buenos Aires teaching hospital.

Eligibility: Foreign applicants must have completed a neurosurgery residency endorsed by the competent authorities of their own country (AANC fellowship regulation).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact

Source: Official Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía accredited-fellowship list. Reviewed 8 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Functional anatomy of the cerebral circulation, mechanisms and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease and the surgical treatment of vascular lesions.

Eligibility: Admission calls are open to Mexican and foreign doctors; foreign applicants must provide apostilled or consular-legalised documents (2020 call).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance

Source: Official INNN postgraduate course page. Reviewed 8 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular neurosurgery; the department also lists one-year fellowships in paediatric neurosurgery, skull base, neuroendoscopy, neuro-oncology and neurosurgical traumatology.

Eligibility: Selection is by walk-in interview through the Department of Neurosurgery (detailed criteria are set by the host department).

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Endovascular and open cerebrovascular neurosurgery in a private tertiary network hospital.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.