Cerebrovascular & skull base

Funding: Not consolidated on the overview page.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular, endovascular and skull-base neurosurgical training.

Eligibility: Programme-specific; follow the official Mayo training link for current requirements.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic overview. Reviewed 14 Aug 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Self-funded; fellows bear all expenses, and a S$545 processing fee (incl. 9% GST) is charged after acceptance.

Exposure: Subspecialty exposure in cerebrovascular and skull-base neurosurgery at an integrated national neuroscience centre.

Eligibility: Overseas doctors registered and in good standing at home, with 3 years' post-housemanship practice or a postgraduate qualification, sponsored by their government, regional health authority or employing institution.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

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

Funding: Not published on the institutional profile.

Exposure: Focused cerebral vascular and skull-base surgical training for Chilean and international neurosurgeons.

Eligibility: Current application and specialist requirements are not consolidated on the institutional profile; contact the programme directly.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Universidad de Chile profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding in order to apply.

Exposure: Advanced cerebrovascular and skull-base surgical training.

Eligibility: International medical graduates not sponsored under McGill contracts may train in Quebec for a maximum of three years; IMGs without Canadian citizenship or permanent residence must sign an affidavit to return to their country of origin after training (McGill PGME admissions page).

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

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

Funding: Institution-wide UH GME stipends from 1 July 2026: USD 69,825 (PGY-1) to USD 85,888 (PGY-7); the programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Surgical management of neurovascular disorders and complex skull base tumours, pre- and post-operative and clinic care, resident and student teaching, with protected research time available.

Eligibility: Foreign-trained applicants are considered if they hold a valid ECFMG certificate and have some post-graduate training in the US.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official University Hospitals 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: Skull base and complex cranial surgery with interdisciplinary care, outpatient clinics at two sites, teaching conferences, journal club, hands-on skills labs and some research.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; confirm with the programme.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official UC Irvine neurological surgery fellowships page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UTHealth Houston GME stipend scale for residents and fellows: AY 2026-27 Pay Level 7 USD 88,925.70, Pay Level 8 USD 91,149.35 (AY 2027-28: Level 7 USD 91,594, Level 8 USD 93,883), per the official GME Trainee Benefits & Stipends page; confirm the appointment type and pay level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Open cerebrovascular and skull base operations, vascular call with attendings, pre- and post-operative and clinic care including neuro-intensive care, daily rounds, weekly didactics, close work with endovascular colleagues and protected research time.

Eligibility: Foreign-trained applicants considered if ECFMG-certified, fully trained in neurosurgery and with some prior US postgraduate training.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official UTHealth Houston 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: Pre-operative evaluation, operative planning and execution and follow-up within the multidisciplinary Center for Vascular and Skull Base Surgery; multiple skull base approaches and complex aneurysm reconstruction and bypass, with over 200 aneurysms treated annually; involvement in planning the annual Masters' Course in Skull Base Surgery.

Eligibility: The official page does not state eligibility criteria; contact the programme.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

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

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: High-volume neurovascular and skull-base pathology with microsurgical, interventional, endoscopic and radiosurgical techniques and a hands-on simulation curriculum.

Eligibility: Institution-wide GME requirement: graduates of medical schools outside the United States must hold a valid ECFMG certificate; certified English translations are required for documents in other languages.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide UW Hospitals and Clinics GME stipend rates for 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 90,508; PGY-7 USD 94,702; PGY-8 USD 99,104 per the official UW SMPH GME compensation page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: An estimated 300 operative procedures across non-complex to complex cerebrovascular and skull base disorders, including complex cranial base aneurysms, mainly at UW Hospital and Clinics with cases at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Meriter and American Family Children's Hospital, plus a surgical neuroanatomy and microvascular skills laboratory.

Eligibility: Applicants must have successfully graduated from a neurosurgery residency programme, be eligible for a Wisconsin state medical licence and meet UW requirements; ABNS board eligibility or certification is preferred.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official UW–Madison 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: Institution-wide Baptist Health stipend scale for trainees employed under a trainee agreement, 2026/2027: PGY-1 USD 68,000 to PGY-8 USD 91,000 (PGY-6 USD 83,000; PGY-7 USD 86,000).

Exposure: Three core 24-week rotations (neurovascular, adult skull base/tumour and radiosurgery) with operative experience in pituitary adenoma, vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, intra-axial malignancy and other complex skull base lesions using endoscopic, open skull base, microsurgical and cerebrovascular techniques; multidisciplinary conferences and at least two manuscripts expected.

Eligibility: Completion of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgical residency.

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

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

Funding: Fellows typically hold the title of Acting Instructor with a listed base salary of $120,000 per year ($10,000 per month); approved moonlighting or Saturday surgery may attract extra pay.

Exposure: Cerebrovascular and skull base microsurgery, endoscopic skull base tumour surgery, perioperative care, clinical research and teaching, and attending-level call including neurotrauma at Harborview Medical Center and UW Medical Center. The programme does not include endovascular training.

Eligibility: International graduates are not eligible.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Washington 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: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Two six-month blocks, one predominantly clinical and one predominantly research in the neurosurgical research laboratory; fellows share call with attendings, manage perioperative and clinic care for complex cerebrovascular and skull base disorders, and teach residents and medical students.

Eligibility: Graduates of an AOA- or ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency. Foreign-trained applicants must hold a valid ECFMG certificate and have completed at least 36 months of accredited postgraduate training in the US.

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

Source: Official Barrow Neurological Institute 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 departmental funding; one featured observer reports a one-year Takeda Science Foundation international grant.

Exposure: Former fellows describe training in cerebrovascular, skull base, brain tumour and endovascular surgery, cadaver laboratory work, robotic training and manuscript writing, within a high-volume tumour, spine, vascular and paediatric service.

Eligibility: International neurosurgeons have been hosted as observers and clinical fellows.

Still to confirm: Duration · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Fujita Health University Department of Neurosurgery 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: Skull-base and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at PGIMER; the directory also lists a separate one-year cerebrovascular fellowship.

Eligibility: Competitive selection; confirm criteria in the current PGIMER advertisement.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. 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: Skull-base and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at an ACNS-accredited centre; a separate one-year functional neurosurgery fellowship is also listed.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director.

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

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.