Microneurosurgery & anatomy

Funding: Not published in the official curriculum.

Exposure: Focused microsurgical neurosurgery knowledge, technique and supervised skill development within Siriraj's Division of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: The official curriculum is designed for neurosurgeons seeking advanced microsurgical knowledge and skill; current admission and Thai registration requirements require direct confirmation.

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

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

Funding: Self-funded unless external sponsorship is arranged.

Exposure: Microsurgical laboratory training in the Zurich tradition, with multidisciplinary Swiss professional-society credit published for the 2027 course.

Eligibility: Course-specific registration applies; this is continuing education rather than a clinical fellowship appointment.

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

Source: Official University Hospital Zurich 2027 course page. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Funded post with a gross stipend of CDN $72,000 a year, based on prior experience and the number of first calls per month; the stipend includes malpractice insurance.

Exposure: Six months across all subspecialties followed by two three-month advanced blocks chosen from cerebrovascular/endovascular, neuro-oncology/cranial base, spine and functional/image-guided neurosurgery, including awake craniotomy, endoscopic skull base, open cerebrovascular, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus, trauma and focused ultrasound.

Eligibility: International applicants who meet CPSO requirements for licensure as a clinical fellow contact the fellowship director; sponsored candidates from Gulf agreement countries must apply via their sponsoring agency to PGME.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Toronto Department of Surgery 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 refers to scholarship and internship opportunities but does not publish amounts or terms.

Exposure: Clinical neurosurgery and neuroscience training environment at INI Hannover across neurochirurgie and related neuroscience specialties.

Eligibility: Applicants for INI Hannover scholarship, clinical observation/internship or advanced surgical skills pathways as arranged with the institute.

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

Source: Official INI Hannover page. Reviewed 13 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 fees or funding.

Exposure: EANS Epilepsy Surgery Brain Dissection Course, the European Workshop on Basic Techniques of Microsurgery and Cerebral Revascularisation (bypass workshop, attended by almost 500 colleagues), the annual Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery Workshop (since 2003) and DTI tractography workshops.

Eligibility: Applicants for MedUni Vienna microneurosurgery laboratory courses as arranged with the department.

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

Source: Official Medical University of Vienna 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 a stipend; the 2019 notice listed an application fee of R$400.

Exposure: Microsurgical laboratory dissection (heads, brains, temporal bones, cavernous sinus, white-fibre dissection), anastomosis and aneurysm-clipping practice on placentas, 3D photography, observation of complex operations by Prof. Evandro de Oliveira's team, and multidisciplinary neuro-oncology and neuropathology meetings.

Eligibility: Foreign candidates had to present a permanent visa, a diploma revalidated by a Brazilian public university and certified Portuguese proficiency (CFM Resolutions 1.831/2008 and 1.832/2008); Brazilians trained abroad need a revalidated diploma.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Hospital BP fellowship notice (2019). Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Applying carries no cost and no salary; fellows may use specific research grants subject to availability. The 2026 call offered two scholarships (borse di studio) funded by Fondazione ASINO. A new specimen for personal use costs about EUR 2,000.

Exposure: Skull base and vascular neuroanatomy, open and endoscopic approaches on assigned anatomical specimens, lectures, weekly clinical meeting, monthly tumor board, observing skull base surgery at Neuromed, and possible tutoring at the lab's cadaver courses.

Eligibility: Neurosurgery residents in the 4th or 5th year and neurosurgeons under 40; an agreed research project, a letter of introduction from a senior neurosurgeon, English knowledge, and a video interview; 1-2 hands-on skull base courses are advised.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Neuromed Anatomy Lab 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 funding details.

Exposure: Advanced microneurosurgery of the skull and the spine, as named in the hospital's list of aperfeiçoamento (improvement course) selections.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

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 · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Santa Casa de São Paulo editais page (COREME aperfeiçoamento results). 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 funding details.

Exposure: Cadaveric dissection of complex skull base approaches in the Surgical Innovations Laboratory, independent dissection practice, 3D visualisation, virtual reality and simulation; teaching role in international skull base and vascular courses and expected publication.

Eligibility: Senior neurosurgery residents and neurosurgeons who have completed residency.

Still to confirm: 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 · Accreditation

Source: Official Weill Cornell neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: No funding: the department and university do not cover travel, housing or stipend.

Exposure: Research projects in the Surgical Neuroanatomy Laboratory; if time permits, observation of operating theatre procedures without hands-on patient care; weekly teaching conferences and research fellows meeting.

Eligibility: Open to both national and international physicians

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

Source: Official UPMC endoscopic endonasal teaching and research 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 funding details.

Exposure: Advanced microsurgical procedures in the posterior fossa: live surgery followed by an intensive specimen workshop at the Clinical Anatomy Tübingen and practice-oriented expert lectures.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

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 · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Universitätsklinikum Tübingen TCNA course page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.