Neurotrauma

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

Exposure: Severe traumatic brain injury assessment, emergency neurosurgery, neurotrauma MDT review, critical decision-making and service leadership.

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: Candidates must apply for the Jeanne Timmins Clinical Fellowship Award.

Exposure: Advanced neurotrauma clinical and operative 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: 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: Current and recent graduates of US neurosurgery residency programmes; applicants must be eligible for a California medical licence.

Still to confirm: Participation level · International eligibility · 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: Institution-wide UC GME base salary scale for 2026-27 (all specialties): PGY-7 USD 86,840, PGY-8 USD 88,192, per the official UC GME contracts, benefits and stipends page; confirm the PGY level that applies to this fellowship.

Exposure: Advanced neurotrauma care at UC Medical Center, which treats over 1,200 brain and spine injury patients each year, including Neurosciences ICU care and inpatient and outpatient TBI and SCI management.

Eligibility: Neurosurgery PGY-7 or post-residency graduates; applicants should have completed 3-6 months of critical care rotations during junior residency, and completion of a US ACGME neurosurgery residency is preferred for post-residency applicants.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route

Source: Official University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery 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 IU School of Medicine GME stipends for residents and fellows, July 2026–June 2027: PGY-6 USD 81,100, PGY-7 USD 84,600, PGY-8 USD 88,200 (July 2027–June 2028: PGY-7 USD 88,500, PGY-8 USD 90,646); confirm the PGY level that applies to this fellowship.

Exposure: Acute inpatient management through outpatient recovery and rehabilitation on a newly established inpatient neurotrauma service, with clinical research, quality improvement and multicentre and biomarker studies.

Eligibility: Residents or graduates of ACGME-approved US or RCPSC-approved Canadian neurosurgical residency programmes.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Indiana University School of Medicine fellowship page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fellows are appointed as Acting Instructors with a listed base salary of $120,000 per year ($10,000 per month); approved additional clinical activity such as moonlighting or Saturday surgery may attract extra pay.

Exposure: Cranial neurotrauma with operative and ICU management guided by multimodality monitoring, spinal column and cord injury managed surgically with neurosurgery and orthopaedics faculty, and clinical and translational TBI research using departmental datasets and multicentre studies in the US and Latin America, at Harborview Medical Center.

Eligibility: International medical graduates must hold ECFMG certification and existing US work authorisation; the fellowship does not sponsor visas.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · 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: Visitorship awards are approximately USD 5,000.

Exposure: Attendance at the CNS Annual Meeting followed by a two-week neurotrauma observership in Pittsburgh.

Eligibility: Aimed at promising junior neurosurgeons in low- and middle-income countries.

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

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

Funding: Salary aligned with surgical fellowships at PGY-8 level; the institution-wide UChicago GME FY27 (2026-2027) stipend for PGY-8 is USD 101,675.

Exposure: Pre-, intra- and post-operative care of cranial and spinal trauma at a level 1 trauma centre, one month in the neuro ICU, weekly trauma rounds, quarterly multidisciplinary neurotrauma conferences and research projects.

Eligibility: Trainees from across the globe are encouraged to apply; foreign-equivalent residency accepted, USMLE scores and ECFMG certificate required where applicable.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UChicago Medicine 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: Training to manage and perform life-saving emergency neurosurgical procedures, particularly for traumatic brain injury, for surgeons serving remote areas.

Eligibility: Licensed general surgeons holding Thai general-surgery certification who practise in a province without a neurosurgeon.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Programme director

Source: Official Chiang Mai University Neurosurgery Unit page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.