Neurotrauma & neurocritical care

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: 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: Neurosciences ICU rotations with additional critical care and neurology time, plus skills training in ultrasonography, brain oximetry, line placement, cEEG, EVD management, bronchoscopy, multimodality monitoring, intubation and ventilation at a Level 1 trauma and comprehensive stroke centre.

Eligibility: CAST neurosurgical neurocritical care fellowship at UH Cleveland / Case Western Reserve; detailed entry criteria are obtained through the UH Neurological Surgery GME office.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

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

Funding: Fellows hold an academic appointment as health sciences clinical instructor/fellow; stipend figures are not listed on the UCI fellowship programmes page.

Exposure: Neurosurgical critical care with rotations in neurology, trauma, critical care medicine and anaesthesiology, plus some research.

Eligibility: Open fellowship positions are posted on UCI Recruit; ask the education office for detailed entry criteria.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · 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.

Funding: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: 21-bed NCCU at Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute / Ruby Memorial Hospital within a Level 1 stroke and trauma centre with over 3,000 admissions per year.

Eligibility: Preference for US residency graduates; exceptional international graduates will be considered.

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

Source: Official WVU Neurosurgery 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 DHMC GME stipend scale for residents and fellows, 2026–27: PGY-1 USD 75,651 to PGY-8 USD 106,814 (e.g. PGY-7 USD 102,531); the fellow's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: CAST Neurocritical Care fellowship at Dartmouth Hitchcock (running since 2020); the first fellow subsequently completed a neurotrauma fellowship at UCSF and joined University of Pittsburgh Neurosurgery faculty.

Eligibility: Eligibility criteria are not listed on the CAST fellowships page; enquiries go to the coordinator.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official Dartmouth Hitchcock CAST fellowships page. Reviewed 12 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 14 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; the fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

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: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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); the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.

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: The department states it is unable to accept applicants with an ECFMG visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Indiana University School of Medicine 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 refers applicants to the University of Utah Health GME website for salary and benefits; figures are not published on the fellowship page.

Exposure: Most clinical time in a 23-bed neurocritical care unit, with rotations in trauma/surgical ICU, stroke (including TeleStroke), medical and cardiovascular ICUs, EEG, emergency medicine (critical ultrasound and procedures), anaesthesia and echocardiography.

Eligibility: Physicians trained and board-eligible in neurology, neurosurgery, emergency medicine or anaesthesia.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Utah Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 12 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: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Rotations through neurosurgical, general surgical and medical intensive care units.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; enquiries go to the Division of Neurosurgery.

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

Source: Official UCT Division of Neurosurgery fellowships 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: 80 hours: 70 hours of lectures on cerebral physiopathology, imaging, electrophysiology, stroke, brain and spinal trauma, infections, status epilepticus, postoperative neurosurgical complications and brain death, plus 10 hours of case presentations.

Eligibility: Practising specialist physicians holding a French diploma or an equivalent qualification to practise medicine who manage, or plan to manage, brain-injured patients in intensive care; DES students may also enrol. Selection by CV and motivation letter.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Université Lyon 1 programme page. Reviewed 14 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: Neurosurgical critical care within the SGPGIMS Department of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Selection is by walk-in interview through the Department of Neurosurgery (detailed criteria are set by the host 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 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: 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 13 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: Current status · 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: Current status · 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.

Funding: The official page does not publish salary; listed benefits include meals on duty, physician parking, white jackets and scrubs.

Exposure: Core rotations in a 40-bed neuroscience ICU with integrated step-down unit, plus neuroanaesthesia and advanced airway management, medical ICU, ICU epileptology and EEG, CICU/SICU, neuroradiology and transcranial Doppler, with electives such as neurointervention, neurorehabilitation, research and ethics.

Eligibility: Residency training in internal medicine, emergency medicine, neurology or neurosurgery, or critical care fellowship training; applicants with a prior critical care fellowship complete a 12-month curriculum.

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

Source: Official AdventHealth Graduate Medical Education page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page links to a salary and benefits section but does not state amounts.

Exposure: Complex stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizures and CNS infections with advanced airway management and central line placement, plus electives in neurosurgery, anaesthesia, neurointervention, research, neurovascular ultrasound and stroke rehabilitation at Johnson Rehabilitation Hospital.

Eligibility: Satisfactory completion of an ACGME-accredited residency in neurology, neurological surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesiology, surgery or emergency medicine.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center page. Reviewed 9 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: Run jointly by the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care: the trainee serves as the neurosurgical consultant on the intensive care unit, with daily neuroradiology and ICU rounds, interdisciplinary neurovascular and trauma conferences, ICP/CPP monitoring, ventilation and weaning, vasospasm management after subarachnoid haemorrhage, neurophysiological diagnostics and extracorporeal organ-replacement therapy.

Eligibility: Board-certified neurosurgeons (Fachärztin/Facharzt für Neurochirurgie) pursuing the additional qualification in special intensive care medicine within the department.

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

Source: Official Uniklinik RWTH Aachen neurosurgery training page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Salary, stipend and costs are not published on the cited programme page.

Exposure: Brain and spinal cord trauma, multidisciplinary care, quality improvement, clinical trials and optional sports-neurosurgery exposure.

Eligibility: US employment eligibility, a permanent Pennsylvania medical licence and a DEA licence are required.

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

Source: Official institutional programme page. Reviewed 14 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: Care of neurocritical patients in the ICUs, emergency neurology room, stroke unit, polytrauma and coronary unit, with a rotation accompanying anaesthesia for neurosurgical procedures, scientific sessions with neurovascular and interventional radiology teams, and a literature-review requirement.

Eligibility: Medical degree plus specialization in clinical neurology, neurosurgery or intensive care through a Ministry of Education-recognised residency (or Brazilian Academy of Neurology certification).

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

Source: Official HCFMRP-USP neurointensive care programme document (2022 edition). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Accommodation and two daily meals are provided by the department; Wi-Fi and access to the medical school and hospital libraries are included.

Exposure: Management of head trauma in a tertiary setting, surgical techniques for intracranial hypertension, traumatic intracranial haematomas and complex cranio-facial trauma, and exposure to multimodality neuromonitoring with the intensive care department.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

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

Source: Official WFNS Foundation training centre page (University of Thessaly). 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: Subspecialty certification in critical care for neurosurgeons, assessed by a written examination and a structured oral/clinical examination.

Eligibility: Candidates need 18 months in a numbered subspecialty trainee post; those who began subspecialty training on or after 1 January 2013 must submit a portfolio with the application.

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

Source: Official CMSA Cert Critical Care (SA) Neurosurg page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Current annual base salary is $120,000 ($10,000/month); approved additional clinical activities may provide extra compensation.

Exposure: 30-bed neuroscience ICU at Harborview with rotations in trauma/surgical, medical/cardiac, BMT/oncology and paediatric ICUs, plus critical care ultrasound training.

Eligibility: Completion of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency (or Canadian equivalent), board eligible/certified in neurological surgery, Washington licence, USMLE Step 3, ECFMG certification if applicable.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UW neurological surgery neurocritical care fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The page does not publish funding details; it cites NIH, Department of Defense and other grants for research and refers to UCLA GME for salary and benefits.

Exposure: 24-bed neuro-ICU within a 106-bed ICU system with about 2,000 admissions per year, covering stroke, trauma, status epilepticus, SAH, ICH and cardiac arrest; EEG, TCD, microdialysis and brain oximetry training.

Eligibility: ABMS board eligible or certified in neurology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, anesthesiology or another ABMS critical care specialty; neurosurgeons qualify; independently licensed or eligible for a California licence.

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

Source: Official UCLA neurosurgery neurocritical care 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: Not specified on the official page.

Eligibility: Completed ACGME- or RCPSC-accredited residency; LCME or ECFMG-certified graduate; three letters of recommendation; USMLE Steps 1-3 (or COMLEX); eligible for Texas Medical Board licensure.

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

Source: Official Houston Methodist neurocritical care 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: 12 neurocritical care beds at West Jefferson Medical Center and University Medical Center New Orleans, MICU and TICU rotations, multimodal monitoring, TCD, EEG, CSF diversion and targeted temperature management.

Eligibility: Currently enrolled in and/or completed an ACGME-accredited programme.

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

Source: Official LSUHSC-NO neurocritical care fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.