Skull base

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: Advanced diagnosis, operative approaches and perioperative management for cranial-base disorders.

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: Not clearly published on the teaching page.

Exposure: Specialised immersion in complex skull-base surgical anatomy and technique, supported by a surgical neuroanatomy laboratory.

Eligibility: Hospital Clínic-wide: training stays are offered to foreign professionals working in a country that has signed a cultural collaboration agreement with Spain.

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

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

Funding: Sponsorship by the fellow's agency is required for the complete training period.

Exposure: Neurosurgery, radiation oncology, rhinology, otology, head-and-neck surgery, research, electives and simulation across accredited centres.

Eligibility: Completed neurosurgery residency with board certification (Saudi Board or equivalent); minimum rank of senior registrar; SCFHS registration and licensing; personal interview with the Skull-Base Neurosurgery Scientific Committee; sponsorship for the complete training period.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

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

Funding: Not clearly published on the directory page.

Exposure: Skull-base surgery and radiosurgery within NYU's academic neurosurgery programme; current operative scope requires direct confirmation.

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

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official NYU Langone fellowships page. 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 and endoscopic skull-base approaches, pituitary disease, vestibular schwannoma, perioperative care and collaborative research.

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: Endoscopic and open approaches to pituitary, sellar, cranial-base and cerebellopontine-angle disease.

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: Endoscopic endonasal and transcranial skull-base surgery, reconstruction, vestibular schwannoma and pituitary perioperative 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: Candidates must secure funding in order to apply.

Exposure: Open and endoscopic skull-base neurosurgery.

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 paid; full meeting funding when presenting papers.

Exposure: Comprehensive adult complex skull-base care with multidisciplinary neuro-otology, radiation oncology, head and neck, ophthalmology and neuro-oncology collaboration.

Eligibility: Open to non-Canadian neurosurgeons who passed their home-country licensing examination and can obtain a CPSBC educational licence and Canadian training visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Examinations · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official UBC skull-base 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 publishes a course investment of COP 35,000,000 rather than a funded salary.

Exposure: Skull-base and pituitary disease, neuro-oncology, awake craniotomy, mapping, monitoring, navigation, neuroendoscopy, perioperative care and research.

Eligibility: Open to neurosurgeons and otorhinolaryngologists qualified by accredited national or foreign universities.

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

Source: Official Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali programme page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Applicant-funded training; the cited page publishes a 2025 fee and no salary or scholarship.

Exposure: Endoscopic transnasal anatomy, diagnosis, perioperative management and surgical approaches for functioning and non-functioning pituitary tumours.

Eligibility: Offered to foreign professionals through the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC) with Cuba's Universities of Medical Sciences, which run postgraduate courses, trainings (entrenamientos) and diplomas for foreigners.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Official contact

Source: Official Cuban Medical Services advanced-neurosurgery training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

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

Exposure: Open and minimally invasive skull-base surgery, cadaveric dissection, simulation, multidisciplinary management and translational or clinical research.

Eligibility: Non-US citizens require a valid visa and US work authorisation; equivalent residency training and Illinois licensure eligibility must be confirmed.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official Northwestern 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: Open, endoscopic and complex cranial skull-base surgery, perioperative management, pituitary care, cadaveric anatomy and clinical research.

Eligibility: Applicants must meet OHSU appointment, Oregon medical-licence and US work-authorisation requirements.

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

Source: Official OHSU 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 AP-HP cancer-programme profile does not publish salary, fees or benefits.

Exposure: Clinical skull-base training with major exposure to chordoma care, endoscopic and microsurgical approaches, and multidisciplinary management.

Eligibility: Post-residency neurosurgeons seeking advanced skull-base training; current appointment, French registration and language conditions must be confirmed with the department.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official AP-HP cancer programme profile. 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: Open, minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to the anterior, middle and posterior skull base, endoscopic endonasal surgery, augmented-reality planning, flap reconstruction with ENT and plastic surgery, tumour boards and cadaveric dissection.

Eligibility: Institution-wide: international medical graduates need a current ECFMG certificate, passing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores, and a medical school listed in the FAIMER/WFME directory for California postgraduate training licensure.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact

Source: Official UC Davis 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 LSU Health Shreveport house-officer salaries (current, year not stated): H.O. VI USD 74,190; H.O. VII USD 81,200 per the official GME benefits and salary page; the fellowship's level is not stated.

Exposure: Endoscopic and open skull base and complex cranial surgery: endoscopic skull base surgery, aneurysm/AVM surgery, complex skull base tumours, acoustic neuroma surgery, awake craniotomy, intraventricular endoscopy and radiosurgery, with ENT collaboration; two research projects, at least one publication and a monthly skull base teaching conference.

Eligibility: Institution-wide GME policy: international graduates need a currently valid ECFMG certificate before appointment.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director

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

Funding: 2026-2027 stipends range from $63,723.67 (PGY-1) to $85,733.08 (PGY-8) per year; the page does not state which level applies to fellows.

Exposure: Hands-on involvement in complex cranial and skull base surgery, multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, resident teaching (lectures, dissections, conferences) and research, rotating through UofL Health-UofL Hospital, Brown Cancer Center and UofL Health-Jewish Hospital.

Eligibility: Board-eligible neurosurgeons with significant senior-level clinical experience seeking a skull base subspecialty focus.

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

Source: Official University of Louisville 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: Extensive open and endoscopic skull-base operative experience, with primary inpatient and outpatient responsibility and leadership of the skull-base service across four quarterly rotations.

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 · Application documents

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 Cleveland Clinic GME salary for clinical residents and fellows (effective 16 May 2026): PGY-6 USD 84,180, PGY-7 USD 89,204, PGY-8 USD 90,521; confirm the PGY level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Over 200 new meningioma patients and about 100 meningioma operations a year, 50–60 microvascular decompressions for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm, and endoscopic anterior skull-base surgery, with outcomes and natural-history research.

Eligibility: International medical graduates need a valid ECFMG certificate; USMLE Step 3 is required for H-1B applicants.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Cleveland Clinic neurosurgery 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 UPMC Medical Education GME stipend scale for AY 2026–27: PGY-6 USD 84,281; PGY-7 USD 87,231; PGY-8 USD 90,284 (AY 2027–28: PGY-7 USD 92,034; PGY-8 USD 95,716) per the official UPMC GME stipends page; confirm whether this fellowship is appointed on the GME scale.

Exposure: The Center for Cranial Base Surgery performs about 30–50 cases a month, around half endoscopic endonasal with otolaryngology, plus lateral skull base, neurotology, vascular, tumour and transorbital approaches; the fellow runs the weekly clinic and multidisciplinary planning conference.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish eligibility criteria; applicants apply through the NASBS skull-base fellowship match.

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

Source: Official University of Pittsburgh 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. It notes that fellows may provide night, weekend and holiday coverage at an affiliated hospital to supplement income.

Exposure: Complex transcranial microsurgical approaches, advanced endoscopic endonasal surgery, transorbital surgery, endoscopic and exoscopic brain port surgery and CyberKnife radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, sinonasal malignancies, schwannomas, meningiomas and primary brain tumours.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish formal eligibility criteria; fellows are appointed at clinical instructor (faculty) level, so confirm licensing and eligibility with the programme.

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

Source: Official Stanford Medicine 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: High-volume transcranial microsurgery and endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, including pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, chordomas, vestibular schwannomas and complex vascular skull base disease, with a skull base anatomy laboratory and multidisciplinary work with otolaryngology, radiation oncology (including Gamma Knife), endocrinology and neuro-oncology.

Eligibility: Residents or graduates of ACGME-approved US or RCPSC-approved Canadian neurosurgical residency programmes who are eligible for Indiana medical licensure.

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

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: Institution-wide Ohio State Wexner Medical Center GME housestaff stipends (latest schedule published, FY2025): PGY-7 USD 78,409, PGY-8 USD 82,997, PGY-9 USD 83,680; confirm the current rate and PGY level with the programme.

Exposure: Approximately 500 skull base operations per year, about half endoscopic, spanning the anterior, lateral and posterior cranial fossae plus craniofacial, head and neck and occipitocervical compartments; fellows receive staff privileges to admit and care for patients with senior mentorship.

Eligibility: Post-residency graduates planning an academic career; the official page does not publish further eligibility criteria.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Ohio State 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 MCW Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) GME stipend scale for the year beginning 1 July 2026 (e.g. PGY-6 USD 88,570; PGY-7 USD 93,524; PGY-8 USD 96,982) per the official GME benefits page; the fellowship's PGY level is not stated.

Exposure: Expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches across all planes and minimal-access keyhole techniques for tumour, vascular, traumatic and congenital pathology, with inpatient and outpatient care and basic and clinical research opportunities.

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

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

Source: Official Medical College of Wisconsin 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: Programme-specific.

Exposure: A centralised match covering 26 participating neurosurgical skull-base fellowship programmes in the 2026 cycle, including US centres and the Universities of British Columbia and Ottawa.

Eligibility: Intended for neurosurgery residents pursuing a career in skull-base surgery; check each participating programme for additional requirements.

Still to confirm: Duration · Funding · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

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

Funding: Institution-wide Mass General Brigham housestaff salary scale effective 1 Jul 2026 (residents and clinical fellows represented by CIR): PGY-6 USD 106,612; PGY-7 USD 112,535; PGY-8 USD 118,458. Most GME-approved programmes also pay a USD 10,500 lump-sum stipend for housing/childcare. The programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Complex cranial and skull base procedures with laboratory anatomical refinement; skull base and microsurgical anatomy; cranial base and neuro-oncological pathologies; open and endoscopic approaches; surgical decision-making, operative planning and perioperative care. At least one scholarly work and one national abstract are required.

Eligibility: Candidates must have completed, or be in their senior year of, an ACGME-accredited programme or the equivalent in their home country, with a high recommendation and demonstrated scholarly achievement.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation

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

Funding: UCLA GME salary scale referenced by the programme page: from 1 September 2026, USD 98,466 (PGY-1) to USD 124,896 (PGY-9), e.g. PGY-7 USD 118,801 and PGY-8 USD 124,242; higher rates from 1 July 2027.

Exposure: Advanced skull base craniotomies (petroclival meningioma, vestibular schwannoma, tuberculum sellae meningioma), complex meningioma and pituitary surgery, radiosurgery for parasellar tumours, collaboration with head and neck surgery, oculoplastics and radiation oncology, and multidisciplinary pituitary, lateral skull base and transorbital tumour conferences across three sites based at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Eligibility: Applicants must hold, or be able to obtain before the start date, an unrestricted California Physician & Surgeon licence; the Medical Board of California requires at least 24 months of ACGME-accredited US postgraduate training.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees

Source: Official UCLA Neurosurgery 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; it refers applicants to the University of Utah Health GME website.

Exposure: Diagnosis, preoperative assessment, operative participation and postoperative care for complex skull base tumours, complex cranial base aneurysms and head and neck cancer with the ENT division; resident teaching, a joint skull base conference with ENT and neuroradiology, and clinical research at University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute.

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

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

Source: Official University of Utah Neurosurgery 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 tumour management using microsurgery, endoscopy, intraoperative CT and MRI with neuronavigation, Gamma Knife and CyberKnife radiosurgery, neurotology, neuroendocrinology and neuro-oncology, with the Swedish Hearing and Skull Base Surgery Center, Seattle Pituitary Center, Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment and a skull base teaching laboratory at the Seattle Science Foundation.

Eligibility: Physicians who are fully trained in neurosurgery.

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

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

Funding: Funded post for one fellow per year; salary commensurate with level and type of training.

Exposure: Skull base anatomy with a cranial base dissection laboratory, outpatient clinics, ICU, ward, emergency and operating-room work for licensed fellows, first on-call duties, teaching and research (at least two peer-reviewed manuscripts a year).

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 · Deadline · Participation level · Fees · Accommodation · Application route · 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: Salaried position (contact the programme director for details); about four nights of call a month may be used for general neurosurgery coverage and income.

Exposure: About 150–200 operative skull base cases a year (80–90% of workload) across open cranial base, endonasal, temporal bone and retrosigmoid approaches plus CyberKnife radiosurgery, covering schwannomas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, sinonasal malignancies and CSF fistulae, with laboratory research.

Eligibility: Foreign medical graduates (outside the US and Canada) are accepted; US or Canadian residency training is not required.

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

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

Funding: Three meals and accommodation are provided and a monthly living stipend is paid; travel expenses are not covered.

Exposure: Observation of surgery for brain tumours, acoustic neuroma, trigeminal neuralgia, cerebral aneurysm and internal carotid stenosis, facility tours and clinical meetings, in a 391-bed hospital with 60 neurosurgical beds and TrueBeam STx radiosurgery.

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: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · 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: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Monthly in-person blocks in Padua (theory and case options, live or recorded surgery, and case review), project work and a final exam; the 2026/27 edition focuses on lateral skull-base approaches. No internships are included.

Eligibility: Foreign-degree holders may apply subject to assessment of their qualification and Italian practice authorisation/registration.

Still to confirm: Current status · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Padua master 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: 1,525 hours including 210 hours of lectures and 750 hours of stage at Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, with dissection on anatomical specimens and clinical exercises in endoscopic sinus and skull-base surgery.

Eligibility: Foreign or Italian candidates with foreign qualifications must submit translated and legalised qualifications, Declaration of Value, CV, motivation letter and identity/visa documents to the Post-Lauream Office.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official University of Insubria programme 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 surgery 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: Endoscopic and open (classical) skull base surgery across two high-complexity public hospitals in Greater Buenos Aires.

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: Tutored, full-time training in skull base surgery and endoscopic neurosurgery at Mexico's national neurology and neurosurgery institute.

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: Skull base dissection and approaches on cadavers and micro-vascular laboratory training with the Research Centre, alongside a six-year neurosurgery residency covering all neurosurgical disciplines.

Eligibility: The WFNS recognition is described as a skull-base fellowship training centre for Saudi Arabia and the surrounding countries.

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

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

Funding: Accommodation and remuneration are provided as per CMC institutional rules; no fellowship-specific amount is published.

Exposure: Subspecialty skull-base neurosurgery training within the CMC Vellore Department of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: MCh / DNB Neurosurgery completed within the last 5 years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director

Source: Official CMC Vellore prospectus 2025–2026. 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 neurosurgery at AIIMS New Delhi.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility in the current AIIMS fellowship entrance notification.

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 neurosurgery at SCTIMST.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the institute; the society listing does not publish criteria.

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 · 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 spine neurosurgery; a separate one-year endovascular neurosurgery fellowship is also listed.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility in the AIIMS Bhubaneswar notification.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · 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; fees follow the TUMS international education fees schedule.

Exposure: Bedside teaching, observer/assistant/independent participation in surgery and post-operative care in the Department of Neurosurgery, including transsphenoidal and expanded endonasal surgery, vestibular schwannoma, anterior circulation aneurysm clipping, skull base meningioma, microvascular decompression and foramen magnum decompression.

Eligibility: Open to neurosurgeons certified by Iranian or foreign universities.

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

Source: Official Tehran University of Medical Sciences page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.