Spine

Funding: Published as a funded laboratory-based fellowship (salary/benefit detail on the CommonSpirit careers posting linked from the page).

Exposure: Spinal biomechanics, implantable devices, surgical techniques, publications and major spine conferences.

Eligibility: Oriented to international spine surgeons or neurosurgery residents from low- and middle-income countries.

Still to confirm: Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Barrow International Sonntag Spine Research Fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Research funding and moonlighting opportunities are published.

Exposure: Neurotrauma, deformity correction, minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery, navigation and clinical research.

Eligibility: Requires US work eligibility plus permanent Pennsylvania medical and DEA licensure.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

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

Funding: Employment salary and benefits follow Cleveland Clinic appointment terms for the spine fellowship positions.

Exposure: Degenerative cervical/thoracic/lumbar disease, deformity, intra- and extradural tumours, trauma, infection, congenital abnormalities and complex reconstruction/revision; about 60% non-fusion / 40% fusion; roughly 30% cervical, 60% lumbar, remainder thoracic.

Eligibility: Possible only when the applicant can satisfy Ohio permanent-licence, USMLE Step 3 and acceptable work-authorisation requirements.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Cleveland Clinic fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Both fellowship positions receive AANS/NREF support as published on the official Cleveland Clinic Florida spine fellowship page.

Exposure: Adult and adolescent deformity, degenerative disease, trauma, tumour, open reconstruction, minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery, plus translational research.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons seeking advanced open, minimally invasive, robotic and deformity spine training who meet Cleveland Clinic Florida fellowship appointment requirements.

Still to confirm: Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Cleveland Clinic Florida programme page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: UCSF directs applicants to its GME salary and benefits information.

Exposure: Advanced experience with complex spine surgery in the UCSF spine center clinic and inpatient service.

Eligibility: Appropriately trained neurosurgical applicants for UCSF's complex spine fellowship.

Still to confirm: Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UCSF fellowships page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend and salary figures are not listed on the NYU neurosurgery fellowships page; employed fellows follow NYU Langone house-staff / GME appointment terms.

Exposure: Spine surgery fellowship directed by Darryl Lau, MD.

Eligibility: Detailed entry criteria are set by each fellowship director; the department directs applicants to Allison George Lucas for application information.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents

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

Funding: An employed clinical post is described, but salary and benefits are not published in the fellowship document.

Exposure: Competitive post-specialist spine neurosurgery training within CHUV's dedicated spinal surgery unit.

Eligibility: External candidates who have completed neurosurgical specialist training may apply competitively alongside eligible CHUV graduates; Swiss registration and employment conditions apply.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official CHUV postgraduate training concept. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Unpaid; guests bear all costs (travel, accommodation, meals).

Exposure: Full participation in the academic centre's clinical and scientific routine, including observation of orthopaedic, trauma and neurosurgical spine operations.

Eligibility: National and international specialist physicians may submit a written application documenting their professional and scientific background.

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

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

Funding: Tuition is applicant-specific and published through the continuing-education registration process.

Exposure: Multicentre education covering degenerative disease, tumours, infection, trauma, deformity, cervical pathology and complications across French partner universities.

Eligibility: Surgical specialty residents (general surgery DES; orthopaedics and trauma, paediatric surgery or neurosurgery DESC) and holders of equivalent diplomas; orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons holding the French state Doctor of Medicine degree or one from an EU country.

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

Source: Official Aix-Marseille University programme page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Tuition is programme-specific and must be confirmed during registration.

Exposure: Multidisciplinary advanced education across diagnostic and medical-surgical management of spinal cord disorders.

Eligibility: Medical doctors and residents in neurosurgery, orthopaedics, neurology, rehabilitation and radiology may apply with a French or foreign qualification.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Université Paris-Saclay programme page. Reviewed 13 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: Adult and paediatric deformity, spinal tumours, degenerative disease, trauma and cranio-cervical junction 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 · 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: Open and minimally invasive fixation, interbody fusion, cervical surgery, intradural tumours and independent clinic and MDT practice.

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: Complex spinal decision-making, outpatient and MDT practice, index spinal procedures and transition toward independent practice.

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: Complex degenerative, trauma, tumour and deformity spine care with operative, clinic and multidisciplinary experience.

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: High-volume complex spinal surgery, navigation, neuromonitoring, specialised approaches, clinical decision-making and academic training.

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: Emergency and elective complex spine surgery at a major trauma centre, including open, minimally invasive and navigated techniques.

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 unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated adult and paediatric spinal deformity and scoliosis practice.

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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated minimally invasive spinal surgery 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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Paediatric spinal deformity and scoliosis 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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Comprehensive integrated spine fellowship 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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Integrated clinical spine training with a defined spinal-research focus.

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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Candidates must secure funding unless the official programme entry states a different award route.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.

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 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page publishes CAD 100,000 plus benefits when applicable.

Exposure: Complex trauma, spinal cord injury, deformity, degeneration, oncology, intradural tumours, pain, navigation, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy and robotics.

Eligibility: Applicants must have completed an approved residency programme and satisfy UBC PGME and British Columbia registration requirements.

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

Source: Official UBC 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: Advanced neurological spine training within OHSU's CAST-accredited fellowship portfolio.

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

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application documents · Programme director

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 fellow is appointed as Emory senior clinical faculty; the official page states that accepted research presentations are funded.

Exposure: Complex degenerative disease, spinal deformity, spinal oncology (including sacrectomy/hemipelvectomy collaboration), uniportal and biportal endoscopy and endoscopic fusions; team volume over 1,100 spine surgeries/year since 2025 with more than 200 endoscopic cases annually; sites include Emory University Hospital-Midtown, Grady Memorial and Emory University Hospital.

Eligibility: Completion of a US ACGME-accredited residency in neurological surgery. In-folded spine rotations for residents-in-training can be arranged individually but are not a postgraduate spine fellowship.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Emory neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine provides a partial stipend toward living costs; travel, insurance and any shortfall are the fellow's responsibility.

Exposure: High-volume adult and paediatric deformity, degeneration, infection, oncology, trauma, minimally invasive, endoscopic, anterior, navigated and intradural spine surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. 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: Anterior and posterior reconstructive spine surgery from degenerative disease to deformity, with over 250 cases a year (about 100 involving deformity, infection and oncology), clinic time, resident teaching, spine conference and oncology tumour board.

Eligibility: CAST spinal neurosurgery fellowship at UH Cleveland Medical Center; detailed entry criteria are obtained through the UH Neurological Surgery GME office.

Still to confirm: 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: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Trauma, tumour, infection, deformity, paediatric and degenerative spine at a high-volume Level 1 trauma centre, including outpatient surgery at the 48X Surgery Center.

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: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official UC Davis Health 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 Spine fellowship at Dartmouth Hitchcock, approved in 2026.

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

Still to confirm: Duration · 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: 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: The official page describes a one-year CAST-accredited spinal neurosurgery fellowship but does not detail case mix or volumes.

Eligibility: Foreign-trained applicants must hold a valid ECFMG certificate, be fully trained in neurosurgery and have had at least some prior postgraduate training in the US; sponsorship only through ECFMG under J-1 visas.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official UTHealth Houston fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Degenerative disease, trauma, infection, oncology and deformity.

Eligibility: ACGME- and ECFMG-qualified orthopaedic and neurological surgeons who have completed residency.

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

Source: Official University of Arizona 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 UK College of Medicine GME stipends for 2026-27: PGY-6 USD 79,000, PGY-7 USD 82,250, PGY-8 USD 86,500; the PGY level is set by the lowest PGY level eligible to train in the subspecialty, so confirm the level with the programme.

Exposure: Comprehensive spine care with emphasis on complex adult spinal deformity and advanced minimally invasive techniques, in multidisciplinary collaboration with orthopaedics; optional research year in spinal biomechanics or spinal cord physiology and regeneration.

Eligibility: MD graduate of an ACGME- or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-accredited residency, eligible for an unrestricted Kentucky medical licence granted before the start date.

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

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

Funding: Stipend and benefits are described on a separate UAMS orthopaedics applicant-information page; figures are not given on the fellowship page.

Exposure: Around 350-400 operative cases (about 80% operative time) and some 1,500 new referrals a year: degenerative cervical and lumbar disease, adult and paediatric deformity, spinal tumours and complex trauma including spinal cord injury, with MIS and endoscopic surgery, 360-degree fusion, O-arm navigation and robotics, and lateral approaches; at least one publishable work expected.

Eligibility: Graduates of an ACGME-accredited orthopaedic surgery or neurosurgery residency, meeting UAMS GMEC policy 1.200 (Recruitment and Appointment), with a negative pre-employment drug screen and a satisfactory criminal background check.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official UAMS 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.

Exposure: Spinal trauma and fracture management, spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery and spinal cord injury management, with research opportunities; rotations at UofL Hospital and Jewish Hospital.

Eligibility: Residents in their final years of a US residency programme or neurosurgeons who have completed a US neurosurgical residency and are pursuing spinal neurosurgery.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · 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: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Approximately 400 surgical cases across deformities, fractures, neoplasms and degenerative conditions in all ages; extensive anterior and cervical spine surgery, MIS lumbar fusion (percutaneous fixation and MIS interbody fusion), and cervical-to-lumbar instrumentation; training by seven full-time orthopaedic spine surgeons and five full-time neurosurgeons with paediatric and adult deformity exposure.

Eligibility: Applicants enter through SF Match Residency and Fellowship Matching Services; programme-specific prerequisites follow the SF Match listing.

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

Source: Official Norton Healthcare fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Broad range of spinal disorders with emphasis on academic development for a career in academic neurological spine surgery.

Eligibility: Foreign-equivalent neurosurgery residency completion is accepted as published on the official fellowships page.

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

Source: Official Temple University Department of Neurosurgery fellowship 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Broad spectrum of spinal disorders across Allegheny General Hospital and Forbes Regional Hospital with a multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, orthopaedic spine surgeons, pain medicine and rehabilitation medicine.

Eligibility: Advanced training for neurosurgeons and neurosurgery residents interested in spine; confirm current eligibility with the programme.

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

Source: Official Allegheny Health Network CAST-approved 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Complex spine surgery (deformity and spinal oncology), spine trauma, minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery, congenital disorders (tethered cord, Chiari malformation), computer-assisted and robotic spine surgery, spinal stereotactic radiosurgery protocols, and intracranial trauma and general neurosurgery through call, across one Level I trauma centre and two community hospitals.

Eligibility: Completed neurosurgery residency at a US ACGME-accredited programme by enrolment; ABNS board-eligible; eligible for a Rhode Island medical licence.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Brown University 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 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: More than 1,500 spine procedures a year, covering trauma, deformity, degenerative disease and oncology, with rotations among five core spine faculty.

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 12 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: Minimally invasive, deformity, oncology, endoscopic, lateral, anterior, robotic and awake spine surgery with seven spine faculty across 12 rotation blocks; over 1,300 spine cases in the most recent academic year.

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 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; the fellowship pages do not state each fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Adult scoliosis and deformity, degenerative and revision surgery, trauma including lumbopelvic fixation, tumour and infection, motion preservation, navigation and robotics, endoscopic and tubular MIS techniques, and lateral and anterior approaches.

Eligibility: Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States, hold a permanent Pennsylvania medical licence and possess a DEA licence; selection is competitive.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

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

Funding: UTSW GME publishes 2026–27 stipends by PGY level for each employing institution (UT Southwestern, Parkland, Children's, Scottish Rite); the programme is listed among UTSW GME neurological surgery fellowships, but its employer and stipend are not stated on the programme page.

Exposure: Traumatic, deformity, degenerative, neoplastic and congenital spine surgery: two operating days a week at UT Southwestern, one at Parkland Hospital, one clinic day and one protected research day.

Eligibility: IMGs may apply if they hold ECFMG certification (when applicable) and a J-1 visa sponsored by ECFMG or permanent residency; H-1 visas are not sponsored.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official UT Southwestern 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 does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Roughly 70% operative and 30% non-operative work across degenerative (50%), deformity (20%), trauma (15%) and tumour (15%) cases; about 70% MIS and 60% navigated, with lumbar, cervical and thoracic work in adult and paediatric patients. At least two research projects or papers are required.

Eligibility: Orthopaedic and neurosurgery trainees are invited to apply.

Still to confirm: Commencement · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Weill Cornell 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 does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Traumatic, degenerative, deformity and neoplastic spinal and peripheral nerve disorders using open and less-invasive techniques, computer-assisted surgery and robotics, with rotations across neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine faculty and cadaveric and simulation training.

Eligibility: An International Spine Fellowship track is open to surgeons who completed neurological or orthopaedic residency abroad.

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

Source: Official Northwestern University Feinberg 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 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: Adult and paediatric spinal deformity surgery with minimally invasive, microscopic and endoscopic techniques, in collaboration with orthopaedic surgery and neuro-interventional therapeutics, with protected research time.

Eligibility: Open to US and Canadian citizens, US permanent residents and international applicants who completed neurosurgery or orthopaedic residency at an accredited institution.

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

Source: Official Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science 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 does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Comprehensive adult spine surgery including complicated deformities, degenerative conditions, infections, tumours, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, with an emphasis on biomechanics; spine instructors function as attending surgeons while supervising residents.

Eligibility: Post-residency neurosurgeons seeking advanced complex spine training for an academic practice.

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

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: Complex and minimally invasive spine procedures, tumours, artificial disc replacement, degenerative disease, trauma, kyphoplasty and pain management, plus traumatic spine and brain disorders in amateur and professional athletes.

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

Still to confirm: 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: 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 (fellow PGY level set by prior training).

Exposure: Comprehensive spinal care within Ohio State Spine Care with emphasis on complex degenerative, adult deformity, inflammatory and traumatic pathology, advanced minimally invasive techniques, and an option of an additional clinical or basic/translational research year in spinal biomechanics or spinal cord physiology/regeneration.

Eligibility: The official page invites enquiries from international medical graduates.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Ohio State College 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: Trainee salary is set at the Michigan Medicine House Officer rate for the equivalent postgraduate training level under the HOA contract.

Exposure: Minimally invasive, complex revision, deformity, degenerative, tumour and reconstructive spine surgery, with training in instrumentation, navigation, robotics and advanced intraoperative imaging, outpatient spine clinics, weekly spine conference, cadaveric courses and a required spine research project.

Eligibility: Designed for neurosurgeons who have completed an ACGME-accredited (US) neurosurgery residency.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Michigan 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 WashU Medicine GME Consortium housestaff stipends, 1 Jul 2026-30 Jun 2027: PGY-6 USD 88,091; PGY-7 USD 91,618; PGY-8 USD 95,032; PGY-9 USD 99,151. The fellowship page does not state the fellow's PGY level or confirm housestaff appointment.

Exposure: Craniocervical to sacral spine surgery including instrumentation from anterior and posterior approaches, atlantoaxial cases, endoscopic diskectomies/fusions, tumours, infection, congenital, trauma and inflammatory disorders.

Eligibility: Applicants who meet criteria for an unrestricted (non-training) Missouri medical license may be considered alongside ACGME US/Canada residency graduates.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official WashU Medicine Department of 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 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: Minimally invasive surgery (tubular laminectomy, transforaminal and lateral interbody fusion, cortical screw trajectories, retropleural thoracotomy, percutaneous screws), endoscopic spine surgery, degenerative, deformity, trauma, infection and oncology cases, navigation and robotics, skills laboratories and a Fundamentals of Spine lecture series.

Eligibility: MD or DO with board eligibility/certification in neurosurgery, completion of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency, eligibility for a Wisconsin medical licence and UW Health credentialing, and passing a caregiver background check (repeated every two years).

Still to confirm: Current status · 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 UI Health Care GME stipend schedule 2026-2027 for residents and fellows: PGY-6 USD 87,300; PGY-7 USD 92,100 per year, paid monthly. The department does not state the fellow's PGY level.

Exposure: Four months with Dr. Patrick Hitchon (thoracolumbar trauma and tumours, largely anterior and anterolateral approaches, plus general spine) and four months with Dr. Arnold Menezes (craniovertebral junction tumours, congenital anomalies and deformities), with clinics, all spine-related surgery and clinical research.

Eligibility: Post-residency neurosurgical training; the official pages do not publish further eligibility criteria.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Language · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation

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

Exposure: Degenerative spinal disorders, deformity, complex fractures, infections and spinal tumours, with advanced instrumentation, minimally invasive techniques and intraoperative image guidance, rotating with multiple spine faculty; teaching conferences, journal club and a resident spine anatomy cadaver course.

Eligibility: Candidates who completed the chief residency year of a foreign equivalent of an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency may be considered.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director

Source: Official Rush University 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: Spine trauma, tumours and degenerative disease with all types of surgical fixation and graduated operative responsibility, plus basic and clinical research including biomechanics and access to a large crash-test facility; fellows must present nationally and produce at least two publication-quality papers.

Eligibility: Completion of a neurosurgery residency with interest in an academic career; an unrestricted Wisconsin medical licence is mandatory; international graduates need a residency accredited by the ACGME or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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

Source: Official Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Neurosurgery fellowship page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Programme funds conference travel. 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: Degenerative, oncologic, traumatic, deformity and endoscopic spine surgery; open and minimally invasive techniques; complex reconstruction and spinal instrumentation; substantial outpatient clinic experience; teaching of neurosurgery residents; clinical, anatomic, biomechanical, outcomes and translational research.

Eligibility: Completion of an ACGME-accredited programme or the equivalent in the home country, and a valid Massachusetts State Medical License.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · 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: The official page does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Advanced training in the comprehensive management of spinal disorders, including complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.

Eligibility: Graduates of an equivalent international residency programme may apply if eligible for a New York State licence and DEA registration.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Participation level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Columbia Neurosurgery fellowships 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: Endoscopic spine surgery; minimally invasive deformity and fusion; spine robotics; advanced lateral techniques (anterior-to-psoas, lateral ALIF); adult thoracolumbar and cervical deformity correction including PSO and VCR; en bloc and intralesional tumour resection; trauma; revision and reconstruction; degenerative disease; peripheral nerve repair. Over 2,000 spine surgeries a year; clinical and translational research.

Eligibility: Applicants email a CV expressing interest; the director and coordinator then send application guidelines. Detailed published entry criteria beyond that invitation are not listed on the fellowship page.

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

Source: Official Penn Neurosurgery 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 does not publish the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Complex spinal surgery including deformity, tumours and trauma; 350-400 cases a year, many performed independently; fellows act as independent attending surgeons, supervise residents and run an outpatient clinic; weekly Grand Rounds and a monthly combined spine conference with Orthopedics; at least one research project presented at a spring meeting.

Eligibility: Structured advanced training for complex spinal surgery (deformity, tumours and trauma); detailed entry criteria are discussed with the programme during application.

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

Source: Official Yale 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and complex reconstruction and fusion for degenerative conditions, deformity, tumours, infection and trauma at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview. Graduation requires at least 75 complex spine cases as first surgeon, a project presented at the Banff North America Spine Fellows Forum, at least one peer-reviewed publication and attendance at the AO North America Advanced Concepts Course.

Eligibility: Eligible in the US for the American Board of Neurological Surgery; completed an ACGME-accredited neurological surgery training programme in the US; qualify for independent Maryland state licensure; eligible for appointment as an instructor in neurosurgery with privileges at both clinical sites.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery instructorship page. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Institution-wide Duke GME stipend scale for residents and fellows, FY27 (effective 1 Jul 2026): PGY-6 USD 86,292; PGY-7 USD 90,036; PGY-8 USD 94,332 per year, per the Duke Neurosurgery stipends and benefits page.

Exposure: Post-residency adult spine surgery training within the Duke Department of Neurosurgery; the list page does not publish case volumes or rotation details.

Eligibility: Institution-wide Duke GME rule: international medical graduates need a currently valid ECFMG certificate or a full unrestricted US licence.

Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

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

Funding: Institution-wide UVA GME 2026-27 house staff stipend (medical): PGY-6 USD 82,390, PGY-7 USD 85,775, PGY-8 USD 89,920, paid bi-weekly; the PGY level is set by GME stipend policy, so confirm the level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Rotation blocks providing broad outpatient and inpatient spinal care, from focal disc herniations to complex deformity reconstruction, including clinic evaluation and all aspects of surgical and postoperative care. Fellows are encouraged to submit at least one first-author abstract and one first-author manuscript.

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

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official UVA 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 UAB GME salary scale for 1 July 2026–30 June 2027: USD 64,890 (PGY-1) to USD 91,418 (PGY-8); the programme page does not state the fellow's PGY level. Fellows hold staff privileges and serve as instructors; whether this scale applies to the instructorship year is stated only through the UAB GME schedule.

Exposure: Adult deformity, spinal oncology and outpatient minimally invasive surgery, including work at UAB's ambulatory surgery centre. Fellows hold staff privileges, take complex spine trauma call, run a weekly clinic and serve as neurosurgery instructors.

Eligibility: Designed for neurosurgeons seeking advanced spine training and independent practice leadership.

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

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

Funding: Funded by and conducted primarily from Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute; funds are provided for one national professional meeting. The official page does not publish the salary.

Exposure: Clinical rotation covering degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic and congenital spinal conditions, with about 70% of time in surgery and 30% in non-operative care, across a university medical centre, a community hospital and a private ambulatory surgery centre. The research rotation requires at least two projects and one publishable paper.

Eligibility: The official page does not publish formal eligibility criteria; applicants submit a CV, cover letter and three reference letters.

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

Source: Official UTHSC 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 Houston Methodist GME salary scale 2026–27 by programme level: level 1 USD 72,080 to level 8 USD 92,986 (e.g. level 7 USD 89,660).

Exposure: Approximately 3,500 spine surgeries performed at Houston Methodist, covering the full spectrum of spinal pathology including instrumentation and minimally invasive endoscopic approaches.

Eligibility: Medical-school graduates outside the US and Canada require a current valid ECFMG certificate; neurosurgery training must be ACGME- or RCPSC-accredited.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Positions · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation

Source: Official Houston Methodist fellowship page. Reviewed 13 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. Travel support for meetings is provided.

Exposure: Approximately 300 major spinal operations, including minimally invasive surgery, deformity, oncology, trauma, degenerative and congenital disease; outpatient clinics, resident teaching, a weekly joint neurosurgery–orthopaedic spine conference and optional NIH-funded research. Sites: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Spine 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, and licence processing typically takes about six months.

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: Complex cervical spine disorders, spinal deformity including scoliosis, spinal oncology including radiosurgery and degenerative disease, using image-guided, minimally invasive, endoscopic and microsurgical techniques, with high volumes of spinal fracture and tumour cases 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 · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official University of Utah 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 moonlighting or Saturday surgery may attract extra pay.

Exposure: Case mix of roughly 20% trauma, 55% degenerative, 10% deformity and 15% neoplasia/infection, split about evenly between cervical and thoracolumbar pathology, with complex trauma, deformity, minimally invasive, full-endoscopic, navigated and robotic surgery and a multidisciplinary metastatic spine tumour programme. Sites: Harborview Medical Center (primary), UW Medical Center–Montlake and UW Medical Center–Northwest.

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 · 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 the current salary and benefits package.

Exposure: Operative, clinic and ward training in degenerative, neoplastic, traumatic and infectious spinal disorders, junior attending call, resident teaching, and clinical and basic research with access to the Kelly Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory and virtual reality laboratories at the Sonntag Spine Center.

Eligibility: 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: Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route

Source: Official Barrow Neurological Institute 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 CU Anschutz GME annual base stipends for 2026-27: PGY-6 USD 97,824.22, PGY-7 USD 102,995.34, paid monthly; confirm the PGY level for this fellowship.

Exposure: Complex spine surgery "from the skull base to the tail bone": deformity, minimally invasive surgery, tumours, high-volume trauma, CSF leaks through a dedicated CSF Leak Program, motion preservation, craniovertebral junction and spinopelvic disorders, working with orthopaedics and PM&R at the multidisciplinary UCHealth Spine Center, with access to campus research laboratories.

Eligibility: The official page does not list eligibility criteria; qualified applicants are invited to contact the programme.

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

Source: Official CU Anschutz 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Most aspects of adult and paediatric spine surgery except adolescent deformity/scoliosis; includes spine trauma (with orthopaedics), spine oncology, degenerative spinal deformity and paediatric craniocervical junction disorders.

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

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · 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; applicants are asked for details of self-funding if applicable.

Exposure: Four-month blocks with each of three spinal neurosurgeons covering trauma, oncology, infection, vascular malformations and degenerative disease at a Level 1 trauma centre, with clinics, a required research project, weekly spine case conference, teaching and second on-call home call.

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 · Fees · Accommodation · 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 does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Adult traumatic and non-traumatic spine surgery (degenerative, deformity, neoplastic and infectious) across the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, complex tumour resections, out-of-house call no more than 1:4, and two research projects in areas such as spinal cord injury, deformity, minimally invasive surgery and outcomes.

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 documents

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: Programme-funded salary of $70,000 per year unless self-funded; fellows able to bill as surgical assistants may also receive a share of billings.

Exposure: Four months each of neurosurgical spine and orthopaedic spine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and combined spine surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital, 3–4 operating days a week and about 400 cases covering deformity and intradural pathology, optional Stollery scoliosis exposure, about 1-in-4 second call and CSORN research.

Eligibility: A minimum level of general spine training; applicants whose medical school instruction was not in English should meet IELTS (preferably above 7.0 in each segment) or OET (above B in each segment) requirements.

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

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

Funding: Stipend of AUD 100,000 per the AOA accredited fellowship summary (NSA list: more than $75,000).

Exposure: Minimally invasive and open surgery for degenerative, neoplastic and traumatic spinal pathology across Royal Melbourne, Melbourne Private and Western hospitals, with a combined workload of more than 1,000 patients, trauma and oncology liaison, pain service involvement and clinical research.

Eligibility: Applicants for NSA/RACS PFET accredited spine posts meeting college PFET pathway requirements.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Remuneration of more than AUD 75,000.

Exposure: Degenerative cervical and lumbar disease, spinal trauma, primary, metastatic and intradural tumours, metabolic bone disease, infection, congenital anomalies, failed back syndrome and syringomyelia, using endoscopic, microscopic and minimally invasive techniques, with inpatient and outpatient responsibility plus basic and clinical research.

Eligibility: International applicants must meet AHPRA registration and NSA/AOA PFET post requirements for appointment to an accredited Australian PFET post.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend of AUD 80,000 per the AOA summary (NSA list: more than $50,000 and less than $75,000).

Exposure: Combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic adult spine surgery from occiput to sacrum, including degenerative disease, tumours, adolescent and adult deformity, infection and trauma, with the statewide Victorian Spinal Cord Injuries Service and prospective outcomes research (at least two papers expected).

Eligibility: Eligible for registration by the Australian medical board; an orthopaedic or neurosurgical postgraduate fellowship (FRACS) or equivalent is a prerequisite.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Approximately AUD 120,000 per annum.

Exposure: Advanced management and complex spinal surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital and Prince of Wales Private Hospital in Randwick.

Eligibility: MBBS or equivalent with current or eligible Medical Board of Australia registration, at least five full years of advanced surgical training in orthopaedic surgery or neurosurgery with certification in the country of training, and demonstrated commitment to a spine surgery career.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Full salary commensurate with experience (NSA list: more than AUD 75,000).

Exposure: Clinical attachment to neurosurgical and orthopaedic spinal services with a busy trauma service, paediatric and adult spinal disorders, anterior and posterior approaches, fixation and deformity correction, a monthly combined audit meeting and clinical research using a prospective database.

Eligibility: Applicants for NSA/RACS PFET accredited spine posts meeting college PFET pathway requirements.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Remuneration of more than AUD 75,000.

Exposure: Minimally invasive spinal surgery for predominantly degenerative pathology using intra-operative CT and navigation, within a Centre for Neurosciences service of 8 neurosurgeons and 4 orthopaedic spinal surgeons that has performed more than 3,000 MIS procedures, with outpatient, theatre and ward responsibilities.

Eligibility: Applicants for NSA/RACS PFET accredited spine posts meeting college PFET pathway requirements.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend of more than AUD 75,000.

Exposure: Degenerative cervical and lumbar disease and complex spinal instrumentation for degenerative, trauma and tumour cases across St Vincent's public and private hospitals, from diagnosis through surgery to outpatient follow-up, with research and teaching of registrars.

Eligibility: Applicants for NSA/RACS PFET accredited spine posts meeting college PFET pathway requirements.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AUD 100,000 funded stipend.

Exposure: High-volume adult private-sector spine surgery including deformity correction, anterior lumbar approaches, navigated and robotic surgery, disc replacement and occipito-cervical pathology, with opportunities in paediatric spine and Chiari/syrinx/CSF neurosurgery and enrolment in a Master of Advanced Surgery programme.

Eligibility: Suitable for AHPRA registration, completed English language test, and completed specialist training in neurosurgery or orthopaedics with demonstrated commitment to a spinal surgery career.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Remuneration of more than AUD 90,000.

Exposure: Complex spinal operating, instrumentation, endoscopic techniques, image-guided navigation and intra-operative monitoring across Calvary Adelaide, Calvary North, The Memorial Hospital and St Andrew's Hospital, with research through the centre's partner organisation and training in medico-legal reporting.

Eligibility: FRACS (orthopaedics or neurosurgery) or equivalent.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Remuneration of more than AUD 75,000.

Exposure: Diagnostic assessment and higher-order spinal surgery with particular focus on anterior cervical, thoracic and lumbar reconstruction, total disc replacement and deformity correction in the ageing spine, plus outcomes research with Bond University.

Eligibility: PFET position for general orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons; the accredited post list does not publish further criteria.

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

Source: Official NSA/AOA 2025 accredited post list. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fee-paying: observership USD 2,000/month or hands-on practice USD 3,000/month plus SIF-PC tuition and admin fees; discounts or waivers may apply.

Exposure: Spinal neurosurgery at the Gangnam campus, listed as a separate neurosurgery track within the Severance International Fellowship.

Eligibility: International physicians; hands-on practice requires completion of the SIF-Prime Course needed for Ministry of Health and Welfare permission.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Yonsei Institute for Global Health physician 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: Fourteen modules over 60 CFU: remote lectures three half-days per month, observation at partner hospitals in four three-day blocks per year and optional two-day Anatomy Lab sessions, covering cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine pathology and surgical options.

Eligibility: Applicants with foreign degrees must provide a Declaration of Value with translated and legalised degree and transcript.

Still to confirm: Current status · Training level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation

Source: Official Humanitas University 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: Hands-on cadaver training on anterior (endoscopic or microsurgical transnasal, transoral, transmaxillary, transmandibular), lateral and posterior suboccipital approaches to the craniovertebral junction, plus instrumented fusion techniques; a project-based alternative is offered.

Eligibility: Graduates in Medicine and Surgery (LM-41); specialists and residents in Neurosurgery, Otorhinolaryngology, and Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Università Cattolica 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: Six 21-hour seminars rotating between Paris, Lille, Bordeaux/Rennes, Lyon, Marseille/Nice and Strasbourg, a revision-surgery module, five cadaver practical sessions, a mandatory 40-hour placement in an approved unit and a dissertation.

Eligibility: Continuing-education route requires a French or EU medical doctorate; DFMSA trainees and holders of recognised equivalent diplomas may also enrol.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Université Lyon 1 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: Spinal column and spinal cord 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: Spine and spinal cord surgery across a private medical centre, a provincial interzonal hospital and a clinic in Junín.

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: Spinal surgery at Clínica Güemes de Luján with affiliated Buenos Aires City centres: Sanatorio Mater Dei, Sanatorio de los Arcos, CEMIC and Sanatorio Finochietto.

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 spinal surgery 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: Paid fellowship with no stipend: monthly fee R$2,400 (240 hours per month); application fee R$350 and non-refundable pre-enrolment fee R$1,500.

Exposure: Spinal surgery training at Hospital São José, the Santa Casa complex's neurosciences hospital.

Eligibility: Requires Brazilian CRM registration and specialist registration (RQE). Doctors trained abroad without Revalida are directed to Santa Casa's separate Teaching and Training Programme for Foreign Doctors (2027 call open 8 September–26 October 2026; registration fee R$700), which includes neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Training level · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Santa Casa de Porto Alegre fellowship notice. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Paid fellowship with no stipend: monthly fee R$2,400; application fee R$350 and non-refundable pre-enrolment fee R$1,500.

Exposure: Two-year full-time spinal column surgery training within the Santa Casa de Porto Alegre hospital complex.

Eligibility: Requires Brazilian CRM registration and specialist registration (RQE). Doctors trained abroad without Revalida are directed to Santa Casa's separate Teaching and Training Programme for Foreign Doctors (2027 call open 8 September–26 October 2026; registration fee R$700), which includes neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology.

Still to confirm: Current status · Participation level · Training level · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Santa Casa de Porto Alegre fellowship notice. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Tuition of 240 UF (20 UF per month); the page does not publish a stipend.

Exposure: Multicentre spine training Monday to Friday (08:00–18:00) at Clínica Santa María, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Hospital San José, Instituto Traumatológico de Santiago and Hospital San Borja Arriarán.

Eligibility: Orthopaedic/traumatology or neurosurgery specialists registered with the Chilean Superintendencia de Salud, with an active link to a public or private spine team; requires EUNACOM result and specialist certificate from an accredited university and/or CONACEM.

Still to confirm: Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Application route · Official contact · Accreditation

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

Funding: Tuition listed as $7,812,000 for the first semester of 2026; no stipend is published.

Exposure: Spine pathology across all ages—congenital, traumatic, degenerative, tumour, deformity, inflammatory and infectious—with modules in paediatric spine, neurophysiology, advanced neuroradiology and pain, at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá and Instituto Roosevelt.

Eligibility: Specialists in orthopaedics and traumatology or neurosurgery with a degree from a recognised Colombian university, or a foreign degree validated (convalidado) and registered in RETHUS; a second language, preferably English, is desirable.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Official Universidad del Rosario programme 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: One year in neurosurgery and one year in orthopaedic surgery, covering degenerative, deformity, trauma, tumour, paediatric and minimally invasive spine surgery with anterior, posterior and lateral approaches.

Eligibility: Iraqi Board-wide: the Board states it currently trains 2,505 students across 37 specialties plus 25 students from Arab countries; non-Iraqi eligibility for this programme is not specified.

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

Source: Official Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations 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: Anatomical, biomechanical and surgical fundamentals; spinal cord and vertebral trauma; degenerative spine disease; tumoral, infectious and inflammatory lesions; and paediatric, adolescent and adult spinal deformity.

Eligibility: Specialists in orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery, and residents in those two specialties.

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

Source: Official Faculty of Medicine of Tunis 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: Adult and paediatric spine surgery covering degenerative disease, deformity, tumours, infections, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, anterior and posterior cervical-to-lumbosacral approaches, instrumentation and clinical research.

Eligibility: Medical graduates with DNB/MS Orthopaedics or DNB/MCh Neurosurgery who qualify in the NBE fellowship entrance examination and meet NBE eligibility criteria for fellowship courses.

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

Source: Official NBE FNB Spine Surgery curriculum guidelines. 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 spine 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: Spine and spinal deformity surgery within the AIIMS New Delhi Department of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Online application via the AIIMS exams website as listed by the Neurological Society of India.

Still to confirm: Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · 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: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Spine and craniovertebral junction neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Selection via advertisement (typically June), online registration, multiple-choice question examination and interview.

Still to confirm: 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 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 funding or salary details.

Exposure: Minimally invasive spine surgery.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director.

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

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Self-funded; fellows bear expenses and an NNI processing fee is charged after acceptance.

Exposure: Clinical spine surgery and multidisciplinary spinal-problem management at National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@TTSH).

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 · Examinations · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official NNI neurosurgery fellowship programmes page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Stipend benchmarked at USD 550 per week in the United States and adjusted for local price levels; travel and insurance are the fellow's responsibility.

Exposure: Short-term clinical fellowship at an AO Spine host centre.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, with at least two years' AO membership, prior attendance at an AO course or event, no spine fellowship in the past two years (except self-funded) and aged up to 45 at application.

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

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

Funding: Award of approximately USD 20,000 for educational materials, course registrations, air travel, room and board and living expenses.

Exposure: A tailored spine observership in neurosurgery and orthopaedics with clinic and operating-room time.

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

Still to confirm: Commencement · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · 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: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Spine Group: about 450 surgical cases per year and 55 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Instituto Ortopedia y Traumatologia Carlos E. Ottolenghi: about 400 surgical cases per year and 200 beds; techniques include standard open, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Orthopedics and traumatology: about 1059 surgical cases per year and 335 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: We are experts in interventional pain management (percutaneous techniques: thermodiscoplasty, radiofrequency and spinal blocks), cervical and lumbar degenerative surgery, and deformities (pediatric and adult).

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Spine Surgery: about 2400 surgical cases per year and 82 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: about 5000 surgical cases per year and 150 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Orthopaedic Department: about 2500 surgical cases per year and 75 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: panel discussion, ward round, local tour.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Spine Surgery: about 4000 surgical cases per year and 182 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1. national scoliosis meeting each year in Nanjing; 2. scoliosis training courses.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: about 4000 surgical cases per year and 160 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: Meetings, Courses.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopedics: about 818 surgical cases per year and 68 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1.Participate in weekly spine morning conferences. 2.Organize an annual cadaveric spine surgery workshop in August.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Spine Tumor Center, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery: about 1400 surgical cases per year and 106 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: 1. Multidisciplinary Spine Tumor Meetings 2. Grand Round 3. Mortality and Morbidity.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Disciplina da Coluna Vertebral: about 192 surgical cases per year and 30 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Orthopedics and Traumatology: about 372 surgical cases per year and 500 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery. Other activities: Movilab research, Cadaveric training, Clinical seminars Percutaneous spine techniques Cadaveric surgical training (amphitheater) Motion analysis laboratory (Movilab) integration.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Neurosurgery – Spine Division: about 4798 surgical cases per year and 150 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Spine Surgery: about 250 surgical cases per year and 350 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management surgery. Other activities: Research opportunities, workshops, cadaver labs, journal club and weekly clinical meetings.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Ortopedia - Traumatologia: about 190 surgical cases per year and 50 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Ortopedia y Traumatología: about 300 surgical cases per year and 146 beds; techniques include standard open, anterior, intradural, pain-management surgery.

Eligibility: International programme open to AO Spine members worldwide with at least two years' membership; AO allocates host centres and applicants should not contact host centres until AO confirms the placement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Neurosurgery: about 1200 surgical cases per year and 59 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management surgery. Other activities: Professor Jin Sung Kim is proficient in a range of advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques, including: - Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Bi-portal Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion - Microscopic Tubular Decompression - Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracic Approach.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees

Source: Official AO Spine host-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: Subspecialty training in spinal neurosurgery within the Neurosurgery Division of Ramathibodi's Department of Surgery.

Eligibility: Thai advanced-residency (แพทย์ประจำบ้านต่อยอด) pathway for neurosurgeons; the course page does not publish entry criteria, so confirm eligibility and Thai registration requirements with the Department of Surgery.

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

Source: Official Ramathibodi 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 does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Clinical spine surgery focus at Technische Universität München neurosurgery (Wirbelsäulenchirurgie).

Eligibility: International neurosurgeons selected through the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) spine fellowship scheme; selection rules are set by EANS.

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

Source: Official TUM Department of Neurosurgery spine surgery page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Fees: €700/year (initial training); €1,000/year (unfunded continuing education); €1,200/year (funded continuing education), plus university registration fees.

Exposure: 20 hours of theory and 40 hours of compulsory hands-on simulation training at the DETERCA surgical school (percutaneous, mini-open, uni- and biportal endoscopy, navigation, enhanced recovery) plus a 7-hour observation day in the operating theatre; assessment by continuous evaluation, dissertation and practical exam on anatomical specimens.

Eligibility: Surgical specialty residents (internes), chefs de clinique assistants and orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons in training or fully qualified, with authorisation of the responsible professor.

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

Source: Official Université de Bordeaux DU regulations (PDF). Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Specific training fees €2,000 plus national university (master-level) registration fees.

Exposure: 72 hours of in-person teaching in four regional sessions at partner universities, 24 hours of videoconference, 20 hours of practical training and 20 hours of recorded e-learning on transforaminal and interlaminar endoscopic approaches, imaging and endoscopic instrumentation.

Eligibility: Continuing education: orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons with a particular interest in spine surgery. Initial training: orthopaedic or neurosurgery residents who have validated at least 8 semesters of the specialty.

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

Source: Official Université de Strasbourg course catalogue 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; fees follow the TUMS international education fees schedule.

Exposure: Joint orthopaedic–neurosurgery programme covering spinal trauma, paediatric and adult deformity, degenerative, metabolic, tumour, infectious and congenital disease; decompression, discectomy, instrumentation and tumour surgery with intraoperative neuromonitoring at Shariati, Imam Khomeini and Sina hospitals.

Eligibility: Graduated neurosurgeon or orthopaedic surgeon; successful completion of an approved general physician programme; proficient in English or Persian.

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

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

Funding: Funded by a ten-year, $500,000 endowment from Dr Chris Ekong through Hospitals of Regina Foundation, supporting ten one-year fellowships; individual salary details are not published.

Exposure: Degenerative spine disease, spinal deformity, spinal cord injury, spinal tumours and spinal trauma, with emergency and inpatient care, consultations and post-operative follow-up. Faculty are Regina's four neurosurgeons and two orthopaedic spine surgeons, and the fellow teaches medical students and residents at the College of Medicine Regina Campus.

Eligibility: Neurosurgeons seeking subspecialty spine training (one surgeon accepted a year). The page does not publish further eligibility criteria.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · 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 Hospitals of Regina Foundation page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Orthopedic Department with 221 beds and about 8800 surgical cases per year; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management and tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Orthopedic Surgery department (359 beds, about 520 spine cases per year) using open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques; listed activities include C-arm-free technique, OLIF51, neuromonitoring and navigated endoscopic surgery.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (48 beds, about 500 cases per year) with open, robotic, anterior, navigated and intradural surgery; the host notes around 10 thoracic OPLL patients a year.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (40 beds, about 300 cases per year) using open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques.

Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Daegu Catholic University Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Training centres may set a recommended participation fee and KOMISS charges a separate administrative fee; KOMISS may provide financial or other support for programme operation.

Exposure: Spine Center: observation of and participation in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, with opportunities for academic research. Pohang Hospital is a second KOMISS host centre in the city.

Eligibility: Proficiently trained neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons seeking to enhance spine surgical (particularly endoscopic) techniques; selection considers experience and education in endoscopic spine surgery.

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

Source: Official KOMISS fellowship host-centre list. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Placements are charged by invoice after completion to the employer or trainee (free for members of the Czech Armed Forces); on-site accommodation is available.

Exposure: FN Olomouc's Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery covers general neurosurgery, neurotraumatology and specialised spine surgery.

Eligibility: Postgraduate doctors arranging a professional placement, including placements within specialisation training; the exact dates must be agreed in advance with the head of the relevant department.

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

Source: Official FN Olomouc careers and education page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Paid post: salary at the appropriate point of the ST3+ scale based on previous service, with 1B (40%) banding; the Trust page gives a typical gross salary of about £71,000 for non-UK trainees.

Exposure: All aspects of spinal surgery in a combined orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, including complex degenerative cervical and lumbar surgery, spinal tumours (the RVI is one of four UK centres treating primary spinal tumours), spinal deformity and sarcoma for senior appointees, and acute spinal on-call on a 1:5 rota with no overnight or non-spinal on-call duties.

Eligibility: Highly motivated surgeons with previous spinal surgery experience (essential) and Part 2 FRCS or equivalent; audit and research in spine or related fields is desirable. Clear, fluent English communication is required, and non-UK/EEA applicants should check current immigration rules for postgraduate doctors and dentists.

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

Source: Official Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director; the directory entry does not publish entry criteria.

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 · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. 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: Two-year post-doctoral Fellowship of the National Board (FNB) training in spine surgery within a neurosurgical unit.

Eligibility: Admission is through the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) FNB process; confirm eligibility in the current NBEMS bulletin.

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

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. 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: Ambulatory and surgical spine care with an average operative case load of approximately 250 cases, plus research opportunities.

Eligibility: Completion of a neurosurgical residency programme and eligibility for licensure in North Carolina.

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

Source: Official Wake Forest University School of Medicine page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow. The host lists a EUR 500 administration fee covering hospital registration, licences, research approval and dedicated teaching.

Exposure: Department of Neurosurgery: about 1,500 surgical cases per year and 145 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, thoracoscopic and pain-management surgery across degenerative, trauma, oncology, deformity and infection cases.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

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

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurosurgery: about 2,000 surgical cases per year and 44 beds, with large degenerative, infection, fragility-fracture and trauma caseloads plus brain trauma; techniques include open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, thoracoscopic and tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Spine surgery department: about 1,600 surgical cases per year and 44 beds, including deformity, degenerative, oncology, infection, trauma, revision and craniocervical cases; techniques include open, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, thoracoscopic and tuberculosis surgery.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Department of Spine Surgery: about 1,100 surgical cases per year and 36 beds, mainly degenerative with deformity, trauma, infection and oncology cases; techniques include open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, thoracoscopic and tuberculosis surgery, plus M&M conferences, outpatient clinics, rounds and research activity.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Interdisciplinary spine and scoliosis centre: about 1,200 surgical cases per year and 35 beds; techniques include open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural and thoracoscopic surgery, with structured research, regional case conferences and weekly continuing-education lectures.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Neurosurgery department and surgical spine unit: about 443 surgical cases per year and 29 beds, including degenerative, fragility-fracture, trauma, oncology, intradural tumour and spinal AVM/dural fistula cases; techniques include open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural surgery, plus a pain clinic and multidisciplinary spine meeting.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.

Exposure: Spine unit: about 502 surgical cases per year and 60 beds, mainly degenerative with deformity, trauma, fragility-fracture, infection and oncology cases; techniques include open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural surgery, alongside rheumatology, pain clinic, rehabilitation, imaging and research activities.

Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact

Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.