Title of Fellowship
Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Contact Name for Applications
Bridget Miller; [email protected]; 801-581-3627
Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical
Location
University of Utah – Salt Lake City, Utah
Year Fellowship Established
2006
Fellowship Director
William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Duration
One-Two Academic Year(s)
Encounter Year Fellowship
Required Prior Training Program
Neurosurgery
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
No
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
90%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
One-Two
Annual Stipend
$64,417 (2014-2015)
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
4
Estimated Weekends Per Month
N/A
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
400
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
40
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
40
Lateral (temporal bone)
40
Posterior
20
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
200
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
10
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
10
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
40
Middle fossa
20
Retrosigmoid
40
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
10
Trauma
Trauma
10
Craniocervical
Transcervical
10
Transoral
5
Endonasal
10
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty
5
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
10
Free Flap Repair
10
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife
0
Cyberknife
0
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
40
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
Yes, yearly skull base cadaver course is held.
Laboratory Research Opportunities
The fellow is expected to be involved in the study of the various disease processes that involve the cranial base. In addition, the anatomical skull base laboratory provided by the Department of Neurosurgery is available for correlative anatomical studies and the developments and refinements in skull base approaches.
Prerequisite Training Required
Neurosurgery Residency completed.
US Residency Required:
Yes
US Residency Required In:
Utah
USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3
Application Deadline
December 31, 2014
Decision Deadline
February 18, 2015
Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://medicine.utah.edu/neurosurgery/index.php
Previous Fellows
Mark Hornyak, M.D. (2006-2007)
Jerone Coppens, M.D. (2007-2008)
Michael Walsh, M.D. (2008-2009)
Philipp Taussky, M.D. (2009-2010)
Tamer Altay, M.D. (2010-2011)
Roukoz Chamoun, M.D. (2011-2012)
Martin Côté, M.D. (2012-2013)
Aaron Cutler, M.D. (2013-2014)
Jayson Neil, M.D. (2014-2015)
Gamaan Alzhrani, M.D. (2016-2918)
Yair Gozal, M.D., P.D. (2017-2018)
Michael A. Cohen M.D. (2018-2019)
Participating Faculty
William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Joel D. MacDonald, M.D.
Philipp Taussky, M.D.
Additional Features of the Fellowship
In this subspecialty, the objective of training is to give fellows an organized, comprehensive, supervised, and full time educational experience in cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery. This expertise includes the evaluation and medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the vasculature of the brain and spinal cord, complex tumors at the base of the skull extending from the anterior to the posterior cranial fossa. Also included in the skull base procedures is the vast experience with management of complex aneurysms located at the cranial base. The clinical material also consists of management of head and neck cancer patients along with the ENT Division within the Department of Surgery.
How to Apply
Please apply through our website:
http://medicine.utah.edu/neurosurgery/skull-base-surgery-fellowship.php