Title of Fellowship
Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Fellowship
Contact Name for Applications
Ricky Wong, MD
Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical
Location
NorthShore University Health System (Chicago)
Year Fellowship Established
2018
Fellowship Director
Julian Bailes, MD; Ricky H. Wong, MD
Duration
1 Year
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
75%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1
Annual Stipend
Night and Weekend Call
No
Estimated Nights Per Month
Estimated Weekends Per Month
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
150
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
10
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
25
Lateral (temporal bone)
0
Posterior
25
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
50
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
10
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
5
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
20
Middle fossa
5
Retrosigmoid
30
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
0
Trauma
Trauma
0
Craniocervical
Transcervical
0
Transoral
0
Endonasal
0
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty
0
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
0
Free Flap Repair
0
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife
0
Cyberknife
0
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
15
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
Large, well-equipped and funded cadaver dissection laboratory.
Laboratory Research Opportunities
Additional research opportunities available.
Prerequisite Training Required
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3
Application Deadline
February 1, 2019
Decision Deadline
April 1, 2019
Fellowship Institution Web Site
Previous Fellows
Participating Faculty
Julian Bailes, MD
Ricky Wong, MD
Additional Features of the Fellowship
Fellow will be a junior faculty member with responsibilities for resident teaching.
How to Apply
Please send CV to:
Ricky Wong, MD
Director of Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery
[email protected]