Title of Fellowship
Cerebrovascular & Skullbase Fellowship
Contact Name for Applications
Ingrid Menendez
Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical
Location
Miami, Florida
Year Fellowship Established
1997
Fellowship Director
Jacques J. Morcos, M.D., Fellowship Director
Duration
12 months
Encounter Year Fellowship
Required Prior Training Program
Neurosurgery
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
Yes
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Must have completed USMLE Steps 1-3 (with scores above 230), have a valid ECFMG certificate at the time of application.
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
30%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1
Annual Stipend
$62,900
Night and Weekend Call
No
Estimated Nights Per Month
Estimated Weekends Per Month
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
100
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
0
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
0
Lateral (temporal bone)
0
Posterior
0
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
0
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
0
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
0
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
0
Middle fossa
0
Retrosigmoid
0
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
0
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
Laboratory Research Opportunities
Prerequisite Training Required
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3
Application Deadline
September 19, 2014
Decision Deadline
September 23, 2014
Fellowship Institution Web Site
Previous Fellows
Participating Faculty
Additional Features of the Fellowship
How to Apply
Please email Ingrid Menendez at [email protected] or Ingrid Vanthuyne at [email protected].