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Clinical Neurosurgical Skull Base Oncology Fellowship

The fellowship allows for broad interaction with neuro-otologists, head and neck surgeons, rhinologists, ophthalmologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists to name only a few.

Title of Fellowship
Clinical Neurosurgical Skull Base Oncology Fellowship

Contact Name for Applications
Michael J. Link, MD

Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical

Location
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Year Fellowship Established
2014

Fellowship Director
Michael J. Link, MD

Duration
1-year

Encounter Year Fellowship

Required Prior Training Program
Neurosurgery

Required Prior Training Program Other

Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
Yes

Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements

It is rare that we consider foreign medical graduates. The Mayo Clinic offers a 2 year international clinical fellowship, and foreign medical graduates who complete that fellowship and want subspecialty training in skull base surgery are then considered for the dedicated skull base fellowship.

Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
90%

Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1

Annual Stipend
PGY-8 level

Night and Weekend Call
Yes

Estimated Nights Per Month
Night call is very rare but may occasionally be necessary

Estimated Weekends Per Month
Weekend call is very rare but may occassionally be necessary

Clinical Work

Total potential operative skull base cases per year
300

Open Cranial Base

Anterior
10

Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
40

Lateral (temporal bone)
150

Posterior
100

Endonasal Cranial Base

Pituitary/Sella
50

Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
20

Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
20

Temporal Bone

Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
35

Middle fossa
20

Retrosigmoid
120

Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive

Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
2

Trauma

Trauma
3

Craniocervical

Transcervical
5

Transoral
0

Endonasal
2

Reconstruction

Cranioplasty
0

Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
0

Free Flap Repair
15

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Gammaknife
150

Cyberknife
0

Other
0

Cerebral Vascular Surgery

Transcranial
10

Endovascular
0

Additional Information

Anatomical Dissection Laboratory

We have a state of the art skull base dissection laboratory. Thanks to our recent fellow, Dr. Maria Peris-Celda, who was a former fellow of Dr. Rhoton, we have much improved our techniques for both dissection and photography to try to produce high quality publications of skull base dissection techniques and continue our anatomical research.

Laboratory Research Opportunities

Prerequisite Training Required

Completion of a neurosurgical residency with passing score on the written ABNS exam.

US Residency Required:
No

US Residency Required In:

USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3

Application Deadline
July 1, 2018

Decision Deadline
December 1, 2018

Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://www.mayo.edu/mayo-clinic-school-of-graduate-medical-education/residencies-fellowships/neurologic-surgery/neurosurgical-skull-base-oncology-fellowship-minnesota

Previous Fellows

Jeff Jacob
Will Copeland
Tarek Rayan
Vijay Agarwal
Maria Peris-Celda

Participating Faculty

Michael J. Link, MD
Jamie J. Van Gompel, MD

Additional Features of the Fellowship

The fellowship allows for broad interaction with neuro-otologists, head and neck surgeons, rhinologists, ophthalmologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists to name only a few.

How to Apply

http://www.mayo.edu/mayo-clinic-school-of-graduate-medical-education/residencies-fellowships/neurologic-surgery/neurosurgical-skull-base-oncology-fellowship-minnesota

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