Title of Fellowship
Fellowship in Skull Base Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Contact Name for Applications
Franco DeMonte MD
Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical
Location
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Year Fellowship Established
2012-2013
Fellowship Director
Franco DeMonte 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
ECFMG, English proficiency
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
90%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1
Annual Stipend
comensurate to PGY level – augmented if able to get Texas license
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
1 in 6 to 1 in 7
Estimated Weekends Per Month
0-1
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
100-150
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
25
Cyberknife
0
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
0
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
new – state of the art
Laboratory Research Opportunities
yes
Prerequisite Training Required
post residency
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3
Application Deadline
October 15, 2015
Decision Deadline
February 15, 2016
Fellowship Institution Web Site
Previous Fellows
Betty Kim MD, PhD – Mayo-Jacksonville Shaan Raza MD – M.D. Anderson Vince DiNapoli MD, PhD – U of Cincinnati/Mayfield Clinic
Participating Faculty
Franco DeMonte MD Shaan M Raza MD Ehab Hanna MD Paul Gidley MD Shirley Su MD Michael Kupferman MD
Additional Features of the Fellowship
How to Apply
Contact Barbara Krell at bkrell@mdanderson.org or Franco DeMonte MD at fdemonte@mdanderson.org