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Fellowship in Skull Base Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

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 [email protected] or Franco DeMonte MD at [email protected]

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