The membership of the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) is a tremendous resource for the training of fellows, who are the future of the development of our specialty. The society has developed a registry of skull base fellowships that are offered by the society membership.
The society recognizes that we are a diverse and multidisciplinary group comprised of several different specialties, all of whom have significant interest and focus in the management of skull base neoplasia. Likewise, the nature and character of the various fellowships will represent and reflect their differences. In addition, we recognize that there will be variation between individual fellowship experiences resulting from the differences in the preceptor’s approaches and practices.
To post a Fellowship, please go to the Fellowship Registry Entry Form. You must be a member of NASBS to add a Fellowship to the Registry.
Please contact NASBS Executive Director, Paula Kupiec, at paula@nasbs.org to make edits or to add a fellowship listing. To apply for Fellowship training, please contact the program directly.
| Title of Fellowship | Skull Base and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Kesh Reddy |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/30/2019 |
| Fellowship Director | Kesava (Kesh) Reddy |
| Participating Faculty | Almunder Algird, Neurosurgery |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | none |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | Completion of neurosurgery training, Successful completion of the required examinations for the country of origin and Eligibility of License in the Province of Ontario, Canada |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 50% |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | 1 |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | Yes |
| Estimated Nights Per Month | 4-6 |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 130 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 10 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | Data not available |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 10 |
| Posterior | 20 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 60 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 20 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | Data not available |
| Middle fossa | <5 |
| Retrosigmoid | 10 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | Data not available |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | <5 |
| Transoral | Data not available |
| Endonasal | 70 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | Available as needed |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | Data not available |
| Free Flap Repair | Available as needed |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | not available at our center |
| Cyberknife | 50 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Cyberknife | Data not available |
| Transcranial | Data not available |
| Endovascular | Data not available |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Available for use of the fellow |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | This is a new fellowship. Research is encouraged but anticipated to be mostly clinical and possibly cadaver based |
| Application Deadline | 12/31/2019 |
| Decision Deadline | 01/01/2020 |
| Previous Fellows | This is a new fellowship. N0 recent fellows recently though we have had an informal fellowship dating back several years |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | The MIS component would included ventriculoscopic and MIS spinal decompressive procedures. These would add up to approximately 70 cases per year |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | email the fellowship director at kesh@keshreddy.ca |