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Skull Base Fellowship Registry

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.
To edit an entry, please log in under the Member credentials used to add the entry to the registry and make edits to the listing.

To apply for Fellowship training, please contact the program directly.
If you need assistance or have questions, please contact the NASBS office at [email protected].

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Title of FellowshipCornell Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Neuro-Oncology Fellowship
Contact Name for ApplicationsTheodore H. Schwartz MD
Fellowship Type
  • Neurosurgical
LocationNew York
Date Fellowship Established07/01/2014
Fellowship DirectorTheodore H. Schwartz MD
Participating Faculty

Vijay Anand, MD
Kyle Godfrey, MD
Sam Hellman, MD
Ashutosh Kacker, MD
Abtin Tabaee, MD
Andrew Tassler, MD


Fellowship Information

Duration6 months to 1 year
Required Prior Training Program
  • Neurosurgery
Required Prior Training Program OtherNo
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada)No
Residency Training in US/Canada RequiredYes
USMLE
  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base50%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year1
Salaried PositionYes- contact Program Director for more information
Night and Weekend CallNo
Clinical Work
Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year200
Open Cranial Base
Anterior40
Anterolateral/Infratemporal20
Lateral (temporal bone)20
Posterior20
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella50
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)40
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane10
Temporal Bone
Middle fossa20
Retrosigmoid25
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Trauma
Craniocervical
Endonasal10
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty10
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair10
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife40
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory

Yes. Full lab. Injected heads provided.

Laboratory Research Opportunities

Yes. Epilepsy research but not part of this fellowship.

Application Deadline12/31/2023
Decision Deadline06/24/2024
Previous Fellows

Graeme Woodworth MD (Hopkins) 2014
Tong Yang MD (University of Washington) 2014
Oszkar Szentermia MD (U Colorado)  2015
Shaan Raaza (MD Anderson)  2015
Harman Singh (Stanford University)  2016
Bulent Sacit (Yale University) 2016
Gunjan Goal (UCSD) 2017
Jonathan Forbes (Vanderbilt) 2017
Peter Morgenstern (Cornell)  2018
Leopold Arko (Temple) 2018
Rafale Uribe-Cardenas (Columbia) 2018
Saniya Godil (Vanderbilt)  2019
Brett Youngerman (Columbia Presbyterian)2019
Benjamin Rapoport (Cornell) 2020
Alex Michael (Southern Illinois University) 2020
Fraser Henderson (Medical University of South Carolina) 2021
Dimitrios Mathios (Johns Hopkins) 2022
Evan Bander (Cornell) 2023

Additional Features of the Fellowship

Neuro-oncology Practice (Gliomas, GBM, Awake mapping, 5-ALA, LITT), Meningiomas, Metastases.
Tumor Conference
Pituitary Conference
Epilepsy Practice - 25 cases per year

Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) AccreditedNo
How to apply

Submit CV to [email protected]

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