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].
| Title of Fellowship | Mayo Clinic Rochester Neurosurgery Skull Base Oncology Fellowship |
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| Contact Name for Applications | Daks Marquart |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Rochester, Minnesota |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2015 |
| Fellowship Director | Michael J. Link, MD |
| Participating Faculty | Neurosurgery: |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 12 months. |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | Neurosurgery Residency |
| Fellow needs to have full medical license | Yes |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | Foreign Medical Graduate Candidates must have completed neurosurgical training in their home countries and passed all three steps of the USMLE examination. |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | > 90% |
| 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 | Fellows are expected to be available for the patients they operate on when the fellow is in Rochester, not on vacation. |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 619 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 75 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 35 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 44 |
| Posterior | 110 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 79 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 53 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 15 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 50 |
| Middle fossa | 44 |
| Retrosigmoid | > 100 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | 1 |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | 20 |
| Transoral | 1 |
| Endonasal | 5 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 5 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 10 |
| Free Flap Repair | 10 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | > 200 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Transcranial | 5 |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Under the direction of Dr. Peris Celda and Dr. Luciano Leonel we have a state of the art anatomic microdissection laboratory. Dr. Peris Celda was one of Dr. Rhoton's fellows for two years in Gainesville, Florida and has brought the techniques to Rochester to start an equivalent training program. Fellows have the ability to participate in the lab for both training and anatomic research for publication. Fellows have the opportunity to extend their fellowship for a year and do exclusively anatomic research if they desire. |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | There are no specific basic science research opportunities during the one year training period. This is a clinical fellowship. |
| Application Deadline | 06/15/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 12/01/2023 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | mayo.edu |
| Previous Fellows | Enfolded Fellows: Jeffrey Jacob, Will Copeland, Josh Hughes, Avital Perry, Chris Graffeo, Lorenzo Rinaldo, Lucas Carlstrom. External Fellows: Tarek Rayan, Vijay Agarwal, Maria Peris Celda, Satoshi Kiyofuji, Salomon Cohen Cohen, Kunal Vakharia, Rima Rindler, Aaron Plitt. |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Please see Fellowship Program Description, below. |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | Yes |
| How to apply | https://college.mayo.edu/academics/residencies-and-fellowships/neurosurgical-skull-base-oncology-fellowship-minnesota/ |