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Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery

Title of Fellowship
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery

Contact Name for Applications
Rick Chandra, MD

Fellowship Type
Rhinology/Endonasal

Location
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Year Fellowship Established
2003

Fellowship Director
Rakesh (Rick) Chandra, MD

Duration
One year

Encounter Year Fellowship

Required Prior Training Program
Otolaryngology

Required Prior Training Program Other

Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
No

Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements

Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
30%

Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1

Annual Stipend
PGY6 Level

Night and Weekend Call
Yes

Estimated Nights Per Month
3

Estimated Weekends Per Month
1

Clinical Work

Total potential operative skull base cases per year
200

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
0

Cyberknife
0

Other
0

Cerebral Vascular Surgery

Transcranial
0

Endovascular
0

Additional Information

Anatomical Dissection Laboratory

Laboratory Research Opportunities

Prerequisite Training Required

US Residency Required:
Yes

US Residency Required In:
Tennessee

USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3

Application Deadline
February 1, 2017

Decision Deadline
June 1, 2017

Fellowship Institution Web Site
https://vanderbilthealth.com/billwilkerson/28797

Previous Fellows

Charles K. Oh M.D.; Paul T. Russell, M.D.; Jeffrey L. Cutler, M.D.; Marina Boruk, M.D.; Samuel S. Becker, M.D.; Leslie A. Nurse, M.D.; Esther Kim, M.D.; Liat Shama M.D.; Alfredo S. Archilla M.D.; Matthew Clavenna, M.D.; Benjamin Hull, M.D.; Leah Hauser, M.D.

Participating Faculty

Rakesh (Rick) Chandra, MD
Paul T. Russell, MD
Justin H. Turner, MD, PhD

Additional Features of the Fellowship

How to Apply

SF Match #2882

Rick Chandra, MD
Vanderbilt Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
1215 21st Avenue, South, Suite 7209
Medical Center East–South Tower
Nashville, TN 37232-8605
email: [email protected]
Phone: 615-343-6166
Fax: 615-936-8969

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