Title of Fellowship
Skull Base
Contact Name for Applications
Ben Panizza
Fellowship Type
Head and Neck Oncology, Neurosurgical, Rhinology/Endonasal, Neurotology
Location
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Year Fellowship Established
2006
Fellowship Director
Ben Panizza
Duration
12 months
Encounter Year Fellowship
Post training
Required Prior Training Program
Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
Yes
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Must be able to register with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and be proficient in English
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
80%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
One
Annual Stipend
80-100K AUD
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
5-6
Estimated Weekends Per Month
1
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
150
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
0
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
0
Lateral (temporal bone)
0
Posterior
20
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
50
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
5
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
0
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
20
Middle fossa
0
Retrosigmoid
5
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
0
Trauma
Trauma
0
Craniocervical
Transcervical
5
Transoral
0
Endonasal
1
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty
0
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
0
Free Flap Repair
0
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife
0
Cyberknife
15
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
0
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
Currently not available
Laboratory Research Opportunities
Can organize up to maximum of 2 days per week to do basic science research
Prerequisite Training Required
Should have finished basic training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery or Neurosurgery
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Application Deadline
December 1, 2014
Decision Deadline
January 25, 2015
Fellowship Institution Web Site
Previous Fellows
Arturo Solares (ENT, USA)
Magnus Hagge (Neurosurgeon, Sweden)
Jefferson Webster (Neurosurgeon, Brisbane)
Richard Mannion (Neurosurgeon, United Kingdom)
Parag Patel (ENT, United Kingdom)
Sharad Chawla (ENT, Australia)
Jae Lim (ENT, USA) Current
Adel Helmy (Neurosurgeon, United Kingdom) 2015
Participating Faculty
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Ben Panizza, Andrew Lomas, James Bowman, Ben Wallwork
Neurosurgery
Martin Wood, Michael Redmond, Damian Amato, Frank Tomlinson
Additional Features of the Fellowship
Fellowship can be combined with a research higher degree (18-24 months)
How to Apply
Please email direct to
[email protected] or
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