Title of Fellowship
Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Surgery
Contact Name for Applications
Samuel Barnett MD
Fellowship Type
Neurosurgical
Location
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas, Texas
Year Fellowship Established
1993
Fellowship Director
Samuel Barnett, MD
Duration
1 year
Encounter Year Fellowship
Required Prior Training Program
Neurosurgery
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
Yes
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Completion of a Neurosurgical residency program.
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
90
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1
Annual Stipend
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
2
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
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
Dissection lab available with cadaveric material, microscopes, endoscopes, drills and microinstruments.
Laboratory Research Opportunities
Prerequisite Training Required
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Application Deadline
February 1, 2014
Decision Deadline
May 1, 2014
Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://neurosurgery.utsouthwestern.edu/index.html
Previous Fellows
Participating Faculty
Samuel Barnett, MD
Bruce Mickey, MD
Hunt Batjer, MD
Duke Samson, MD
Jonathan White, MD
Babu Welch, MD
Additional Features of the Fellowship