| Title of Fellowship | Keck USC Minimally Invasive Cranial and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Gabriel Zada, MD, MS, FAANS |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| Date Fellowship Established | 01/01/2018 |
| Fellowship Director | Gabriel Zada, MD, MS, FAANS |
| Participating Faculty | Gabriel Zada MD |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | Postgraduate fellowship |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | No |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 60 |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | 1 |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | No |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 250-300 cases/year |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | Other |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Reconstruction | |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | ~100 cases/year |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Weekly fresh cadaveric specimens available with arterial, CSF perfusion simulation models. |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | The Zada laboratory is an NIH-R01 funded lab focusing on tumor epigentics |
| Application Deadline | 09/01/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 01/01/2024 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | keckmedicine.org |
| Previous Fellows | Martin Rutkowski, Faculty, Medical College Georgia |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | Yes |
| How to apply | Email Dr. Zada: [email protected] |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society