| Title of Fellowship | Skull Base Neurosurgery |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Franco DeMonte MD/Crystal Jackson |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Houston, TX |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2012 |
| Fellowship Director | Franco DeMonte MD |
| Participating Faculty | Franco DeMonte MD, Shaan M. Raza MD, Ehab Hanna MD (Head and Neck), Paul W. Gidley MD (Neuro-otology), Shirley Su MD (Head and Neck), Marc-Elie Nader MD (Neuro-otology), Jack Phan MD, PhD (radiation oncology) , Matt Hanasono MD (Plastic Surgery), Ron Yu MD (Plastic Surgery) |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | One year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | none |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | ECFMG, USLME 1-3 |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 95% |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | one |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | Yes |
| Estimated Nights Per Month | 4-6 |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 150 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 50 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 25 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 25 |
| Posterior | 50 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 150-200 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 25 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 25 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 25 |
| Middle fossa | 10 |
| Retrosigmoid | 60 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | none |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | none |
| Transoral | none |
| Endonasal | lots |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | Data not available |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | lots |
| Free Flap Repair | most in nation |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | 50 skullbase |
| Cyberknife | none |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Cyberknife | none |
| Transcranial | none |
| Endovascular | none |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes - advanced |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | yes |
| Application Deadline | 09/15/2021 |
| Decision Deadline | 03/15/2022 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | mdanderson.org |
| Previous Fellows | Betty Kim MD PhD 2012 - 2013 - MD Anderson Shaan M Raza 2013-2014 - MD Anderson Vince DiNapoli 2014-2015 - Mayfield Neurosurgery Peleg Horowitz 2015-2016 - University of Chicago Jake Freeman 2016-2017 - Ocala, Florida Gautam Mehta 2017-2018 - House Ear Clinic Jonathan Breshears 2018 - 2019 - Kansas City, Missouri |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Extensive exposure to multidisciplinary management of benign and malignant tumors of the skullbase |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Website on department of Neurosurgery fellowship website |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society