| Title of Fellowship | Sydney Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship |
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| Contact Name for Applications | Richard Harvey |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Sydney, Australia |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2009 |
| Fellowship Director | Richard Harvey & Raewyn Campbell |
| Participating Faculty | Richard Harvey |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 12mths |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | Completion of US otolaryngology Residency or 6 years of UK residency training or equivalent |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | See AHPRA guidelines: English levels required for those IMG coming from non-English medical training no examinations required for 12mth post graduate training visa
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| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 30-40% |
| 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 | 125 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 5 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 70 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 30 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 20 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transoral | 1 |
| Endonasal | 4 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 2 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 5 |
| Free Flap Repair | 5 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Yes - every year post the August live surgery and cadaver dissection workshop in Sydney https://stvincentsent.com.au/teaching/courses/nose-and-sinus/st-vincents-fess-course-2018/ |
| Application Deadline | 04/01/2020 |
| Decision Deadline | 05/20/2020 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | sydneyentclinic.com |
| Previous Fellows | 2009-2010 Daniel Timperley (NZ) 2016-17 RItter Sansoni (USA), 2017-18 Carolyn Coughlin(USA), 2018-19 Jessica Grayson (USA) 2019-2020João Gomes (Brazil) 2020-2021 Ashoke Khanwalkar(USA) |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Living in Sydney for 12 months |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | Yes |
| Fellowship Approved By |
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| How to apply | LL APPLICATIONS - FOR FELLOWSHIP - GO THROUGH THE SF MATCH PROGRAM (USMLEs not necessary) https://www.american-rhinologic.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132:sydney-rhinology-fellowship&catid=41:fellowship-programs&Itemid=188 http://sydneyentclinic.com/richard-harvey/fellowship-opportunity/intro/ http://www.asohns.org.au/notices/fellowships Applications for observerships should be directed to Tori Black ([email protected]). We generally encourage interested visitors to attend a dissection course and stay for an observership to make the most of their trip. Most visiting observers stay for 3-6weeks. Please liaise with Tori Black. |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society