| Title of Fellowship | Brigham and Women's Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Fellowship |
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| Contact Name for Applications | Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Boston, MA |
| Date Fellowship Established | 04/01/2008 |
| Fellowship Director | Edward R. Laws |
| Participating Faculty | Neurosurgery: Timothy Smith; W. Linda Bi |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | One Academic Year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | Tracking for ABNS Certification Required |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | No |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 100% |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | One |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | No |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 120 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 120 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 100 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 20 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Retrosigmoid | 5 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Endonasal | 110 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 30 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | YES |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | YES |
| Application Deadline | 01/15/2020 |
| Decision Deadline | 01/15/2020 |
| Previous Fellows | G. Zada; Z. Litvack; Dan Kelly; G. Barkhoudarian; K. De Los Reyes; D. Prevedello; M. Raber; D. Penn; M. Safain; M. Catalino |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Opportunities to attend meetings and courses |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Contact Edward Laws: [email protected] |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society