Title of Fellowship | Skull Base & Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery |
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Contact Name for Applications | Lindsey Wheeler |
Fellowship Type |
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Location | Seattle, WA |
Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2016 |
Fellowship Director | Zachary N. Litvack, MD FAANS FACS |
Participating Faculty | Zachary N. Litvack, MD FAANS FACS |
Fellowship Information | |
Duration | 1 Year |
Required Prior Training Program |
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Required Prior Training Program Other | Minimum 5 years Neurosurgery |
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements |
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Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
USMLE |
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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 | Yes |
Estimated Nights Per Month | 1 Night Per Week / 1 Weekend Per Month |
Clinical Work | |
Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 120 |
Open Cranial Base | |
Anterior | 20 |
Anterolateral/Infratemporal | Data not available |
Lateral (temporal bone) | 20 |
Posterior | 25 |
Endonasal Cranial Base | |
Pituitary/Sella | 55 |
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 10 |
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 5 |
Temporal Bone | |
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 5 |
Middle fossa | 20 |
Retrosigmoid | 25 |
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | Data not available |
Trauma | |
Craniocervical | |
Transoral | Data not available |
Endonasal | 5 |
Reconstruction | |
Cranioplasty | 5 |
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 5 |
Free Flap Repair | 5 |
Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
Gammaknife | 30 |
Cyberknife | 30 |
Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
Cyberknife | Data not available |
Transcranial | Data not available |
Endovascular | Data not available |
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | We partner with Seattle Science Foundation, a world famous anatomic laboratory and teaching facility to provide on-site access for endonasal, temporal bone and skull base dissection. Additionally, fellows have access to, and participate as instructors in, multiple CME events each year. |
Laboratory Research Opportunities | We partner with both the Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Therapy, the Institute for Systems Biology, and the Allen Brain Institute for collaborative bench-to-bedside translational research. Additional opportunities for fellows to participate in clinical outcomes and quality and industry-partnered research are supported by a Neuroscience Institute research core. |
Application Deadline | 09/01/2020 |
Decision Deadline | 02/15/2021 |
Fellowship Institution Website | swedish.org |
Previous Fellows | 2020 - Mohab Abozeid, MD 2021 - Cristian Gragnaniello, MD 2019 - Joshua Prickett, DO 2017 - Hermes Garcia, MD 2017 - Christian Bowers, MD 2016 - Kevin Reinard, MD 2016 - Daniel Klinger, MD |
Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
How to apply | Please submit applications online: https://www.swedish.org/services/neuroscience-institute/fellowships/fellowship-application Supporting documents for Skull Base should include a CV, at least two letters of recommendation, one of which is from your training program director or Chairperson. Additional information is available from, and direct questions to our Program Coordinator: Susan Thomas |