| Title of Fellowship | Brigham and Women's Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Timothy R. Smith |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Boston, MA |
| Date Fellowship Established | 04/01/2008 |
| Fellowship Director | Timothy R. Smith, MD, PhD, MPH |
| Participating Faculty | Neurosurgery: Edward R. Laws |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | No |
| Fellow needs to have full medical license | Yes |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | USMLE Step 1,2, 3, Completed Neurosurgery Residency Training. |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 100% |
| 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 | 150 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 50 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 25 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 25 |
| Posterior | 50 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 150 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 20 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 20 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 20 |
| Middle fossa | 10 |
| Retrosigmoid | 75 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | 20 |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | Other |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 10 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 10 |
| Free Flap Repair | 10 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | 15 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Yes |
| Application Deadline | 01/01/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 07/01/2023 |
| Previous Fellows | G. Zada; Z. Litvack; Dan Kelly; G. Barkhoudarian; K. De Los Reyes; D. Prevedello; M. Raber; D. Penn; M. Safain; M. Catalino, D. Donahue, S. Sarkar |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | contact [email protected] |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society