| Title of Fellowship | Open end endoscopic skull base and cerebrovascular surgery fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Miguel Angel Lopez-Gonzalez, MD, FACS |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Loma Linda, CA |
| Date Fellowship Established | 01/13/2023 |
| Fellowship Director | Miguel Angel Lopez-Gonzalez, MD |
| Participating Faculty | Dr Justin Dye |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | N/A |
| 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 | 75 |
| 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 | Five |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 100 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 5 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 3 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 5 |
| Posterior | 10 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 50 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 5 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 3 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 2 |
| Middle fossa | 5 |
| Retrosigmoid | 20 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | Data not available |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | Data not available |
| Transoral | Data not available |
| Endonasal | 1 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 7 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | Data not available |
| Free Flap Repair | Data not available |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | Data not available |
| Cyberknife | Data not available |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Cyberknife | Data not available |
| Transcranial | 60 |
| Endovascular | 350 |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Yes |
| Application Deadline | 05/01/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 06/01/2023 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | lluh.org |
| Previous Fellows | N/A |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Open vascular cases including cerebral bypass. |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Available for graduated neurosurgeons. |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society