| Title of Fellowship | Cornell Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Neuro-Oncology Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Theodore H. Schwartz MD |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | New York |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2014 |
| Fellowship Director | Theodore H. Schwartz MD |
| Participating Faculty | Vijay Anand, MD |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 6 months to 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | No |
| 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 | 50% |
| 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 | 200 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 40 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 20 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 20 |
| Posterior | 20 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 50 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 40 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 10 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Middle fossa | 20 |
| Retrosigmoid | 25 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Endonasal | 10 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 10 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 10 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | 40 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes. Full lab. Injected heads provided. |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Yes. Epilepsy research but not part of this fellowship. |
| Application Deadline | 12/31/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 06/24/2024 |
| Previous Fellows | Graeme Woodworth MD (Hopkins) 2014 |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Neuro-oncology Practice (Gliomas, GBM, Awake mapping, 5-ALA, LITT), Meningiomas, Metastases. |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Submit CV to [email protected] |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society