| Title of Fellowship | Skull Base / Complex Cranial Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Bharat Guthikonda |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Shreveport, LA |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2010 |
| Fellowship Director | Bharat Guthikonda |
| Participating Faculty | Bharat Guthikonda -- Neurosurgery |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | N/A |
| Fellow needs to have full medical license | Yes |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | Will be determined on a case by case basis |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 90-100 |
| 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 | 200 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 30 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 25 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 25 |
| Posterior | 25 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 50 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 10 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 10 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Middle fossa | 5 |
| Retrosigmoid | 25 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Endonasal | 5 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 5 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | Data not available |
| Free Flap Repair | Data not available |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Gammaknife | 75 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Transcranial | 20 |
| Endovascular | 50 |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Cadaver Skull Base Lab and Microvascular Lab Available to the Fellow at all times |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Will plan to have 2 research projects, with one being anatomic skull base, during the course of the fellowship year |
| Application Deadline | 06/15/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 10/15/2023 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | lsuhs.edu |
| Previous Fellows | Sandeep Kandregula Nimer Adeeb Racheal Peterson Richard Murray Aqueel Pabaney Bhavani Kura Chiazo Amene Lissa Baird |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | Yes |
| How to apply | Please follow the application process via the NASBS Match Program |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society