| Title of Fellowship | Advanced Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Donato Pacione |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | New York, NY |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2024 |
| Fellowship Director | Donato Pacione / Co Director Paul Gardner |
| Participating Faculty | Donato Pacione |
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 | Must complete USMLE Step 1,2,3 |
| 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 | 600 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | Data not available |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | Data not available |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | Data not availanle |
| Posterior | Data not available |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 150 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | Data not available |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | Data not available |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | Data not available |
| Middle fossa | Data not available |
| Retrosigmoid | Data not available |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | Data not available |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | Data not available |
| Transoral | Data not available |
| Endonasal | Data not available |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | Data not available |
| 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 | Data not available |
| Endovascular | Data not available |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Fellows will have access to skull base laboratory and cadavers for dissections and research projects |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Multiple Skull base dissection research projects ongoing that fellows will have opportunity to participate |
| Application Deadline | 06/30/2026 |
| Decision Deadline | 11/19/2026 |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Please apply through the NASBS fellowship match application |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society