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Institution	University of South Florida
Title of Fellowship	Skull Base and Cerebrovascular and complex cranial fellowship
Location	Tampa
Fellowship Director	Siviero Agazzi MD
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Program Coordinator's Name	Michelle Campbell MHA
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Contact Name for Applications	Michelle Campbell
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Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year	1
Duration	12
Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited	Yes
Salaried Position	Yes- contact Program Director for more information
Fellow needs to have full medical license	No
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada)	Yes
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements	ECGFM Certificate completed at the time of the application USMLE step 1, 2, and 3 completed at the time of the application Type of Visa: must have or be eligible for H1B visa (please note that J-1visas are not accepted)
Residency Training in US/Canada Required	No
USMLE	Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Fellowship Program Description:	The USF Skull Base, Cerebrovascular and Complex Cranial fellowship provides an in depth post graduate training in complex tumor and open vascular neurosurgery. The case load is approximately 60% tumor, 30% vascular (aneurysm clipping, AVM resection, EC-IC bypass, carotid endarterectomy) and 10% miscellaneous including spinal cord tumors, intraventricular surgery and CSF management (CSF leak, hydrocephalus etc). About 60% of the skull base tumor work is "open" and 40% is endoscopic transnasal. The fellow functions as a PGY8 resident and shares week-end calls (chief resident call) with the other chiefs and the spine fellow. The fellows does not have attending privileges. The fellow spends 3-4 days in the operating, with the Fellowship Director or with the other skull base faculty. The fellow also participates in outpatient clinic about 1.5 days per week. The fellow is actively engaged in teaching and research and is expected to publish at least 3 peer reviewed manuscripts during his/her year in our department.