The membership of the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) is a tremendous resource for the training of fellows, who are the future of the development of our specialty. The society has developed a registry of skull base fellowships that are offered by the society membership.
The society recognizes that we are a diverse and multidisciplinary group comprised of several different specialties, all of whom have significant interest and focus in the management of skull base neoplasia. Likewise, the nature and character of the various fellowships will represent and reflect their differences. In addition, we recognize that there will be variation between individual fellowship experiences resulting from the differences in the preceptorโs approaches and practices.
To post a Fellowship, please go to theย Fellowship Registry Entry Form. You must be a member of NASBS to add a Fellowship to the Registry.
To edit an entry, please log in under the Member credentials used to add the entry to the registry and make edits to the listing.
To apply for Fellowship training, please contact the program directly.
If you need assistance or have questions, please contact the NASBS office at [email protected].
Title of Fellowship | Skull Base Neurosurgery |
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Contact Name for Applications | Franco DeMonte MD/Crystal Jackson |
Fellowship Type |
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Location | Houston, TX |
Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2012 |
Fellowship Director | Franco DeMonte MD |
Participating Faculty | Franco DeMonte MD, Shaan M. Raza MD, Ehab Hanna MD (Head and Neck), Paul W. Gidley MD (Neuro-otology), Shirley Su MD (Head and Neck), Marc-Elie Nader MD (Neuro-otology), Jack Phan MD, PhD (radiation oncology) , Matt Hanasono MD (Plastic Surgery), Ron Yu MD (Plastic Surgery) |
Fellowship Information | |
Duration | One year |
Required Prior Training Program |
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Required Prior Training Program Other | none |
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | ECFMG, USLME 1-3 |
Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 95% |
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | one |
Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
Night and Weekend Call | Yes |
Estimated Nights Per Month | 4-6 |
Clinical Work | |
Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 150 |
Open Cranial Base | |
Anterior | 50 |
Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 25 |
Lateral (temporal bone) | 25 |
Posterior | 50 |
Endonasal Cranial Base | |
Pituitary/Sella | 150-200 |
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 25 |
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 25 |
Temporal Bone | |
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 25 |
Middle fossa | 10 |
Retrosigmoid | 60 |
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | none |
Trauma | |
Craniocervical | |
Transcervical | none |
Transoral | none |
Endonasal | lots |
Reconstruction | |
Cranioplasty | Data not available |
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | lots |
Free Flap Repair | most in nation |
Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
Gammaknife | 50 skullbase |
Cyberknife | none |
Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
Cyberknife | none |
Transcranial | none |
Endovascular | none |
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Yes - advanced |
Laboratory Research Opportunities | yes |
Application Deadline | 09/15/2021 |
Decision Deadline | 03/15/2022 |
Fellowship Institution Website | mdanderson.org |
Previous Fellows | Betty Kim MD PhD 2012 - 2013 - MD Anderson Shaan M Raza 2013-2014 - MD Anderson Vince DiNapoli 2014-2015 - Mayfield Neurosurgery Peleg Horowitz 2015-2016 - University of Chicago Jake Freeman 2016-2017 - Ocala, Florida Gautam Mehta 2017-2018 - House Ear Clinic Jonathan Breshears 2018 - 2019 - Kansas City, Missouri |
Additional Features of the Fellowship | Extensive exposure to multidisciplinary management of benign and malignant tumors of the skullbase |
Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
How to apply | Website on department of Neurosurgery fellowship website |