Skull Base Fellowship Registry

• Neurosurgical

Program Director:

Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Chief, Skull Base and Pituitary Division
Director, Stanford NeuroTraIn Center

Collaborating Faculty:

Matei Banu, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Robert Dodd, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Michael Lim, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Zara Patel, MD
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Rhinology)
Co-Director, Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Peter H. Hwang, MD
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Rhinology)
Director, Stanford Sinus Center

Jayakar Nayak, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Rhinology)

Michael Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Rhinology)

Noel Ayoub, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Rhinology)

Nikolas Blevins, MD
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Neuro-otology)
Chief, Neuro-Otology

Lindsay Scott Moore, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Neuro-otology)

Michelle Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Andrea Kossler, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Oculofacial Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Orbital Oncology Service

Benyam Z. Kinde, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Cormac Maher, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Laura Prolo, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (Pediatric)

Kelly Mahaney, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (Pediatric)

Scott Soltys, MD
Professor or Radiation Oncology

Elham Rahimy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

• Neurosurgery

– Neurosurgical training (completed residency training)
– Eligible for California Medical license and HIB visa

• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3

The main theme of Stanford NeuroTraIn Center is “From the Lab to the OR” as a reflection of a true translational effort to introduce novel anatomical concepts and innovative surgical technique into real surgical practice. We are teaching the next generation of neurosurgeons the art of microsurgical dissection to spread this knowledge and to influence Neurosurgery worldwide.

Director: Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD
Co-Directors: Vera Vigo, MD and Julius Xu, MD
Research Fellows: 4 to 6 /year

Equipment:

Three (3) operating microscopes (courtesy of Zeiss and Hotry)
Four (4) HD endoscopic stations (courtesy of Storz, Stryker, and Hotry)
Two (2) image-guidance system (courtesy of Medtronic)
Four (4) high-speed electric drills (courtesy of Stryker and Hotry)
Abundant and high-quality anatomical specimens
3D stereoscopic HD-TV for educational presentations
Microsurgical instrumentation (courtesy of MIZUHO)
Endoscopic instrumentation (courtesy of Storz and Hotry)

https://med.stanford.edu/neurosurgery/research/SNFTVR_Lab.html

Current collaborations:

- The Petritsch Lab - https://med.stanford.edu/petritsch-lab.html

- The Lim Lab - https://limlab.stanford.edu

- Lucas Center -https://www.med.stanford.edu/pet-mri.html

1- Abdulrazag Ajlan (2011-2013)
2- Dawn Waters (2013-2014)
3- Francisco Vas (2014-2015)
4- Margaret Riordan (2015-2016)
5- Justin Moore (2016-2017)
6- Kevin Chow (2017-2018)
7- Kumar Abhinav (2018-2019)
8- Ahmed Mohyeldin (2019-2021)
9- Karam Asmaro (2021-2022)

10- Christine Lee (2022-2024)

11- Vladimir Ljubimov (2023-2024)

12- Matei Banu (2024-2025)

13 - Ali Palejwala (2024-2025)

Neurosurgery Skull Base Fellowship, Stanford

The neurosurgical skull base fellowship at Stanford is a one or two year training program focused on skull base tumors and other skullbbase pathology.
The trainee is exposed to open microsurgical, endoscopic, and stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of a wide variety of skull base lesions. At the end of the training, the fellow is expected to be confident using each of these three techniques and thus having the advantage of treating skull base pathologies with the technique appropriate foe the individual patient.
The fellow will be exposed to skull base tumors arising anywhere along the skull base from the crista galli to the foramen magnum. Pathologies commonly encountered in our program include schwannomas, meningioma, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngioma, sinonasal malignancies, primary brain tumors, metastases, and CSF fistulae.
Most cases are managed in multidisciplinary fashion in conjunction with highly experienced colleagues form otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, radiation-oncology, ophthalmology, medical-oncology, plastic surgery and endocrinology. Particularly strong relationships with the ENT subspecialties – neuro-otology, rhinology, and head and neck oncology – enhance the training and mentorship of the fellow.
The fellow participates in pre-operative assessment, decision making, surgery, postoperative care and long term follow-up. The fellow benefits from and contributes to the teaching, educational activities, and research in the department.
The fellow receives training in Cyberknife radio-surgical procedures and completes a portfolio of cases that earns a certificate of radiosurgical competence.
To provide the opportunity for continued management of general neurosurgery conditions and supplementation of income, the fellow may provide night time, weekend and vacation coverage at one of our affiliated hospitals.
Research and lab training time is allowed. The fellow is expected to present at national and international neurosurgical and skull base meetings. Clinical and basic-sciences research and peer reviewed publication are encouraged.

Program Director
Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University Medical Center

Contact information:
Jennie Visitacion
[email protected]
875 Blake Wilbur
Cancer Center 2222-A
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Email cover letter, CV, and two letters of recommendation to:

Jennie Visitacion
[email protected]
875 Blake Wilbur
Cancer Center 2222-A
Palo Alto, CA 94304