Title of Fellowship
Skull Base Head and Neck Fellowship
Contact Name for Applications
Greg Weinstein
Fellowship Type
Head and Neck Oncology
Location
University of Pennsylvania
Year Fellowship Established
2010
Fellowship Director
Bert O’Malley, Greg Weinstein, Jason Newman
Duration
1 year
Encounter Year Fellowship
Required Prior Training Program
Otolaryngology
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
No
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
30
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1
Annual Stipend
PGY 6 Equivalent
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
4 (attending level)
Estimated Weekends Per Month
2 (attending level)
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
80
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
12
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
6
Lateral (temporal bone)
2
Posterior
0
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
40
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
25
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
10
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
0
Middle fossa
0
Retrosigmoid
0
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
6
Trauma
Trauma
8
Craniocervical
Transcervical
12
Transoral
12
Endonasal
2
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty
6
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
45
Free Flap Repair
8
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife
0
Cyberknife
0
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
0
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
The University of Pennsylvania has a state of the art robotics training lab. Everything from standard TORS approaches to the head and neck, as well as endonasal and parapharyngeal surgeries can be performed on cadavers. This gives the fellow an excellent opportunity to explore and perfect skull base techniques, and to help develop new ones.
Laboratory Research Opportunities
At Penn, we have multiple robust labs and research endeavors. This includes gene and molecular therapy lab, a large skull base database pooling subjects from rhinology and head and neck oncology, a robotics and cadaver lab, and others.
Prerequisite Training Required
Otolaryngology Residency
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Application Deadline
May 15, 2014
Decision Deadline
July 1, 2014
Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pennorl/education/fellowship.html
Previous Fellows
Participating Faculty
Greg Weinstein
Bert O’Malley, Jr.
Jason Newman
Ara Chalian
Steven Cannady
Additional Features of the Fellowship
Transoral robotic surgery (for head and neck and skull base), microvascular and non-micro reconstruction, abundant open and endoscopic skull base surgery
How to Apply
Contact:
Gregory Weinstein, MD, Program Director
University of Pennsylvania Health System
3400 Spruce Street / 5 Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 215-349-5390 | Fax: 215-349-5977