| Title of Fellowship | Oto Anterior/Anterolateral Skull Base |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Erin McKean, MD |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/1999 |
| Fellowship Director | Erin McKean, MD |
| Participating Faculty | Andrew Rosko, MD |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | n/a |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | No |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | Yes |
| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 80 |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | 1 |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | Yes |
| Estimated Nights Per Month | 4 |
| Clinical Work | |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 20 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 7 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 100+ |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 25 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 15 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | 10 |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | 5 |
| Transoral | 5 |
| Endonasal | 5 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 5 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 25 |
| Free Flap Repair | 10+ |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Fellow is expected to teach Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery residents during annual skull base dissection course. Access to temporal bone lab and medical school anatomy lab. |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Fellows are expected to be engaged in scholarly activity throughout the fellowship year and have time set aside for research and teaching. Fellows are expected to submit an abstract for the NASBS annual meeting and are expected to submit at least one paper to a peer-reviewed journal during the fellowship year. Research options include: clinical research (large skull base prospective database), clinical trials, or basic research in genomics, |
| Application Deadline | 01/31/2022 |
| Decision Deadline | 05/01/2022 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | umich.edu |
| Previous Fellows | Scott McLean, MD |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Our fellowship includes collaboration with OMFS and Oculoplastics colleagues. |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | The fellowship remains in transition. For 2022-23, the best mechanism is to apply to UM's Head and Neck micro fellowship (fellowship director Kelly Malloy, MD) through AHNS. We can accommodate specialized training in skull base surgery. Email Dianne Hoehn, admin assistant for |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society