| Title of Fellowship | Microscopic and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Susan Worthington |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Weston, FL |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2019 |
| Fellowship Director | Badih Adada, MD and Co-Director: Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD |
| Participating Faculty | Badih Adada, MD, Department Chair (Neurosurgery), Director of Skull Base Surgery |
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) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | A certified copy of current ECFMG certification and qualifying exam results |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 85% |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | 1 |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | No |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 200 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 25 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 20 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 10 |
| Posterior | 5 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 40 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 5 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | Other |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 5 |
| Middle fossa | 5 |
| Retrosigmoid | 35 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | 5 |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | Other |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 5 |
| Free Flap Repair | Other |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Cyberknife | Other |
| Transcranial | 30 |
| Anatomical Dissection Laboratory | Skull Base Surgery state of the art Lab equipped with Microscope and Endoscope available 24/7 at Weston Campus |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Collaboration of the Clinical Fellow with 2 research fellows in the lab in skull base anatomy projects |
| Application Deadline | 04/30/2023 |
| Decision Deadline | 05/30/2023 |
| Fellowship Institution Website | clevelandclinic.org |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Please contact Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society