| Title of Fellowship | Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Ricky Wong |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Evanston, IL |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2018 |
| Fellowship Director | Ricky Wong |
| Participating Faculty | Ricky Wong, MD, FAANS |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 6 months or 1 year |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | ACGME residency |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | Must have completed neurosurgery residency and be eligible for an Illinois medical license |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 50 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 100 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 5 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 15 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 10 |
| Posterior | 15 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 50 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 5 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 5 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 0 |
| Middle fossa | 5 |
| Retrosigmoid | 25 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | 0 |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | 0 |
| Transoral | 0 |
| Endonasal | 0 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 0 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | 0 |
| Free Flap Repair | 0 |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cyberknife | 10 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Cyberknife | 0 |
| Transcranial | 10 |
| Endovascular | 0 |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | Fully funded anatomical dissection laboratory. |
| Application Deadline | 03/01/2020 |
| Decision Deadline | 05/01/2019 |
| Previous Fellows | Melissa Stamates, MD |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Please contact: Ricky Wong |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society