Fellowship Opportunities

Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery, and Epilepsy
(United States and Canada)
*CAST Approved

University of Alabama*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Barton Guthrie, MD
1720 2nd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 996-2536
Phone: (205) 934-7170
Email: bguthrie@uabmc.edu
URL: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/neurosurgery/education/fellowship

Albany Medical College*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Heather Whitman – Fellowship Program Coordinator
MC10 47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
Phone: (518) 262-6679
Fax: (518) 264-8250
Email: whitmah@amc.edu
URL: http://www.amc.edu/dbs
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Allegheny General Hospital*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Nestor D. Tomycz, MD
420 East North Avenue Suite 302
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: (412) 359-6200
Fax: (412) 359-6615
Email: ntomycz@wpahs.org
Email: Deborah.musico@ahn.org
URL: https://www.ahn.org/health-care-professionals/education/graduate-medical-education/residencies/neurosurgery/cast-approved-fellowships.html#stereo

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Erika Peterson, MD
4301 W. Markham Street
Slot 507
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone number: (501) 686-5270
Fax number: (501) 686-8767
Email: eapetersen@uams.edu
URL: http://neurosurgery.uams.edu/department-of-neurosurgery-programs/neuromodulation

Barrow Neurological Institute/St. Joseph’s Hospital*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Kris Smith, MD
2910 N 3rd Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone: (602) 406-3000
Email: kris.smith@barrowbrainandspine.com
URL: https://www.barrowneuro.org/for-physicians-researchers/education/neuroscience-fellowships-programs/neurosurgery-fellowship-programs/stereotactic-functional-neurosurgery-fellowship/

Baylor College of Medicine
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD
7200 Cambridge Street
9th floor
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-5421
Email: Sameer.Sheth@bcm.edu
Email: Gina.Collier@bcm.edu
URL: https://www.bcm.edu/departments/neurosurgery/education/stereotactic-and-functional-neurosurgery-fellowship
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University of British Columbia
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Christoper Honey, MD, DPhil
8105 – 2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Phone: (604) 875-5894
Fax: (604) 875-4882
Email: chris.honey@telus.net
URL: http://www.drhoney.org

Brown University
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Wael Asaad, MD, PhD
Administrative Contact: Krystyna Maxwell
Neurosurgery / APC 6
593 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-793-9135
Email: wael_asaad@brown.edu
Email: Krystyna.Maxwell@lifespan.org
URL:  www.brownneurosurgery.org
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University of Calgary
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Zelma Kiss, MD, PhD, FRCSC
HRIC, Room 1AC58
3280 Hospital Drive Northwest
Calgary, AB T2N 4N1
Phone: (403) 220-4839
Assistant: (403) 220-5572
Fax: (403) 210-9550
Email: zkiss@ucalgary.ca
Email: pbaker@ucalgary.ca
URL: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/dcns/education/fellowships
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University of California, Irvine (Epilepsy)
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Sumeet Vadera, MD
200 S. Manchester Avenue, Suite 212
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: (714) 456-7495
Email: svadera1@uci.edu
Email: medailey@hs.uci.edu
URL: https://www.neurosurgery.uci.edu/fellowship.asp

University of California, Irvine (Functional)
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Frank P. K. Hsu, MD, PhD
200 S. Manchester Avenue, Suite 212
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: (714) 456-7495
Email: fpkhsu@uci.edu
Email: medailey@hs.uci.edu
URL: https://www.neurosurgery.uci.edu/fellowship.asp

University of California, Los Angeles*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD
11301 Wilshire Boulevard
Building 500 (10H2)
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 794-1221
Fax: (310) 794-1848
Email: jlangevin@mednet.ucla.edu
URL: https://www.uclahealth.org/neurosurgery/goals-and-objectives-stereotactic-radiosurgery

University of California, San Francisco*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Philip Starr, MD, PhD
779 Moffitt Hospital
505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 502-2885
Fax: (415) 353-2889
Email: Philip.Starr@ucsf.edu
URL: https://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/fellowships#Functional-Neurosurgery
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Case Western Reserve University*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jennifer Sweet MD
11100 Euclid Avenue, Mailstop 5042
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 844-3470
Fax: (216) 983-0792
Email: jennifer.sweet@UHhospitals.org
URL: https://www.uhhospitals.org/medical-education/neurological-surgery-medical-education/fellowships/stereotactic-and-functional-neurosurgery-fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Epilepsy)*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: William Bingaman, MD
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: (216) 444-5050
Fax: (216) 444-0343
Email: bingamb@ccf.org
URL: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/neurological/medical-professionals/fellowships/neurosurgery#epilepsy-surgery-tab

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Movement Disorders)*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Sean Nagel, MD
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: (216) 445-5897
Fax: (216) 444-1015
Email: nagels@ccf.org
URL: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/neurological/medical-professionals/fellowships/neurosurgery#stereotactic-tab

University of Colorado*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Steve Ojemann, MD
12631 E. 17th Avenue, C307
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: (303) 724-2305
Fax: (303) 724-2300
Email: Steven.Ojemann@cuanschutz.edu
URL: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/neurosurgery/education-and-training/fellowship-programs/stereotactic-and-functional-neurosurgery-fellowship

Duke University Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Nandan Lad, MD, PhD
4512 Duke South Blue Zone
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 681-4986
Fax: (919) 681-1236
Email: nandan.lad@duke.edu
URL: https://neurosurgery.duke.edu/education-and-training/fellowship-programs

Emory University*
Number of Positions: 2
Contact: Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD
1365 Clifton Road, NE
Suite 6200
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 727-2354
Fax: (404) 712-8576
Email: rgross@emory.edu
Email: kimberly.macon@emory.edu
URL: https://med.emory.edu/departments/neurosurgery/education/fellowships/stereotactic_functional.html

University of Florida*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Kelly D. Foote, MD
McKnight Brain Institute, L2-100
1149 South Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 273-9000
Fax: (352) 392-8413
Email: foote@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
Email: jamie.dow@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
URL: https://neurosurgery.ufl.edu/residency/neurosurgery-uf/function-fellow/


University of Illinois at Chicago
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Konstantin Slavin, MD
Contact: Shelley Jacobs (Program Coordinator)
912 S. Wood Street, M/C 799
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel.: (312) 996-4842
Fax: (312) 996-9018
Email: kslavin@uic.edu
Email: shelleyj@uic.edu
URL: https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments/academic-departments/neurosurgery/
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Indiana University School of Medicine*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Thomas Witt, MD
Coordinator: Mary Gallagher
355 W. 16th St, GH 5100
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 963-1300
Fax: (317) 222-2012
Email: tcwitt@iupui.edu
Email: mjgallag@iu.edu
URL: https://medicine.iu.edu/neurological-surgery/education/fellowship

Johns Hopkins*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: William S. Anderson, MD, PhD
600 N Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
Tel.: (443) 287-1609
Fax: (312) 996-9018
Emmail: wanders5@jhmi.edu
URL: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/education/fellowships/functional-neurosurgery.html
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University of Louisville*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Joseph S Neimat, MD, MS
220 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 588-0904
Email: Joseph.neimat@uoflhealth.org
Email: Ann.Bowman@uoflhealth.org
URL: https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/neurosurgery
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Mass General/Brigham and Women’s
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: R. Mark Richardson, MD, PhD
Phone: (502) 588-0904
Email: Mark.Richardson@mgh.harvard.edu
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University of Miami*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jonathan R. Jagid, MD
1295 Northwest 14th Street, Suite 1700
Miami, FL 33125
Phone: (305) 243-2359
Email:jjagid@med.miami.edu
Gladys Cordeiro – Program Coordinator
Phone: (305)-243-6751 for formal application process
URL: https://med.miami.edu/en/departments/neurosurgery/education/clinical-fellowship-programs
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University of Michigan
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Parag Patil, MD
1500 E Medical Center Drive
SPC 5338
3470 Taubman Center
Phone: (734) 936-9579
Fax: (734) 936-9294
Email:pgpatil@med.umich.edu
URL: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/neurosurgery/education/fellowships

Mount Sinai Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Brian H. Kopell, MD
1000 10th Avenue
10G-46
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 523-8340
Email: brian.kopell@mountsinai.org
Preferred Contact: Kay Carter (Program Coordinator)
Email: Kay.Carter@mountsinai.org
Phone: (212)-523-8340
URL: https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/list/msh-neurosurgery
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Montefiore Medical Center
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Emad Eskandar, MD, MBA
111 E 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Email: eeskanda@montefiore.org
URL: https://www.montefiore.org/neurological-surgery-education

University of Nebraska Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD
988437 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198
Phone: (402) 559-9605
Fax: (402) 559-7779
Email: Aviva.abosch@unmc.edu
Preferred Contact: Kellie Devney (Fellowship Coordinator)
Email: kdevney@unmc.edu
Phone: (402) 559-9605
URL: https://www.unmc.edu/neurosurgery/education/fellowships/Stereotactic%20Functional%20Fellowship.html
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Ohio State University*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Brian Dalm, MD
480 Medical Center Drive
S-2044 Davis Center/Dodd Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: Brian.Dalm@osumc.edu
URL: https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/locations/davis-outpatient-care/center-for-neuromodulation
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Oregon Health Sciences University
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Kim J. Burchiel, MD
3303 SW Bond Avenue
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: (503) 494-7978
Email: burchiek@ohsu.edu
Email: raslana@ohsu.edu
Preferred Contact: Shannon Winchester (Program Coordinator)
Email: nsgeducation@ohsu.edu
URL: https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/neurosurgery/fellowships
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Penn State Hershey Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: James McInerney, MD
30 Hope Drive, EC110
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: (717) 531-8807
Fax: (717) 531-3858
Email: jmcinerney@psu.edu
URL: https://residency.med.psu.edu/programs/neurosurgery-residency/

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Dade Lundsford, MD and Jorge González-Martínez, MD
200 Lothrop Street
Suite B-400
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 647-6781
Fax: (412) 647-6483
Email: lunsfordld@upmc.edugonzalezjo@upmc.edu
Email: lukeml@upmc.edu
URL: https://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/training/fellowships

Rush University Medical Center (Epilepsy)
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Sephr Sani, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
1725 W. Harrison Street, Suite 1115
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-6644
Fax: (312) 563-3356
Email: Sepehr_sani2@rush.edu
URL: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/fellowship-programs
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Stanford University Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jaimie M. Henderson, MD
300 Pasteur Drive
Edwards Bldg/R-227
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 724-5574
Email: henderj@stanford.edu
URL: https://med.stanford.edu/gme/programs.html

University of Texas Health, Houston
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Nitin Tandon, MD
6400 Fannin Suite 2800
Houston TX 77005
Phone: (713) 486 8000
Phone: (713) 500 5456
Email: nitin.tandon@uth.tmc.edu
Email: eliana.klier@uth.tmc.edu
URL: https://med.uth.edu/neurosurgery/
URL: www.tandonlab.org

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Bradley Lega, MD
Preferred Contact: Karena Love
5323 Harry Hines Blvd,
Dallas, TX 75390-8855
Phone: 214-648-3234
Email: Bradley.Lega@UTSouthwestern.edu
Email: Karena.Love@UTSouthwestern.edu
URL: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/neurological-surgery/education-training/fellowship-programs/functional-neurological-surgery.html

Thomas Jefferson University*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Preferred Contact: Michelle Hoffman (Program Coordinator)
909 Walnut Street
Third Floor
Philadelphia PA 19107
Phone: (215) 955-7000
Fax: (215) 503-2452
Email: Chengyuan.Wu@jefferson.edu
Email: michelle.hoffman@jefferson.edu
URL: https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/neurosurgery/education/fellowships/functional-neurosurgery.html
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Stanford University
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jaimie M. Henderson, MD
300 Pasteur Drive
Edwards Bldg/R-227
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 724-5574
Email: henderj@stanford.edu
URL: https://med.stanford.edu/gme/programs.html

University of Michigan
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Parag Patil, MD
1500 E Medical Center Drive
SPC 5338
3470 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 936-9579
Fax: (734) 936-9294
Email: pgpatil@med.umich.edu
URL: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/neurosurgery/education/fellowships

University of South Florida*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Yarema Bezchlibnyk MD, PhD, FRCSC
2 Tampa General Circle
7th Floor
Tampa, FL 33606
Office: (813) 821-8472
Email: yaremab@usf.edu
URL: https://health.usf.edu/medicine/neurosurgery/education/fellowship
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University of Toronto/Sunnybrook (Focused Ultrasound) 
Number of Positions: 1
Contact Name: Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave.
Room A1 39
Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5
Phone: 416-480-6954
Fax: 416-480-6085
Email: nir.lipsman@sunnybrook.ca
URL: https://sunnybrook.ca/research/content/?page=sri-centre-harquail
https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=focused-ultrasound-treatment-research

University of Toronto/Toronto Western Hospital (Movement Disorders)*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD
Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-431
Toronto, ON M4V 1N4
Phone: (416) 603-5800 ext 2797
Fax: (416) 603-5298
Email: Taufik.valiante@uhn.ca
Email: Joseph.Tam@uhnresearch.ca
URL: https://surgery.utoronto.ca/neurosurgery-fellowships

University of Toronto/Toronto Western Hospital (Epilepsy)*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Taufik Valiante, MD, PhD
Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-431
Toronto, ON M4V 1N4
Phone: (416) 603-5460
Fax: (416) 603-5298
Email: Taufik.valiante@uhn.ca
Email: Joseph.Tam@uhnresearch.ca
URL: https://surgery.utoronto.ca/neurosurgery-fellowships

Vanderbilt University Medical Center*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Dario Englot, MD, PhD
T-4224 Medical Center North
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: (615) 343-9822
Fax: (615) 343-6948
Email: dario.englot@vumc.org
URL: https://www.vumc.org/neurosurgerydept/functional-fellowship
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University of Virginia*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD
Box 800-212
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone: (434) 924-8129
Fax: (434) 243-6726
Email: jsheehan@virginia.edu
URL: https://med.virginia.edu/neurosurgery/resident-training/a-message-from-the-program-director-and-chairman/


Virginia Commonwealth University*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Kathryn L. Holloway, MD
417 North 11th Street, 6th floor
P.O. Box 980631
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: (804) 828-9165
Fax: (804) 828-0374
Email: kathryn.holloway@vcuhealth.org
URL: https://neurosurgery.vcu.edu/education/fellowship/
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University of Utah*
Number of Positions: 1
175 N Medical Drive East
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Phone: (801) 581-6908
Fax: (801) 581-4385
URL: https://medicine.utah.edu/neurosurgery/fellowships/

University of Washington School of Medicine
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Andrew Ko
325 – 9th Avenue – Box 359766
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 520-5000
Fax: (206) 527-3925
Email: Alko00@neurosurgery.washington.edu
URL: https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education/fellowship-programs

West Virginia University School of Medicine*
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Peter Konrad
33 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: (304) 293-3368
Email: melissa.acocella@hsc.wvu.edu
URL: https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/neurosurgery/fellowships/

Western University (Epilepsy)
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: David A. Steven, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
339 Windermere Road
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5
Phone: (519) 663-3297
Fax: (519) 663-3296
Email: david.steven@lhsc.on.ca
URL: https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/cns/education/future_students/fellowships/available_fellowships.html
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Western University (Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Keith W. MacDougall, MD, FRCSC / Jonathan C. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCSC
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
339 Windermere Road
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5
Phone:(519) 663-3707
Fax: (519) 663-3753
Email: keith.macdougall@lhsc.on.ca/ jonathan.lau@lhsc.on.ca
URL: https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/cns/education/future_students/fellowships/available_fellowships.html
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Yale University School of Medicine
Number of Positions: 1
Contact: Eyiyemisi Damisah
P.O. Box 208082
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 785-2285
Fax: (203) 785-4161
Email: eyiyemisi.damisah@yale.edu
URL: https://medicine.yale.edu/neurosurgery/education/fellowships/