University of Washington

Fellowship Program Director: Andrew L. Ko, MD
Program Faculty: Andrew L. Ko, MD and Benjamin L. Grannan, MD
Length of Fellowship: 1 year
CAST/SNS Approval:  Yes

Program’s goals and objectives

The University of Washington Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery service offers a high-volume training environment across the subdisciplines of Stereotactic and Functional Neurological Surgery (SFNS). The surgical care is delivered across multiple hospitals (University of Washington Medical Center Montlake, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center Northwest) with an emphasis on breadth of surgical approach and technique. The fellowship aims to provide a broad clinical and research training experience in all SFNS subspecialty areas: epilepsy surgery, movement disorder surgery, pain, eloquent cortex brain tumor surgery, and peripheral nerve surgery. We believe this comprehensive, multimodality training experience to be critical to the training of the next generation of functional neurosurgeons. The breadth and depth of clinical and research opportunities at UW will provide fellows with the opportunity to craft an individualized training plan that best aligns with their needs and goals. 

Core Clinical Learning Objectives

• Surgery for Movement Disorders: Yes
• Epilepsy Surgery: Yes
• Pain Procedures: Yes
• Surgery for Spasticity: Yes
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Yes
• Psychosurgery: Limited
• Other (please indicate): None specified

Contact information

Andrew L. Ko, MD
1959 NE Pacific Street
MS 356470
Seattle, WA  98104
Phone: (206) 543-3570
Fax: (206) 543-8315
Email: alko00@uw.edu
URL: Web page