Overview
International fellowship in skull base and cerebrovascular surgery consisting of surgical observation, microvascular anastomosis training and clinical research writing.
The programme
- Focus
- General neurosurgery (multiple subspecialties)
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship / Observership (WFNS training centre)
- Duration
- 3 months to 1 year
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 2
- Accreditation
- WFNS Foundation-accredited Post-Graduate Training Centre; completion certificate issued by the centre and/or WFNS
- Department
- Department of Neurosurgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Young neurosurgeons (recently completed residency or equivalent)
- International applicants
- Yes - 2 international fellowships; health screening required for foreign practitioners
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Surgical observation plus off-the-job microvascular anastomosis training
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Email the department contact listed on the WFNS page (scholarship via nms.ac.jp)
Funding
- Funding
- JPY 100,000/month scholarship if applied July-September of the previous year (up to 10 applicants); dorm JPY 30,000/month if available
Official sources
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