AANS International Visiting Surgeons Fellowship
The AANS is committed to increasing its involvement in international neurosurgery, in particular furthering educational opportunities in developing countries. One meaningful offering is the AANS International Visiting Surgeons Fellowship. The AANS funds two observational fellowships per fiscal year to provide meaningful educational experiences in North America to international neurosurgeons who will practice and/or teach neurosurgery in their home countries.
2012 Recipients
Venkatesh Madhugiri, MD from Pondicherry, India. He will visit LSUHSU in Sheveveport, Louisianan under Dr. Anil Nanda's observation. Dr. Madhugiri will focus on observing complex neurosurgical procedures pertaining to his area of interest, and to study the structure and organization of an academic neurosurgical department, including research facilities.
Victor Andronachi, MD from Chisinau, Moldova. He will visit St. Joseph's Hospital and Medial Center in Phoenix, Arizona and under Dr. Robert F. Spetzler's observation. Dr. Andronachi will focus his observational fellowship on advancing the study of the skull based microsurgery, and to build and develop a laboratory of cadaver dissection required for training of the neurosurgeon residents.
Applications for the 2013 fellowship will be accepted beginning in June 2012.
The deadlines will be posted when available.
AANS Financial Support
If approved the AANS fellowship will provide each of the two recipients:
- $1500/monthly stipend ($4,500 if Fellowship is for three months)
- Reimbursement for one round trip coach airfare to Fellowship location
- Travel reimbursement & free registration to the AANS Annual Meeting April 14-18, 2012 in Miami, FL, if recipient is serving the fellowship in North America at the time of the Annual Meeting. This includes:
- Round trip air fare/travel from their fellowship location
- Free hotel room
- A spending stipend for the meeting
- General registration fee for the meeting
Qualifications
The applicant must be a neurosurgeon or neurosurgeon-in-training in a developing country as defined by the World Bank. He/she should be on staff at a local hospital (and preferably medical school) involved in neurosurgical patient care and neurosurgical education.
Further Details:
To contact the AANS about this fellowship:
E-mail: intlfellow@aans.org
Phone: 1-847-367-0500
Fax: 1-847-378-0600
Mail: Attn: AANS International Visiting Surgeon Fellowship
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-3852, U.S.A.