Neurosurgery Fellowships . Our fellowship is a combined Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery experience that is one year in length, with an option to do an additional year of research for select candidates. Our philosophy is simple. We strive to recruit the top candidates and provide them with superior clinical and surgical training. As a “hybrid” program comprised of four fellowship- trained Orthopaedic Surgeons and five fellowship- trained Neurosurgeons, each fellow will gain ample exposure to a wide range of spinal pathologies ranging from degenerative diseases, infections, intra- and extra- dural tumors, deformity, and trauma. In general, the surgical techniques employed by Orthopaedic and Neurological surgeons vary, and as a Fellow in this program, you will become proficient with all techniques, including deformity, microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery.
A primary goal of our fellowship is to graduate fellows with a highly refined clinical acumen and surgical skill set that will allow them to most effectively treat any type of spinal malady. Approximately 1. 90. Cleveland Clinic - providing an excellent opportunity to excel in spinal surgery, both technically and clinically. Our yearly curriculum includes a very thorough series of didactic sessions provided by Staff and guest lecturers, fellow- directed case presentations, biomechanical and controversy conferences, in addition to monthly grand rounds lectures and journal clubs.
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The curriculum was designed to provide a strong evidence- based foundation on all topics pertinent to spine surgery. Collectively, the Spine Surgery Staff surgeons have published over 5. All of the staff at Cleveland Clinic are involved nationally and internationally in teaching and are members of numerous academic societies. This underscores our philosophy, enthusiasm, and commitment to education as well as the breadth of experience among our staff. As a requirement in our Fellowship, each fellow must complete at least one project prior to graduation. There are a multitude of areas of research available to our fellows, including basic science, pre- clinical, clinical, and biomechanical research opportunities. We believe this is a valuable educational experience, and certainly a strength of this program.
Thank you for your interest the Spine Surgery Fellowship Program at Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery Fellowship is focused on educating our fellows in a unique academic setting that encourages extensive training in the diagnosis and management of adult spinal disorders. There is emphasis placed on degenerative cervical, thoracic and lumbar disease, spinal deformity, intradural and extradural spinal tumors, spinal trauma, spinal infections, congenital spinal abnormalities, and complex reconstruction/revision cervical and lumbar pathology.
The fellows gain a substantial experience with a multitude of surgical techniques including image guidance, minimally invasive surgery, and microsurgery. The primary goal of our fellowship is focused on training the highest quality orthopaedic and neurosurgeons on a personal and professional level, in order to prepare them for private or academic practice. U. S. News and World Report consistently ranks our orthopaedic and neurosurgery programs among the top ten in the nation and number one in the state of Ohio. Both clinical and surgical experience is drawn from the nearly 1.
Our faculty actively participates in the fellows. Topics include general spine indications, core curriculum, controversies in spine care, and biomechanics. In addition to weekly conferences, there are monthly journal club meetings, fellow organized grand rounds, and visiting professor lectures on various topics four times per academic year. Our weekly conferences consist of presentations directed by our spine fellows with faculty input relating to various spinal pathology and surgical treatment options. Our journal clubs are organized every month, with attendance by both faculty and fellows.
Residency Program: The goal of the residency program is to provide strong clinical training and foster good judgment in the field of neurosurgery in preparation for an academic career or an exemplary private practice. Residency; Director's Message; Current Residents; Alumni. Spinal Surgery & Disease Program; Faculty; About Us. Chair's Message; Administration; News. We rank number one in Chicago in neurosurgery education and research. The conference is attended by faculty from neurology and neurosurgery who actively engage in.
Articles for journal club are selected by the presenting fellow, with a discussion of content, methods, results and conclusions of each article presented amongst the group. Fellows are also encouraged to participate in the education and clinical teaching of residents in and out of the operating room throughout the year.
Research plays a vital role in our spine surgery fellowship. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage in clinical research with the intent to publish peer- reviewed articles under the direction of our faculty. Fellows will be expected to apply the principles of spinal research, with a strong focus on the use of evidence- based medicine in their surgical decision making. Fellows will have access to our spine research lab at Lutheran Hospital which is minutes away from our main campus. Some of our research interests include biomechanics, biologics, spine kinematics, and spinal cord injury and clinical research.
Each fellow will be required to complete and present one research project at the end of the year as part of their requirement for program graduation. These projects are then prepared for submission prior to completion of the fellowship and are expected to be submitted for publication. John H. Shin, MDNeurological Surgeon. Research/Clinical)Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital.
Boston, MA. The combination of orthopedic and neurosurgical spine training is invaluable and is what really made the fellowship a rich environment for learning. The didactics, including lectures and case presentations, were comprehensive and provided ample opportunity for discussion and debate. For anyone wishing to pursue spine as a subspecialty, I would recommend this fellowship without any hesitation or reservation. The numerous opportunities for research made this a very productive time. The year proved to be one of the best of my training experience. I was able to see a diversity of complex cases in clinic and the operating room, which has greatly enhanced my decision- making and technical abilities. Perhaps more importantly, Cleveland Clinic has a group of world- renown spine surgeons, from both neurosurgery and orthopaedic backgrounds, with whom I worked closely and individually, and was therefore able to see and discuss multiple ways of treating spinal disorders.
My knowledge and armamentarium increased noticeably during the course of the year. The fellowship has transformed what I am able to do for my practice and patients. The combination of orthopedic and neurosurgical training sets you apart from the conventionally trained crowd. You are treated as a colleague and friend by the attendings. The educational didactics were excellent and by the end of the year I had a well read, evidence based, and objective approach to treatment of the spine. All attendings were always very patient and took their time to let us operate.
Clinics were also great. Attendings took their time to discuss cases, go over indications and so on. Great clinical experience overall (from cervical to lumbar, to intradural pathology, to deformity). Personally, as I am interested in Academics and publishing, and Cleveland Clinic was amazing in providing us with the opportunity. You can write a book chapter a month if you are interested. Every staff member is very involved with Societies and publishing and if you are interested in getting involved you can get a lot of help here.
Clinical and biomechanical studies are always ongoing and help is always wanted. On the other hand, if research is not your thing, you only need 1 project done throughout the year. The experience operating with Neurosurgeons and Orthosurgeons was very interesting to me. In the end I came to a conclusion that the indications and operations in this day and age are pretty much the same. I guess it does not matter at all what your background is, as long as you are well trained. You can take the lamina out with a drill or a Leksell, as long as you leave the dura in place the patient will be OK.
Scott Lollis, MDNeurological Surgeon. Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center. Lebanon, NH. For me, the principal clinical benefits were in the areas of spinal deformity and tumor surgery. As a neurosurgical resident I had had no exposure to major deformity correction, and while I had certainly done laminectomies for tumors, I was not completely comfortable with the posterolateral approaches for thoracic tumors (costotransversectomy/lateral extracavitary with anterior column reconstruction). The diversity and volume of cases at Cleveland Clinic is exceptional, and this allowed me to develop competence in these two areas. Because each fellow has a one on one experience with each faculty member, the fellowship offers a breadth of experience that is uncommon.
Lastly, I am really grateful for the friendships that I formed during my year in Cleveland. Our class had a great time, and I expect these relationships to continue throughout our professional careers. Lavelle, MDOrthopaedic Surgeon. SUNY Upstate Medical University. Syracuse, NY. I am currently Fellowship Director of the spine fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical Center. My practice is a combined trauma, tumor, deformity and degenerative spine practice at an academic tertiary center. I felt well prepared for practice after my fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.
Louis School of Medicine. St. This was a huge asset. In addition, I definitely expanded my repertoire of skills from having great mentors in both neurosurgery and orthopedics. Stewart, MDOrthopaedic Surgeon. Washington University in St.
Louis School of Medicine. St. The opportunity to train under opinion leading surgeons from both neurosurgery and orthopaedics makes this a top fellowship program.
After more than 5 years in practice, I can honestly say that I did a tremendous training at Cleveland Clinic. For me as a neurosurgeon, I had an excellent opportunity to work closely with orthopedic surgeons. This has helped me to understand and master all the aspects of the spine as a whole.
UT Southwestern Neurosurgery Residency - Dr. Whitworth. Undergraduate Degree: University of California, Berkley. BAMedical School: Tulane University School of Medicine.
MDGeneral Surgery Internship: University of Tennessee, Memphis. Neurosurgical Residency: University of Tennessee, Memphis. Fellowship: Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Neurosurgery Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.