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WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellowship in Tübingen

The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tübingen are pleased to announce this special fellowship program which is exclusively funded by an annual grant from B. Braun Aesculap. Each year four trainee neurosurgeons, predominantly from developing countries, will have the chance to be trained across all neurosurgical techniques at the Department of Neurosurgery in Tübingen.

Miguel A. Arraez, MD, PhD, President of the WFNS Foundation

Basant K. Misra, MD

Chairman of the WFNS Foundation

Marcos Tatagiba, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman and Director, Department of Neurosurgery

Marcos Tatagiba, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman and Director, Department of Neurosurgery at Tübingen

Program information

The Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Tübingen is a large institution which runs a daily surgical program of 10-12 surgeries, almost 3,000 surgeries per year. There is a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit with 16 beds, and close cooperation with the Departments of Neuroradiology and Neurology.

The fellowship consists of extensive exposure to the whole spectrum of neurosurgical techniques including complex spine, functional, epilepsy, neuro-oncology, vascular, skull base, pituitary and numerous translational research programmes within the Neuroscience Programme of the Department of Neurosurgery, in combination with the Centre of Neurology of the University of Tübingen.

 

Program details

  • 3 month fellowship duration
  • Fellows will be provided with furnished accommodation
  • Fellows will be paid scholarship of € 1,250 per month
  • The Fellowship does not provide travel expenses
  • Candidates will be allowed to attend surgeries, conferences, workshops and other educational activities during the fellowship period

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a young neurosurgeon, from a developing country, from a residency training programme or equivilant programme who has demonstrated good skills is microsurgery during their residency. Furthermore, the fellows should have work experience of no longer than three years after concluding their residency training.

 

Required documentation

  • A copy of their passport or their ID card
  • A copy of their diploma in Medicine or a certificate issued by the Faculty of Medicine
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • The fellowship application

Past fellows

April - June 2023, Guido Andres Caffaratti, MD, Argentina
Dr. Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, 41st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Andreas Knapp, VP Global Marketing and R&D Neurosurgery and Power Systems
October - December 2022, Parisa Azimi, MD, Iran
July - September 2022, Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, MD, India
Dr. Sumanth Kumar Nyathani, 41st WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow & Andreas Knapp, VP Global Marketing and R&D Neurosurgery and Power Systems
April - June 2022, Thanh Nhan Pham, MD, Vietnam
Dr. Thanh Nhan Pham, 40th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow
January - March 2022, Andrija Savić, MD, Serbia
Dr. Andrija Savić, 39th WFNS-Aesculap Adult Fellow