Welcome
The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 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 Aesculap.
Each year 2 young neurosurgeons especially from developing countries, will have the chance to be trained in the field of pediatric neurosurgical techniques at the Department of Neurosurgery in Tübingen.
Program Information
The Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Tübingen is a large lnstitution which runs a daily surgical program of 10-12 surgeries, or about 3,000 surgeries per year. The Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery runs a busy surgical program and various, often interdisciplinary, outpatient clinics. Children are treated in close cooperation with the large University Children's Hospital and its numerous specialties, foremost Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Oncology, Neonatology, Pediatric Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery and Pediatric lntensive Care Medicine.
The Fellowship consists of extensive exposure to the whole spectrum and techniques of pediatric neurosurgery including hydrocephalus, CNS tumors, craniofacial surgery, spinal and cranial malformations, spasticity, epilepsy surgery, and peripheral nerve surgery.
Program details are
- Duration of fellowship will be 6 months, starting April 1st and October 1st.
- Fellows will be provided with furnished accommodation in a modern small apartment close to Hospital Campus.
- Fellows will be paid a scholarship of € 1,250.00 per month minus costs for the apartment.
- The fellowship does not provide travel expenses.
- Candidates will be included in all activities of pediatric neurosurgery including surgeries, conferences, clinics, ward rounds, workshops and have access to all other educational activities of the Department of Neurosurgery.
- Candidates are expected to actively participate in ongoing clinical research and work on an own research project during their stay.
Current and Past Fellows
April - September 2016, Artiom Garbi, MD, Republic of Moldova
On June 29th Artiom Garbi visited Aesculap in Tuttlingen. The product managers showed him in our special showroom the Neuro Aesculap product portfolio and he got an insight in our Aneurysm Clip, CranioFix®2 and Neuro/Micro Instrument production as well.
The whole Neuro Team wish him for his personal and professional way all the best!
October 2015 - March 2016, Qiang Li, MD, China
Our 5th WFNS Peadiatric Fellow visited the headquarter of Aesculap on November 30th. He learnd neurosurgical skills from Prof. Tatagiba.
We wish he had a pleasent stay filled with a lot of new and good experiences.
April - September 2015, Cahit Kural, MD, Turkey
On May 13th, we had been happy to welcome Cahit Kural in Tuttlingen. He stayed in Tübingen until the end of September for neurosurgical training with Prof. Tatagiba in paediatric.
We wish he had a pleasent stay filled with a lot of new and good experiences.
October 2014 - March 2015, Anar Feyziyev, MD, Azerbaijan
Anar Feyziyev visited the Aesculap headquarter in Tuttlingen on November 27th.
We wish him for his stay in Tübingen for Pediatric Neurosurgery until the end of March as well as for his personal and professional future all the best.
April - September 2014, Marina Khachatryan, MD, Armenia
On May 22nd had been happy to welcome Marina Khachatryan in Tuttlingen. She stayed in Tübingen until the end of September for neurosurgical training with Prof. Tatagiba in paediatric.
We wish she had a pleasent stay filled with a lot of new and good experiences.
December 2013 - April 2014, Humphrey Okechi, MD, Kenya
On January 21th we met Humphrey Okechi in Tuttlingen.
The Aesculap Neurosurgery Team showed him the factory.
We wish him for his stay in Tübingen until the end of April as well as for his personal and professional future all the best.
Application Process
The ideal candidate is an English or German speaking female or male young postgraduate neurosurgeon from a residency training program or an equivalent program from developing countries who during her or his residency demonstrated good skills in microsurgery. The fellow wishes to subspecialize or to actively concentrate on pediatric neurosurgery in the future. The fellow should have a work experience of no longer than 5 years after concluding her/his residency.
Qualified applicants should send a letter of application and intent, a CV and two recommendation letters to: