This one- or two-year fellowship position, based in East Africa, entails spending time with patients, in the operating room and working with Tanzanian surgeons and medical staff, as well as participation in ongoing collaborative research between the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) and Weill Cornell Medicine. Ongoing communication between the team in Tanzania and Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgeons is made possible through weekly Zoom conferences and site visits from U.S. faculty.
The position, endorsed by FIENS, is operated under the direction of Dr. Roger Härtl, Chief of Spinal Surgery at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and founder of the Neurosurgical Mission in Tanzania. The fellowship is open only to neurosurgeons fully trained in North America or Europe who want to get experience working in Tanzania. Read more about the Tanzania Neurosurgery Project here.
Application
For further information about the Global Health Neurosurgery Fellowship, or to apply, contact:Roger Härtl, MD
Neurosurgical Director, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care
roh9005@med.cornell.edu
(212) 746-2152