New AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section Traveling Fellowship

This year, the NREF introduced a new fellowship in collaboration with the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section.  The Cerebrovascular Section Traveling Fellowship allows a practicing, Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST)-certified neurointerventionalist (of any specialty) to visit a high-volume cerebrovascular center for a one-week observership.

Initiated by AANS member Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH, FAANS, of Semmes-Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., this fellowship will facilitate sharing the knowledge of experienced centers with the less experienced in a number of areas. According to Dr. Arthur, “This type of observership, while once common, has become more difficult to arrange in the press of modern practice. However, the rapid evolution of the field and the increase in the number of cerebrovascular centers has created a need for this program.”

The Cerebrovascular Traveling Fellowship has received enthusiastic support from the corporate community, providing the funds for two fellowships this year and the monies for many years of future awards.

Applicants must be fellowship-trained cerebrovascular/endovascular specialists, board-certified in a specialty and hold a CAST certificate in neuroendovascular surgery, or are able to demonstrate significant open cerebrovascular experience and practice. To apply, one must also have practiced independently for at least five years and be a dues-paying member in good standing with the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section or the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS).

Any practice that demonstrates significant volumes and outcomes in the area where the applicant is seeking experience can serve as a host organization and consideration will be given if the fellowship-training program is CAST-approved. Visit the NREF website before November 1, 2018, to apply for the 2019 fellowship.

The inaugural fellowships were awarded in February 2018 at the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section Annual Meeting to:

Andrew P. Carlson, MD, MS, FAANS
Host Institution: Université de Montréal

Andrew Carlson

Peter Kan, MD, FAANS
Host Institution: Barrow Neurological Institute

Peter Kan