Fellowship in Spinal Neurosurgery (St. Michael's Hospital)
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto St. Michael's Hospital
Supervisors
- Howard J. Ginsberg, MD, PhD, FRCSC (https://research.unityhealth.to/researchers/howard-ginsberg/)
- Jefferson R. Wilson, MD, PhD, FRCSC (https://research.unityhealth.to/researchers/jefferson-wilson/)
- Christopher D. Witiw, MD, MS, FRCSC (https://research.unityhealth.to/researchers/christopher-witiw/)
Term of Appointment: 1 year minimum
Positions Available: Up to 3 per year
Description
St. Michael’s Hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Toronto located in downtown Toronto and is a Level 1 trauma center serving a diverse population in Canada’s largest metropolitan area. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University rotate through the service. Research in a variety of areas is undertaken and is an essential and major component of each Fellowship.
Objectives
- By the end of the Fellowship, the Fellow will have mastered a full spectrum of spinal neurosurgical techniques in the management of spinal trauma, oncology, infection, vascular malformations, and degenerative conditions.
- The Fellow will have mastered techniques of researching a problem, developing a research methodology, carrying this through to completion, and demonstrate the ability to express his or her findings in spoken and written form.
- Attendance at outpatient clinics and involvement in clinical research are essential points of the Fellowship.
- Fellows at the University of Toronto are expected to be participants in the second on-call duty roster for home call duty.
- Fellows are expected to participate in weekly spine case conference
- Involvement in the teaching of the Division is also expected.
Terms
The starting date is July 1st of the Fellowship year. Each Fellow will rotate and spend a four-month block with each of the three faculty spinal neurosurgeons.
Contact Information
Erin McAllister
Administrative Assistant to the Division of Neurosurgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1W8
erin.mcallister@unityhealth.to
Application Procedure
Please submit the following by email to the Fellowship Contact:
- CV
- Letters of reference (3)
- Proposed start year
- Details of self-funding for the fellowship if applicable