A thorough knowledge of microsurgical anatomy, especially gained from working on a cadaver, is essential for becoming a truly proficient neurosurgeon. Skull base surgery is all about unlocking structures, and understanding how to do this in different anatomical regions makes your life as a surgeon so much easier.
Technologically integrated
advanced neurosurgical training and innovation
Our Mission
Surgical Innovation
Anatomosurgical Education
Surgical Training and Rehearsal
Ushering in the future of neurosurgery
through technologically integrated surgical training and skills based medicine
Education and Training Opporitunities
Medical school elective on surgical neuroanatomy and basic concepts of neurosurgery for visiting medical students nearing the end of their schooling who wish to peruse post-graduate specialty training in neurology, neurosurgery, or otolaryngology.
Lab-based fellowship training in the care of patients with pathologies of the skull base. Fellowships range from from 3 to 12 months and are available to senior neurosurgery residents or neurosurgeons wishing to pursue specialized training in skull base or vascular neurosurgery.
Expand the limits of your practice with our range of fully immersive dissection courses from basic to complex, and minimally invasive skull base approaches all taught in our state-of-the-art facility.
Skull Base Surgery
Lesions of the skull base present a unique challenge to neurosurgeons. Special training is required to perform intricate surgery in the smallest recesses of the cranium. Most skull base neurosurgical approaches require dexterity with surgical instruments in highly restricted corridors containing vital neurovascular structures. This aspect of surgery demands proficiency not only with instruments and drills but also with the complex anatomy to be navigated. Understanding the extremely complex anatomical relationships between neural and vascular structures encased by bone is critical and requires significant practice. A cadaveric dissection laboratory is the ideal neurosurgical training environment.

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