Functional?

[Guest222]

is it possible to do both functional and tumor? Will I need fellowships in both to be more desirable both to future employers and future patients?

[Guest]

No, its not

[Guest]

(02-24-2021, 07:01 AM)Guest Wrote: No, its not

? There are plenty of examples of ppl who did stereotactic and functional fellowships and went on to have a dual practice. Rees Cosgrove comes to mind immediately. Maybe this has gone out of style with surg nav, but it definitely used to be a thing

[Guest]

(02-18-2021, 07:32 PM)Guest222 Wrote: is it possible to do both functional and tumor? Will I need fellowships in both to be more desirable both to future employers and future patients?

If you have a strong functional/epilepsy fellowship ie including cortical mapping, you may not need a separate neuro-onc fellowship.

If you want to be the brain tumor neurosurgeon in the practice then you should do a neuro onc fellowship, it might also give you exposure to skull base if that’s your thing

[Guest]

Entirely depends on where you're practicing, type of practice, patient population, etc.

There are plenty of non-fellowship trained surgeons out there doing tumors (even skull base) and even functional. We have a guy near me who basically taught himself DBS and does it quite well.

But realistically, if a current resident plans to be in a moderately competitive area and expect to build a subspecialty practice of any kind you need a fellowship. There are way too many folks doing them to be competitive. Academic depts, doubly so. Or you need evidence that you did a TON of it in residency.

[Guest]

It's just burr holes

[Guest]

(02-25-2021, 09:36 AM)Guest Wrote: It's just burr holes

Like doing an EVD, but without the satisfying rush of CSF.