Best Neurotrauma/NCC fellowships?

[Guest]

Holy shit this board is toxic.

[Guest]

Trauma by its very definition is not elective. Furthermore, a fellowship-trained neurotrauma Neurosurgeon does not add anything to a neurosurgical practice. Your fellow attendings won’t see u as helpful, because you don’t do anything they can’t already do. Also, they won’t be giving u their trauma patients, because they are going to want to do (and bill) for the craniotomies. Ur role will essentially be reduced to rounding on non-operative patients that are dumped on u.

There’s a reason that it is rare to see job openings specifically for Neuro trauma.

[Guest]

An elective neuro trauma practice is basically community neurosurgery, you take trauma call and get elective cases from clinic. I agree if your interests are purely clinical then a neuro trauma fellowship is pointless, better to do a spine fellowship so you can manage complex fractures. If you have interest in TBI research and want to be in academia, then a fellowship in a place like Miami, UW or Pitt is worthwhile.

[Guest]

Anyone who thinks a neurosurgery residency grad can practice as a full-time neurocritical care attending without a fellowship simply doesn't understand what the field is. Neurotrauma is one thing (and the above posters are prob correct that a trauma-heavy residency probably prepares you for any non-academic trauma job). But you won't learn advanced vent management, status epilepticus, neuromuscular diseases, acute stroke management, inflammatory diseases, weird encephalopathies, etc. as a neurosurgery resident, and that's all modern neurocritical care. Long story short, prep for the job you want. I don't know of anyone outside of an academic center who does both NSGY and true neurocritical care (not just trauma). But in the academic setting it should be possible.

[Guest]

(08-13-2021, 11:21 AM)Guest Wrote: Yes, that's why I asked. Rather than berate, try and provide some useful insight. Thank you

it sounds like you are seriously considering a neurocritical trauma fellowship. wish you the best of luck.

[Guest]

What does someone do who gets fired after pgy-5? I have a lot of knowledge and skills. But now I feel screwed.

[Guest]

(08-14-2021, 08:52 PM)Guest Wrote: What does someone do who gets fired after pgy-5?  I have a lot of knowledge and skills.  But now I feel screwed.

go into neurocritical care! you have a lot of knowledge and skills.

[Harvard / Yale Neurosurgeon]

(08-14-2021, 08:52 PM)Guest Wrote: What does someone do who gets fired after pgy-5?  I have a lot of knowledge and skills.  But now I feel screwed.

I feel so sad for you, why did you get fired, if you don't mind me asking? Sometimes, you just get screwed over.