In the position of having secured a good fellowship a year out from starting but one of the major faculty has left the program and a spot at a more desirable program (location, volume, prestige)opened up.

 I only signed an intent letter not an official contract yet. Is it worthwhile to pursue the more desirable program ?

Can someone help me understand really what the difference is for fellowship between tumor and skull base and what pros and cons someone ought to consider between them. Appreciate any insight.

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PGY-1 looking to transfer programs. Made a stupid error on my match list and ended up in a program that isn't right for me for a variety of reasons (geography & clinical/research interests). I know that the general advice is to stick it out but I know deep down this isn't the right place for me, even though I have a great team, and I will struggle here immensely. Neurosurgery residency is brutal enough as is and I want to be upfront with my PD/program about where I'm at and hopefully find the right fit (for both the program and myself) without it being excessively disruptive to the day-to-day operations of the service.

Has anyone been through the transfer process successfully? Any advice on how to navigate the conversation with your home program PD in terms of the process? Happy to provide more details over DM. Have had some mentors that have provided great insight and are willing to go to bat for me but would love some resident perspective for anyone who's been through it or has any thoughts.

Hi all, 

I just started spine surgery during my third year and I was wondering if there were any good learning material to learn about doing some of the common surgeries and anatomy. I asked my seniors and they said resources are limited. I appreciate it.

Any word on interview invites or timelines for this year's skull base fellowship match?

Can any recent grads/people looking at jobs now comment on the end-vascular job market? Is it getting saturated?

As above. Scored in the 230s. Everything I know and have researched is neurological, the natural choice seems to be to pivot to neurology. Unsure. Appreciate any help.

PGY-7 looking to swap positions if possible. 

I am in Midwest looking for anywhere across the country. Private message me if interested.

Neurosurgery has become very diverse compared on how things were 50 years ago. WINS did a good job in increasing the female awareness to the field although I have some takes on how they promote some of their “leaders” with no merit. My concerns that there is a movement to have LGBTQA and push this under the term of minority. I don’t really think this should be promoted at all in this field. The country is already going south with millennial move and I am afraid this is great field with be self-destroyed by promoting such stuff. 

Our goal is to promote the field by taking care of patients, innovate, push for more funding and research…than pushing for gays in neurosurgery