Neuroendovascular Fellowship
Program Director: Dr. Ryan Kellogg
Fellowship Coordinator: Karen Saulle, kes4a@virginia.edu, 434-982-3244
The Neuroendovascular fellowship at the University of Virginia is a one or two year fellowship (dependent on previous training) training program centered at the University of Virginia Hospital. It is administered by the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, certified by CAST, and collaborates closely with the ACGME accredited programs in neuroradiology and vascular neurology. All attending physicians are board certified Neurosurgeons or board certified Neuroradiologists that have completed post-graduate training in neuroendovascular surgery.
The first year of the fellowship is designed to equip the fellows in the basic tenets and techniques of diagnostic angiography of the brain and spine. The fellows learn about pathology amenable to treatment with neuroendovascular techniques. At the completion of the first year of fellowship, the fellows are expected to have gained the necessary skills to determine when angiography is appropriate and to perform and interpret cerebral and spinal angiograms thoroughly and accurately.
The second year of fellowship is a continuation of the graduated experience where the fellow acquires the skills necessary to treat various neurovascular pathology. Under the direct supervision of the attending physician, the fellows become comfortable with all of the various instruments and techniques that are commonly employed in a robust, modern neurovascular practice. At the conclusion of their second year of fellowship, the fellow will understand the indications, risks, benefits, and alternatives to all of the common and uncommon neuroendovascular procedures. Additionally, they will have developed the knowledge and appropriate skill set to independently and safely practice neuroendovascular surgery.
Fellows will be expected to evaluate consultations for the neuroendovascular service and follow patients during their hospitalization by participating in daily teaching rounds with the attending physicians and help formulate appropriate treatment plans. The fellows interact regularly with the vascular/stroke neurology service including with their fellows, residents, and attending physicians, including serving as the first point of contact for emergent stroke thrombectomy consults.