Neurosurgery Fellowships
A surgeon working on a machine in an operating room. A surgeon working on a machine in an operating room

Advance your career

The U-M Medical School Department of Neurosurgery offers post-residency clinical training in several subspecialty areas.
Our Fellowships

Our fellowship programs include a complex and reconstructive spine fellowship, a peripheral nerve fellowship, and a stereotactic and functional fellowship – all accredited through the Society of Neurological Surgeons Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST). The Department also offers a neurocritical care fellowship accredited through the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties (UCNS), a second neurocritical care fellowship accredited by CAST (designed specifically for current neurosurgery residents), and a neurovascular/endovascular fellowship.

Fellowship Programs
  • Spine – CAST accredited
  • Endovascular
  • Neurocritical Care – UCNS accredited
  • Neurocritical Care – CAST accredited
  • Peripheral Nerve – CAST accredited
  • Stereotactic and Functional – CAST accredited
a person looking through a microscope See Where Training Takes Place

We continually work to ensure that our program offers the best possible environment for developing the careers of future leaders of neurosurgical practice and science.

  • See Training Locations
    • Nightlife downtown Ann Arbor Life in Ann Arbor

    We find a new reason to love Ann Arbor nearly every day — year-round outdoor activities, cultural experiences, a growing food scene, and a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere are just a few that come to mind. Explore all that Ann Arbor and our surrounding communities have to offer. 

  • Explore Ann Arbor
    • FEATURED NEWS & STORIES See all news 2024 Faculty and Staff Awards
    Medical School News
    Sixteen individuals, and members of Comprehensive Stroke Program, honored with Faculty and Staff Awards
    Sixteen faculty and staff, and members of the Comprehensive Stroke Program, were honored Dec. 4 at the annual Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony at the Jack Roth Stadium Club in Michigan Stadium. The awards acknowledge and celebrate those who demonstrate exceptional accomplishment in the areas of teaching, research, clinical care, community service, technology, leadership, teamwork and administration
         National Academy of Inventors logo
    Medical School News
    Robert H. Bartlett, M.D., and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., named National Academy of Inventors fellows
    The National Academy of Inventors has selected U-M faculty members Robert H. Bartlett, M.S., FACS, and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. They were nominated for being innovative researchers with extensive work translating discoveries into new products and technologies that are addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges
         Dr. Zhen Xu pictured on stage speaking
    News Release
    BME's Zhen Xu, Ph.D. receives multiple honors for pioneering work in non-invasive cancer treatment
    Zhen Xu, Ph.D. inducted as 2024 Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and a Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), underscoring her significant contributions to technology and patient care.
         surgeon close up operating in bright lighted room
    Health Lab
    In 10 seconds, AI model detects cancerous brain tumor often missed during surgery
    Researchers have developed an AI powered model that — in 10 seconds — can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains, a study published in Nature suggests.
         photo of Dr. Eva Feldman
    Research News
    Dr. Feldman Named to Department of Neurosurgery
    The Department of Neurosurgery announced that Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., would receive a joint appointment as a Professor of Neurosurgery.
    Health Lab
    Pistons ball boy 13 years seizure-free after brain surgery
    After undergoing brain surgery as a child, Glenn Ratledge is now working as the ball boy for the Detroit Pistons and has been seizure free for 13 years.