FELLOWSHIP

We offer fellowship training in General Neurosurgery and Spinal surgery in Windsor Ontario. This fellowship will give an excellent opportunity to enhance clinical experience in all aspects of Neurosurgery including complex spine surgery. The fellowship is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. The Fellowship program was founded in 2018 by Dr. Elashaal who is the current Fellowship Director.

Our fellowship program is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. We have 2 fellowships: General Neurosurgery and Complex Spine Fellowship. There is one position per year for each of the fellowships. The fellowship term is typically one year, but can be extended based on the fellow’s career goals. The fellowships are based out of Windsor Regional Hospital. The fellowship educational objectives are in concordance with the objectives for a complex spine surgery fellow developed by the Canadian Spine Society. (Larouche et al. Development of a Competence-Based Spine Surgery Fellowship Curriculum Set of Learning Objectives in Canada. Spine. 2016 Mar;41(6):530-7)

Our fellowship is a busy surgical fellowship, which typically involves 2-3 days/week in the operating room, and exposure to approximately 300 surgical cases per year. Exposure will be gained to the entire spectrum of Neurosurgery and spinal disorders except for pediatric Neurosurgery.

At the successful completion of our fellowship, a fellowship certificate will be granted by the University of Western Ontario.

Neurosurgery Residency Training in Windsor:

Our Residency training: we have officially become a part of London Residency Neurosurgical Training Program, with regular residents rotating between London and Windsor since 2020. The majority of our residents coming from London as a part of London/Windsor rotations, but we also can take residence from other training programs in Canada or even from aboard with advance arrangement in registration process with post graduate office.

If you are in a Neurosurgical training program and like to apply for an elective period in Windsor, please apply by filling the form bellow and send your CV to Dr A. Elashaal at nerawindsor@gmail.com and to our post graduate office in London.

HOW TO APPLY FOR FELLOWSHIP:

We are CURRENTLY NOT taking any applications for FELLOWSHIP at this time.
Please consult back later for our application window.
Our normal application window is March 1st to 31st each calendar year.

REQUIREMENTS:

Fellows are expected to have a minimum level of training in general neurosurgery and spinal surgery principles. A six-year Neurosurgery residency training is required. The fellows are expected to teach residents and medical students rotating through the neurosurgery service.

Fellows are expected to be involved in the care of the inpatient service and also provide consultations to the emergency room as well as in-patient ward service. The fellows are expected to make daily rounds on the inpatient service.

CALL REQUIREMENTS:

The on-call is 1 in 4. Fellows are expected to provide consultations to the emergency room and also attend the operating room for on-call cases. Fellows also take telephone consultations from peripheral hospitals and triage them accordingly.

RESEARCH/TEACHING:

Each fellow is expected to be involved in our research program, and is expected to present as well as publish at least one paper per year. Fellows are responsible for presenting morbidity and mortality rounds, journal club once monthly, and presenting neuro-oncological patients at the multi-disciplinary oncology rounds with medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and radiologists.

FUNDING:

Self-funding by Scholarship is the ideal and most common method. If not self-funded, the fellow will be paid by the Neurosurgical Department at Windsor Regional Hospital and/or NERA – Neuroscience Education Research Academy.

APPLICATIONS:

Application should be made initially by email to the Fellowship director, Dr. Abdurrahim Elashaal. Please email Windsor.spinal.fellowship@gmail.com.

The applicants also need to apply through the Postgraduate office at the Dean’s office from the University of Windsor Ontario (Attention: Miss Kate O’Donnell)

Applications should include:

Curriculum vitae

A cover letter describing the applicant’s interest in the program at Windsor Regional Hospital, career aspirations and any other professional or personal experiences that may add to the application. Please also clarify the source of funding as well as providing two letters of reference.

TIMELINE/PROCESS:

Applications for fellowship will generally be open for one year preceding the start of the fellowship year. Incomplete applications, or applications sent too early will be returned.

Candidates will be notified if they will be offered an initial telephone interview. Further to that, an in-person visit along with a site visit will be planned.

Once the selection of the fellows has been done, fellowship applications must also be done through the post-graduate medical education office at the University of Western Ontario.

OUR FELLOWS:

The following surgeons have finished one or two years of training in our unit here at Windsor in General Neurosurgery and/or Advanced Complex Spinal Fellowship.

Dr. Mohamed Soliman

Dr. Soliman was trained in Egypt and did three years of fellowship training in Windsor starting in January, 2018. He graduated from the fellowship program in 2020.

Dr. Abdallah Alkhamees

Dr. Alkhamees trained in France and did two years of fellowship training in Windsor starting in January, 2019. He graduated from the fellowship program in 2020 and is currently working as a consultant neurosurgeon in Saudi Arabia.