The Open Cerebrovascular CV Fellowship at Emory University is under the direction of Brian Howard, MD, and Daniel L. Barrow, MD.
The CV Fellowship is a CAST-approved one-year program, in which all clinical (outpatient and inpatient) and research activities provide comprehensive exposure to the full range of neurovascular diseases (both ischemic and hemorrhagic). The goal of Emory's CV Fellowship is to provide intensive and extensive training in the diagnosis and management of all cerebrovascular diseases with a focus on open surgical technique.
The program accepts 1 fellow per year who rotate at Emory University Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital. Both facilities are certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare as Comprehensive Stroke Centers and perform a full gamut of open CV procedures.
The fellowship is run in accordance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved guidelines where applicable. Accepted fellows will be graduated neurosurgery residents with an interest in open CV surgery.
Fellows participate in running clinical cerebrovascular service on a daily basis. This includes twice-daily rounds, assisting with notes, and participating in all open CV cases with activities commensurate with level of training. Fellows also attend at least one outpatient clinic per week.
Fellows take approximately three days per month of attending neurosurgery on call, acting as faculty. Fellows also participate extensively in neurosurgery resident training via leadership of the CV service and/or assisting neurosurgery resident training on the wards and in the operating room.
Didactics include participation in weekly neurosurgery grand rounds, interdisciplinary neuroradiology conference, and stroke conference.
Academic production is longitudinal during the fellowship and includes book chapters, case reviews, posters and presentations and peer-reviewed publications. Fellows are afforded at least one academic meeting per year.
Faculty
Alumni
- 2017 - Vijay Agarwal - Albert Einstein
- 2016 - Jason Ellis - Northwell
- 2015 - Matthew Reynold - Loyola
- 2010 - Spiros Blackburn - University of Texas-Houston
- 2010 - Mark Bain -Cleveland Clinic
- 2009 - Alex Mason - Denver Health