IMG-friendly Neurological Surgery fellowship programs
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 27 Neurological Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 9; J-1 sponsors: 11). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 27Programs
- 9Sponsor H-1B
- 11Sponsor J-1
- 13States
Neurological Surgery fellowship programs for international graduates
Your fit
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Five questions, two minutes: every Neurological Surgery fellowship program ranked by what its own website states about applicants like you, and your fit shown beside each one. The first ten are free.
27 programs
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- Independent Clinical Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery (CAST-accredited) at North Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Independent Clinical Fellowship in Neurosurgical Oncology (CAST accredited) at North Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship (Neurological Surgery)
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
H-1B - Movement Disorder Fellowship
Wake Forest University School of Medicine · Winston-Salem, North Carolina
J-1 - Neurosurgery-Microscopic and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Florida · Weston, Florida
IMGs considered - Stereotactic and Functional Fellowship
University of Louisville · Louisville, Kentucky
IMGs considered - Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship (Minnesota)
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
IMGs considered - Neurosurgery Complex Spinal Surgery Fellowship Program
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, Ohio
IMGs considered - Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
IMGs considered - Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Neurological Surgery fellowship program
Visas and international graduates in Neurological Surgery fellowship
Which Neurological Surgery fellowship programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 9 Neurological Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship, Emory University; Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Spine Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Neurosurgical Trauma Fellowship, University of Chicago Medicine. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which Neurological Surgery fellowship programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 11 Neurological Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship, Emory University; Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Spine Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University; Neurosurgical Trauma Fellowship, University of Chicago Medicine.
Do Neurological Surgery fellowship programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 27 Neurological Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates, many requiring an ECFMG certificate. Where a program states a graduation-year limit or a USMLE score, its page quotes that too.
How is this list made, and how current is it?
From each program's own website, which ResidencySpot reads regularly. A program is listed when its page says it sponsors a J-1 or H-1B visa or considers international graduates, and the sentence that says so is quoted on its page. Policies change, so confirm with the program before you apply.