The Neurotology Fellowship offers advanced training in skull base surgical approaches and complex neurotologic procedures. Our fellows gain hands-on experience with key indicator cases, working closely with our multidisciplinary lateral skull base team comprised of neurosurgical and neurotology faculty, advanced practice providers, and subspecialty fellows.

The fellowship’s surgical scope encompasses translabyrinthine, retrosigmoid, and middle fossa approaches to the skull base, internal auditory canal, and cerebellopontine angle. Fellows participate in the resection of tumors, including vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, paraganglioma, facial schwannoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and cholesteatoma.

Our educational program leverages Mount Sinai Health System’s resources through interdisciplinary learning opportunities. Fellows attend and present at specialized conferences, including the neurotology fellow conference, interdisciplinary clinical skull base conference, vestibular case conference, and cochlear implant conference. Each conference emphasizes cooperative diagnostic and management approaches across the breadth of neurotologic disease. Additional learning opportunities include resident didactics, temporal bone dissection courses, and our internationally recognized annual endoscopic middle ear dissection course.

Fellows also receive training in rehabilitative surgical procedures, including cochlear implantation, bone anchored implantation, atresia surgery, ossicular reconstruction, stapedectomy, and facial nerve decompression, along with temporal bone resection, cerebral spinal fluid leak repair, and middle ear and mastoid surgery. While our neurotology fellows have no formal on-call responsibilities, they have the flexibility to participate in weekend inpatient rounds or assist with urgent neurotology procedures alongside attending physicians.

Clinical training for the Neurotology Fellowship occurs across multiple sites within the Mount Sinai Health System, including The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai-Union Square, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai West, and Elmhurst Hospital Center.

In collaboration with the neurosurgical team, the majority of inpatient neurotology cases occur at The Mount Sinai Hospital, while most outpatient otology and neurotology activities occur at Mount Sinai-Union Square or the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Faculty office hours are conducted at both The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai-Union Square, and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Additional surgical cases are available at Mount Sinai West and Elmhurst Hospital Center on a case-by-case basis.

Elective rotations allow fellows to develop skills in complementary areas that directly support neurotologic patient care. Elective opportunities include adult and pediatric audiology, hearing rehabilitation (including amplification and implantation services, vestibular testing, neuroradiology, neurology with specialized otoneurology and headache teams), stereotactic radiosurgery, neuropathology, neuro-ophthalmology, and vestibular rehabilitation.

The Neurotology Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai matches one fellow every two years. Full details are provided by the San Francisco Match, which sponsors the application process beginning in October for those seeking to start their training in July of the following year.

Applicants are responsible for meeting all eligibility prerequisites prior to registering for the match, including obtaining a full New York State license and Drug Enforcement Administration license. Additionally, to be considered for the program, candidates must have completed a residency program in otolaryngology. Candidates must also be eligible for the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery certification and New York State Medical Licensure. Once applications are reviewed, interviews are offered to selected applicants.