Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

The Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is an intensive one-year program dedicated to the training and education in advanced rhinology and skull base techniques. We prepare fellows for a career in academic rhinology by teaching outpatient and surgical management of paranasal sinus and skull base pathology. Under the leadership of our esteemed faculty from the departments of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery, fellows engage in groundbreaking and innovative research and benefit from an environment that fosters professional and personal growth within the field of rhinology and skull base surgery.

Fellows are exposed to a comprehensive surgical caseload consisting of inflammatory and neoplastic pathology involving the paranasal sinuses, skull base, and orbit. Working at The Mount Sinai Hospital and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, you will become well versed in primary and revision sinus cases, as well as endoscopic and open approaches to the skull base. Surgical cases and procedures include:

Benign and malignant tumor resections
Cryoablation
Eustachian tube dilation
Extended approaches to the front, maxillary, and sphenoid sinus
Office sinus surgery
Paranasal sinus balloon sinuplasty
Radiofrequency
Skull base surgery repair, including orbital tumors, surgical management of the lacrimal system, and transorbital approach to the skull base
Surgical repair of cerebrospinal fluid leaks, encephaloceles, benign skull base tumors such as pituitary lesions, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, and malignant lesions involving the skull base

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Meet the Director

Satish Govindaraj, MD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Otolaryngology

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery

Dr. Govindaraj is an expert in skull base surgery and leads multiple clinical trials focused on patients with refractory sinus disease.

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Fellows staff a half-day, weekly rhinology clinic. Operative cases generated from the clinic are performed with supervision from division faculty. Call responsibilities include one day per week of daytime consult coverage at The Mount Sinai Hospital and four to five weeks of weekday evening and weekend call at Elmhurst Hospital Center every year.

Each week, you will review the case mix for the upcoming week with the Associate Fellowship Director and be assigned to office days and operative cases. One half-day per week is dedicated to research endeavors. In the second half of the fellowship, you are assigned to subspecialty rotations in:

Fellows act as mentors for residents and serve as clinical instructors, participating in didactic sessions as well as clinical teaching. In addition, you have the opportunity to participate in at least three citywide advanced rhinology and sinus surgery courses, where you can lecture and serve as proctors during the laboratory portions.

Fellows participate in weekly rhinology and skull base research meetings with rhinology and neurosurgery faculty, research fellows, medical students, and residents. You will also join a monthly skull base tumor board. The board is comprised of faculty from otolaryngology, neuroradiology, neuro-ophthalmology, oculoplastic, neurosurgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and pathology, and allows fellows the opportunity to discuss cases and treatment plans.

Fellows must apply for the Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship through sfmatch. Applicants are typically scheduled to graduate from an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency training program or a similar training program. Candidates must also be American Board of Otolaryngology eligible and able to obtain a full New York State medical license and Drug Enforcement Agency license.

In addition to the Central Application Service application, fellows must submit:

A personal statement
Curriculum vitae/CV
Three letters of reference

Applications should be completed by early February. The rhinology match takes place in May and will be used to process all applicants who want to start their fellowship training in July of the following year.