Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship
Geisinger’s Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship — one of only 35 approved programs — prepares you to succeed in this new and growing field of minimally invasive, high-tech care.
About us
Do you want to be a leader on the cutting edge of new surgical techniques?
Neuroendovascular (NES) surgery is a subspecialty that uses minimally invasive catheter-based technology, radiological imaging and human expertise to diagnose and treat vascular diseases of the central nervous system and other disorders of the head, neck and spine and their vascular supply.
As our NES fellow, you’ll gain the unique skills needed to succeed in this challenging subspecialty.
Geisinger offers an extensive learning experience covering 2 comprehensive stroke centers in rural and urban environments. You’ll be mentored by 6 dual trained neurosurgeons who have diverse backgrounds — 2 of whom joined the faculty after completing their Geisinger NES fellowships.
Case volumes exceed 2,000 per year, including over 250 thrombectomies and 175 aneurysm treatments. We’re part of more than 10 ongoing clinical trials and prospective databases and gain early access to new technology.
Fellows are strongly encouraged to engage in research, attend local and national conferences, and take advantage of simulator opportunities/courses.
You can complete your endovascular training after satisfactory completion/validation of catheter-based skills and competency, as well as all other prerequisites for each individual specialty. This prerequisite training may include:
- An ACGME-recognized neurosurgical residency
- An ACGME-recognized neurology residency followed by a stroke or critical care fellowship
- An ACGME-recognized radiology residency followed by a neuroradiology fellowship, during which you spent at least 6 months of focused clinical service in a neurosurgery, vascular neurology or neuro-intensive care program
Our training structure follows the criteria set forth by the Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST). The fellowship is 1 to 2 years depending on previous training. We accept 1 fellow per year.
Our program prepares all fellows for future independent practice and RFP certification.
We are part of the ERAS match and are accepting applications fall 2027 for a 2028 position.
We look forward to hearing from you and are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Program Director, Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship
Geisinger Health System
gweiner@geisinger.edu
Salary, benefits and employment highlights
About Geisinger
Geisinger serves more than 1 million people in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. We’ve been nationally recognized for innovative practices in quality, delivery models such as ProvenCare® and the use of an award-winning electronic medical record, Epic®. Our physician-led system has about 24,000 employees, including more than 1,700 physicians, 10 hospital campuses, two research centers and a health plan with more than half a million members, all of which boost our hometown economies by $8+ billion annually.
Location
Danville, Pa., is a unique and wonderful place to train. Opportunities for outdoor recreation are endless, the cost of living is low and traffic is almost nonexistent. In addition, we’re close enough to Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C., to make weekend getaways easy.
Program Overview
During your first year, you’ll focus on learning more advanced endovascular anatomy of the vasculatures of the brain, spine, head and neck, as this is a crucial foundation for completing procedures, including the management of complex neurovascular patients.
You’ll develop increased proficiency in endovascular access and perform at least 200 catheter-based diagnostic and/or interventional cerebral angiographic procedures as the primary operator.
You’ll also gain experience and competency in catheter techniques, plus an understanding of indications for diagnostic and interventional procedures. To expand your knowledge and make sure you’re at the leading edge of new treatments, you’ll have:
- Exposure to patients and techniques in clinical trials
- An introduction to innovative care pathway development, such as Geisinger’s ProvenCare®, designed to reduce costs while delivering the best patient outcomes
- A grounding in comparative effectiveness research
Year two – Advanced NES training
During your second year, you’ll gain significant clinical experience, culminating in the performance of a broad spectrum of diagnostic and interventional endovascular procedures as defined by core-competency requirements.
Another essential part of this year is participation in academic medical knowledge and patient care training processes relative to NES, including satisfactory completion of milestone level 5 for cerebrovascular diseases.
A multitude of clinical trials are also open and in development in the neurovascular space, and you’ll have the chance to partner with outstanding faculty mentors.
| Type | Frequency | Duration (hours) |
| Neurosurgery grand rounds/topics | Bi-weekly | 1 |
| Cerebrovascular case conference | Weekly |
1 |
| Neurosurgery M&M | Monthly |
1 |
| NS journal club | Monthly |
1 |
| Stroke M&M | Monthly |
1 |
| Stroke core committees | Weekly |
1 |
| Neurovascular research conference | Weekly | 1 |