Spine fellowships
The AO Spine North America Fellowship Award is intended to provide funding to an institution to support its post-graduate fellowship program, including such direct costs as stipends and benefits, research expenses, educational expenses, etc.
Applications are now closed and will reopen in the Fall of 2025.
Prerequisites & eligibility
The Fellowship Award is intended to provide funding to an institution to support its post-graduate fellowship program including such direct costs as stipends and benefits, research expenses, educational expenses, etc. The fellowship award may not be used for indirect costs.
- Applications will be reviewed and scored based on established criteria set by the AO Spine NA Fellowship Committee
- AO Spine membership and engagement of the Fellowship Director and all faculty members will be evaluated and taken into consideration as part of the selection process
- Applications will only be accepted from applying institutions that are not “disqualified persons” with respect to AO Spine NA, as that term is defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 4946(a)
Funding
A limited number of fellowships are available. The number of awards granted is based on the allocations of funds determined by the AO Spine North America Board and the maximum amount per award is at the discretion of the AO Spine NA Fellowship Committee.
Funding may not be used for indirect costs.
2024 - 2025 Fellowship sites
Augusta University |
| Brown University |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| Cleveland Clinic |
| Hospital for Special Surgery |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Indiana Spine Group |
| Mayo Clinic |
| Mayo Clinic (Neurosurgery Enfolded Spine Fellowship) |
| McGill University |
| North Shore University Hospital |
| Northwestern University |
| OrthoCarolina Spine Center |
| Rhode Island Hospital |
| Rush University - Neurosurgery |
| San Diego Spine Foundation |
| Scientific Education & Research Foundation |
| Swedish Neuroscience |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc |
| The Ohio State University |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York |
| Toronto Western Hospital |
| University at Buffalo Neurosurgery |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| University of British Columbia |
| University of Calgary |
| University of California San Francisco Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| University of California, Davis Health Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery- Spine Service |
| University of Cincinnati |
| University of Maryland |
| University of Minnesota, Combined Orthopedic & Neurological Surgery Spine Fellowship |
| University of Missouri |
| University of Montréal |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| University of Utah Orthopaedics |
| University of Washington |
| UPMC, Department of Neurological Surgery |
| USC Spine Center |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center |
| Washington University - Orthopedics |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital-Och Spine |
| West Virginia University |