Salary or stipend is not published on the reviewed programme page
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 full year
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Latest source audit
3 Oct 2026
Duration · published1 full year
Clinical exposureDegenerative and minimally invasive spine surgery including endoscopic and lateral (anterior-to-psoas, lateral ALIF) approaches, robotics, adult thoracolumbar and cervical deformity correction with PSO and VCR, en bloc and intralesional tumour resection, trauma, revision and peripheral nerve repair, within a service performing over 2,000 spine operations a year, plus clinical, translational and spinal-oncology research
Funding · publishedSalary or stipend is not published on the reviewed programme page
DestinationUnited States
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
—Not published
Required training level
Training-level and qualification requirements are not fully published.
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration requirements are not published by the cited source.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
No licensing-examination information is published.
—Not published
Language requirements
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship is not published on the reviewed programme page
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Salary or stipend is not published on the reviewed programme page
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
59% of core application fields verified
Checked 3 Oct 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ current status evidence✓ duration✓ application process✓ required documents✓ application portal✓ official contact✓ faculty✓ verified faculty photograph✓ verified institution logo✓ official source✓ institutional source✓ verification date— positions · not published by the cited official source— commencement / intake · queued for source review— Funding information not published · not published by the cited official source— benefits · queued for source review— accommodation / relocation · queued for source review— eligibility · not published by the cited official source— international eligibility · queued for source review— Language requirement not published · queued for source review— Registration information not published · queued for source review— visa / work authorisation · not published by the cited official source— Current deadline not yet published · not published by the cited official source— accreditation / organisation source · queued for source review
APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleEmail Dr Ozturk and Susan Small with your CV expressing interest; they send application instructions
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
Not published by the cited official source.
Registration, licence & examinations
AHPRA, USMLE/COMLEX, ECFMG, medical-board or local-licence requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship is not published on the reviewed programme page
Application documents
Curriculum vitae with an email of interest; further documents are sent with the instructions
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A one-year neurosurgical complex spine fellowship at Penn directed by Ali Ozturk, covering minimally invasive, endoscopic, robotic, deformity, tumour and trauma spine surgery, with enquiries by email.
HOST INSTITUTION
About University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurosurgery
Penn Neurosurgery's spine division has 10 board-certified spine-focused orthopaedic and neurosurgeons and runs clinical, translational and spinal-oncology research labs led by the fellowship director.
University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurosurgery
Clinical focus
Spine training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Ali K. Ozturk is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship director for Penn Neurosurgery Complex Spine Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Spine training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Ali K. Ozturk is listed by the official programme source as fellowship director. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
APPLICANT PROFILE
Spine surgeons seeking post-residency complex spine training
