Open Vascular and Endovascular Fellowship
The Semmes-Murphey Clinic/University of Tennessee Fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery / Interventional Neuroradiology / Endovascular Neurology is a 24-month-long fellowship open to neurologists, neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists. This fellowship is one of the first CAST certified fellowships and one of the highest volume programs in the United States.
Post-graduate fellows are credentialed as attending physicians and function as an integral part of a multidisciplinary cerebrovascular team in a high volume collaborative practice that provides neurointerventional services at Methodist University Hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital, the Regional One Trauma Center, and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
Fellows gain expertise in all aspects of Interventional neuroradiology including diagnostic cerebral and spinal angiography, and a range of vascular interventions including treatment of acute ischemic stroke, sharp and blunt cerebrovascular trauma, epistaxis, cerebral aneurysms, arterivenous malformations of the brain and spine and congenital cerebral and spinal malformations.
This expertise includes the management of patients with neurovascular disease, the performance of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery procedures, and the integration of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery therapy into the clinical management of patients. Academic research is emphasized with multiple ongoing pre-clinical and clinical projects.
Applicants
2026 positions are complete and we are looking at only 2027 positions at this time.
Faculty
Adam Arthur MD MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Dan Hoit, MD, MPH
Program Director and Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Lucas Elijovich, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Nitin Goyal, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Violiza Inoa, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Nick Khan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
David Morris, MD
Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics
Christopher Nickele, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Why Memphis?
Memphis is a truly incredible town with so much to offer! Catch dinner at the iconic Majestic Grille before taking in a Grizzlies NBA game at the FedEx Forum. Learn the history of Memphis music at Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Stax Records, and Sun Studio. Soak in the sun at Shelby Farms or the Big River Crossing. Enjoy shopping at our Bass Pro Shop, housed in the tenth-tallest pyramid in the world, then explore the nightlife on historic Beale Street.
But most of all, Memphis is the healthcare hub of the Mid-South's large and diverse population.
Cost of Living
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Safety
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Opportunities
You can find UT Health Science Center faculty, residents, fellows, and staff at:
- two phenomenal children’s hospitals (Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)
- one of the busiest trauma centers in the country (Regional One Health)
- a top-ten-ranked cardiac surgery hospital (Baptist Memorial Hospital)
- a hospital with a state-of-the-art transplant institute (Methodist University Hospital)
- a hospital that serves almost 200,000 veterans a year from 53 different counties in the area (Memphis VA Medical Center)
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