Get Your Fellowship.

Deepen your understanding in endoscopic spine surgery by participating in one or several fellowships hosted by our founding members.

Only available for former course participants and participants from the CAS UZH in Spinal Endoscopy.

Vincent Hagel, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Vincent Hagel

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Lindau, Germany

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 3 - 4

  • Case Complexity: Entire spectrum

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, scrubbing in possible


Professor James J. Yue, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

James J. Yue

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Hamden (CT), USA

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 3 - 4

  • Case Complexity: Interbody fusion, transforaminal discetomy, lumbar rhizotomy (no posterior cervical)

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, facility with cadaver/ simulator training available (tbd individually)

Sohrab Gollogly, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Sohrab Gollogly

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Monterrey (CA), USA

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 10

  • Case Complexity: Entire spectrum

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, scrubbing in (US based fellows only), facility for cadaver/ simulator training nearby (tbd individually)

Professor Xuexiao Ma, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Xuexiao Ma

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Quingdao, China

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 25 (performed by several surgeons)

  • Case Complexity: mainly lumbar approaches

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, facility with cadaver/ simulator training available (tbd individually)


Facundo van Isseldyk, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Facundo van Isseldyk

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Rosario, Argentina

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 3 - 4

  • Case Complexity: Entire spectrum (mostly complex cases)

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, scrubbing in possible

Javier Quillo-Olvera, MD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Javier Quillo-Olvera

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 3 - 4

  • Case Complexity: entire spectrum

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe


Professor Jin-Sung (Luke) Kim, MD, PhD and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Jin-Sung (Luke) Kim

  • Duration: 6-month fellowship possible from 2027

  • Location: Seoul, South Korea

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 3 - 4

  • Case Complexity: Entire spectrum

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe

Professor Mazda Farshad, MD, MPH, FRCS, Initiator and Founding Member of the EndoSpine Academy

Mazda Farshad

  • Duration: 2-week fellowship possible

  • Location: Zurich, Switzerland

  • Avg. No. of Endoscopic Cases/ Week: 10

  • Case Complexity: entire spectrum

  • What Fellows Can Do: Observe, scrubbing in (only CH based fellows), facility with cadaver/ simulator training available (tbd individually)