Program Overview

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.

Program Description

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.

Areas of Expertise

Fellows gain expertise in all aspects of Interventional neuroradiology, including:

• Diagnostic cerebral and spinal angiography
• A range of vascular interventions, including:
  • Treatment of acute ischemic stroke
  • Sharp and blunt cerebrovascular trauma
  • Epistaxis
  • Cerebral aneurysms
  • Arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spine
  • Congenital cerebral and spinal malformations

Program Focus

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 the program is currently looking at 2027 positions. The application process will occur via the Electronic Resident Application Service (ERAS), and the Match will be administered by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

Application Process

• The goal is to provide a unified approach for interested applicants to find training, as well as to streamline the application process for Fellowship Programs.
• Candidates for the Academic Year will be able to apply exclusively on ERAS beginning in June 2025 and will Match through the NRMP in May 2026.

Faculty

The program faculty includes:

• 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