{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,6]],"date-time":"2026-03-06T20:09:54Z","timestamp":1772827794981,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)","issue":"5","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,1]]},"abstract":"\n OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery domestic traveling fellowship was created to cover the travel and living expenses for a North American neurosurgery resident for 1 month at another institution to gain experience in pediatric neurosurgery. The objective of this work was to guide future direction by surveying past recipients about the fellowship and its impact on their training and career.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS<\/jats:title>\n Historical data have been maintained by the AANS\/CNS Executive Committee and past and current chairs of the Traveling Fellowship Subcommittee. A 10-question REDCap survey was emailed to all previous fellowship recipients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n There have been 58 recipients of the traveling fellowship since 1998. The most common host program was Boston Children\u2019s Hospital (n = 21), followed by The Hospital for Sick Children (n = 12). Excluding recent recipients after 2017 who may still be working toward certification, 20 of 38 (53%) recipients have been certified by the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery (ABPNS). Twenty-four of 49 (49%) recipients completed the survey. Twenty (83.3%) respondents were either ABPNS certified or planning to seek certification, 17 (70.8%) respondents\u2019 practices consisted of > 50% patients aged \u2264 21 years, and 18 (75%) spent 4\u20138 weeks at the host program, which was longer than the 1 month funded by the stipend. Twenty-two (91.7%) respondents would recommend the traveling fellowship to a resident interested in pediatric neurosurgery, and 18 (75%) believed the traveling fellowship helped them decide to pursue a career in pediatric neurosurgery, while 17 (70.8%) found that the professional connections they made were the most useful aspect of the fellowship. Fifteen (62.5%) respondents believed that the stipend of $2500 was inadequate to cover the cost of traveling and housing.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n The majority of respondents are currently practicing pediatric neurosurgeons, would recommend the traveling fellowship to residents interested in neurosurgery, and believed that the experience helped them decide to pursue a career in pediatric neurosurgery. Opportunities for improvement include increasing the stipend to more appropriately fund rotations that have mostly been longer than 1 month.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.11.peds24455","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,28]],"date-time":"2025-02-28T21:48:06Z","timestamp":1740779286000},"page":"505-511","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The AANS\/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery domestic traveling fellowship: history and survey results of past recipients"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Eric M.","family":"Thompson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Illinois;"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Agnieszka","family":"Stadnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Illinois;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jason E.","family":"Blatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Edward S.","family":"Ahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"AANS Bulletin","first-page":"13","article-title":"Training neurosurgical residents in pediatrics: recent nationwide trends create challenges","volume":"16","author":"Ahn ES","year":"2007","unstructured":"Ahn ES, Chin LS. 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