{"id":80,"date":"2020-08-14T16:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/assfn\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:23:14","slug":"assfn-sns-cast-fellowship-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/assfn\/summer-2020\/assfn-sns-cast-fellowship-review\/","title":{"rendered":"ASSFN\/SNS CAST Fellowship Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>There are currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assfn.org\/education.html\">42 functional fellowships<\/a><span>, 25 of which are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sns-cast.org\/cast-approved-fellowship-programs-in-functional-neurosurgery\/\"><span>CAST accredited<\/span><\/a><span>. CAST has transitioned to ABNS and is in the process of re-accrediting programs; however, 17 advertised functional fellowships are not yet accredited. All have been encouraged to apply and several applications are in process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Case minimums have been established as follows: 20 DBS (any indication), 20 generator replacements, 10 VNS, 5 Spinal Cord Stimulation, 10 epilepsy craniotomy for monitoring\/investigation, 10 epilepsy craniotomy for treatment and 5 trigeminal neuralgia.<\/li>\n<li>Per CAST policy, enfolded fellowships are allowed only for senior residents after completion of their chief residency year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently 42 functional fellowships, 25 of which are CAST accredited. CAST has transitioned to ABNS and is in the process of re-accrediting programs; however, 17 advertised functional fellowships are not yet accredited. All have been encouraged to apply and several applications are in process. Case minimums have been established as follows: 20 DBS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"NewsletterTOC.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASSFN\/SNS CAST Fellowship Review - American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/assfn\/summer-2020\/assfn-sns-cast-fellowship-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASSFN\/SNS CAST Fellowship Review - American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are currently 42 functional fellowships, 25 of which are CAST accredited. 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