Overview
Two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship preparing board-eligible otolaryngologists for academic otology/neurotology, with about 20% protected academic time and neurosurgical collaboration in lateral skull base surgery.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Institution policyMichigan Medicine house officer appointment year runs 1 July - 30 June (only first-year house officers are appointed on a revised cycle starting at orientation)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- ACGME-accredited
- Department
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Eligible for the American Board of Otolaryngology examination or board-certified
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - non-US medical graduates must hold a current ECFMG certificate and be eligible for a State of Michigan licence; non-US citizens need ECFMG J-1, permanent residence or qualifying EAD
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 sponsored by ECFMG (or permanent residence / qualifying EAD); other visas only in very limited circumstances, case by case at Program Director discretion with prospective GME Committee approval
- Licence requirement
- Michigan training licence; unrestricted licence needed for outside activities/moonlighting
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- SF Match (2026-27 cycle)
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyhouse officers paid on the UM/HOA scale; FY27 (from 1 July 2026) HO I $77,049, HO IV $86,670, HO V $90,137, HO VI $93,742, HO VII $97,492 up to HO IX $105,447, plus annual lump-sum savings payment and benefits
Official sources
https://medschool.umich.edu/departments/otolaryngology-head-neck-surgery/education/fellowships/otology-neurotology-skull-base-surgeryhttps://medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship/residency-fellowship-prerequisites-employmenthttps://medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship/residency-fellowship-salary-benefitshttps://hr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/2023-2027_hoa_collective_bargaining_agreement.pdf