Accreditation

This program is accredited by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Certification

After successfully completing the program, you are eligible to take the Neuro-oncology Certification Exam offered by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Program history

The Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, will accept its first fellow to begin training in July 2026. We anticipate one trainee will complete this program annually.

Positions

One position is available on a competitive basis each year in the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Competitive applicants will have demonstrated a commitment to a career in neuro-oncology.

Qualifications

Applicants for the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship program must have completed an accredited neurology, neurosurgery, or medical oncology training program in the U.S. or abroad.

Also see general admissions requirements.

How to apply

Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education does not process printed applications to this program. You must apply through SF Match, a matching program application service.

Mayo's academic year begins in July. You must submit a completed application form and all required documentation no later than nine to 12 months before the program begins.

Complete the following steps to apply:

1. Visit the SF Match website to register as an applicant.
2. Create an account to begin the online Application for Admission
3. All applications to Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education programs must include these application materials.
4. After submission, view the required Supplemental Items and Documents
   • Upload each required item in the Supplemental Items section (if applicable)
   • Complete the Recommendation Request section (if applicable)

Appointments are made through the Neuro-Oncology Match coordinated by SF Match and sponsored by the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO).

Applicants considered for acceptance will be invited to visit Mayo Clinic for a personal interview with the program director and selected faculty. Interviews are typically conducted between March and April each year.

The majority of your time as a fellow is spent in an outpatient setting evaluating adult patients afflicted with various brain/spine tumors as well as complications of therapies. 

You will also engage in discussions regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plans with patients and their families. The continuity clinic allows our fellows to have clinic time for patients follow-up. 

Neuro-oncology Clinic: Evaluation and management of neuro-oncology patients within the neuro-oncology clinic.

Medical hematology/oncology: Exposure to solid and hematologic malignancies that metastasize to the central nervous system as well as the neurologic complications of cancer and its therapy.

Neuropathology: In-depth, evaluations of the histology and molecular classifications of CNS tumors, as well as ancillary studies used diagnostically.

Neuroradiology: Understand the utilization of imaging studies in the diagnosis, evaluation and management of CNS tumors.

Neurosurgery: Work directly with neuro-oncology-dedicated neurosurgeons regarding the evaluation and management of patients with CNS tumors.

Radiation oncology: Gain understanding to the use of radiation for the treatment of CNS tumors and the different approaches/technologies/side effects.

Pediatric neuro-oncology: Work at Nemours in the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with CNS tumors.

Didactic training

• Continuity clinic: five half days per week
• Hospital consults for neuro-oncology: two to four hours per wee
• No call services

Conferences

As a trainee, you will have the opportunity to participate in a rich variety of clinical conferences in the Department of Neurology.

• Weekly Neuroscience Conference
• CNS Tumor Board
• Neuro-Oncology Research Meeting
• Cancer Center Grand Rounds
• Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
• Journal Club
• Weekly dedicated neuro-oncology fellowship didactics

Electives

Elective time is available by your choice, depending on your career goals and it would be an individualized decision.

Mayo Clinic is a premier site for the conduct of clinical trials involving the use of new prescription drugs, combination therapies, rescue treatments and novel therapeutic agents. You are expected to participate actively in clinical trials that enroll patients in the early stages of their disease, as well as those that enroll progressive patients.

You will participate in these trials as an examining physician and gain experience in the use and interpretation of clinical outcome measures. You are expected to participate in weekly neuro-oncology seminars to review research progress and to interact with other research members.

There are ample opportunities to be involved in translational and clinical research, which can be tailored to an individual’s career goals.

To ensure that you acquire adequate knowledge and develop your technical skills, your performance is monitored carefully during the course of your program training.

At the completion of each rotation, you are evaluated by the faculty to whom you were assigned. This is accomplished through Mayo Clinic's Residency Management System, MedHub. MedHub is linked to the six core competencies identified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal Skills and Communication, Professionalism, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and Systems-Based Practice).

Completed faculty evaluations are reviewed by the program director, who assigns a pass/fail grade based on the scores and comments of the faculty member. Upon approval of the evaluation by the program director, the evaluation immediately becomes available electronically to you in the MedHub system.

Mayo Clinic's Department of Neurology is one of the largest and most comprehensive neurological practices in the world. It includes more than 200 subspecialized experts trained in epilepsy, movement disorders, dementias, stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, neuro-oncology, and many more.

Mayo Clinic physician-scientists collaborate with researchers worldwide, contributing to advances in medicine that improve neurological care for people everywhere.

Mayo Clinic's neurological clinical opportunities are rich and varied, offering you the opportunity to see both common and unusual neuro-oncology cases.

One of the greatest advantages of training at Mayo Clinic is the approachability, accessibility, and collegiality of the faculty. In addition to caring for patients in clinical practice, Mayo Clinic's faculty is committed to teaching and facilitating the growth of medical knowledge. You work closely with these individuals throughout your training in the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship.

	Wendy Sherman, M.D. Program Director Assistant Professor of Neurology Interests: Primary brain tumors, leptomeningeal metastases, translational research View full profile
	Steven Rosenfeld, M.D., Ph.D. Interests: Molecular motor targeting, enhancing the efficacy of other cytoskeletal targeting therapies, approaching glioblastoma heterogeneity form a therapeutic perspective View full profile
	Christine Cordova, M.D. Interests: Molecular tumor testing, biomarkers of disease, novel therapies for cancer View full profile