World Skull Base Foundation aspires to be a global platform that brings together medical, surgical and allied health professionals dealing with diseases of the skull base in an effort to promote best practices in the treatment of skull base pathosis and also provide comprehensive training programmes to promote the science of skull base treatments.

Our mission is to build a strong and ever expanding global community of dedicated professionals who will inspire hope and contribute to the health and well-being of patients suffering from skull base diseases through integrated clinical practice, education and research.

• • To provide a constantly updating and interactive support platform for patients suffering from skull base pathosis and related disorders.
  • To provide a network of accomplished professionals to engage and advise patients with skull base pathosis who approach the organisation for treatment support.
  • To create a common platform that will bring together doctors trained in the subspecialty of Skull Base Surgery from across the world.
  • To enhance co-operation and amity between important skull base centers across the world.

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• • To create a ‘flying team’ of professionals who can offer treatment and training in skull base pathosis across borders.
  • To promote cognizance of recent technical advances in the subspecialty of Skull Base Surgery and thereby promote best practices in the treatment of skull base pathosis.
  • To enable creation of a clinical databank of rare tumors of the skull base from multiple centers across borders which will enable better understanding of the disease processes and to formulate adequate evidence based treatment measures for the same.
  • To create and maintain a vast, permanent and apprising online clinical teaching material of the presentation and management of rare tumors of the skull base.
  • To create an e-learning hub-and-spoke network wherein scientific information and educational materials can be disseminated to and from centers of excellence in the specialty of skull base surgery with the hub being the WSB Foundation headquarters at Bangalore, India.
  • To simplify the training process in an otherwise complex subspecialty where the learning curve is long and arduous and to increase the number of Skull Base centers across the world, with an emphasis on the Indo-Pacific geography.
  • To strive towards setting up curriculum based training programmes that are accredited by governmental and professional bodies. The eventual goal is to established national postdoctoral programmes in Skull Base Surgery across countries.
  • To provide succour to the poor and underprivileged by periodically organising surgical camps in underdeveloped populations.

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World Skull Base Foundation is a network of trained physicians & professionals brought together by the common goal of providing the best possible care and treatment to patients with Skull Base disorders. Skull Base Pathosis being a rarity, it is understandable that there is a paucity of information available on the internet & elsewhere about what the patient could be suffering from. [expander_maker id=”1″] We at Work Skull Base Foundation endeavour to bring together a professional support base that will help the patient understand the illness and what needs to be done for it. World Skull Base provides training opportunities to doctors and medical professionals in the subspecialty of Skull Base Surgery. World Skull Base has launched its flagship training programme, The Fellowship Diplomas, organised at Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, Bangalore (India) which is one of its kind and the first comprehensive curriculum based training programme launched in the specialty of Skull Base Surgery. The objective of this programme is to define the scope of Skull Base Surgery, to create a professional community of trained Skull Base surgeons and to establish Skull Base Surgery as a separate subspecialty.

The Fellowship Diplomas are conducted separately in Lateral and Anterior Skull Base Surgery at different times in the year. Each module lasts 7 days and the curriculum that is spread across 2 modules covers all important topics in the subject. Dissectors are expected to attend both the modules and pass a written exam at the end of the course. Lectures will be in the forenoon and dissections in the afternoon. With over 60 hours of lectures with over 100 topics and 72 hours of dissections, this is indeed the most comprehensive course in Skull Base Surgery. The Dissectors will be provided with the best and state-of-the-art equipment including high speed drills, high definition microscopes and monitors giving the Dissectors an ‘in-theatre’ experience. The cadavers provided are fresh frozen and exclusively curated for the course with injections into the Anterior and posterior arterial and venous systems. Faculty for the course are sourced both internationally and nationally. Over 40 top faculties, will be sharing their experience with the participants. At the end of the course, the participants will go through a written examination passing which they will be awarded a Diploma from Ramaiah University (Deemed University under the Government of India). At the end of the final module, Dissectors will also be awarded a Fellowship of the World Skull Base Foundation.[/expander_maker]

• 25 Dissectors for LSBS
• 15 Dissectors for ASBS
• 50 Observers for LSBS
• 30 Observers for ASBS
• 15 Assistant Observers for ASBS
• 2 modules of 7 days each
• Structured curriculum based training in theory and dissections
• 60 hours of lectures with over 100 topics and 72 hours of dissections
• Over 40 world-renowned faculty
• International accreditations
• Fresh frozen and injected cadavers curated with patented technology
• State of the art infrastructure with an ‘in-theatre’ experience
• Only Skull Base Surgery course to be awarded a University Diploma