University of California at San Diego

Fellowship Director: NavParkas S. Sandhu, M.D., M.S.  navparkashsandhu@hotmail.com

Contact: Debra Kerrigan painfellowship@ucsd.edu

Address:
ATTN: Debra Kerrigan
Pain Fellowship Coordinator
UCSD Department of Anesthesiology
9300 Campus Point Drive, Mail Code 7651
La Jolla CA 92037-7650

Telephone: (858) 657-7072
Fax: (858) 657-5014
Websitehttp://anesthesia.ucsd.edu/divisions/regional-anthesia/pages/defualt.aspx

Other Affiliated Faculty:

• Benjamin Atwater, M.D.
• Richard Bellars, M.D.
• Mike Bishop, M.D.
• Ching-Rong Cheng, M.D.
• Nicholas Kormylo, M.D.
• Nisha Malhotra, M.D.
• NavParkash Sandhu, M.D., MS
• Preetham Suresh, M.D.
• Mark Wallace, M.D.
• Tony Yaksh, PhD

Participating Hospitals:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year*

Application Deadline: June 30 prior to the year of matriculation

Number of Fellows: 3

Approximate Salary: $57,000 plus benefits with just one day/week supervising residents in the operating room and no in-house call; there may be additional in-house call to augment salary.

Special Requirements: CA state medical license before starting fellowship

*2 year advanced program with clinical research track available

University of California, Irvine

Fellowship Director: Amy DeRoche, M.D. aderoche@uci.edu

Contact Person/Title: Allison Davis//Fellowship Coordinator

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care
Division of Acute Pain Management and Regional Anesthesia
101 The City Drive South
Bldg. 53, Room 227
Orange, CA 92868

Telephone: 714 456 8744
Fax: 714 456 7321
E-Mail:pollarda@uci.edu

Dept. Website: www.anesthesiology.uci.edu/

Program Chair: Zeev Kain, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: UC Irvine Medical Center (Douglas Hospital) and outpatient surgical center, and Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center.

Application Requirements: Curriculum Vitae, 2 letters of recommendation, USMLE 1, 2, and 3 scores, and a personal statement expressing why he or she is interested in regional anesthesia.

Application Deadline: Rolling application proces

Application Link: www.anesthesiology.uci.edu/education_regionalfellowship.shtm

Number of Fellows: 1

Annual Salary: 80,000 annually with benefits; Additional income may be earned by working late.

Special Requirements: Completion of an ACGME accredited anesthesia residency, California state medical license

Comments: We do not support foreign visas.

Fellows will be expected to participate in a research project during the fellowship year with the goal of publication of their data in one of the premier anesthesia journals.

Stanford University Medical Center

Fellowship Co-Directors:

Contact: Bernadette Carvalho [berniec@stanford.edu]

Address:
Department of Anesthesia,
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, California 94305

Telephone: (650) 723 6411
Fax: (650) 725 8544

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: June 30th of preceding year

Number of Fellows: 2-3

Approximate Salary: $66,300 plus benefits with one day per week in the operating room either at Stanford or the VA, with no required in-house call

Special Requirements: CA state medical license before starting fellowship

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Fellowship Director: Dr. Jack Berger, M.D. and Dr. Rana Movahedi , M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Dr .Rana Movahedi rmovahed@usc.edu

Address:
Department of anesthesiology
University of Southern California
1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 3450
Los Angeles, California 90033

Telephone: Nancy Curtiss: Residency and fellowship coordinator
323-409-7748

Fax: 323-409-8085

Website: http://keck.usc.edu/Education/.../Department_of_Anesthiology

Program Chair: Dr. Philip Lumb, MB, BS, FCCM

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: One year

Hospitals Fellows Rotate Through:

University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Lac-USC, Los Angeles, CA

Application Deadline:
The position for 2012-2013 has been filled.

Number of Fellows: 1

Annual Salary: $65000 annually, potential s to earn more through moonlighting is available

Special Requirements: Must be eligible to hold a California State Medical License.

Comments: The following documents are required: Current CV, personal statement, three letters of reference, examination dates and scores.
 

Harbor-UCLA

Fellowship Director:

• David Cho, M.D., M.B.A  davidcho@yahoo.com

Contact Person:  Shoni Maddox scmaddox@yahooc.om

Address
Department of Anesthesiology-Regional Fellowship
1000 West Carson Street
Box 10
Torrance, CA 90502

Telephone:  310-222-3472
Fax:  301-782-1467
Email:  scmaddox@yahoo.com

Program Chair:

Other Affliated Faculty:

Vadim Tokhner, M.D.
Clinton Kakazu, M.D.
Inderjeet Julka, M.D.
JiChang Li, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship:  1 year (11months and 1 month vacation)

Participating Hospitals:  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Application Requirements: Curriculum Vitaa, 2 letters of recommendation, USMLE 1,2, and 3 scores, and a personal statement expressing why he or she is interested in regional anesthesia.

Number of Fellows:  1

Annual Salary:  $57,000  Additional income will be earned by working anesthesia shifts within the hospital.

Special Requirements: Completion of an ACGME accredited residency, California state medical license.

Comments: We do not support foreign visas.

Fellows will be expected to participate in a reseach project duirng their fellowship year with the goal of publication of their data in one of the premier anesthesia journals.

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Fellowship Director:
Richa Wardhan, M.D. richa.wardhan@yale.edu

Fellowship Coordinator: Marie Aritta marie.aritta@yale.edu

Address:
ATTN: Marie Aritta
Regional Anesthesia/Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Coordinator
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510

Telephone: (203) 785-2802
Fax: (203) 785-6664

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Program Chair: Roberta Hines, M.D.

Director, Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia Pain Medicine: Thomas Halaszynski, DM.D., M.D., MBA

Participating Hospitals:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year*

Application Deadline: Still OPEN for 2012

August 15th prior to the year of matriculation (for Fellowship to begin July 1 of the following year).

Number of Fellows: 1-2

Approximate Salary: $65,000 ++ plus benefits, currently the fellow will function as a Junior Faculty approximately one day/week (40 days/year) supervising residents in the operating room and no in-house call. Fellows working days as faculty in the operating rooms are paid the full clinical incentive pay for a day of clinical work just as any other faculty member. There are other options to earn additional income by taking the above 40 days/year in one week periods as an overnight attending (details can be further explained at time of interview for interested applicants).

Special Requirements: CT State Medical License before starting fellowship.  Must have completed US anestheisa residency.

Special Requirements: The applicant will have an M.D. or equivalent and will have passed the Anesthesiology specialty exams or in the process of examinations by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Available for candidates who have successfully completed an ACGME accredited residency in anesthesiology and the candidate must be eligible for licensure.

Interested applicants should submit the following: Curriculum vitae, personal statement/cover letter (the letter of intent must specify the applicant's proposed start date), official college and medical school transcripts. Official record(s) of Board scores (NBME, FLEX, USMLE), a valid ECFMG certificate (if medical training occurred at medical school outside of the USA or Canada), most recent ABA/ASA In-Training Examination scores, letter of recommendation from anesthesiology residency program director, and three additional letters of recommendation

Comments: The fellowship is anticipated to be divided between clinical experience and research. Other learning opportunities that are incorporated in this fellowship include ambulatory anesthesia, analgesic techniques, acute pain management in the chronic pain patient and collaboration with the Acute Pain Medicine Service. Upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve and nerve plexus blocks, continuous catheter techniques, paravertebral techniques, TAP blocks, and central neuraxial techniques (including thoracic epidurals and combined spinal-epidurals) will be experienced as part of the fellowship program. Ultrasound guidance is used for the vast majority of peripheral nerve blocks along with the nerve stimulator as well as “anatomical land-marked” based techniques.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

**2 year advanced program with clinical research track available in combination with Junior Faculty status.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Fellowship Director: Dr. Chester C. Buckenmaier, III chester.buckenmaier@amedd.army.mil

Contact Person/Title: Dr. Chester C. Buckenmaier, III

Address:
Acute Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia
6800 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20307

Telephone: 202-782-2949
Fax: 202-782-5066
Website: www.arapmi.org

Program Chair: Dr. Chester C. Buckenmaier, III

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: September 15 of the previous year

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: > $100,000

Special Requirements: Must be commissioned into the US Military

Jackson Memorial Medical Center
University of Miami

Fellowship Director: Ralf E. Gebhard, M.D.
Associate Director: Andres Missair, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Maria Cristina Wells-Albornoz
Email: mcwells@med.miami.edu

Address:
University of Miami Hospital
1400 NW 12th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
Attn: Ms. Cristina Wells-Albornoz, Fellowship Coordinator

Telephone: 305.585-1191 *2 *1
Fax: 305.689.5501
Web Site: http://anesthesiology.med.miami.edu/x7.xml

Program Chair: David Lubarsky M.D., MBA

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months (1 year)

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: Accepted until position is filled

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: $56,000

Special Requirements: Fellowship Application, 2 letters of recommendation, a current CV, and a letter of affirmation stating interest in the program, including number and type of blocks performed. Copy of USMLE STEP 3 scores are required. FL medical license prior to start of training, DEA number.

Comments: Position is currently 100% fellow

No call requirements.

The Andrews Institute Surgery Center

Fellowship Director: Brandon Winchester, M.D.
*with a focus on Sports Medicine

Contact Person/Title: Carmen White, Fellowship Coordinator

Address: 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway,
Suite 100
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561

Telephone: 850.916.8704
Fax: 850.916.8579
Email: Carmen.White@theandrewsinstitute.com
Website: www.theandrewsinstitute.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTnc0Rp7-I

Program Chair: Gregory V. Hickman, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year (August 1 start preferred)

Participating Hospital: The Andrews Surgery Center, Gulf Breeze, FL
Application Requirements: Completion of ACGME Accredited Anesthesia Residency Program

Application Deadline: 10/1 of proceeding year
Number of Fellows: One (1)
Annual Salary: $55,000 Annually
Special Requirements:

Application Packet should be requested by phone:
Carmen White, Fellowship Coordinator- 850.916.8704
or email: Carmen.White@theandrewsinstitute.com 
Selected candidates will be invited for an interview.

Comments: Gulf Breeze is a fabulous place to live. Paradise, white beaches, outdoor activities, small town and friendly atmosphere. No call commitments. This is a Regional/Ambulatory Anesthesiology Fellowship with a focus on Sports Medicine. Watch video highlights of the program here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTnc0Rp7-I

Mayo Clinic
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education

Fellowship Director: Roy A. Greengrass, M.D. greengrass.roy@mayo.edu

Contact/Title: Norma Minnick, Education Program Coordinator minnick.norma@mayo.edu

Address:
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Mayo Clinic
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224

Telephone: 904.953.0487
Fax: 904.953.0430
Website: www.mayo.edu/msgme/anesres-jax.html

Program Chair: Thomas M. Spackman, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: August 1

On-Line Application:

Number of Fellows: 1-2

Annual Salary: $57,295 (Academic year 2011-2012)

University of Florida College of Medicine

Fellowship Director: Andre Boezaart, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Fellowship Director: Linda Le-Wendling, M.D.

Contact Person: Colleen Kearney ckearney@anest.ufl.edu

Addrees:
College of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
1600 SW Archer Road
PO Box 100254
Gainesville, FL 32610-0254

Telephone: 352-273-8954
Fax: 352-392-7029

Program Chair: F. Kayser Enneking, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:
Stephen Lucas, M.D.
Barys Ilhnatsenka, M.D.
Patrick Tighe, M.D.
Allison Haller, M.D.
Donald Bohannon, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: One year
Participating Hospitals:
Shands at University of Florida
Shands Cancer Hospital
Florida Surgical Center

Application Deadline: Routine applications close June 30th

On-line Application: http://anest.ufl.edu/clinical-divisions/regional-anesthesia-and perioperative-pain medicine/rapm.fellowship

Number of Fellows: 4

Special Requirements: Florida medical license and DEA number

Comments: Position is 80% fellow and 20% faculty

Annual Salary: no loess than $90,000/year paid bi-weekly

Benefits:
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Vacation and Leave Time – 18 vacation/10 travel days per year
Academic Fund - $2,000 annual allocation for academic expenses
 

University of Illinois at Chicago

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: E. Gina Votta -Velis, M.D., PhD ginavot@uic.edu

Contact Person/Title: E. Gina Votta -Velis, M.D., PhD

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology (MC 515)
College of Medicine Suite 3200 West
1740 West Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7239

Telephone: 312.996.4020
Fax: 312.996.4019

Program Chair: David Schwartz, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

International Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland

Application Deadline: July 31st of the previous academic year
Number of Fellows: One (1)
Annual Salary: $54,840 base plus call incentives

Special Requirements:
3 letters of Recomendation, CV, Personal statement, Illinois License and DEA number

Comments: Clinical and basic science research projects available.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Adult and Pediatric Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Directors:

Coordinator:

Address:
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
251 E. Huron, F5-704
Chicago, Illinois 60660

Telephone:312-926-8105
Fax: 312-926-9206
Website: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/.../Regional/index.html

Program Chair: M. Christine Stock, M.D., FCCP, FCCM

Participating Hospitals:

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Application Deadline: August 1st of the preceding year.

Number of Fellows: 1 Fellow

Program Description:

Fellows will complete a formal 6 month rotation in adult regional anesthesia and acute pain management at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. This rotation includes multimodal analgesic techniques such as neuraxial and peripheral nerve catheters, local anesthetics and narcotic infusions, and non-narcotic analgesic adjuvants with emphasis on indications, contraindications, side effects, potential complications, and daily management of patients on the acute pain service.

Fellows will complete a formal 6 month rotation in pediatric acute pain management and regional anesthesia at Children's Memorial Hospital. This will include the use of multimodal analgesic management including the use of neuraxial techniques, peripheral nerve catheters as well as opioid infusions and non-opioid adjuvants with emphasis on indications, adverse effects, potential complications and everyday management of infusions. In addition, the fellow will be involved in the regional anesthesia service that will provide regional anesthesia techniques in infants, children and adolescents including head and neck bocks, upper and lower extremity blocks and truncal blocks, and thoracic and lumbar epidural catheters. Lastly, the fellow will be provided an opportunity to supervise anesthesia residents in anesthesia in the use of ultrasonography for peripheral and central neuraxial blocks.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

University of Iowa

Fellowship Director: Peter Foldes, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Teresa Schmidt, Fellowship Coordinator

Address:
The University of Iowa; Department of Anesthesia
200 Hawkins Drive; 6 JCP
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1009

Telephone: 319.353.7783
Fax: 319.356.3431
Website: www.anesth.uiowa.edu/fellowships/Regional/tabid/571/Default.aspx

Program Chair: Michael Todd, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months (one year)

Participating Hospitals: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Application Deadline:

Number of Fellows: Three (3)

Annual Salary: Fellows/Associates $100,000 plus House Staff Benefits

Special Requirements: Completion of a residency program in anesthesiology

Comments: Fellows will be 80% Fellow/20% Faculty

Kansas University Medical Center

Fellowship Director: Martin De Ruyter, M.D. mderuyter@kumc.edu
Contact: Phyllis Campbell pcampbell@kumc.edu

Address:
Attn: Phyllis Campbell, BA, C-TAGME
Department of Anesthesiology
Kansas University Medical Center, MS 1034
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, KS 66160-7415

Telephone: (913) 588-3304
Fax: (913) 588-3365

Website: www.kumc.edu/anes/

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Number of Fellows: One (1)

Duration of Fellowship: One (1) year

Participating Hospital: The University of Kansas Hospital

Application Requirements:

Application Deadline: February 29, 2012

Approximate Salary: $50,124 (academic year 2011-12) plus benefits

Comments: The fellowship is a mixture of both clinical experience and clinically oriented research. We are a busy regional practice in a tertiary medical center at the largest hospital in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Fellows receive a broad exposure and will become proficient to numerous types of blocks. We utilize both nerve-stimulator and ultrasound-guided approaches to peripheral nerve blocks. We have a strong emphasis on continuous catheter infusions and a sizable home infusion patient population following ambulatory surgery. The fellows are instrumental in the education and overseeing of anesthesiology residents during their regional rotation. There is no call obligation associated with the fellowship.

Ochsner Medical Center

Fellowship Director: Kristie Osteen, M.D.
Contact Person: Kristie Osteen, M.D.
Email: kosteen@ochsner.org

Mailing Address:
1516 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121

Telephone: (504)-842-3755

Website: http://academics.ochsner.org/EducationPortal.aspx?id=7844

Program Chair: Armin Schubert, M.D.
Regional Anesthesia Director: Leslie Thomas, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: Ochsner Medical Center

Application Deadline: December 1 of the year preceding July start date

Number of Fellows: 1 - 2

Approximate Salary: $90,000 base, $1,500 stipend for meetings, plus moonlighting opportunities, minimal call responsibilities 

Special Requirements: Completion of fellowship application with attached photo; three (3) letters of recommendation; current CV and personal statement; Louisiana medical license and DEA; USMLE scores

Comments: In 2008 the regional team at Ochsner Hospital performed over 1000 ultrasound guided blocks. Cases ranged from total joints to outpatient sports medicine. Fellows will learn ultrasound guided techniques as well as nerve stimulation. The types of blocks routinely performed include interscalene, supraclavicular, paravertebral, lumbar plexus, and sciatic. Fellows also will learn how to set up an acute pain service that involves managing inpatient as well as outpatient perineural catheters. Fellows will help with the yearly Ochsner ultrasound workshop and will actively participate in many of the ongoing regional research projects.

Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: E. David Bravos, M.D.
Contact Person/Title: Gloria McCoy

Address:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Carnegie 280
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, M.D. 21287

Telephone: 410.955.5608 or 410.614.0401
Fax: 410.614.1796
Website: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/anesthesiology/

Program Chair: John A. Ulatowski, M.D., PhD, MBA

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (downtown campus)
Johns Hopkins at Bayview Medical Center

Application Deadline: September 1 (for Fellowship to begin July 1 of the following year)

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: Instructor/Fellow: $130,000-$150,000

Special Requirements: M.D. state medical license [www.mbp.state.md.us/forms/dr_initial.pdf], M.D. state permit to dispense drugs [www.mbp.state.md.us/forms/permit-disp.pdf], DEA license for Instructor/Fellow

Comments: Out institution does not sponsor J-1 visas beyond residency.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Directors: Kamen Vlassakov, M.D.
Contact/Title: Geri Myers
Contact Email: gmyers@partners.org

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street, CWN L1
Boston, MA 02115
Attention: Elieen Stanford, Registrar

Telephone: 617-732-8221
Fax: 617-277-2192
Website: http://www.partners.org

Program Chair: Kamen Vlassakov, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: September 1 of the preceding enrollment (i.e. deadline of 9/1/10 for 2011/2012 Fellowships

Number of Fellows: 2

Annual Salary: $62,919

Special Requirements

Comments: The Regional Anesthesia Fellowship is a 12 month fellowship, tailored to give advanced training in the field of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia while also providing junior teaching opportunities, facilitating the trainee-to-faculty transition process.

The objectives of the Regional Anestheisa Fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital is to provide a nurturing atmosphere in which to acquire and develop knowledge and technical skills necessary to provide superb clinical care, develop educator skills and foster prospective quality research. The fellowship curriculum is geared to provide deep and comprehensive knowledge of diverse regional and orthopedic anestheisa subjects while remaining flexible to accommodate specific areas of interest and enhance the individual experience.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Mayo Clinic
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Directors:
Sandra L. Kopp, M.D. kopp.sandra@mayo.edu

Contact/Title: Stacey Maxwell, Education Program Coordinator

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Telephone: 507.266.2049
Fax: 507.284.0120
Website: www.mayo.edu/msgme/

Program Chair: Timothy R. Long, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: August 1

On-Line Application: www.mayo.edu/msgme/ https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=mayo-fp

Number of Fellows: 1-2

Annual Salary: $54,912 (Academic year 2009-2010)

Comments: 2 year combined Academic/Clinical Research Fellowship available resulting in a Master's degree in Clinical Research

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Medical School

Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: Dr. Brian D. Sites brian.sites@hitchcock.org

Contact Person/Title: Dr. Brian D. Sites

Address:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Orthopedic and Regional Anesthesia
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756

Telephone: 603.650.6823
Fax: 603.650.8980
Website: www.dartblock.org

Program Chair: Thomas Dodds, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Application Deadline: Rolling admission

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: 50% of staff salary

Special Requirements: Completion of ACGME approved anesthesia residency

Comments: Wonderful fellowship opportunity to learn cutting edge regional anesthesia techniques. Our clinical and research interests focus on the role of ultrasound in facilitating peripheral and central nerve blocks. The fellow will spend 6 months in a dedicated regional anesthesia suite with no call or operating room responsibilities. The fellow will also spend 6 months in the general operating room supervising residents and CRNAs. There will be an emphasis on orthopedic anesthesia.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

University of New Mexico

Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: Christopher Arndt, M.D.
Contact Person: Christopher Arndt, M.D.

Address:
University of New Mexico
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
MSC11 6120
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Email: CArndt@salud.unm.edu
Telephone: 505-272-2610
Fax: 505-272-1300

Website: http://hsc.unm.edu/som/anesthesiology/

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: Accepted until positions are filled

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Off-Cycle Fellowship dates will not be considered

Please Note: All positions are filled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Special Requirements:

VISA sponsorship is not available at this time

Annual salary: Approximately $55,000 base pay plus benefits.

Comments: Fellows spend four (4) days on fellowship work and work one (1) day a week in OR as staff anesthesiologist to generate salary support.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Columbia University/NYPH Medical Center Columbia University

*Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: Anthony Robin Brown MBChB, FFA
Telephone: 212.305.3166
Fax: 212.305.2182
Email: arb6@columbia.edu

Contact Person/Title: Tara Brant, Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: 212.305.5232
Email: to2106@columbia.edu

Associate Fellowship Director: Danielle Ludwin, M.D.
Telephone: 212.305.6494
Email: dl2453@columbia.edu

Address:
Columbia University
Department of Anesthesiology
Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program
622 West 168th Street - PH 5
New York, NY 10032

Program Chair: Margaret Wood, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: Rolling Application process

On-Line Application: Application checklist available online

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Stipend: $60,396 (Academic year 2010-11)

Special Requirements: NYPH/Columbia University do not sponsor H-1B visas

Comments: Following Documents are required for application to be complete: Current CV, personal statement, three Letters of reference - at least one letter should be from your current Program Director, USMLE Scores (Step I, II and II), medical school transcript, Dean's Letter, ECFMG Certificate, if applicable.

The Columbia Regional Anesthesia Fellowship offers a one-year program with a diverse clinical experience. Fellowship training is designed to advance the candidate beyond technical proficiency with ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks (with/without a nerve stimulator) and continuous catheters, to become experts in perioperative pain management as well as in the management of complex patient populations. Fellows receive exposure to a variety of techniques for orthopedic, vascular, breast and abdominal surgery. Currently 2000 peripheral nerve blocks and 400 peripheral nerve catheters are performed annually with anticipated continued growth. Approximately 60-80% of the time will be spent in the clinical arena with the remainder being protected research and administrative time. Fellows are expected to participate in research as well as actively contribute in a weekly regional anesthesia journal club. The majority of clinical time is spent in a dedicated 4-bed monitored holding area performing and teaching regional anesthesia techniques to the anesthesia residents. Additional teaching responsibility includes instruction to medical students in the anatomy lab. The opportunity also exists to round with the Acute Pain Service.

Fellows have no attending or call responsibilities. There are voluntary moonlighting opportunities if desired.

For additional information please visit our website at:
www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/anesthesiology/patient/clinical_divisions/regional.html

Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital

Fellowship Director: Tiffany Tedore, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Marlene Augustine

Address:  
Department of Anesthesiology
525 E. 68th Street Box 124
New York, NY  10065

Telephone:  (212) 746-2785

Fax:   (212)-746-8563

Website:  http://www.cornellanesthesia.org/residency/fellowships.html?name1=Fellowships&type1=2Active

Program Chair:  John Savarese, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty: 
 

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months

Hospitals Fellows Rotate Through:  New York Presbyterian Hospital
   
Application Deadline: Februrary 29 (for 2012-2013 academic year)

On-Line Application: Available soon

Number of Fellows: 1-2
Annual Salary:  $105,000

Hospital for Special Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College

*Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Jonathan C. Beathe M.D.

Contact: Mary J. Hargett, Administrative Director, Education

Address: Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology
535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

Telephone: 212.606.1793
Fax: 212.517.4481
Email: hargettm@hss.edu
Website: www.hss.edu/anespro

Program Chair: Gregory A. Liguori, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year for Clinical Fellowship
2 years for Clinical/Research Fellowship

Application Requirements:

Participating Hospitals: Hospital for Special Surgery

Application Deadline: June 30th of previous academic year

Application Link: www.hss.edu/2012-2013-Reg-Anes-Fellowship-Application.doc

Number of Fellows: Eight (8)

Annual Salary: $ 64,423.00 annually + $3000.00 Academic Fund - for Conferences, Board Preparation and Additional Educational Endeavors + Opportunity to supplement income by providing clinical support for elective Saturday OR's.

Special Requirements: Completion of Residency Program in Anesthesiology

Comments: More than 33,000 anesthetic procedures are performed annually in our operating rooms with over 85% employing regional anesthesia including: upper and lower extremity plexus and nerve blocks, central neuraxial blocks, catheter techniques, nerve stimulator localization techniques, and ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks.

Over 11,500 patients are seen annually by our Acute Pain Service with postoperative pain management interventions that include intravenous, neuraxial and peripheral techniques, and in-dwelling catheters.

View Department Statistics: www.hss.edu/anesthesiology-pro-dept-statistics.asp
View Additional Information: http://www.hss.edu/...fellowship.asp
View Full Fellowship Advertisement: www.hss.edu/...Fellowship-Ad.pdf

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement". This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine

Fellowship Director: Christina L. Jeng, M.D
Fellowship Coordinator: LaVerne Powell

Address:
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010
New York, NY 10029

Telephone: 212-241-4441
Fax: 212-426-2009
E-Mail: Laverne.Powell@mountsinai.org

Dept. Website: www.mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/anesthesiology

Affiliated Faculty: Meg Rosenblatt, James Eisenkraft, Toni Torrillo, Michael Anderson

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: Mount Sinai Hospital

Application Requirements: See link below for list of requirements

Application Deadline: Applications are accepted from May 1st through September 1st, interviews are conducted from July 1st through September 30th, and offers are made by October 1st.

Application Link: www.mssm.edu/.../regional-anesthesiology-fellowship

Number of Fellows: 1

Annual Salary: $90,000

Special Requirements: None

Comments: moonlighting opportunity available

NYU/Hospital for Joint Diseases

*Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: David B. Albert, M.D.
Telephone: 212.598.6085
Fax: 212.598.6163
Email: david.albert@nyumc.org

Contact Person/Title: Evelyn Bettencourt, Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: 212.263.6864
Email: evelyn.bettencourt@nyumc.org

Associate Fellowship Director: Edward C. Lin, M.D.
Telephone: 212.598.6085
Email: edward.lin3@nyumc.org

Address:
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
Department of Anesthesiology
Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program
301 East 17th Street
C-222
New York, NY 10003

Program Chair: Thomas Blanck, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: Rolling Application process 

Number of Fellows: One (1)

Annual Stipend: Approximately $70,608 (PGY 5)

Special Requirements: Completion of an Accredited Anesthesiology Residency
Must be eligible to hold a New York State Medical License or Limited Permit  

Comments: Following Documents are required for application to be complete: Current CV with photo, personal statement, three Letters of reference - at least one letter should be from your current Program Director, USMLE Scores (Step I, II and II), , ECFMG Certificate, if applicable.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
Regional Anesthesia Fellowship

Fellowship Director: Jeff Gadsden, M.D., FRCPC, FANZCA

Address:
ATTN: Jeff Gadsden, M.D., FRCPC, FANZCA
Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology, Travers 7
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Program Chair:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year (start date of early August, after the written board examinations).

Application Deadline: July 31 of the preceding year.

Number of Fellows: 1-2

Special Requirements: All applicants must be eligible to hold either a NY state license or a limited permit. If you have done your medical education outside the United States, you would be required to hold a valid ECFMG certificate.

Interested applicants should submit the following:

Annual Salary: $68,559 plus benefits. Subsidized housing is also provided near Columbus Circle, close to restaurants, theaters, Central Park, etc.

Comments: Our program is designed to do two things: First, produce graduates that are experts in all of the peripheral nerve blocks for upper and lower limb, as well as other blocks such as thoracic paravertebral, ilioinguinal, TAP block, etc. Fellows receive training in both nerve-stimulator and ultrasound-guided techniques. Secondly, we strongly emphasize clinical research and as such fellows spend at least 2 days a week as non-clinical, designing and conducting clinical studies that are continually being generated. Fellows have the opportunity to conduct workshops at our annual NYSORA meeting in December, which is attended by anesthesiologists from around the world, and at our other NYSORA workshops and symposiums held both here in New York and abroad. In addition, other opportunities such as the presentation of abstracts and workshops at other meetings (e.g. the ASRA annual spring meeting, the ASA annual meeting) are typically part of the experience. Teaching of residents is also in important part of the program for our fellows. Ultimately, our goal is to have our fellows go on to academic programs and further the field of regional anesthesia by passing their knowledge and skills to the next generation.

Duke University Medical Center

Fellowship Directors:

Contact Person/Title: LuAnne Latta

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke Medical Center
Box 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Telephone: 919.681.9941
Fax: 919.688.2081

Website:

 Program Chair: Mark Newman, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year 

Participating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: July 15 (for Fellowship to begin July 1 of the following year) 

Number of Fellows: Three (3) 

Special Requirements: NC state license.
 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Regional Anesthesia Fellowship

Fellowship Director:  Randall F. Coombs, M.D.  rcoombs@aims.unc.edu

Contact:  Mary Serge mserge@aims.unc.edu

Address:
ATTN:  Randall F. Coombs, M.D.
Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology
UNC at Chapel Hill Medical Center
CB 7010, N2201, UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7010

Telephone:  919-966-5136
Fax:  919-966-4873 
Website:  www.med.unc.edu/anesthesiology

Program Chair:  David Zvara, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:
Harendra Arora, MB, BS
Ty Bullard, M.D.
Paul Collins, DO
David Hardman, M.D., MBA
Monica Nanda, MB, BS, MPH
Ravindra Prasad, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship:  One Year

Participating Hospitals:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Center

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ambulatory Care Center

Application Deadline:  June 30 of the preceding year.

Number of Fellows:  2

Annual Salary:  $144,510 (50% faculty position, 50% regional fellow)

Interested applicants should submit the following:

• A copy of your Dean's letter.

• A copy of your Medical school transcript.

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• One letter of reference from the anesthesiology program director in which the applicant is training or has trained.

• A second letter of reference.

• A personal statement.

• ITE scores

• USMLE scores

Comments:  Fellows will be expected to participate in a research project during the fellowship year with the goal of publication of their data in one of the premier anesthesia journals.

Special Requirements:  NC state medical license before starting fellowship.    
                                 
We do not support foreign visas.

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Fellowship Director: Robert S. Weller, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Linda Marion

Address:
Dept. of Anesthesiology – 9th Flr CSB
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Telephone: 336-716-4497
Fax: 336-716-8190
Website: www.wakehealth.edu/.../Fellowships/RAAPM-Fellowship.htm
 

Program Chair: Joseph R. Tobin, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: One Year

Hospitals Fellows Rotate Through: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Application Deadline: Applications accepted at any time, but formally considered from February 1 -November 1 while positions remain available, (for Fellowship to begin July 1 of the following year)

On-Line Application: www.wakehealth.edu/School/Anesthesiology/Fellowships/RAAPM-Fellowship.htm 

Number of Fellows: Two

Annual Salary: Instructor/Fellow: $82,000 ('11-'12)with potential for additional clinical income

Special Requirements: NC Medical License is required for appointment as Instructor (Faculty)/Fellow

Comments: The purpose of the fellowship in regional anesthesia at Wake Forest University is to educate individuals who become qualified and committed to enhancing and promoting the specialty of regional anesthesia and acute pain management. For full program details, please review program description, requirements, and goals and objectives on the Fellowship link at the Wake Forest Departmental website.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Wake Forest has filled its positions for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Hospital: Cleveland Clinic

Academic Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Title of Fellowship: Regional Anesthesiology

Fellowship Director: Loran Mounir-Soliman, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Shelly Sords, MBA

Address:
Anesthesiology Institute – E30
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195

Telephone: 216-445-2115
Fax: 216-445-0605
Email: aned@ccf.org

Dept. Website: ClevelandClinic.org/anesthesia/residency/fellowships

Program Chair: David L. Brown, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty: Wael Ali Sakr Esa, M.D. Ehab Farag, M.D.

John George, III, M.D. Jennifer Kitzel, M.D.

Kamal Maheshwari, M.D. Loran Mounir-Soliman, M.D.

Antonio Ramirez, M.D. Michael Ritchey, M.D.

Dawn Schell, M.D. Sherif Zaky, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospital(s): n/a

Application Requirements:

Application Deadline: N/A

Application Link: ClevelandClinic.org/gme/newapplicants

Number of Fellows: 2

Annual Salary: $54,321

Special Requirements: n/a

Comments: One year fellowships are preferred

Ohio State University Medical Center
The Ohio State University

Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: John A. Norton, DO

Contact Person/Title: John A. Norton, DO
1492 E. Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Telephone: 614-257-3868
Fax: 614-257-2102
Email: john.norton@osumc.edu

Program Chair: Ronald Harter, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: One (1) year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Requirements:

Application Deadline: Rolling admission beginning September of preceding year

Number of Fellows: One (1)

Annual Salary: $52,948 (FY 2011) plus benefits, negotiable call

Comments:

The regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine fellowship at The Ohio State University Medical Center provides participants with a well-rounded, one year clinical, research, and teaching experience focused on the perioperative care of surgical patients. Our hospitals are located in Columbus, Ohio, with most rotations, including the core months, being completed at University Hospital East.

Clinical Exposure:

Research Exposure:

Teaching Exposure:

Applications May Be Requested By E-mail or Phone

Application Packets Should be Mailed to:

John A. Norton, DO
RAAPM Fellowship Director
c/o Miss Sarah Robertson
The Ohio State University Hospital East
Department of Anesthesiology
1492 East Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43205

*This progam adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Oregon Health & Science University

Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: Glenn Woodworth, M.D. woodworg@ohsu.edu
Regional Anesthesia Program Director: Jean-Louis Horn, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Debi Stabler, Fellowship Coordinator stablerd@ohsu.edu
Phone: 503-418-4164 Fax: 503-418-1389

Address:
Department of  Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Mail Code UHS-2
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239-3098

Telephone: 503-494-7641
Fax: 503-418-0884
Website: www.ohsu.edu/anesth 
Program Chair: Jeffrey Kirsch, M.D.

Regional Anesthesia Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Partcipating Hospitals:

Application Deadline: September 1, Calendar Year

Number of Fellows: 1

Annual Salary: $59,000 with benefits, additional income from extra call

Special Requirements: Submit a personal statement, CV and three letters of reference, including one from a residency program director.

Comments: The teaching, research and clinical applications of regional anesthesia are essential components of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at OHSU. We offer advanced training in all techniques of orthopedic and Regional Anesthesia (RA). Our patients benefit from a wide range of RA techniques from traditional to cutting edge for surgical anesthesia and/or acute pain control.

Fellows will be active participants of the RA team. Currently all RA techniques of the upper and lower extremities, as well as truncal blocks, are routinely performed at OHSU. Single-shot blocks and catheters are placed daily for adult and pediatric patients and many of our patients (over 1,000 in 2008) are discharged home with perineural infusions (including interscalene, supra/infraclavicular, lumbar plexus, femoral, saphenous and sciatic).

Our RA faculty is large and diverse. Several of our staff are fellowship trained in RA or pain management. We have active basic science and clinical research programs and are involved in teaching RA at national and international meetings.

While the majority of our blocks are placed using ultrasound guidance, fellows will also become proficient using traditional techniques.

Fellowship duties are not limited to the placement of neuraxial or peripheral nerve blocks, but also include patient selection and education as well as coordination of the RA team's daily activities with nursing staff, anesthesia technicians, the pharmacy, surgeons, colleagues and the acute pain service (APS).

Fellows will participate in at least one of the RA team's ongoing research projects, including manuscript preparation and data presentation at department and national meetings.

Fellows will present formal lectures to anesthesiology residents and medical students.

At the completion of the training, fellows will be able to perform a comprehensive array of RA techniques, set up an ambulatory or hospital-based APS and conduct research to advance the specialty of RA.

This is currently not an ACGME approved fellowship and there is no sub-specialty certification.

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Fellowship Director: Randall J. Malchow, M.D.
Contact Person: Melanie Frensley, Fellowship Coordinator

Email: randall.malchow@vanderbilt.edu

Mailing Address:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1301 Medical Center Drive
4648 TVC
Nashville, TN 37232-5614

Telephone: 615-343-9419
Fax: 615-936-6493

Program Chair: Warren Sandberg, M.D., PhD

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospital: Nashville Surgery Center; Vanderbilt University Hospital; Other Affiliations Possible.

Application Deadline: September 1st of the year preceding enrollment

Number of Fellows: two (2)

Benefits: Approximate Salary: $56,662; equal to Clinical Instructor, with 3 weeks vacation, $2390 CME funds, No in-house call requirement, opportunity for moonlighting on weekends after first 6 months for additional income if interested.

Special Requirements:

Application Packet should be mailed to:

Melanie Frensley
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology
1301 Medical Center Drive
T4648 TVC
Nashville, TN 37232-5614

Comments: This Vanderbilt Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship is for an anesthesiologist who desires to focus on this relatively new and rapidly growing subspecialty. The training will emphasize the perioperative management of patients using multimodal analgesia including neuroaxial and peripheral neural blockade using both nerve stimulation and ultrasound techniques, as well as other innovative approaches to acute pain management.Over a 12-month period, fellows will rotate through a broad range of clinical areas including outpatient, inpatient, pediatric, and third-world regional and acute pain management, in addition to training in pertinent aspects of chronic pain management, TIVA anesthesia, and research.Graduates of the program are expected to become highly skilled in regional and acute pain management from basic to the most challenging interventions through an extensive understanding of anatomy and multimodal analgesia, including frequent use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks.

Unviersity of Texas

Fellowship Director: Jessen Mukalel, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Cheryl Loudd, Fellowship Coordinator
Email: cheryl.loudd@uth.tmc.edu

Mailing Address:
6431 Fannin
MSB Room 5.020
Houston, TX 77030

Telephone:713-500-6223
Fax:713-500-6270  
Website: https://www.uth.tmc.edu/anes/

Program Chair: Carin A. Hagberg M.D.

Affiliated Faculty:

• Yefim Bogolmony, M.D.
• Krishna Boddu, M.D.
• Dudley Chitty, M.D.
• Sara Guzman-Reyes, M.D.
• Mahammad Hussain, M.D.
• Ranu Jain, M.D.
• Maria Matuszczak, M.D.
• Jai Mehta, M.D.
• Omonele Nwokolo, M.D.
• Karlyn Powell, M.D.
• Oscar Quintana, M.D.
• Erikka Washington, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Application Requirements:

Application Requirements: Completion of fellowship application with photo

Approximate Salary: $51,507(academic year 2012-13)

Special Requirements:

Rotations include: Main Operating Room, Ambulatory Surgery, Acute Pain Service.
Start dates: July 1st or August 1st

USMLE scores

Application Deadline: December 15th

Application Link: www.uth.tmc.edu/anes/Assets/pdf/residency_app.pdf

Number of Fellows: One

University of Utah

Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Managment

Collaborative Decision Date Agreement*

Fellowship Director: Jennifer J. Davis, M.D.

Address:
University of Utah, Department of Anesthesiology
30 N. 1900 East, 3C444
Salt Lake City, UT 84132

Telephone: 801-581-6393
Fax: 801-581-4367
E-Mail: jennifer.davis@hsc.utah.edu

Website: www.anesth.med.utah.edu

Program Chair: Michael K. Cahalan, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospital(s): University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, University of Utah Orthopaedics Hospital.

Application Requirements: CV, 3 letters of recommendation, interview, personal statement outlining goals for the fellowship and future plans, ERAS application including Dean's letter and USMLE scores.

Application Deadline: December 1st of the year preceding the fellowship

Number of Fellows: 1-3

Annual Salary: Fellows spend 2 days per week working as faculty in the operating rooms for which they are paid the full clinical incentive pay for a day of clinical work just as any other faculty member.

Special Requirements: Completion of ACGME approved residency in Anesthesiology. Board certified or board eligible in the United States. Utah license is required prior to beginning the fellowship. Preference for non University of Utah graduates will be given for at least one fellowship position.

Comments: Fellows spend 2 days per week pursuing clinical activities solely dedicated to regional anesthesia and acute pain management. Fellows rotate between the University/Huntsman Hospitals and the Orthopedic Hospital. One day per week will be spent on academic/research pursuits. The other two days per week are spent working as a faculty in the operating rooms.

Fellowship Highlights:

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Raymond S. Joseph, Jr., M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Raymond S. Joseph, Jr. M.D. raymond.joseph@vmmc.org

Address:
1100 Ninth Avenue B2-AN
Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: 206.223.6980
Fax: 206.223.6982
Website: www.vmmc.org

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: Virginia Mason Medical Center

Application Deadline: Accepted until positions are filled

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Special Requirements: Please send CV and 3 letters of recommendation

*This program adheres to the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Directors Group's "Collaborative Decision Date Agreement." This agreement states that no applicant will be required to accept or decline an offer from any participating Fellowship Program prior to October 1st (October 3rd in 2011) of the previous academic year.

The participating programs hope that this initiative will improve the application process for candidates.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Fellowship Director: Michael Ford M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Contact Person/Title:
Denise Mussehl, Residency Program Coordinator
mussehl@wisc.edu
Telephone: (608) 263-8100
Fax: (608) 262-1061

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
600 Highland Avenue, B6/319
Madison, WI 53972-3272

Website: www.anesthesia.wisc.edu

Program Chair: Robert Pearce, M.D., PhD

Affiliated Faculty: Giuditta Angelini, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: 12 monthsHospitals Fellows Rotate Through:

Application Deadline: Due the prior December 1st for the July 1st commencement

On-Line Application: No

Number of Fellows: 2

Annual Salary: $100,000 to $130,000, dependent upon fellow research interest and non-fellow clinical commitment (days the fellow serves as clinical faculty and participation in anesthesiology "general call" coverage) Special Requirements:-Available for candidates who have successfully completed an ACGME accredited residency in anesthesiology-Wisconsin Medical License and DEA certificate required prior to start date-Interested applicants should submit the following: Curriculum vitae, personal statement/cover letter (the letter of intent must specify the applicant's proposed start date), official college and medical school transcripts. official record of Board scores (NBME, FLEX, USMLE), a valid ECFMG certificate (if medical training occurred at medical school outside of the USA or Canada), most recent ABA/ASA In-Training Examination scores, letter of recommendation from anesthesiology residency program director, and three additional letters of recommendation

Comments: The fellowship is divided between clinical experience and research. Other learning opportunities that can be incorporated in this fellowship year include ambulatory anesthesia and analgesic techniques, and acute pain management in the chronic pain patient.Upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve and plexus blocks, continuous catheter techniques for postoperative pain treatment, paravertebral techniques, TAP blocks, and central neuraxial techniques (including thoracic epidurals and combined spinal-epidurals) will be experienced as part of the fellowship program.Ultrasound guidance is used for the majority of peripheral nerve blocks.

University of British Columbia
St Paul's Hospital

Fellowship Director: Dr Alexander T Klimek M.D. FRCPC
aklimek@providencehealth.bc.ca
Contact/Title: Dr Alexander T Klimek

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
St Paul's Hopsital
3rd Floor
Providence Building
1081 Burrard St
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6Z 1Y6

Telephone:(604) 806-8337
Fax:(604) 806-8487
Website: www.providencehealthcare.ca/anesthesia

Program Chair: Dr Randell Moore M.D. FRCPC

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months. Commencement date is July 1st/Jan 1st of each year.

Number of fellows: 1

Annual Salary: $66,000 CDN

Application: via email to aklimek@providencehealth.bc.ca
Please include a letter of intent, a cirriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation.

Interviews will be conducted over the phone, video conferencing as well as in person.

Special Requirements: Completion of a Canadian or ACGME accredited residency program in Anesthesiology or FRCA, FANZCA certification

The University of British Columbia Department of Anesthesia at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada is offering a 1 year regional anesthesia fellowship for interested individuals. We operate a dedicated regional block room with over 1500 upper and lower extremity blocks, both single shot and continuous, placed per year

We also provide regional anesthesia in an outpatient operating centre that utilizes regional blocks as the sole anesthetic. Ulrasound guidance is a standard of care at our institution.

The fellowship will consist of approximately eighty percent clinical time, of which half will be dedicated to gaining expertise in ultrasound guided regional anesthesia. Clinical responsibilities outside of the regional anesthesia program will be distributed throughout the scope of anesthesia practice offered at our institution. Approximately twenty percent of the fellowship will consist of protected research and administration time.

McGill University

Fellowship Directors:

Address:
1650 Cedar Avenue, D10-144
Montreal, Qc, Canada, H3G 1A4

Telephone: 514.934.1934 x43261
Fax: 514.934.8249
Website: www.regionalworks.ca

Program Chair: Steven Backman, M.D., FRCPC

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: The Montreal General Hospital

On-Line Application: via email to Drs Tran & Asenjo

Application Deadline: October of the preceding year (one and a half year in advance

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: CDN$50,000

Special Requirements: FRCA, FRCPC, FANZCA or equivalent

Comments: During the Fellowship, four days per week will be spent providing care for patients undergoing orthopedic and plastic (hand) surgery. One day per week will be allocated to research and other academic activities (teaching). For a sample of blocks performed/ taught, please refer to the website. Additional experience in Interventional Chronic Pain and Cancer Pain Management can be arranged if desired. For more information, please contact us.

University of Toronto
Toronto Western Hospital

Regional Fellowship Director:

 S.Ganapathy  FRCPC sugantha.ganapathy@lhsc.on.ca

519 685 8500 Ext 35115

Fellowship Director:

Dr.Miguel Arango MD

Contact Person/Title: Jamie Allaer. Jamie.Allaer@lhsc.on.ca

519 685 8500 Ext 33022

Administrator Address:

C/O Jamie Allaer
Department of Anesthesia
London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital

339, Windermere Road,

London, Ontario

N6A 5A5, Canada

Telephone: 519 685 8500
Fax: 519 663 2957
Website: www.uwoanesthesia.ca

Program Chair:

Davy Cheng, MD MSc FRCPC FCAHS

Professor & Chair / Chief

Dept of Anesthesia & Periop Medicine

University of Western Ontario

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Kevin Armstrong

Pod Armstrong

Jonathan Brookes

Shalini Dhir

Sugantha Ganapathy

Peter Mack

Jamie McKishnie

John Parkin

Maxim Rachinsky

Indu Singh

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months. Fellowships commence on January 1st and July 1st of each year

Participating Hospitals: London Health Sciences Centre (lower limb and truncal blocks, some upper limb blocks, Home regional),

St Joseph’s Health Care (upper limb blocks and PVB for breast)

Application Deadline: Applications are due at least 18 months in advance of the proposed starting date, e.g. January 1st, 2007 for the July 1st, 2008 commencement

Number of Fellows: three(3) in total; one (1) position open each January, two (2) positions open each July

Annual Salary: CDN $70,000/annum

Special Requirements: PGY5 candidates or post-fellowship (FRCA, FANZCA, or equivalent). The applicant will have an M.D. or equivalent and will have passed either the Anesthesiology specialty exams of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the examinations of the American Board of Anesthesiology, or the equivalent. Completion of an approved anesthesiology residency program is required and the candidate must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Comments: Please send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference. The letter of intent must specify the applicant's proposed commencement date.

Program synopsis:

The program runs between two teaching affiliates of University of Western Ontario (Western University).

St Joseph’s Health care has the Hand and Upper Limb Centre and has a blocks room where all the blocks are done daily under the supervision of a block room consultant. There are approximately 2000 blocks done per year, most of which are upper limb blocks performed under ultrasound guidance. There will be approximately 400 catheters per year and there is a home regional program.

London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital caters to thoracic epidural anesthesia (200-300), spine imaging for spinals (1000/year), lower limb blocks  (400/year) and truncal blocks. All our blocks are ultrasound guided with or without neurostimulation.

We have monthly anatomy lab teaching as well as collaborative research with anatomy and imaging.

We have active research in the area of clinical blocks as well with needle tracking

University of Ottawa

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Dr. Anne Lui, alui@toh.on.ca
Contact Person/Title: Elaine Stinson, administrative assistant
 

Address:
Dept of Anesthesiology Rm B307
The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
1053 Carling Avenue, Mail Stop 249
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1Y 4E9

Telephone: 613.761.4169 ext 1
Fax: 613.761.5032

Website: www.ottawa-anesthesia.org/Regional_Anesthesia_fellowship.shtml

Program Chair: Dr. Homer Yang, Professor and Chair, Dept of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Applicaton Deadline: July 1, 201012 months in advance of starting date

Number of Fellows: One (1)

Annual salary: $74,715CN (Ontarios PGY-6 equiv)plus 8% in lieu of benefits

On-line application: please email estinson@toh.on.ca
 

Applications for fellowship position starting July 1 2010 are now closed.
 

The Ottawa Hospital is the major tertiary centre for the Nations capital and, the primary teaching centre for the University of Ottawa and home to the largest non military simulation centre in North America. The Regional Anesthesia Fellowship program is well established and nationally recognized. Our subspecialty core group has received Regional Anesthesia Fellowship training from a variety of locations: Brigham and Women's Harvard University, The Monash Medical centre, Australia, The Virginia Mason Center, Seattle, and locally at the University of Ottawa. One of our members has been awarded the Canadian Anesthesiologist's Society Clinical Teacher Award for outstanding contributions to Resident, Fellow and Medical student teaching and administration in Regional Anesthetic Techniques. Former graduates of our Fellowship training program have been instrumental in the development of their own Rregional Aanesthesia training in their home base nationally and internationally.Our Fellowship program is one year in duration. One Fellowship position is open for each academic year that spans from July 1 to June 30. You will be based at the Civic Campus.

This program focuses on a variety of orthopedic, general, gynecologcical, and vascular surgeries, as well as pain management for trauma. We also perform paravertebral single shot blocks for our mastectomy patients. This area of study has been awarded a Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Research Award. You will also rotate through the Riverside Campus.

The Riverside is the site of all ambulatory surgery and also the base site for our outpatient ambulatory plexus service. Use of ultrasound in Rregional Aanesthesia is fully integrated into our fellowship training program.

University of Toronto
Saint Michael's Hospital

Fellowship Director: Brian A. Pollard, M.D., MEd

Contact/Title: Patricia Houston, M.D., MEd

Address:
Department of Anesthesia
St. Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Canada, M5B 1W8

Telephone: 416.864.5071
Fax: 416.864.6014
Website: www.anesthesia.utoronto.ca/hospitals/smh.htm

Program Chair: Brian Kavanagh, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

Annual Salary: CDN$100,000, plus 4 weeks vacation and 1 week conference leave

Special Requirements: FRCPC, FRCA, FANZCA or equivalent

Comments: This is a clinically focused Fellowship within a fully staffed and equipped dedicated block room that performs over 2000 preoperative regional blocks per year. Ultrasound guidance is standard for all upper and lower extremity blocks. Both single injection and catheter techniques are expected competencies following completion of the Fellowship. There exists the opportunity to undertake clinical research projects based on an individual program focus. Forty percent of clinical time is dedicated to regional anesthesia practice (clinical and/or research), with the remaining clinical responsibilities distributed throughout the scope of practice at our full service adult tertiary care trauma centre. 

University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Fellowship Director: Dr. Colin McCartney colin.mccartney@utoronto.ca
Contact/Title: Dr. Colin McCartney 

Address:
Department of Anesthesia
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075
Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M4N3M5
Canada

Telephone: 416.480.4864
Fax: 416.480.6039
Website: www.anesthesia.utoronto.ca/hospitals/sunnybrook.htm

Program Chair: Dr. Brian Kavanagh

Other Affiliated Faculty:

www.edmara.med.ualberta.ca/FellowshipProgram/Fellowship.htm

Annual Salary: Please call for latest information.

Special Requirements: The applicant will have an M.D. or equivalent and will have passed either the Anesthesiology specialty exams of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the examinations of the American Board of Anesthesiology, or the equivalent. Completion of an approved anesthesiology residency program is required and the candidate must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.Comments: Please send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference.