Contact Person/Title: Olivia Hernandez /Program Coordinator 

Address:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
8700 Beverly Blvd. #4209
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Telephone: 310-423-1682
Fax: 310-42-4119
Email: olivia.hernandez@cshs.org

Website:

Participating Faculty:

• Bahaman Shamloo, M.D. - Associate Program Director
• Kapil Anand, M.D. - Associate Program Director
• Kimberly Richardson, M.D. 
• Hemad Hemaya, M.D.
• Daren Filsinger, M.D. 
• Roy Mongkolpradit, M.D. 

Participating Hospitals:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months 

Application Deadline: Positions for 2013 have been filled.

Number of Fellows: 2

Approximate Salary: $56, 933

Special Requirements or Additional_Information: The following documents are required: Departmental application, Current CV, personal statement, three letters of reference, examination dates and scores.

Contact: Debra Kerrigan painfellowship@ucsd.edu

Address:
ATTN: Debra Kerrigan
Regional 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
Website

Other Affiliated Faculty:

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

Participating Hospitals:

• UCSD Hillcrest, San Diego, CA
• UCSD Thornton, La Jolla, CA
• Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA

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

Fellowship Director: Amy DeRoche, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Amy DeRoche, M.D. / Fellowship Director

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care
Division of Acute Pain Management and Regional Anesthesia
101 The City Blvd South
Orange, CA 92868

Telephone: 714-456-8657
Fax: 714-456-7321
E-Mai: aderoche@uci.edu

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

Program Chair: Zeev Kain, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

• Jane Ahn, M.D.
• Kimberly Gimenez, M.D.
• Joseph Rinehart, M.D.
• Coral Sun, M.D.
• Kyle Ahn, M.D.
• Diana LaPlace, M.D.
• Atef Morkos, M.D.
  

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, 3 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.

Fellowship Director: Pedram Aleshi, M.D.

Address:

521 Parnassus Avenue, Rm. C450, Box 0648
San Francisco, CA 94143

Telephone: 415-514-3757

E-Mail: aleship@anesthesia.ucsf.edu

Dept. Website:

Participating Faculty:

Pedram Aleshi MD
Matthias Braehler MD
Matthias Behrends MD
Sakura Kinjo MD
Kerstin Kolodzie MD
Mark Latronica MD
Alok Sharma MD
Seema Gandhi MD

Participating Hospitals:

Moffitt/Long Hospital at Parnassus Heights
Mt Zion Medical Center
UCSF Orthopedic Institute

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Application Deadline: September of previous year

Number of Fellows: 1

Approximate Salary: $100,000 (call/clincal commitment)

Fellowship Information:

The regional anesthesia fellowship program provides additional training in performing regional anesthesia to physicians who have completed residency training in anesthesia.  This is not an ACGME certified fellowship.  

Fellows will rotate through UCSF Moffitt/Long hospital, Mt. Zion and the Orthopedic Institute and participate in performing various nerve blocks.  The fellow will also spend 4 weeks with the acute pain service and participate in patient care along with the residents and the attending.

Fellows will obtain a Clinical Instructor appointment from UCSF and work in the operating room as an attending two days a week which will provide salary support, and will be available three days a week for regional anesthesia activities.  These activities will include performing nerve blocks, supervising residents with nerve blocks, research and educational activities.

Research activities include designing new projects and ethics board applications, participation in ongoing research projects, patient recruitment, poster presentation and local and national meetings, and writing manuscripts for publication.

Educational activities include teaching residents and aiding with nerve blocks, developing teaching modules and materials, journal club for regional anesthesia and other creative teaching ideas.

Graduating fellows are expected to show proficiency in both single shot and catheter-based regional anesthesia techniques for both upper and lower extremeties.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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:
Dr Gligor Gucev, M.D.
Dr. Dimiter Arnaudov, M.D.
Dr. Maxim Benbassat, M.D.
Dr. Ramtin Cohanim, M.D.
Dr. Chuck Nguyen, M.D.
Dr. Nahee Lee, M.D. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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

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

Number of Fellows: 1-2

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

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

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.

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: 2 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.

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

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.

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.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: E. David Bravos, M.D.
Contact Person:
Courtney DeRiggs
410-955-5608 or
443-287-4273

Address:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street
Nelson 2-133
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:

Christopher L. Wu, M.D.
David Bravos, M.D.
Vineesh Mathur, M.D.
Marie Hanna, M.D. - Director, Acute Pain Service
Kanupriya Kumar, M.D.
Scott Mittman, M.D., PhD
Jason Brookman, M.D.
Asha Manohar, M.D.
Elizabeth Freck, M.D.
JP Quanes, M.D.
Vicente Garcia-Tomas, M.D.

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: $90,000-$100,000

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.

Fellowship Directors: Padma Gulur, MD and Lisa Warren, MD
Contact/Title: Maria DellaRocco / Administrative Manager
Contact Email: mghacutepain@partners.org

Address:
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, Gray/Jackson 4
Boston, MA 02114

Telephone: 617-643-7021
Fax: 617-643-8788
Website

Participating Hospitals: Mass General Hospital, Boston

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Application Deadline: Applications are currently being accepted for July 2014.

Number of Fellows: 1-2 Fellows per year

Approximate Salary: PGY-5 equivalent

Special Requirements:

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.

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

Fellowship Director: Mitchell Fingerman, M.D. fingermm@wustl.edu
Contact Person: Kara Miller millerk@anest.wustl.edu

Address:
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8054
St. Louis, MO 63110

Telephone: Kara Miller 314-362-4449

Website: http://anest.wustl.edu/regional_and_ambulatory/

Program Chair: Alex Evers, M.D.

Other Affiliated Faculty:

Roberto Blanco, M.D.
Michael Bottros, M.D.
Chris Lee, M.D.
Omar Malik, M.D.
Choendal Martin, M.D.
Carl Nielsen, M.D.
Leslie Rao, M.D.
Brett Wolff, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals:

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Washington University Orthopedics Center

Application Requirements: Current CV, 3 letters of recommendation (preferably one
from your residency director), and a personal statement expressing your interest in the field of regional anesthesia.

Application Deadline: December 1 st of the preceding year prior to July start

Number of Fellows: 1

Approximate Salary: $57,230 (for the academic year 2012-2013) with benefits

Special Requirements: Completion of an ACGME accredited anesthesiology residency, Missouri state medical license, DENBNDD

The fellow will work clinically four days per week with one day per week dedicated to non-clinical/academic activities. Fellows will be expected to participate in an academic project during the fellowship year with the ultimate goal of publication and/or presentation at a national conference.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Christopher Arndt, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Elizabeth Baker/Assistant Professor

Address:
2211 Lomas Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
USA

Phone: 505-272-2610
Fax: 505-272-1300
Email: EBBaker@salud.unm.edu

Fellowship Website: anesthesiology.unm.edu/education/fellowships.html

Participating Faculty:

• Christopher Arndt, M.D.
• Elizabeth Baker, M.D.
  
• Randy Rosett, M.D.
• Firoz Vagh, M.D.
• Nick Lam, M.D.
• Brian Starr, M.D.
• Jennifer Dillow, M.D.

Participating Hospitals:

• University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH)
• UNMH BBRP (Children's Hospital)
• UNM Outpatient Surgical and Imaging Services (OSIS)
• Sandoval Regional Medical Center

Duration of Fellowship: One (1) year

Application Deadline: Accepted until positions are filled.

Number of Fellows: Two (2)

ApproximateSalary: $55,000 base pay plus benefits

Special Requirements or Additional Information: *** PLEASE NOTE: All positions are filled for 2013-2014 Academic Year.

Application Requirements:

• Current CV
• Three (3) letters of recommendation.
• Applicant letter of interest in the program.
• Must be Board Eligible or Board Certified Anesthesiologist.
• New Mexico License and DEA certificate required prior to start date.

Visa Sponsorship is not available at this time.

UNM will not follow the collaborative agreement date.

During a typical week Fellows spend four (4) days on education, training and research and and work one (1) day in the OR as a staff anesthesiologist to generate salary support.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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

Contact Person/Title: Stella Serpa, Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: 212.305.5232
Fax: 212.305.3204
Email: ss2733@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

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Tiffany Tedore, M.D.

Contact Person/Title: Tammy Smith/Fellowship Director

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

Telephone:  (212) 746-2785

Fax:   (212)-746-8563

Email: tssmith@med.cornell.edu

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

Other Affiliated Faculty: 

• Tiffany Tedore, M.D.; Director
• Roniel Weinberg, M.D.
• Eric Brumberger, M.D.
• Matthew Murrell, M.D.
• Caroline Buhay, M.D.
• Milica Markovic, M.D.
• Minda Patt, M.D.

Participating Hospital: New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell

Duration of Fellowship: 12 months

Application Deadline: June 30th of previous academic year

On-Line Application: Available soon

Number of Fellows: 1-2

Annual Salary:  $105,000 + $2500 Academic Fund; Additional income is available by moonlighting and taking additional call within the department.

Special Requirements or Additional Information:

The Fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology incorporates 12 months of extensive clinical experience in both nerve stimulator and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Trainees will become adept at a wide variety of single-shot and continuous regional techniques, including brachial plexus, TAP, femoral, lumbar plexus, sciatic, popliteal, and saphenous blocks. Fellows develop independence during a wide range of procedures before assuming a broader role supervising junior residents. Participation in a scholarly research project during the course of the Fellowship is optional, for which sufficient non-clinical time is allotted. There is also an option to complete a joint Regional and Thoracic or Neuroanesthesia Fellowship. Please contact us for more information regarding this opportunity.

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:

• Daniel B. Maalouf M.D. M.P.H.
• Stavros G Memtsoudis, M.D., PhD 
• Nigel E. Sharrock, MB, ChB
• Michael K. Urban M.D., Ph.D.
• William F. Urmey, M.D. 
• Jacques T. Ya Deau, M.D., PhD 
  

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

Application Requirements:

• Official Application available on www.hss.edu/anespro
• Curriculum Vitae, Official copy of Medical School Diploma and Transcript
• Personal Statement and Description of Proposed Academic Project*
• Letter of Reference from Training Program Director, Two (2) additional Letters of Reference

* Description of 3 Proposed Projects required for Candidates applying for 2-Year Clinical/Research Fellowship

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: 8

Annual Salary: $ 71,275.00 annually
+ $3000.00 Academic Fund - for conferences, Board preparation and additional educational endeavors
+ Opportunity to supplement income by providing clinical support for elective Saturday surgeries

Requirement: Completion of Residency Program in Anesthesiology

Clinical Experience: More than 37,700 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, perineural catheter techniques, nerve stimulator localization techniques, and ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks. Over 12,500 patients are seen annually by our Acute Pain Service with postoperative pain management interventions that include intravenous, neuraxial and peripheral techniques, and perineural catheters.

Education Initiatives: The Department offers a strong, CME-accredited academic program featuring Grand Rounds lectures from international experts in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine as well as Department Faculty, literature reviews, research forums, interdisciplinary conferences, a comprehensive Oral Board curriculum preparation series, Morbidity and Mortality conferences, special monthly sessions geared toward the Fellow's advanced level of knowledge, and a cadaver lab curriculum. Teaching opportunities include anatomy courses at Weill Cornell Medical College and participation as faculty in our annual Symposium, "Controversies and Fundamentals in Regional Anesthesia".

Elective Opportunities: Fellows may choose an optional Department-supported elective from a variety of options including international volunteer missions and academic observerships at prestigious national and international programs. Fellows may also submit a proposal for a self-designed elective to the Director for approval and funding.

Fellows are given one weekly Academic Day (no clinical assignments) for scholarly activity, preparation for the Board Examinations, and work on other projects.

View Department Statistics: www.hss.edu/anesthesiology-pro-dept-statistics.asp
View Additional Information: http://www.hss.edu/...fellowship.asp
View Full Fellowship Advertisement: http://www.hss.edu/files/Anesthesiology-Fellowship-2014-2015.pdf

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Fellowship Director: Christina L. Jeng, M.D.
Contact Person/Title: Eileen Wallace, Fellowship Coordinator
E-Mail: eileen.wallace@mountsinai.org

Address:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Box 1010, Department of Anesthesiology
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029

Telephone: 212.241.4436 / 7467
Fax: 212.426.2009

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

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

Affiliated Faculty: 

• Meg Rosenblatt, M.D.
• Toni Torrillo, M.D.
• Michael Anderson, M.D.
• Yan Lai, M.D.
• James Eisenkraft, M.D.

Duration of Fellowship: 1 Year

Paticipating Hospital: Mount Sinai Medical Center

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.

On-Line Application: A current CV, two letters of recommendation and a personal statement are required

Number of Fellows: One (1)

Annual Salary: $90,000 Opportunities are available to supplement income.

Special Requirements: Must be eligible to hold a New York State Medical License or Limited Permit Strengths of Program:

This is a clinically focused fellowship in a 1,200-bed academic medical center that performs over 2000 regional anesthetics (single shot and continuous) annually using both ultrasound-guided and traditional techniques. Fellows typically spend 80 percent of their time delivering regional anesthesia and supervising residents and 20 percent conducting clinical research.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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.

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:
http://anesthesiology.duke.edu/wysiwyg/downloads/ambu_regfellow.pdf
http://anesthesiology.duke.edu/modules/anes_flwshp/index.php?id=1

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.

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.
• Acopy 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
• SSMLE 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.

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

Contact Person/Title: Linda Marion / Dept. of Anesthesiology - 9th Flr CSB

Email: lmarion@wakehealth.edu

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.

Participating Faculty:

Robert Weller, M.D. – Fellowship Director
James Crews, M.D. – Section Head, Regional Anesthesia, Director, Acute Pain Service
Daryl Henshaw, M.D.
J. Wells Reynolds, M.D.
Stephen Copeland, M.D.
J. Douglas Jaffe, D.O.
Quinn McCutchen, M.D.

Participating Hospitals:
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

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)

Number of Fellowships: Two

Annual Salary: Instructor/Fellow: $83,000 ('12-'13) 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 School of Medicine is to educate anesthesiologists who become qualified and committed to enhancing, teaching and promoting the specialty of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. For full program details, please review program description, requirements, and goals and objectives on the Fellowship link at the Wake Forest Departmental website listed above.

Wake Forest has filled its positions for the 2013-2014 academic year.

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

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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:

Emphasis on regional anesthesia for orthopaedic surgery during the core months of training including refining skills for single-shot peripheral nerve and neuraxial blocks, and extensive training in perineural catheter placement and management techniques.

Daily cases from diverse patient and surgical populations ranging from geriatric trauma and total joint replacements to conditioned athletes with sports-related injuries.

Extensive training in the use of ultrasound-guidance for peripheral and neuraxial blocks, perineural catheters, and vascular access procedures.

Participation and management of inpatient and outpatient perineural catheter services.

Additional training in regional anesthetic techniques for general, obstetric, ophthalmology, thoracic, and pediatric surgical cases.

Learning the fundamentals and billing practices required for establishment and maintenance of a regional anesthesia service following completion of the fellowship.

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

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

Vanderbilt University Medical Director: Lisa Jaeger, M.D.
Contact Person/Title: Lindsay Dickson/Fellowship Program Coordinator

Mailing Address:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1301 Medical Center Drive
Nashville, TN 37232

Telephone: 615-936-3198
Fax: 615-936-6493

Email: lindsay.dickson@vanderbilt.edu

Website

• Other Affiliated Faculty:
• Brain Allen, M.D.
• Clifford Bowens, M.D.
• Eric Briggs, M.D.
• Chris Canlas, M.D.
• John Corey, M.D.
• Katherine Dobie, M.D.
• Rajnish Gupta, M.D. 
• Marc Huntoon, M.D. 
• Steve Hayes, M.D. 
• Randall J Malchow, M.D.
• Samuel McKenna, D.D.S., M.D.
• Stephanie Rasmussen, M.D.

Participating Hospitals:

•  Vanderbilt University Hospital
• Nashville Surgery Center
• Vanderbilt Bone & Joint Surgery Center
• Other Affiliations Possible

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Application Deadline: September 1st of the year preceding enrollment

Number of Fellows: two (2)

Approximate_Salary: $56,662; equal to Clinical Instructor, with 3 weeks vacation, $2390 CME funds, opportunity for moonlighting on weekends after first 6 months for additional income if interested.

Special Requirements or Additional Information: Current CV, Personal Statement, Three letters of reference (with one letter from Residency Program Director), USMLE Scores, Interview with the Fellowship Director & select members of the department, TN Medical License and DEA Certificate (prior to beginning fellowship program).
 
Application Packet should be mailed to:
 
Lindsay Dickson
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology
1301 Medical Center Drive
4648 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 & acute pain management from basic to the most challenging interventions through an extensive understanding of anatomy & multimodal analgesia, including frequent use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks.

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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

Collaborative Decision Date Participant*

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:

Fellows will assist in placement of peripheral nerve blocks and catheters, as well as neuraxial anesthesia with emphasis on thoracic epidurals. Blocks will be placed under the guidance of an experienced acute pain faculty member. As experience increases, fellows will have the opportunity to perform a number of procedures independently.

Fellows will learn to set up and manage an acute pain service, including management of complex pain patients, mutli-modal analgesia, coordination of care with chronic pain/palliative care, management of APRN's and expertise in billing and financial management.

In our practice, peripheral nerve blocks and catheters are placed with only ultrasound guidance. We do not provide any training with nerve stimulation techniques. This fellowship represents a unique opportunity to become an expert in ultrasound skills, ultrasound anatomy an ultrasound needle guidance.
In addition to substantial clincial work, fellows will participate in bi-annual fresh cadaver dissections.

The University of Utah has a volume of approximately 1000 Single shot blocks, 1400 perineural catheters and 700 neuraxial bloacks per year.
Fellows will actively participate in the education of residents: Residents rotate for 1 month at a time at each location. Fellows will work closely with the residents in both procedures and education.

Fellows will serve as the sole attending supervising the acute pain service (for a week at a time) several times toward the end of their fellowship year.
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.

Fellowship Director: Ashley Shilling, MD

Heather Weller
Dept of Anesthesiology: Human Resources Manager

University of Virginia
Department of Anesthesiology
P.O. Box 800710
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0710

Phone: (434) 924-9825
Fax: (434) 982-0019
Email: anesthesia-apply@virginia.edu
Website:

Participating Faculty:

• Ashley Shilling, MD
• Marco Lotano MD
• Pam Nagle MD
• Van Nguyen MD
• John Rowlingson, MD
• Lee White, MD

Participating Hospitals:

• University of Virginia Health System:
  26 Operating Suites for Main Hospital
  8 Outpatient Surgical Center Operating Suites
  2 IMRIS rooms
  3 Procedure Rooms
  7 Offsite Locations

Duration of Fellowship: One Year (12 months)

Application Deadline: Rollling admission

Number of Fellows: One

Approximate Salary:$100,000.00 annually with benefits + $4,000.00

Additional Information: Professional Fund for conferences, books and additional educational endeavors. There is also opportunity to supplement income with additional work on weekends though not required.

Special Requirements: Completion of a residency program in anesthesiology.

Please send applications to: anesthesia-apply@virginia.edu

Please include “regional fellow applicant” in the subject heading

Applications should include: CV, personal statement, USMLE scores and two letters of recommendation, and 3 references

Comments: The Regional Anesthesia Fellowship is designed to give advanced clinical, technical and research training in the field of regional anesthesia. Locations will include the University of Virginia Medical Center and the Outpatient Surgical Center. The University of Virginia performs between 3,500 to 4,000 peripheral nerve blocks and catheters annually. Clinical work will be comprised of 80% fellow/20% faculty position. Additional time will be allocated to research endeavors and conference attendance. The University provides a nurturing and supportive environment with regional nurse coordinators and significant faculty support. No required weekends or call but opportunity for additional salary supplementation with weekend work.

The University of Virginia is a 600+ bed hospital, Level I trauma center, located in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The University of Washington's Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine offers 3 clinical fellowship positions in Regional Anesthesia based at UWMC and at HMC. The regional fellow will devote 60% of their effort to academic activities related to regional anesthesia, including learning advanced regional anesthesia techniques from our national and internationally known faculty experts, teaching and supervising residents, and performing clinical research.

The clinical activities undertaken by the regional fellow will consist of a 40% effort working as an acting instructor in the department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine including clinical OR work and three 15 hour in-house OR call sessions per month.

The application process for all the faculty fellowships requires that interested applicants send the following information:

• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Application for Faculty Fellowship
• Letter of intent/personal statement
• Three current reference letters including one from the residency program director or current director
• Copy of medical school diploma
• Copy of anesthesia degree
• Current medical license
• USMLE documentation

Please send information or inquiries to:

Asiya M. Budden "CiCi"
Faculty Fellowship Program Assistant
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
University of Washington, Box 356540
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, W A 98195-6540

phone: 206-221-3017 I fax: 206-543-2958
e-mail: asiyab@uw.edu

** Accepting Applications for 2013-2014****

Website: http://depts.washington.edu/anesth/education/fellows/regional.shtml

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

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.

Fellowship Director: Dr Andrew Jarvie

Laura Harris-Buffett
laura.harrisbuffett@cdha.nshealth.ca
Contact/Title: Managing Director of Education

Address:
Victoria General Site
10 West Victoria
1276 South Park St
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 2Y9

Telephone: (902) 473-8883
Fax: (902) 423-9454
Website: http://anesthesia.medicine.dal.ca/education/fellowships/regional-and-acute-pain.php

Other Affiliated Faculty:

• Dr Jennifer Szerb ( Head, Regional Block Program)
• Dr Timothy Godkin
• Dr Kwezie Kwofie
• Dr Gordon O Launcelott
• Dr Johnson Ngan
• Dr Tobias Witter
• Dr Colin Audain (Associate Faculty)
• Dr Andrew Milne (Associate Faculty)
• Dr Matthias Scheffler (Associate Faculty)
  
  

Participating Hospitals:

• Halifax Infirmary
• Victoria General Hospital

Duration of Fellowship: One year

Number of fellows: 1

Approximate_Salary: 0.4 FTE at PGY6/7 level c $CAD70k

Special Requirements or Additional Information:

We are seeking a motivated and dedicated individual to join the Department of Anesthesia as a regional anesthesia & acute pain fellow. Our fellowship offers the opportunity to develop skills in peripheral and central neural blockade in the context of modern, integrated multimodal pain management, working and learning in a supportive and well-equipped environment. The fellow will be exposed to single-shot blocks, indwelling catheter techniques, ultrasound and traditional approaches.Our regional anesthesia & acute pain fellowship offers you many opportunities to develop skills in clinical care, judgment, teaching and research.

The successful candidate will be based primarily in the Block Room at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre, but will also have the opportunity to work with the Acute Pain Service and the Chronic Pain Service at the Victoria General site. In addition to spending three out of five days per week in the Block Room, the fellow will provide anesthesia care in such related areas as orthopedic, plastic and vascular surgery.  The program allocates non-clinical time and provides mentors for clinical, education and research goals and projects. The fellow will actively participate in departmental teaching activities and will be encouraged to attend academic conferences to further develop skills.

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.

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.

Fellowship Director:
Derek Dillane MB BCh MMedSci FCARCSI

Contact Person/Title:
Lorraine Nowak / Executive Administrative Assistant
lnowak@ualberta.ca

Administrator Address:
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
University of Alberta, 8-120
Clinical Sciences Building (CSB)
8440 112 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3

Telephone: 780 4078861
Fax: 780 4073200

Dept. Website: http://www.anesthesiology.med.ualberta.ca
Edmonton Academy of Regional Anesthesia Website: www.edmara.ca

Program Chair:
Mark Simmonds MB ChB FRCPC

Other Affiliated Faculty:

• Ban Tsui MD, FRCP(C)
• Ciaran Twomey MB BCh FFARCSI
• Ophelia Ziwenga MBChB FRCA FCARCSI
• Michael Hogan MB BCh DABAnes
• James Green MBBS
• Timur Ozelsel MD
• Igor Sobolev MD FRCPC
• Vivian Ip MBChB MRCP FRCA

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year

Participating Hospitals: University of Alberta Hospital

Application Requirements: Applicants must have:

1. an MD or equivalent degree
2. Passed the Anesthesiology specialty exam of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Applicants who have completed anesthesia training / post CCST are most welcome to apply.

International Medical Graduates:   IMGs must have completed a training program in anesthesia and be a fully recognized specialist in a previous jurisdiction prior to undertaking a fellowship. In accordance with requirements of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta IMGs will be required to successfully complete the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination in order to obtain an independent practice license in anesthesia.

Application Link:   http://www.anesthesiology.med.ualberta.ca/OfficeofEducation/Fellowship.aspx
   
Number of Fellows:  2 per year

Annual Salary:          $90,000  

Comments:     Under the leadership of Dr Ban Tsui (departmental Director of Clinical research) the department has become one of the leading centers in North America in this rapidly growing discipline. Excellent guidance and tuition is provided for the use of ultrasound imaging during both plexus and extremity blockade. The fellow’s commitments are divided into educational and clinical components in a 50:50 ratio. Clinical time is spent delivering anesthetic services or working on the Perioperative Pain Service providing direct clinical care as a consultant or supervising trainees or medical students. 50% of the fellowship is dedicated to education and scholarly activities, including classroom teaching of residents, clinical or bench research or learning new skills. Fellows are expected to initiate and complete at least one major project during their fellowship.

Regional Fellowship Director:
S.Ganapathy  FRCPC sugantha.ganapathy@lhsc.on.ca
519 685 8500 Ext 35115

Fellowship Director:
Dr.Miguel Arango M.D.
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, M.D. 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

Dr. Ki Jinn Chin
Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program

Fellowship Coordinator, Department of Anesthesia
Tel. 416-603-5118      
Fax. 416-603-6494
E-mail: kijinn.chin@uhn.ca 

For further information, please contact:

Christine Drane
Departmental Administrator
Department of Anesthesia
Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network
399 Bathurst St., McL 2-405
Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada
Tel. 416-603-5118      
Fax. 416-603-6494
E-mail: christine.drane@uhn.ca

The Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management of the University Health Network and the University of Toronto offers a 12-month fellowship training program in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management at the Toronto Western Hospital. Our training program aims to confer both the clinical proficiency and academic knowledge that a consultant regional anesthesiologist in modern anesthetic practice requires.

A total of 4 fellowship places are offered each year, beginning in July. Applications should be made at least 18 months in advance, and shortlisted candidates should be prepared to travel to Toronto for a site visit and interview. Final selection decisions are generally made 1 year in advance of the start date.

Clinical Experience

The Toronto Western Hospital performs approximately 3,000 regional anesthesia procedures each year. These are organized around a block room model.

Fellows will gain both organizational skills related to regional anesthesia as well as technical expertise in a variety of peripheral nerve block techniques performed for orthopedics, plastics, and general surgery. Under the direct supervision of an attending regional anesthesiologist, fellows will learn to perform interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and axillary brachial plexus blocks, as well as distal forearm blocks of individual nerves. Lower extremity blocks routinely performed at our institution include femoral, sciatic, popliteal, and ankle blocks. Fellows will also gain expertise in continuous catheter perineural infusion techniques for both the upper and lower extremities, as well as neuraxial blocks. Fellows will master the fundamental skills of ultrasound –guided intervention, which will allow them to apply it to virtually any procedure. 

Fellows will also participate in the Acute Pain Service rotation and non-regional anesthesia cases during the training year. The Acute Pain Service manages approximately 2,000 patients per year including some referrals with challenging chronic and cancer pain.

On non-regional days and on call, fellows will have clinical exposure to the other surgical specialties at Toronto Western Hospital, which include neurosurgery, major spine surgery, general surgery, bariatric surgery, urology, and interventional radiology.

Research Experience

Regional anesthesia fellows will be allocated to spend 20% of their time in research and educational activities. There is a strong academic focus at Toronto Western Hospital, and fellows are expected to demonstrate commitment to academic work. Under direct staff supervision, regional anesthesia fellows are expected to initiate at least one research project and prepare at least one research protocol during the training year. There is ample opportunity to participate in research projects already underway in various stages from data collection to manuscript preparation, as well as to assist in the authorship of monographs and book chapters. Fellows are expected to present their research at national and international meetings as well as publish their work in high-impact journals. Our current areas of research include ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade and neuraxial blockade, education and training in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, complications of regional anesthesia, outpatient pain management techniques, and anesthetic applications of diagnostic ultrasound.

Education

Regular Regional rounds are held at the departmental level throughout the year which will include journal discussions, case discussions, and didactic presentations. Fellows are expected to participate in these rounds to gain experience in presentation and teaching. The group conducts several regional anesthesia workshops throughout the year in which fellows are expected to participate, first as attendees, and then as faculty.

Teaching Experience

Fellows are expected to assume a teaching role and instruct both junior and senior residents in regional anesthesia techniques. Fellows will also have opportunities to further develop teaching skills as faculty at many of the educational initiatives offered by our Department of Anesthesia, including our quarterly Hands-On Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia Workshops, the annual Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Conference, and bi-annual International Symposium on Ultrasound in Regional Anesthesia in Pain Medicine.

Program

Positions: 4 positions per year

Salary: $75,000 CDN, exclusive of benefits package (extended health care, educational allowance, and administrative expenses).

Term of training: 80% clinical, 20% non-clinical (research)

Duration of training: 12 months

Candidate qualifications: Candidates must have completed specialty training by the time of commencement of fellowship, to a level equivalent to Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification. 

ACGME approved fellowship: There is presently no sub-specialty certification 

Fellowships commence on July 1st of each year. Applications are due at least 18 months in advance of the start date. The application must include a letter of intent (stating the desired start date, and describing personal goals in undertaking the fellowship as well as future career objectives), curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation. 

Applications are reviewed in January-March of the preceding year, and shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. Candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the department prior to the interview if possible. Successful candidates will be notified at least 12 months in advance of the commencement date. Applications received less than 15 months before the desired start date can only be considered in the event that unexpected openings occur in the program. 

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:
The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus

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.

Fellowship Director: Brian Pollard, M.D.
Contact/Title: Brian Pollard, M.D./ Director

Address:
St. Michael's Hospital/University of Toronto
30 Bond Street
Toronto

Telephone: 416-864-5071

Email: brian.a.pollard@gmail.com

Website: wwwanesthesia.utoronto.ca/edu/fellowship/offered/smhultra.htm

New Staff:

• Ahmed Hamdy MD
• Uma Shastri MD

Number of Fellows:

• Four, 12-month duration
• Start dates January and July (2 Fellows each start date)
• Acceptance ~16 months in advance

Annual Salary: $100,000 CDN (plus 4 weeks vacation and 1 week conference  leave) for candidates not holding Canadian Independent Practice License.  Canadian Licensed Anesthesiologists will receive salary commensurate with on-call duties.

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. Sixty percent of Fellowship time (3 days per week) is dedicated to regional anesthesia practice (clinical 2 days, research 1 day), with the remaining 2 clinical Operating Room days distributed throughout the scope of practice at our full-service adult tertiary care trauma 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.