Fellowship directory

Core Related Specialty: Pain Medicine

Fellowship in The Match®? Yes

Application Deadline: Per Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®)/National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®)

 

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Description

The pain medicine fellowship is for 12 months without opportunity for promotion. All program requirements for subspecialty certification in pain medicine, as outlined in the ABA Booklet of Information under “Publications” are incorporated by reference. All program requirements of the ACGME for fellow education in anesthesiology/pain medicine fellowship are incorporated by reference. Fellow performance will be assessed based on clinical and didactic curriculum completion and rotation-specific goals and objectives, as well as fulfillment of ACGME case log and duty hour reporting requirements. Fulfillment of program accountabilities, including rotational and administrative obligations as well as attendance requirements, is required for successful completion of this pain medicine fellowship. Fellows will receive informal feedback on a monthly basis. Formal evaluations will be conducted semi-annually, concurrent with ABA training report submission requirements.

All applications to this program are to be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®)//National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®).
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Applicant Interview Timeframe: December-July

Sponsored visas are offered for international applicants.

Military Fellowship

Core Related Specialty: Anesthesiology

Fellowship in The Match®? No

Active-Duty Military Match

True multidisciplinary training program

Weekly multidisciplinary conference

Clinical faculty include anesthesiology, PMR, psychology, pharmacology, physical therapy

Structured palliative care, neurology, PMR/ anesthesiology, psychology, cancer, pediatric, and acute pain management experience

Robust didactic program, cadaver labs, high-volume interventional experience

Nationally recognized basic and clinical research programs 

Our unique, flexible program graduates leaders in regional anesthesia who are prepared to start and lead an acute pain service.  Fellows work clinically four days per week with one day dedicated to non-clinical, academic, or optional moonlighting activities. Clinical work is comprised of both inpatient and outpatient regional anesthesia as well as dedicated time on the acute pain service. Fellows can elect to spend time supervising CRNAs as general anesthesiologists, but this or performance of general anesthesia is not required.

Recent graduates have performed approximately 1000 ultrasound guided procedures as well as thoracic epidurals and spinals. They learn how to place and manage both inpatient and outpatient peripheral nerve catheters.  As part of 8 weeks spent supervising the acute pain service under the direction of fellowship trained physicians, applicants learn how to manage pain with state of the art multimodal techniques and mentor resident anesthesiologists.  International rotations are available.  Previous fellows have rotated in Ghana, The Philippines and Guatemala.

By the end of the fellowship, graduates will be experienced in nearly all commonly performed regional anesthetics including but not limited to scalp blocks for craniotomy, interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and axillary brachial plexus blocks,  forearm/wrist blocks, paravertebral, erector spinae, epidural, spinal, PECS, serratus anterior, all TAP approaches, rectus sheath, fascia iliaca, femoral, sub gluteal sciatic, popliteal, iPACK, adductor canal, and ankle blocks.  They also have the opportunity to learn Point of Care Ultrasonography if desired. 

Didactic education is primarily based on the flipped classroom model.  All fellows also participate in a quality improvement or research project.  The regional and pain divisions have multiple ongoing clinical QI and research projects available for fellows. Applicants additionally have the option of leading their own project.  Alternatively, the pain department has a large basic science research division with world famous researchers if interested. 

Clinical Sites:

Barnes Jewish Hospital
Large quaternary care hospital and level 1 trauma center with 1100 beds and an attached outpatient surgery center. BJH currently has 80 operating rooms.

Barnes Jewish West County Hospital
Fast paced private practice environment with 14 operating rooms.  Regional anesthesia is primarily performed for orthopedic surgery at this site, including joint replacement and spine surgery. 

Washington University Orthopedic Center
Fast paced private practice outpatient orthopedic surgery center with 5 operating rooms. Individual fellows have performed over 30 ultrasound guided blocks at this site in a single day.

This program uses the common application. Submit the completed application directly to the individual Fellowship Program.

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The ACGME-accredited Fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine incorporates 12 months of extensive clinical expertise in both peripheral and neuraxial blocks, as well as the management of acute pain conditions.  Trainees will become adept at a wide range of single shot and continuous techniques. Fellows develop independence over a period of months before assuming a broader role supervising junior residents. Rotations include the inpatient regional service, ambulatory orthopedic regional service, regional service at NYPH Columbia, inpatient acute pain service, inpatient chronic pain service, orthopedic trauma operating room, and an optional elective at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Rotations and clinical exposure are in compliance with ACGME recommendations for training in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine. 

Our Regional Anesthesia Service performs over 3000 regional procedures per year, both inside and outside of the operating rooms. All of our regional faculty members have extensive clinical experience or have completed fellowship training in Regional Anesthesia or Pain Management. During their training our fellows can expect to gain expertise in the following procedures:

• Upper extremity blocks and catheters: Interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, costoclavicular, axillary
• Lower extremity blocks and catheters: Femoral, lateral femoral cutaneous, sciatic, popliteal, saphenous, iPACK
• Truncal blocks: Lumbar plexus, paravertebral, TAP, rectus sheath, quadratus lumborum, PECs, serratus anterior, erector spinae, TTMP, pecto-intercostal fascial plane
• Ultrasound and nerve stimulator techniques
• Neuraxial blocks, including thoracic epidurals
• Acute pain management procedures
• Management of acute pain in the chronic pain patient

Didactics 

In addition to a formal lecture series and web-based curriculum, fellows participate in simulation training, PoCUS training, Applied Exam review course (including OSCEs), multidisciplinary conferences, formal quality and patient safety training,  and our monthly journal club and difficult case conference. 

Scholarship

Fellows are required to participate in scholarly activities, which may include clinical research projects, presentations at national meetings, Grand Rounds presentations, or teaching initiatives with the residents and medical students.

Medical Student Teaching
Fellows are invited to participate in medical student teaching and outreach.  Our division holds quarterly ultrasound anatomy workshops for interested medical students.  Our goal is to introduce Anesthesiology early in the preclinical years in a way that provides the students with useful information and clinical correlates to their studies.  

 

To provide more consistency and predictability to the RAAPM fellowship application process, nearly 60 RAAAPM fellowship programs have decided to participate in a common application and match process provided by SF Match for recruitment. The New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship program is proud to be one of the programs participating in this new match process for the upcoming interview season for the 2024-2025 Academic year. Please see the below link for the SF Match Portal. You can also find more information on our website.

Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine SF Match Portal

 

West Virginia University’s Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine fellowship is a 1 year ACGME-accredited fellowship that accepts 1 fellow per year. The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system, is comprised of ten hospitals – its flagship hospital and academic medical center, Ruby Memorial Hospital is in Morgantown. Ruby Memorial Hospital is a tertiary referral and level 1 trauma center, the regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine service benefits from exposure to a highly diverse case-mix. The regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine service currently performs approximately 2,500 single injection and continuous peripheral nerve blocks annually. There are multiple faculty members on the regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine service with substantial regional anesthesia experience and/or fellowship training.

The regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine service provides services to the main hospital operating rooms, the outpatient surgical center within the main hospital, and all inpatient units within Ruby Memorial Hospital. Fellows perform a variety of peripheral and neuraxial blocks for a diverse array of clinical services under the supervision of a regional anesthesia faculty. This focus on regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine serves to provide great educational and training opportunities that will prepare fellows to become subspecialty-trained anesthesiologists.

This program uses the common application. Submit the completed application directly to the individual Fellowship Program.

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Core Related Specialty: Anesthesiology

Fellowship in The Match®? Yes

Application Deadline: Per Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®)/National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®): March 15

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Description

Two PGY-5 Chronic Pain Fellowships available yearly. This is a one-year fellowship beginning July 01. Orientation begins mid-June.

All applications to this program are to be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®).
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Applicant Interview Timeframe: April-May

Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College is the major tertiary referral center and level one trauma hospital for the beautiful Hudson Valley, located half an hour north of New York City. Westchester Medical Center (WMC) offers a busy nerve block schedule with a daily dedicated regional anesthesiologist. We designed our Regional Anesthesia Fellowship to provide fellows with advanced clinical, technical, and research training in the field of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. Under the leadership of the regional anesthesia and acute pain management division, the Department of Anesthesiology at WMC has developed into a thriving dynamic institution that performs regional anesthesia on a diverse population, including orthopedic, general surgery, gynecologic, organ transplant, thoracic, vascular, trauma, and pediatric cases. Our various blocks include neuraxial, truncal, and peripheral extremity nerve blocks. In addition to the hands-on training of regional anesthesia, fellows will be expected to manage perioperative pain on inpatients as an emerging acute pain specialist. Fellows will have protected research time and opportunities and are expected to initiate and complete at least one major academic project during their fellowship as well as present at a national conference.

This program uses the common application. Submit the completed application directly to the individual Fellowship Program.

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This program will use the SF Match starting from 2024-2025 class.

Required Documents:
Applicants must meet the following qualifications prior to starting:
Eligible to hold Unrestricted New York State Medical License or Medical permit

We need your:
ID photo
Three Letters of Recommendation
Dean’s Letter (MSPE), Copy of ECFMG (if applicable)
Copy of Medical School Transcript
Copy of Medical Diploma
USMLE Scores Transcript
ITE/AKT Score Report (if applicable)
Copy of Internship Certificate (if applicable)
The Common Application Form
We support J-1 visa.

The ACGME-approved Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Fellowship program at Yale University, provides trainees with advanced knowledge, and the diagnostic & technical skills necessary to build a successful career within the sub-specialty of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. Additionally, it aims to develop an academic interest in clinical research or quality & safety research. The goal of the program is to train future leaders in Regional Anesthesiology, with graduates who are scientifically inquisitive and academically inclined.

Fellows perform in the capacity of a PGY-5 level trainee. The successful applicant will have an M.D. or equivalent, will have completed an ACGME-accredited residency program in Anesthesiology in the United States and Canada, and be in the process of primary certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Prior to starting training, the applicant must have a CT State Medical License.

Training is divided among didactic teaching, clinical experience, and research. There are various dedicated learning opportunities, and these include: ambulatory anesthesia, a diverse range of regional techniques, ultrasound mechanics, and the management of perioperative pain in the pediatric, adult, trauma, and opioid tolerant patient population. The fellow will also develop technical proficiency in various upper extremity, lower extremity, chest, abdomen, head and neck  peripheral nerve blocks in the format of single injection as well as continuous catheter techniques,  and central neuraxial techniques (including midline and paramedian approach of spinal anesthesia, lumbar and thoracic epidurals,  and combined spinal-epidurals). Ultrasound guidance is used for the vast majority of peripheral nerve blocks, along with the occasional use of a nerve stimulator, and “anatomical land-marked” based techniques. The Yale Regional Anesthesia Fellowship is an ACGME accredited one-year program designed to train the candidates in ultrasound, nerve stimulation and landmark guided peripheral nerve blocks, using both single injection and continuous catheter technique. The peripheral nerve blocks that we perform most commonly include:

• Upper extremity : Interscalene, Superior/upper trunk, Supraclavicular, Infraclavicular, Axillary approach of brachial plexus block , Median nerve block, Ulnar nerve block, Radial nerve block, Intercostal-brachial nerve block, Axillary nerve block, Suprascapular nerve block, etc. 
• Lower extremity: Lumbar plexus block, Femoral nerve block, Gluteal sciatic nerve block, popliteal sciatic nerve block, Saphenous nerve block, Adductor Canal, iPACK, Obturator nerve block, Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block, Genicular nerve block, PENG, etc. 
• Chest and Abdomen: Paravertebral block, Transversus abdominis plane block, Rectus Sheath block, Quadratus lumborum block, PEC blocks, Serratus plane block, Erector Spinae block, etc. 
• Head and Neck: superficial and intermediate cervical plexus block, etc. 

Almost all the operative blocks are performed immediately outside the OR in a designated treatment area. We are also involved with the pain management of trauma patients in the surgical ICU and Emergency Room. Fellows are expected to attend weekly formal lectures in regional anesthesia, acute pain management, and basic essentials of clinical research, including study design and statistical analysis. There is also the opportunity to participate in fresh cadaver dissection courses and to mentor residents on the clinical service. In addition, this program offers the opportunity to learn EMG techniques and interpretation, and a musculoskeletal ultrasound course is currently an integral part of the curriculum. A 2-year, advanced program in combination with a clinical research track is available, and opportunities for moonlighting are available.

 

Common application
3 Letters of recommendation (1 from Program Director or Chair)
CV
Personal Statement
ECFMG (if required)