The Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (RAAPM) fellowship program consists of twelve months of post-graduate training after successful completion of an accredited residency program in Anesthesiology. The RAAPM fellowship is tied to a part-time faculty position in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center.

The RAAPM program at UH Hospital specializes in peri-operative management of patients receiving peripheral nerve and acute post-operative pain management. Our primary goal is to provide high quality patient care and effective management of acute pain for patients undergoing surgery. Our program provides acute pain management for patients undergoing orthopedic, pediatrics, trauma, thoracic, vascular, urology, obstetric, open heart, plastic and general surgery.  The program performs approximately 3500 peripheral nerve blocks for acute post-operative pain treatment each year.

Fellows are involved in the acute postoperative interventional pain service, performing, under supervision, a wide variety of blocks including advanced types of blocks. Experiences in the pediatric and obstetrics populations are available through the UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital. Management of patients into the postoperative period in association with ERAS protocols is emphasized.

Our comprehensive didactic program includes departmental grand rounds, journal club, and a weekly lecture series. We also host an annual Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia workshop and Cadaver Lab as an integrated part of our department’s annual Anesthesiology Review Course. Fellow participation in clinical research and presentation at national/regional meetings is strongly encouraged.

We are excited to advertise some unique aspects of the fellowship program, including an opportunity to attend leadership coursework at the nearby Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, which combined with a curriculum that includes writing a business plan as well as financial aspects of running an acute pain service will provide fellows will all the tools necessary to start and grow an acute pain service from the ground up. This skillset will prove useful and make graduates very attractive in a marketplace and healthcare economy that increasingly demands physicians distinguish themselves as leaders in the industry!

1 position available for 2025-2026 and 1 position available for 2024-2025

 Applicants interested in a spot for the 2024-2025 academic year should contact us directly!

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

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