Fellowship directory

Now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 position. Interviews will be from January – May 2023. All interviews will be conducted virtually. Please visit  https://new.sfmatch.org/  website where all applications and supporting materials should be submitted.

Still accepting applications for one position in the 2018-19 class.

• Applicants must have US medical license with completion of anesthesiology residency in U.S. or Canada
• The fellow functions in close relationship with our ACGME-accredited residency in anesthesiology which includes specific rotations in regional anesthesia and acute pain management
• There is no ACGME designation or certification for regional anesthesia fellowships to date
• The fellowship stipend would be supported in part by the fellow's activity as a junior faculty anesthesiologist, 2.5 day per week, in the Inpatient OR at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• The fellow will be required to have a PA medical and DEA license to practice in the hospital

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

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The University of Pennsylvania’s regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine fellowship is a year-long post-graduate training program aimed to cultivate the expertise in the art, theory, and practical delivery of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. Our fellowship is currently non-ACGME accredited, but there are plans of making it ACGME accredited.

Our institution has two primary hospitals (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center – our level 1 trauma center – and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) and a free standing ambulatory surgical center (Penn Medicine University City), situated in the urban setting of Philadelphia, in the University City neighborhood. We perform approximately 450 blocks/month (~5400 blocks/year) with a healthy mix of single-shot peripheral nerve blocks, truncal blocks, continuous catheter nerve blocks, and neuraxial analgesic blocks/catheters. We routinely provide regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine services to a variety of surgical specialties including orthopedics, trauma, podiatry, plastics, breast, cardiac, vascular, colorectal, general surgery, gynecology, transplant, and ambulatory surgeries. We also have a dedicated acute pain service that manages continuous nerve block catheters, epidural catheters, acute pain medication management, and complex acute on chronic pain medication management.

We have a core group of dedicated regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine attending anesthesiologists who will be providing education throughout the year. Your education includes hands-on training in ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks, management of peripheral nerve continuous catheters, neuraxial anesthesia/analgesia, and multimodal pharmacological therapies for postoperative pain management. There are dedicated monthly lectures geared towards advanced regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine topics for our fellow, along with routine, weekly lectures given for anesthesia residents who rotate on their regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine rotation. These lectures are round table discussions or hands on training sessions with the core regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine attendings to help solidify knowledge and gain expertise in this field. Journal clubs are held throughout the year to discuss the latest evidence in the field of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. Finally, you will be required to pick a topic of interest in the earlier portion of your fellowship year, to perform a quality improvement project. This will be a great opportunity to gain proficiency in using systematic, data-guided initiatives to improve clinical care, patient safety, or health care operations related to the field of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine.

As this fellowship is currently non-ACGME accredited, this fellowship currently incorporates a part-time clinical instructorship with the responsibility of supervising residents and CRNA’s in the operating room setting.

At the end of your year, you will be very well trained in the field of regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine, and we are confident that you will succeed in your career whether it is in the academic or private sector. 

If interested, please apply to our program. We look forward to meeting you! 

Announcing the brand new, innovative, Regional and Obstetric Anesthesiology Hybrid One-Year Fellowship

 This instructor-level fellowship will offer advanced training in clinical care, education and research, based primarily at UPMC Magee Women's Hospital.   This hybrid curriculum will offer the best of both worlds in these subspecialties.

 Check out our website for more information, or contact Drs. Smith and Schott Co-Directors for more information

 Regional and Obstetric Anesthesiology Hybrid One-Year Fellowship | Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine | University of Pittsburgh

The program welcomes applicants with the following credentials to apply:

• ACGME or ACGMEi anesthesiology residency training

  Application materials must include evidence of satisfactory completion of an ACGME or ACGMEi accredited anesthesiology residency program prior to the fellowship start date.

• Non-ACGME accredited anesthesiology residency training

  Application materials must include certificate of satisfactory completion of an anesthesiology residency program and a summative evaluation letter of training from the core specialty.

  For more information, please contact Ann Martin, Academic Manager at  martina16@upmc.edu  or 412-692-4572

  This Regional Anesthesiolo-gy Fellowship Program consists of 12 months of subspecialty training for qualified physicians who have completed an anesthesiology residency. Preference is given to mature individuals with significant experience in regional anesthesia who are interested in becoming an “expert” in acute pain and regional anesthesia. Fellowship training is not only concerned with the development of expertise in the practice and theory of regional anesthesiology and acute pain management techniques, but also the understanding of the related physiology and pharmacology, patient outcomes, and financial related issues. The Regional Anesthesiology/Acute Pain Medicine Division faculty select fellows on the basis of written applications, academic records, documented performance, and interviews. See below for additional information.

  Post Match Application Process

  For Out-of-Match, please complete the ASRA common application and submit it along with the documents listed below to  Ann Martin, Academic Manager at  martina16@upmc.eduor 412-692-4572

  For  San Francisco (SF) Match please register, complete the application, and upload the following documents to the SF Match site for a complete application.
• Current CV 
• ​Personal Statement
• USMLE scores for steps 1, 2, 3
• Three letters of reference, one of which must be from your residency director
• Copy of dean's letter and medical student transcript
• Copy of most recent in-training examination
• Copy of ECFMG certification (if applicable
• The Program also requires the following emailed to martina16@upmc.edu, if applicable:  Copy of Board certification and copy of anesthesiology residency completion certificate.

. Additional Information

Cases: Fellows are involved in the acute postoperative interventional pain service, performing, under supervision, lower and upper extremity, paravertebral blocks, thoracic wall blocks (PECS I, PECS II, Serratus Anterior), Quadratus Lumborum and TAP blocks.  Blocks involve both single shot and continuous techniques. Emphasis is placed on ultrasound guided and neuro-stimulation techniques.  Extensive experience in pediatric and obstetrics is available through the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC Magee- Womens Hospital.  Management of patients into the postoperative period in association with ERAS protocols is emphasized.

The fellowship is ideal for trainees who want to become efficient in performing peripheral and truncal blocks. Each Regional fellow is expected to perform over 1,000 blocks annually. Fellows are required to attend weekly formal lectures; monthly journal clubs and pediatric regional ultrasound workshops. The fellowship has incorporated all ACGME program requirements into the training program.  Potential fellows should expect to far exceed all minimum procedural and experience requirements in the areas of regional, acute, trauma, chronic and pediatric pain. The total number of blocks available at all sites to the Regional and Acute Pain fellows is over 42,000 which includes 4103 continuous nerve blocks and 8336 spinals. The regional anesthesia experience is divided amongst the sites to maximize the variety of experiences. For instance, UPMC Mercy and UPMC Presbyterian provides extensive experience in trauma and burns. UPMC Passavant provides extensive experience in paravertebral nerve blocks and lower extremity blocks. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh provides a pediatric site and the ambulatory sites provide extensive experience in extremity nerve blocks. At each site the fellows train under the direct supervision of a Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain faculty. The faculty is responsible for clinical and didactic education, providing feedback and evaluation of fellow knowledge and level of technical skills.

Fellows will also attend an annual fresh cadaver dissection workshop, present at local, regional and national meetings, and participate in clinical research.

More information here

The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is accepting applications from anesthesiology residents trained in an ACGME accredited program. For details concerning the program and to submit an online application, please visit the link below. The common application may be submitted to the email below.  Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview after review of the completed application and all required documentation.

Apply here