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Fellowship Positions Available
Spinal Cord Medicine Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Recruiting candidate to start July 1, 2013
Application Deadline: March 31, 2013
A one-year ACGME accredited clinical and research fellowship is offered by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. It is preferred that the applicant be trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and Board Certified/Board Eligible. Our program is one of 18 accredited SCI training programs nationwide.
The primary training site is the Spinal Cord Injury and Disease Program located at the Rehabilitation Institute-UPMC Mercy. Other institutions and centers involved in the fellowship program include:
- UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside Hospital,
- Pittsburgh VA Health Center
- Center for Assistive Technology
- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
UPMC Mercy and UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside are both Level-1 Trauma Centers.
The fellowship provides excellent exposure to various aspects of care for individuals with SCI including:
- Acute Neurotrauma Rounds and Consults
- Acute inpatient rehabilitation
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump, programming and refills
- Outpatient Continuity Clinic
- Nerve block and motor point treatments for spasticity
- Adult and pediatric outpatient clinics treating neurologic and medical conditions associated with SCI
- State of the art Assistive Technology
The department is one of 14 SCI Model System sites funded by the NIDRR offering excellent research opportunities to the fellow, for more information about this important research visit to http://www.upmc-sci.org/.
Attendance at national and international conferences in Spinal Cord Injury such as the American Paraplegia Society Annual Meeting and International Medical Society of Paraplegia Meeting is encouraged.
The SCI Fellow will attend inpatient staffing conferences and outpatient continuity clinics as well as SCI Journal Club conferences. Participation in residency program research meetings, didactics and Journal clubs is recommended. The fellow will also attend Neuro-trauma Rounds and Consult Rounds at UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside Hospital.
Amanda Harrington, MD
Director, Spinal Cord Medicine Fellowship
For more information contact:
Stacey Snead-Peterson, MS
GME Academic Manager
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Building B 11th floor Suite 11522
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Visit the fellowship page at http://www.rehabmedicine.pitt.edu for more information and to download the fellowship application.
Brain Injury Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Recruiting candidate to start July1, 2013
Application Deadline: October 31, 2012
This is a one year non accredited ACGME program. The fellowship is available to a Board Certified/Board Eligible candidate trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and is conducted at the Rehabilitation Institute-UPMC Mercy. The fellow will also have exposure to outpatient clinics as well as rotations in:
- Neurotrauma consult
- Acute inpatient rehabilitation
- Neuroradiology
- Neuro-otology and Neuro-ophthalmology
- Outpatient Concussion clinic with Athletes
The fellow will gain management experience of the BI patient in both acute care phase at UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside, and rehabilitation phase at UPMC Mercy; participate in acute care consultations and serve on inpatient rehab teams. Special learning opportunities are available in
- assistive technology
- neuropharmacology
- neuroradiology and the evaluation and management of concussion patients.
Expertise from the various treatment centers within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation such as the Spasticity Evaluation and Treatment Center and the Brain Injury Program is available to the fellow. Additional fellowship responsibilities will include assisting in the education of medical students and department residents.
Cara Camiolo, MD
Director, Brain Injury Fellowship
For more information contact:
Stacey Snead-Peterson, MS
GME Academic Manager
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Building B 11th floor Suite 11522
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Visit the fellowship page at http://www.rehabmedicine.pitt.edu for more information and to download the fellowship application.
Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
recruiting candidates for July 1, 2013
Application deadline: July 31, 2012
This is a one year non-ACGME accredited fellowship offering instruction from highly experienced and trained professionals across a broad spectrum of specialties to ensure optimal exposure for the fellow. The applicant should be trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and Board Certified/Board Eligible.
Core Competencies
High level performance of spine, peripheral joint and neurological examinations
High level interpretation and ordering of spine and peripheral joint imaging studies, including x-rays, CT, MRIs, and musculoskeletal ultrasound
Develop skills for independent outpatient clinical practice, including coding, billing, use of electronic medical record, appropriate documentation, medical-legal review, marketing, and continuous quality improvement
Develop academic leadership skills, including curriculum development, teaching and mentoring of residents and medical students, presenting at national conferences, and academic networking
Specialty Elective Areas
- Acute Sports Medicine – performance of on-field athletic management, including management of emergency conditions, treatment of acute injuries, event planning, triage of mass events
- Interventional Spine – performance of fluoroscopically-guided procedures, including spine injections, as per ISIS guidelines
- EMG – performance of needle electromyography and nerve conductions studies, ability to successfully past the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine boards.
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound – performance of diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures as per AIUM guidelines
- Sports Concussion – evaluation and treatment of sports related concussion including pharmacological management, and return to play decisions
- Musculoskeletal Research - Develop an understanding of clinical medical research through topics in statistics, basic measurements, IRB approvals, and clinical design and hands on involvement in a longitudinal research experience
The Fellow is expected to be a leader in education via interactions with the residents through regular Journal Clubs and didactics.
Gary Chimes, MD, PhD
Director ,Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Fellowship
For more information contact:
Stacey Snead-Peterson, MS
GME Academic Manager
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Building B 11th floor Suite 11522
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Visit the fellowship page at http://www.rehabmedicine.pitt.edu for more information and to download the fellowship application.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship
Recruiting candidates for July 2013
Application deadline: December 1, 2012
This program is a two year ACGME (#3464131017) accredited clinical and research fellowship offered by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Fellowship training is centered at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and The Children’s Institute, two leading pediatric health centers in Pittsburgh.
The applicant should be trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and Board Certified/Board Eligible.
If an interested applicant is seeking a one year clinical fellowship after combined training in PM&R and Pediatrics, please contact the office directly regarding the possibility of a position.
The recently opened, award winning Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) of UPMC serves as the site for training in acute care pediatrics, outpatient pediatrics, subspecialty pediatrics, and acute care inpatient rehabilitation consults. CHP is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center with a world-renowned pediatric intensive care program and was one of only eleven pediatric hospitals in the United States named to U.S. News and World Report's 2011-2012 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll ranked in every specialty evaluated by US News.
The Children’s Institute is a free standing and independent pediatric rehabilitation facility with an inpatient unit, outpatient facilities, and an accredited private day school. TCI is the site of three month rotations in the first and second years of the fellowship.
Opportunities for exposure to various domains of the practice of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine include:
Acute care inpatient consults
Acute inpatient rehabilitation
Outpatient continuity clinic
Outpatient multidisciplinary clinics in cerebral palsy,
spina bifida, spasticity, neuromuscular disease
Assignments and electives in various related pediatric
subspecialties
Community based off-site clinics
The fellow will participate in all aspects of pediatric physiatry including evaluating and treating patients, participating and leading inpatient and outpatient case conferences, conducting supervised procedures, and communicating with community and other health providers.. Lectures designed for the fellow will be presented at least monthly and a pediatric focused journal club will meet once a month. Participation in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PM&R residency program research meetings, didactics and journal clubs is recommended. At CHP, the fellow will have the opportunity to participate in education activities for the pediatric residents, neurodevelopment fellows, neurology fellows, rheumatology fellows, and neurosurgery residents.
For more information contact:
Shana Heald
Administrative Coordinator Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Kaufmann Medical Building
Suite 201
3471 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
412.864.3721
These ads were placed May 11, 2012
Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship:
The University of Missouri-Columbia Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department is offering a one year non-ACGME accredited interventional pain medicine fellowship. This fellowship exposes the fellow to multiple interventional modalities to treat chronic pain patients. It however does not lose sight of its PMR roots. Following an algorithmic approach to pain management the fellow will continue prescribing outpatient rehabilitation therapies, practice electromyography and nerve conduction studies, and learn to manage non opioid and opioid medications, learn and master all manners of interventional procedures that include spinal epidurals, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation to name a few.
If you are interested in continuing to develop a well rounded outpatient physiatric practice and if interventional procedures interest you, please send one passport size photo, a current CV, and three letters of recommendation to Judy Olson at olsonju@health.missouri.edu.
We are recruiting for the position to start July 1, 2012.
Ebby Varghese, M.D.
Fellowship Director of Interventional Pain Medicine
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Missouri-Columbia
varghesee@health.missourie.edu
Contact Information:
Judy Olson, Residency Coordinator
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation-DCO46.00
One Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212
Phone: 573-882-0406
FAX: 573-884-4540
This ad was placed September 26, 2011
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal/Spine Fellowship
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship Director: Raj Mitra, MD
The purpose of the Musculoskeletal/Spine Fellowship is to provide training in the advanced diagnosis and comprehensive management of acute and chronic musculoskeletal/spine disease.
The Marc A. Asher, MD Spine Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center is a brand new 23,000 square foot multidisciplinary facility with on-site clinics, imaging (ultrasound, x-ray, CT and MRI), electrodiagnostics lab, therapy gym and surgery center. The fellow will work and learn in this dynamic environment under the guidance of the program director and its many faculty. Faculty include specialists from PM&R, Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurosurgery and Anesthesia. The fellow will be exposed to a broad range of procedures and fluoroscopic-guided percutaneous interventions. Additionally, the fellow will have an integral role in education through interactions with residents and medical students, and by contributing to and organizing aspects of the regular didactic program, spine indications conference and cadaver lab sessions. The fellowship fosters clinical research and the fellow is expected to publish in a peer reviewed journal. Basic science research opportunities are available through interdisciplinary efforts for those interested.
Currently 2 positions are available, one starting January 1, 2012, the second starting July 1, 2012. Fellows will receive Clinical Instructor faculty appointments with a stipend included. Fellows must have a Kansas license and be Board Certified or Board eligible in PM&R prior to beginning the Fellowship. This one-year fellowship is non-ACGME accredited.
To view a complete position description and apply on-line only, go to
http://jobs.kumc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=181103
For additional information please contact:
Raj Mitra, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
c/o Raymond Franklin, Administrator
tel 913-588-6776, email rfranklin3@kumc.edu
An EO/AA Employer www.kumc.edu
This ad was placed August 17, 2010
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Name
Michael Yochelson, MD
Title
Fellowship Program Director
Phone Number
(202) 877-1686
New Listing or Update?
New Listing
Program Location
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Program Type
Brain Injury, TBI, Neurorehabilitation
Duration of Program
One or Two Years
ACGME Accredited
No
Director Name
Michael Yochelson, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director of Brain Injury Programs
Associate Medical Director of Neurological Programs
Address, with City, State, and Zip Code
National Rehabilitation Hospital
102 Irving St NW
Washington, DC 20010
Region
East
Phone Number
(202) 877-1686
Fax Number
(202) 882-4858
E-mail Address
Michael.R.Yochelson@MedStar.Net
Program Web site
http://www.nrhrehab.org/Education+And+Training/Fellowships/Neurorehabilitation+Fellowship/default.aspx
Fellowship Description
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
National Rehabilitation Hospital in conjunction with Georgetown University Hospital offers a fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine. Two tracks are currently available: a one-year clinical track and a two-year clinical-research track.
The fellowship will provide an additional year of training to develop skills necessary for the management of brain injury patients who require acute inpatient rehabilitation and long-term outpatient management. In addition to extensive experience on the inpatient rehabilitation units at NRH, the fellow will have the opportunity to do rotations at both Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University in neuro-critical care, neuro-rehabilitation and various neurological subspecialties.
The fellow will also have the opportunity to work closely and train with the neuropsychology staff and its post-doctoral candidates. Research is required during both the one-year clinical and the two-year clinical-research tracks.
The program is open to applicants who are board-certified or board-eligible in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation or Neurology. For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Yochelson, Fellowship Program Director, at 202-877-1686 or via email at Michael.R.Yochelson@MedStar.net.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship The Emory University Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in conjuction with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is offering an ACGME accredited 1 or 2 year fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. Applicants are required to have completed one of the following Residency options: (1) a residency program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (2) a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Pediatrics Residency, or (3) a combined Residency Program with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics. Candidates who have completed both a Pediatrics and a Rehabilitation Residency, or a combined program, will be eligible for the 1 year program. Candidates who have only completed a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency program are not eligible to apply. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine provides care for children with special health care needs, via over 10,000 patient contacts per year. Participants in the program will have an excellent opportunity to care for children with acute and chronic disabilities and learn appropriate medical and therapeutic interventions for improving their quality of life. Both inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences are essential in providing the appropriate training as well as the experiences that would lead to qualification for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine subspecialty board examination. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine has the largest pediatric inpatient unit in the country and will offer fellows an invaluable opportunity to gain exposure to unique areas of pediatric medicine and rehabilitation like cancer rehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation. In addition, fellows will also have access to a comprehensive team of Board Certified medical and allied health specialist for both training and mentorship. The educational curriculum will include exposure to the following clinical areas:
In addition to a current CV, prospective fellows must submit:
Joshua Vova, MD Send Applications to: Miki DeJean, MA, C-TAGME Email preferred: miki_dejean@emory.org This ad was placed September 24, 2010 Become Tomorrow’s Rehabilitation Researcher! Join the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training ProgramWhere is the evidence base for rehabilitation treatments? How can we support the value of rehabilitation with payers and policy makers? Rehabilitation research is the key, and well-trained rehabilitation researchers are needed for the job! We offer NIH-funded research training fellowships at competitive salaries to selected individuals to study with a nationally prominent mentor of their choice for up to 3 years. The goal of the program is to train a cohort of physiatric researchers – focusing on both adult and pediatric rehabilitation topics – who can compete successfully for NIH and other research funds, and who can contribute original research to the advancement of the field. PGY2 and PGY3 residents, and academic faculty members within 5 years of completing their training, are invited to attend a research training workshop held at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, to help them prepare for the funded RMSTP fellowship. Applications for the research training workshop are due December 1, 2010. Applications for the NIH-funded fellowships are due September 1st of each year. For more information visit the AAP website, www.physiatry.org or contact the RMSTP Program Coordinator, Mary Czerniak, at meczerni@einstein.edu or (215) 663-6592. This ad was placed July 25, 2010 JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute The JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) offers a one-year fellowship opportunity for a board-eligible/board-certified physiatrist interested in traumatic brain injury (TBI) / neurorehabilitation. The fellowship is offered at the Center for Head Injuries in Edison, New Jersey, and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. These facilities are centrally located in the NY/NJ metropolitan area.
Curriculum
Electives may be available based on the Fellow’s and the Department’s needs and interests. JFK/Johnson Rehabilitation Institute This ad was placed June 24, 2010 Post-Doctoral Fellowships Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School at Currently, clinical fellowship training opportunities exist in Brain Injury Clinical Fellowships begins July 1, 2011. For more information, please contact: This ad was placed July 16, 2010 Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship We have immediate availability for one well-qualified MD/DO. UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: 4 dedicated brain injury faculty. This 12-month fellowship opportunity includes outpatient care, spasticity management, and clinical research opportunities. Email: terri.isbell@utsouthwestern.edu; UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas This ad was placed July 12, 2010 Emory PM&R Sports Medicine Fellowship Emory’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, in conjunction with Emory Orthopedics and Spine Center, is pleased to announce one of the first ACGME accredited PM&R Sports Medicine Fellowships in the country. This ad was placed September 15, 2009. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan offers excellent training in medical rehabilitation research with opportunities to compete and receive training in clinical research through the K30 mechanism. Our faculty is nationally known with expertise in gait training, motor learning, brain and head injury research, spinal cord injury research, physical activity, and exercise and spine care. Strong interdisciplinary research collaborations exist with other medical school departments, the School of Kinesiology, and Biomedical Engineering. The Department was rated second in the country in 2008 in terms of NIH funding. Post PM&R residency physicians who desire clinical research competence is available in a variety of areas: pediatrics, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal, traumatic brain injury, exercise and physical activity, body composition assessment, and others. Fellowships run for two years and offer unique mentored research experience, advanced course work within the content area, and collaboration with faculty, staff, and laboratories. Advanced training in research methodology resulting in a master’s degree is also available for qualified applicants. The objective of the fellowship is to develop researchers in medical rehabilitation who have clinical competence in their chosen area and are prepared to compete for academic faculty positions nationally in academic medical centers. Women, people with disabilities, and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should write or call: The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Visit www.med.umich.edu/pmr/edu/mrrt.htm for more information. This ad was placed July 13, 2009. Musculoskeletal Fellowship A one-year clinical fellowship is available with a primary emphasis on spine and occupational rehabilitation. The Program offers a diverse faculty with outstanding experience in interventional and non-interventional pain management, electromyography, manual medicine, ergonomics, biomechanics, and more. Send letter of intent and vitae to: Anthony E. Chiodo, MD The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. This ad was placed July 13, 2009. Fellowship in Brain Injury Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, the regional, CARF-accredited rehabilitation hospital for the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Health System, is seeking a BC/BE Physiatrist for our one-year fellowship in brain injury rehabilitation starting in July 2010. The center has trained fellows in this subspecialty area over the last 10 years. Inpatient and outpatient settings provide opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in medical management, spasticity management, neuropsychological evaluation, mild TBI, and pharmacological intervention. Research opportunities are also available. Candidates must have strong clinical and academic credentials, excellent communication and leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment. Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation hospital unit within a hospital and is located in the San Francisco Bay Area in Vallejo, California. For more information, please send cover letter and curriculum vitae to: or fax to (510) 625-5487. You may also call Kathy directly at (510) 625-5917. http://physiciancareers.kp.org/ncal/ This ad was placed July 9, 2009. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Two-year fellowship available within the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI), in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), for research training in cognitive (neuro)science and (neuro)rehabilitation. MRRI scientists, and their fellows, conduct federally funded research in three main areas: (1) treatments and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), (2) cognitive neuroscience of action in healthy and stroke participants, and (3) language and aphasia. TBI research includes recovery from minimally conscious/vegetative states and treatments for behavioral, emotional, and cognitive regulation. Action research includes motor planning/motor learning, spatial representation, and selection of objects for action. Language research includes normal and impaired (aphasic) speech production and comprehension, with particular emphasis on semantic and syntactic aspects of processing. MRRI research also examines mechanisms of cognitive impairment after stroke and TBI and the behavioral and neural impact of training and drug-based treatment. Available research mentors include John Whyte, Tessa Hart, Laurel Buxbaum, Steve Jax, Myrna Schwartz, and Dan Mirman. Collaborations at Penn allow training in neural imaging, voxelwise lesion-symptom mapping, and TMS. Candidates should have a doctorate in neuropsychology/neuroscience, experimental psychology, rehabilitation psychology, rehabilitation sciences, rehabilitation medicine or related field, and must be interested in developing an independent research career. MRRI/Penn are recognized by a Rehabilitation Research Infrastructure grant from NIH (www.ncrrn.org). Send CV and letter detailing research interests and goals to Kevin Whelihan, Research Administrator, MossRehab Research Institute, 60 E. Township Line Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027, FAX 215-663-6113 or email whelihank@einstein.edu This ad was placed March 17, 2009 |
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