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General

Clinical Fellowship
Program Description

Our program is now an ACGME accredited multidisciplinary one-year program designed to provide fellows with the highly intensive training in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional spine techniques and research. As of July, 2005 – the program has been combined between the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service & the Pain Service. We have 6 joint fellowship positions available, and have roughly 7 -10 didactic/lecture sessions per week.

Fellows will learn to evaluate and treat routine and complicated spine problems using non-surgical methods and will participate in cutting-edge research projects. In addition to advancing their clinical evaluation skills, fellows will develop their skills in a variety of traditional procedures, including myofascial trigger point injection, epidural steroid injection, facet injection and peripheral nerve blocks (e.g. ilioinguinal, occipital, & suprascapular). Fellows will also learn more sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic techniques such as intradiscal therapies, spinal cord stimulation , pump implantation and radiofrequency lesioning.

Fellow Responsibilities
Participants in the Pain Fellowship will perform outpatient clinical and ambulatory surgery duties. All clinical patients' H&Ps, impression, and treatment plans must be presented to attendings. Attendings will supervise all procedures and determine the level of the interventional procedures performed by Fellows. Fellows are required to cover both pre-op and post-op care as well as interventional spine patient admission and discharge.

Along with these duties, Fellows will be have the opportunity to participate in animal, cadaver, and clinical research projects. Fellows will particpate in weekly spine journal club discussions, lectures and contribute to teaching and supervising research assistants, medical students, interns and residents. back to top

Application

Application Process
The Interventional Spine Center at Stanford University Medical School is now accepting applications for Interventional Spine Fellowship for the academic year 2006-2007.

Pre-requisites:

Clinical Spine Fellow candidates must meet the following requirements:

Completed a Residency Program in an ACGME Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation program by the spring of 2005
Passed the written portion of the Medical Board in PM&R
BCLS and ACLS Certified

Fellows are required to enter the program with a firm grasp of basic anatomy and more specifically spine anatomy. During the year, Fellows will further their theoretical and practical understanding of anatomy and biomechanics. While prior exposure to interventional spine techniques is not mandatory, it is highly recommended.

Instructions:

Download Application Form

All completed applications must be forwarded to :

Carolyn Rebello, Fellowship Coordinator

Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Anesthesia – Division of Pain Management

780 Welch Rd, Suite 208-A

Palo Alto CA 94304-1573

Electives

Residents

Information for Visiting Resident Rotation in Interventional Spine:

Please contact:

Ms. Kris Arao
(650) 725-7139
Karao@stanfordmed.org

When an appropriate time is arranged for a rotation, the following documents are required prior to start of the rotation:

Letter of good standing from the Program Director of the visitor’s residency program. Included in the same letter for documentation that the resident’s salary and benefits will be covered in full by the residency program during his/her stay at Stanford.
Documentation of immunization: measles, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, TB surveillance
Copy of medical school diploma
Institutional Photo ID Badge
Copy of California Physician’s license (if available) or a license to practice medicine in another state (if available)

Medical Students

For visiting medical student information, please go to http://www-med.stanford.edu/osa/visiting/