|
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology (ESN) Fellowship
This “NeuroIntervention” fellowship at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals provides two years of training emphasizing endovascular procedures, including catheter-based thrombolysis, embolization, and stent placement for various cerebrovascular diseases. Our program faculty includes internationally known interventionalists who have pioneered several endovascular techniques. The second (senior year) of this fellowship is ACGME-accredited. Fellows train at both Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (UMMC). Call is taken from home. Research Fellows are required to execute at least one research project a year. By the fourth month of the fellowship year, fellows are expected to identify their projects and to select faculty mentors. Fellows formally present their projects at national stroke conferences and/or at a graduation symposium in May. A very active epidemiological, clinical, and basic research program focused on cerebrovascular diseases provides opportunities for research. Conferences There are regular conferences which are attended by all ESN and vascular fellows in the program. 1. Fellowship didactic lectures – timing varies, with many topics covered in a ‘boot camp’ during the first two months. 2. Weekly stroke conference. 3. Departmental grand rounds, weekly. 4. Weekly neuroimaging conference: jointly with the neurosurgery and neuroradiology departments. 5. Monthly M&M conference, jointly with neurosurgery. 6. Monthly journal club. 7. Various optional conferences in affiliated departments. DEPARTMENT AND FACULTY This fellowship joins the Department of Neurology’s other graduate training programs, which have continuously graduated Neurology and subspecialty trainees since the 1940s. Among the significant strengths of our program are the range and depth of the clinical experience provided at several teaching hospitals (Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview for this program); the devotion of the full-time faculty at each of these hospitals to teaching, patient care, and scholarship; and the focus on both clinical and basic research in the midst of a first-rank neuroscience community. The University of Minnesota ESN fellowship (sometimes also called neurointervention fellowship program is comprised of internationally known stroke specialists as well as interventionalists who have pioneered several endovascular techniques. A very active epidemiological, clinical, and basic research program focused on cerebrovascular diseases provides opportunities for research. NeuroIntervention Faculty:
Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D., Program Director
Gustavo Rodriguez, M.D.
Fareed M. Suri, M.D.
Robert Taylor, M.D.
Ramachandra Tummala, M.D. DURATION OF FELLOWSHIP: 2 years NUMBER OF FELLOWS PER YEAR: 4 (2 junior and 2 senior)
APPLICATION PROCESS Requirements: At the time they begin this fellowship, applicants must have completed: · An ACGME-accredited vascular neurology fellowship; or · Alternatively, applicants must have completed a U.S. neurosurgery residency; or · Alternatively, applicants must have completed a U.S. radiology residency and subsequently completed a U.S. neuroradiology fellowship. Qualified applicants should submit the following before January 31st (18 months before the fellowship start date): - A curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation
- A personal statement of interest in this subspecialty
- Visa status (except for very rare instances, only J-1 visas sponsored by ECFMG are accepted)
- ECFMG certificate (if applicable)
- USMLE examination scores
Please email the above information to bulge006@umn.edu or send via U.S. mail to: Pat Bulgerin, Fellowship Coordinator
Dept of Neurology
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware St SE, MMC 295
Minneapolis, MN 55455 Competitive applicants will be invited to visit the University of Minnesota for an interview with the program director and selected faculty members. Interviews are conducted during March. CONTACT INFORMATION Pat Bulgerin, Fellowship Coordinator
Email: bulge006@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-9110
FAX: 612-625-7950, Attn: Pat B. The University of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.
|
