Vascular Neurology Fellowship

This ACGME-accredited fellowship at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals provides one year of training in emergency management of stroke, neurocritical care, application of modern neuro-imaging techniques, rehabilitation and stroke prevention.

Fellows who successfully complete this program are eligible to sit for the sub-specialty board examination in Vascular Neurology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology).

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Rotations

• Inpatient Stroke Service
• Neurocritical Care
• NeuroIntervention
• Vascular Neurosurgery
• Neurorehabilitation
• Elective, such as Neurosonology

Call

As part of the Brain Attach team, the Vascular Neurology fellows participate in all stroke cases brought to the Emergency Room.  Fellow also takes at-home call several nights a week.

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 a graduation/educational symposium in May/June.  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 vascular fellows in the program.

1. Weekly didactic lecture given by one of the faculty expressly for the fellows.
2. Departmental grand rounds weekly.
3. Stroke research conference weekly.
4. Weekly neuroimaging conference: jointly with the neurosurgery and neuroradiology 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 the Vascular Neurology 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 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 advanced training. 

Stroke Faculty:

David C. Anderson, M.D., Program Director
Scott Bundlie, M.D. (HCMC)
Vallabh Janardhan, M.D. (HCMC and UMMC)
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, M.D., Ph.D. (HCMC and UMMC)
Adnan Qureshi, M.D. (HCMC and UMMC)
Robert Taylor, M.D. (HCMC and UMMC)

DURATION OF FELLOWSHIP:1 year
NUMBER OF FELLOWS PER YEAR:  Three

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must have completed an ACGME-approved U.S. residency in neurology and USMLE step 3 at the time of entrance into the program, and must be board-eligible/certified in Neurology.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Qualified applicants should submit the following before April 30^th:

• A curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendation
• A personal statement of interest in this subspecialty
• Visa status  (except in very rare instances, only J-1 visas sponsored by ECFMG are accepted)

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 late April – early June. 

Contact Information

Ms. Pat Bulgerin, Fellowship Coordinator
Email:  bulge006@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-9110
FAX: 612-625-7950, Attn: Pat

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