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Beth Israel Fellowship
Pain Medicine Fellowship The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (DPMPC) offers a one-year ACGME-accredited Fellowship in Pain Medicine (sponsor: Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine). Structure of the Physician Fellowship Program The Fellowship in Pain Medicine (Ronald Kaplan MD, Program Director) encompasses a core program combined with one of two tracks. Those fellows who concentrate in the interventional track will be expected to acquire competencies in the use of interventional techniques while becoming well informed about the medical management of pain. Fellows who concentrate in the medical track will be expected to acquire a high level of skill in medical management while becoming well informed about interventional approaches. Learning Objectives The interventional pain fellowship will train the Fellow to:
Schedule of Rotations
7 months = interventional skills The Fellow also has a weekly Continuity Clinic, a research practicum, and at least one didactic lecture and at least one journal club presentation during the year. Active participation in Departmental conferences and meetings is expected by the Trainee. Learning Objectives Following the medical pain fellowship, the trainee will be able to:
Schedule of Rotations
4 months = consultation team The Fellow also has a weekly Continuity Clinic, a research practicum, and at least one didactic lecture and at least one journal club presentation during the year. Active participation in Departmental conferences and meetings is expected by the Trainee. Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (DPMPC) offers a one-year Fellowship in Pain Medicine (sponsor: Department of Family Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center). The Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Eric Walsh, MD, Program Director; Myra Glajchen, DSW, co-director) offers a broad training opportunity in palliative care and hospice care. The fellowship is accredited by a national accrediting body, the Palliative Medicine Review Committee. Within the next year, Accreditaion is expected via the Family Medicine Residency Review Committe of ACGME. Learning Objectives Following the pain and palliative medicine care fellowship, the trainee will be able to:
Schedule of Rotations
4 months = inpatient unit The Fellow also has a weekly Continuity Clinic, a research practicum, and at least one didactic lecture and at least one journal club presentation during the year. Active participation in Departmental conferences and meetings is expected by the Trainee. The Department has two clinical divisions-the Pain Division and the Palliative Care Division; the two academic divisions comprise the Institute for Education and Research in Pain and Palliative Care and the Research Division. A certified hospice program, Continuum Hospice Care/The Jacob Perlow Hospice, is closely aligned to the department. The pain medicine attending staff includes three anesthesiologists, two physiatrists, and one neurologist, The palliative medicine attending staff includes two family medicine physicians, three internists, two psychiatrists, and one pediatrician. These physicians are either full-time at Beth Israel Medical Center, or part-time Hospice Medical Directors working at other sites. The department's table of organization also includes numerous advance practice nurses (nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists), one social worker; one chaplain; research staff; and support staff. A pain psychologist on staff is available for consultations prior to procedures and manages group therapy sessions for pain patients. The clinical services of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care are provided through separate inpatient consultation services for acute pain, chronic pain and palliative care, an 18-bed Pain, Palliative Care and Hospice Inpatient Unit (the "IPU"), and ambulatory practices at the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center. Continuum Hospice Care has home care teams for the Bronx, East and West Manhattan, and Brooklyn/Queens; an additional inpatient hospice unit will soon be opened at Long Island College Hospital, and a hospice residence is open in the Bronx. If you are interested in applying for a fellowship, please download and complete the application form, checklist and activity sheet from the Department of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, beginning in the May prior to the start of the training year. Applications are reviewed by members of the Department's Education Committee, however, owing to the volume of applications, only selected applicants will be granted a face-to-face interview with Department faculty. On site interviews take place in September and October, and fellowship offers are made in November. After that time, applications will be kept on file for future reference. If you have other questions related to the fellowship, please contact Dr. Myra Glajchen as listed below. Completed application packets should be mailed to:
Myra Glajchen, DSW |