UVA Neurology Fellowship Programs

Residents with particular clinical or research interests are encouraged to pursue specialized training for one or two years following completion of their residencies. Positions and facilities are available in the various clinical and basic science laboratories within the department and Health Sciences Center. Senior resident neurologists are aided in making arrangements for further training either at this or another institution and are urged to complete their plans early in the third year.

Prospective applicants should contact the program director or program coordinator directly.

Director, J. Javier Provencio, M.D.

Program Coordinator: Tammy Leconte

The first-year fellow has primary clinical responsibilities in the neurology/neurosurgery critical care unit; one to three months of experience in other critical care areas can be arranged. Basic and clinical research opportunities are available in status epilepticus, stroke, septic encephalopathy, intracranial pressure control, and neuromuscular respiratory failure. In the second year, the fellow may pursue either basic or clinical research, or may elect EEG or EMG training for certification by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology or the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Director, Nathan B. Fountain, MD
Program Coordinator: Katie Christie

The fellowship program is designed for a two-year experience, but one-year fellowships are considered. The fellowship is designed to prepare fellows for comprehensive diagnosis and care of patients with epilepsy. The training includes experience in clinical epileptology, clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy surgery, and research.  The program is pediatric friendly and can offer one pediatric-focused position each year, if interested. Clinical epileptology training is centered around a large referral base of patients that are seen in outpatient epilepsy clinics at the University hospital and in outreach field clinics. Patients are cared for in the inpatient Epilepsy Unit with capabilities of intensive video/EEG monitoring of seven patients. A systematic approach to clinical neurophysiology education includes time dedicated to routine EEG, evoked potentials, and intensive video/EEG monitoring, meeting qualifications for an ACGME-accredited fellowship for board certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Added Qualifications in Neurophysiology) or by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. Experience is obtained in all aspects of epilepsy surgery including stereotactic placement of depth, strip, and grid electrodes; cortical mapping; and intraoperative electrocorticography in evaluation for temporal lobectomy or tailored extratemporal resections. Clinical research experience is gained by participation in experimental drug studies as well as a faculty mentored clinical research project.

For more details, please visit the Epilepsy Fellowship at the University of Virginia page.

Director, Matthew P. Elliott, MD 
Program Coordinator: Katie Christie

This clinically based, ACGME-accredited fellowship, involves experience in an accredited academic EMG laboratory that is more than sufficient for fellows to qualify for examinations in Clinical Neurophysiology (administered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) and in EMG (administered by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine). When rotating on EMG (10 months), fellows spend roughly 30-35% of their time in outpatient neuromuscular clinic, 50% of time in the EMG laboratory and the remainder of time on elective (e.g. neuropathology, palliative care, rehabilitation, chemodenervation), or spent with administrative or research efforts. Research projects are encouraged, but not mandatory. There are three technicians in the lab to assist on NCS, and approximately 12 EMG studies are completed per day. For most years, there are 2 fellows—one EMG and one neuromuscular medicine.

The goal of the EMG training is to train the fellow to be able to run a laboratory in an academic medical center. The fellow also participates in a neuromuscular consultation service for outpatients (approximately 1-2 inpatient consults per month). Research is conducted in a number of areas, including the neurophysiology of neuromuscular transmission, epidemiology of neuromuscular diseases, new and innovative EMG techniques, and treatment trials in various neuromuscular diseases, including ALS and diabetic neuropathy.

For more details, please visit the EMG Fellowship page.

Director, Maria Rossetti, PhD
Program Coordinator: Tammy Leconte

This two-year APPCN fellowship program is clinically based with a focus on obtaining expertise in neuropsychological evaluation of individuals with a broad range of neurological disease. Particular emphasis is placed on the dementia spectrum with participation in the Memory Disorders Clinic. The aim of the fellowship is to prepare the fellow to run a neuropsychological assessment laboratory in a neurological setting. Training opportunities include work in neuropsychological assessment, psychological assessment, therapeutic intervention, supervision, case presentation, and participation in didactics. Ample opportunities for research exist.

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Directors, Edward H. Bertram, MD and Jaideep Kapur, MD, PhD

This multi-disciplinary research program is investigating basic mechanisms of status epilepticus, epileptogenesis, and epileptic brain damage. This program also screens compounds for anticonvulsant effects in animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy and status epilepticus. Experimental animal models of different forms of epilepsy and status epilepticus are used. Research methods include in vivo and in vitro physiology, electroencephalography, autoradiography, neurochemistry, and anatomy. The fellowship involves collaboration among various laboratories. This fellowship is intended for concentrated and dedicated basic neuroscience experience, but the possibility of integrating the experience with training in clinical epileptology will be considered.

Director, Renzo Figari, M.D.

Program Administrator:  Tammy Leconte
 
The Movement Disorders Program at the University of Virginia Health System offers a two year fellowship of clinical and research training. The focus is on training excellent movement disorders clinicians with research, teaching, and quality improvement training to prepare fellows to be academic or primarily clinical specialists. The clinical program offers experience in a broad range of movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, pediatric movement disorders, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, ataxia, myoclonus, tics and gait disorders. Multidisciplinary programs include in deep brain stimulation and Huntington’s disease – which has been recognized as Centers of Excellence by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Fellows also receive training in assessment and management of deep brain stimulation and botulinum toxin chemodenervation. There is an active clinical trials program in experimental therapeutics for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease under the auspices of the Parkinson Study Group, the Huntington Study Group, and NeuroNEXT. Additional training in clinical investigation and health care research is available through the Master’s Degree in Health Evaluation Sciences offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences. Educational activities include a journal club and video case conferences as well as resident teaching sessions. Research opportunities are available in both clinical and basic science related to movement disorders, though the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience.

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To apply: The UVa Movement Disorders Fellowship program participates in the San Francisco Match.
Please visit sfmatch.org to apply.

To learn more about fellowship opportunities, please review the following: https://actrims.memberclicks.net/fellowship-positions-university-of-virginia

For additional information, please contact
Mini Singh, MBBS 
Fellowship Director, MS and Neuroimmunology
Email: rcb6ew@uvahealth.org
Phone: 434-982-3936

Program Administrator:  Tammy Leconte

Director: Guillermo Solorzano, MD
Program Coordinator: Katie Christie

We are participating in the SF Match program – please apply through their site: www.SFMatch.org

Director, Bradford B. Worrall, MD, MSc
Program Coordinator: Katie Christie

During this ACGME accredited one or two year fellowship in cerebrovascular disease, the first year is devoted entirely to clinical research and consultation on a busy stroke service. Experience in an active noninvasive neurovascular laboratory is available. Active telemedicine/ telestroke program gives fellows exposure and an opportunity to actively participate to this growing mode of stroke care delivery. The second year is flexible with opportunities for training in clinical trials methodology, for bench research in the pathophysiology and treatment of cerebral ischemia, or for translational research in cerebrovascular atherosclerosis. Stroke call is shared among the junior and senior stroke fellows, the stroke and critical care attendings, and the critical care fellows.

For more information please visit the Vascular Stroke Fellowship Page

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Varied opportunities for fellowship and postdoctoral study in the neurosciences are also offered in association with the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Virginia. It brings together faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine to provide a unified program of graduate study, which can lead to the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Neuroscience. This program combines formal coursework and substantial research experience in order to provide the training necessary for original and significant research and to offer teaching to undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students. The interests of faculty members are diverse, and students may choose from a broad spectrum of elective neuroscience-related courses provided by the program or available through various departments at the University. Fellowship stipends are in accordance with NIH postdoctoral rates.