Program Description
Mayo Clinic's Pain Medicine Fellowship provides comprehensive
training in acute, chronic, oncologic and interventional pain management.
Using a problem-oriented approach, you will take pertinent histories,
perform relevant physical examinations, and order appropriate diagnostic
tests and consultations. You will develop competence and expertise
in all aspects of neural blockade and interventional pain therapies.
Acute pain medicine training is focused primarily on patients with
acute painful medical problems and cancer pain. There is exposure
to perioperative regional analgesic techniques and a regional analgesia
rotation elective is available.
Chronic and cancer pain medicine training will teach you to be
an outstanding pain medicine consultant. The emphasis is on learning
to perform an appropriate evaluation and then formulate a treatment
plan. You will gain experience and familiarity with all aspects
of pain therapies, including medication management, physical modalities,
therapeutic exercise, behavioral therapies, complementary and alternative
medicine treatments, and interventional treatments.
There is an emphasis on interventional pain medicine training.
You will learn indications, contraindications, anatomy and theory
of interventional pain treatments. You will become proficient in
spine interventions and implantable technologies, and will learn
how to incorporate these therapies into a comprehensive treatment
program.
Admissions
Qualifications
You must have successfully completed an accredited residency in
anesthesiology, neurology, physiatry or psychiatry to apply to the
Pain Medicine Fellowship.
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Application Process
Positions
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville typically accepts one-to-two fellows
each year in its Pain Medicine Fellowship each year on a competitive
basis. However, the Pain Fellowship in Jacksonville Florida is not accepting applications for the 2008-09 program year.
How to Apply
MSGME does not process printed applications to this program. To apply, you need to use the third-party application service, Apply Yourself.
In addition to the standard application materials required by MSGME, this program requires the following additional supporting materials to be submitted with your online application:
- A personal statement, including a discussion of how you became interested in pain medicine, and what unique qualities you posses that will make you an outstanding pain medicine physician
- A copy of your most recent ABA-ASA In-Training Examination scores and a letter from your residency program director.
Applications for each academic year should be completed by September 15. The academic year begins in July.
If you are considered for an appointment, you will be asked to visit Mayo Clinic for an interview. Interviews are conducted between July and October.
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Program Contacts
If you are interested in learning more about the Pain Medicine Fellowship, please contact:
Salim Ghazi, M.D., Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director
(904) 953-0421
Or
Lori Spier, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Coordinator
(904) 953-0487
jax-anes-res@mayo.edu
For more information, please submit the
following information via e-mail
:
- Program in which you are interested
- Your Name
- Phone Number
- Address
- Medical school attended
- Year of graduation
- Your current residency/fellowship, if any
If you would like to discuss the Pain Medicine Fellowship with
Mayo Clinic alumni living in your area, please write to us for a
list of their names.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224
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