The mission of this comprehensive pain medicine fellowship is to develop a physician and consultant that can expertly manage painful conditions in both children and adults through an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach. During this combined pain medicine fellowship, the trainee will learn how to manage both acute and chronic pain ranging in age from neonates to the elderly.
Pediatric Acute Inpatient Service Objectives
Rotation in pain management prepares the fellow to function as a consultant in pediatric acute pain, perioperative pain, and inpatient chronic pain.
- Learn the perioperative pain management of children to include opioid dosing, regional blockade, and the use of adjuvant pain medications.
- By the end of the rotation, you should be able to develop a plan for both acute and chronic low to moderate complex pediatric patients experiencing pain.
- Become familiar with different types of regional blockade that are different in children.
- Assist with daily round on the acute pain service to include blocks, writing orders, writing notes, coordination with other teams, and rounds.
- By the end of the rotation, be able to diagnose and manage common chronic pediatric pain problems.
- Consult and provide care for surgical, trauma, and other causes of acute pain.
- Pediatric Chronic Clinic – fellows will spend 70-80 days in our outpatient pediatric chronic pain clinic.
- Inpatient Acute and Chronic Service – 4 weeks
- Headache Clinic – 1 week
- Pediatric palliative care – 2 weeks
- Adult Chronic Clinic – fellows will spend 70-80 days in our outpatient adult chronic pain clinic.
- Inpatient Adult Acute Pain and Chronic Cancer Pain Service – 6-8 weeks
*In addition to the above, there will be dedicated time spent with our psychologists, physical therapists, and physiatrists.
- Weekly didactic with faculty
- Monthly Cadaver labs to improve interventional education and skill
- Weekly pain medicine educational conference
- Monthly pediatric pain medicine journal club
- Weekly multidisciplinary conference
Stipend
| PGY LEVEL | ANNUAL STIPEND |
| PGY 1 | $65,833 |
| PGY 2 | $68,753 |
| PGY 3 | $71,533 |
| PGY 4 | $74,756 |
| PGY 5 | $78,031 |
| PGY 6 | $80,426 |
| PGY 7 | $84,047 |
| PGY 8 | $87,820 |
| PGY 9 | $91,778 |
Discretionary Fund: $2,000 – for books and educational expenses
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy insurance benefits
- Life, accident, and disability insurance
- Access to WUCare and Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly parking reimbursement
- White coat and departmental jacket
- ASRA membership
- 15 vacation days
- 5 meeting days
- iPhone provided for professional use during fellowship
- Non-clinical days
- Wellness resources and subscriptions
