Thank you for your interest in fellowship training in Pain Medicine at the Washington University Pain Center, in St. Louis. Our program is open to physicians that have completed a residency program in anesthesiology, PM&R, neurology, emergency medicine, or psychiatry.
We participate in the NRMP Match. We request that you submit your application as well as your supporting documents through the ERAS website.
Fellow applicants for this dynamic, multi-faceted, multidisciplinary pain fellowship program must provide:
- Current CV
- Medical school transcript
- MSPE
- A formal personal statement letter describing your experience, interest, and career goals in pain medicine
- Minimum of three letters of recommendation
*We accept a variety of visas but cannot sponsor new H-1 visa applications at this time. Our program is open to considering applicants who are currently on a H1B visa, but please note that we cannot guarantee sponsorship of any particular visa.
FAQs
We accept applications beginning Nov. 15 through May 31 in ERAS. Interviews are conducted April – June. All positions will be matched via NRMP.
We have four fully-funded, ACGME-approved positions. All positions will be available to the match.
Yes. We accept applications from all specialties. A majority of our fellows specialize in anesthesiology; however, we have accepted fellows who specialize in PM&R and neurology.
For more information, please contact:
Rajiv K. Shah, MD
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Jessica Justmann, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship
Vinny Francio, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Amira Hodzic
Fellowship Coordinator
All graduate medical education training at WashU Medicine, including the anesthesiology pain medicine fellowship is sponsored by “The Graduate Medical Education Consortium” also known as the GME. Information concerning the GME Consortium, GME training at the WashU Medicine, the Department of Anesthesiology (including the pain fellowship) can be obtained online.