Fellowship
Brain Injury
The Brain Injury Fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a one-year (12-month) ACGME-accredited program that admits one fellow per year.
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The Brain Injury Fellowship is open to those who have completed an ACGME-accredited residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology or Psychiatry.
Program Overview
Successful completion of the fellowship program satisfies the eligibility requirement to take the Examination in Brain Injury Medicine to obtain Subspecialty Certification in Brain Injury Medicine.
Fellows are exposed to the clinical management of brain injury across the continuum of care, including acute trauma and acute rehabilitation and post-acute rehabilitation across the full spectrum of acquired brain injury, from mild to severe, provided at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center training sites.
Fellows also have full access to lab facilities with body composition, exercise physiology, locomotor training and motion analyses laboratories adapted for people with disabilities, as well as the opportunity to coordinate care with a dedicated team of neuropsychologists who provide both inpatient and outpatient care, ranging from psychotherapy to in-depth psychometric testing.
At the end of training, the fellow should be proficient in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury.
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The program consists of one year with the following clinical rotation and continuity clinic:
Six months inpatient brain injury and outpatient continuity clinic and spasticity clinic
Six months brain injury consult and outpatient continuity clinic and spasticity clinic
Opportunity to work with neuropsychology on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, as well as neurosurgery, trauma and neuroradiology
All applications must be submitted through ERAS, and we participate in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Applications will not be received outside of ERAS, and positions will not be filled outside the match.
All applicants must be graduates of an ACGME-accredited residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology or Psychiatry.
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Program Coordinator, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, Brain Injury Fellowship and Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
