HEADACHE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Department of Neurology at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine in collaboration with the Diamond Headache Clinic is offering a 1-year Headache Medicine Fellowship Program “The Seymour Diamond, M.D., Fellowship in Headache Medicine” focusing on management of headache disorders. The fellowship is accredited by the United Council for Neurologic subspecialties (UCNS). The fellows will directly manage patients with headache disorders in outpatient and inpatient settings, and will participate in and conduct headache clinical research. This opportunity is open to physicians with residency training in Neurology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Emergency Medicine and will focus on the clinical and research aspects related to headache disorders. Candidates should have excellent judgment, good work ethic, and interact well with peers and other medical and support personnel. Fellows will also have important roles in student and resident education.
The Stritch School of Medicine has research institutes in neurosciences, cardiovascular, oncology, burn/shock/trauma, infectious disease, bioethics and health policy and education. Housed in the John & Herta Cuneo Center, Stritch occupies 110,000 square feet of state-of-the art classrooms, basic research labs and clinical research areas. More than 500 medical students and 500 residents are taught. The Diamond Headache Clinic is the oldest and most comprehensive private headache clinic in the United States. It was founded in 1972 by Seymour Diamond, M.D. In 1980, the Clinic opened its first inpatient unit which is now located at Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. It is the only acute inpatient unit dedicated to headache, and includes 37 adult beds and 8 pediatric beds. In addition to the six physicians, the multidisciplinary staff includes a consulting psychiatrist, psychologists, physician assistants, nurses, biofeedback technicians, physical therapist, recreational therapist, dieticians, and pharmacists.
Please send CV’s to:Jośe Biller, M.D., FACP, FAAN, FAHA, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Chairman Department of Neurology; LUC Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153; jbiller@lumc.edu.
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http://www.diamondheadache.com/
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