Clinical Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship opening at UPMC Magee in Pittsburgh, PA

Length of Fellowship

Clinician track: 1 year
Clinician-scientist track: 3 years

Clinical and Research Activities

The UPMC Multiple Sclerosis Center is a National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)-designated comprehensive care center and an active member of the Consortium of MS Centers. It provides comprehensive and multi-disciplinary care for a diverse population with a wide range of clinical neuroimmunology conditions and presentations. The MS Center currently has eight MS clinicians (MD, DO, PA-C, NP), three clinician-scientist and two psychiatrists, as well as a dedicated team of nurses, clinical support, and research staff. Located at the UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, the MS Center includes an outpatient clinic and an integrated 10-bed infusion unit. Patients can participate in clinical trials and a clinic-wide long-term prospective cohort study that aims to bring precision medicine to MS.

The faculty will work with each fellow to develop an individualized training program that includes MS / clinical neuroimmunology patient care, exposure to multidisciplinary care, didactic activities, and teaching and research opportunities.

Clinical

• Primary clinical environment is the outpatient clinic at the Multiple Sclerosis Center
• Infrequent consultations for complex neuroimmunology patients in the inpatient setting
• Not expected to be on call during evenings or weekends
• Additional clinical exposures include neurorehabilitation, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neuropsychiatry, neuro-urology, neuro-gastroenterology, neuro-rheumatology, pediatric neuroimmunology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-otology, and women’s neurology as well as multidisciplinary autoimmune encephalitis clinic

Research

Fellows in the clinician-scientist track are expected to participate in research under faculty supervision in one of the three research tracks:

• Clinical research (clinical trials, epidemiology, observational studies)
• Translational research track (biomarkers, genetic studies or pilot studies for novel diagnostic or treatment interventions)
• Data research (neuroimaging studies, application of biostatistics, machine learning, and other computational approaches to clinical and translational research data)

Education

• Scheduled didactics include the biweekly neuroimmunology / neuroradiology case conference, monthly combined adult and pediatric neuroimmunology conference, monthly journal club, weekly case discussions, and all other educational activities within the MS Center
• Fellows will present at one national or international conference related to MS/neuroimmunology (e.g., ACTRIMS Forum, ECTRIMS, or CMSC)
• Fellows will have opportunities to teach residents and medical students

Eligibility

• Successfully graduated from an accredited adult neurology residency program (or the equivalent) in the United States (or Canada)
• Applied and received an unrestricted medical license in Pennsylvania
• Completed the necessary credentialing prior to the start of the fellowship
• Current visa sponsorship not available

About The Community

Pittsburgh is a vibrant, mid-sized city with the feel of a small town. Located in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, it offers the best of everything — an urban melting pot, historical landmarks, ethnic neighborhoods, a vibrant nightlife, picturesque countryside, and the famous three rivers.

The city is renowned for its cultural institutions, including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the National Aviary, and a diverse cultural district.

The city's major league professional sports teams include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pittsburgh has a reputation as an advancing leader in medicine, education, health care, robotics, software engineering, and high-tech industries.

The city is consistently ranked as one of the top places for families in the U.S. and one of the most affordable, livable, and safest U.S. cities.