A 12 month fellowship program in the management of acute and chronic pain syndromes leading to specialty certification is offered at New York University Pain Management Center, after satisfactory completion of a core Anesthesiology Residency Program. The Pain Medicine fellowship focuses on the multidisciplinary approach with close ties to psychology, physiatry, psychiatry, orthopedics and neurosurgery.

The clinical experience is diverse and includes diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal system including pain of vertebral column origin and spinal diagnostics, cancer pain and neuropathic pain states. The Fellow receives extensive exposure and experience in the decision making process, performance and peri-procedural management of the interventional pain management techniques. The faculty has particular expertise with interventional pain management techniques and the procedures performed include the following:

• Interlaminar epidural steroid injections
• Transforaminal selective epidural steroid injections
• Intraarticular facet joint injections
• Medial branch nerve blocks
• Cervical, thoracic, lumbar discography
• Stellate ganglion blocks
• Lumbar sympathetic ganglion blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Radiofrequency neurolysis
• Brachial plexus catheter placements
• Spinal cord stimulator trials and permanent implantations
• Intraspinal catheter trials and permanent infusion pump implantations
• Permanent Du Pen epidural catheter implantations

The primary purpose is to provide the knowledge and skills needed by a specialist practicing Pain Medicine. This is achieved by providing the opportunity to develop skills in medical diagnosis, therapeutic judgement, clinical care, teaching, administration and research in Pain Management. A multi-hospital experience consisting of New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center offers a broad diversity of clinical pain problems which allows development of the requisite clinical skills and knowledge to become a Pain Medicine specialist.

Inpatient clinical activities take place at the NYU Medical Center, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Co-Op Care Unit and the Bellevue Hospital Center. The outpatient care is provided at the NYU Pain Management Center and Bellevue Pain Treatment Center. Additionally, external rotations are available at the Hospital for Joint Diseases.

Fellows who complete one year of training in Pain Management are eligible to take the American Board of Anesthesiology special certifying examination in Pain Management, provided they have previously become Board certified anesthesiologists.

A valid New York medical license as well as a DEA certificate are required. The applicant must be anesthesiology board eligible or certified.

If interested please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae and a completed House Staff Application to the address listed below.

Sheng Ping Zou, M.D.
Director of Pain Medicine Fellowhsip
New York University Pain Management Center
317 East 34th St, Suite 902
New York, NY 10016