Epilepsy Fellowship in Neurology
We offer a comprehensive ACGME-approved clinical neurophysiology fellowship for 6 fellows per year at the
University of Michigan. The strength of the program is the broad exposure to adult and pediatric EEG and epilepsy
studies. Our fellowship year generally includes:
- 4 months of inpatient adult epilepsy monitoring
- evaluating scalp and intracranial CCTV-EEG monitoring of seizures
We average 6-8 patients per week including 1-3 intracranial evaluations per month. Roughly 90-100 epilepsy surgeries are performed each year in the program. Epilepsy fellows are welcome to become involved in the entire process, including intraoperative mapping, Wada tests, and functional imaging with PET and SPECT studies. Fellows also gain experience in caring for status epilepticus on the inpatient service.
The program also includes several months of EEG and EP training, reading each study with very experienced faculty.
Numerous weekly didactic conferences are offered, including
- an Emergency series early in the year
- weekly lectures on interesting EEGs
- work rounds for selected inpatient cases
- a surgical conference
- a didactic EP series
- weekly didactics on other aspects of clinical neurophysiology and
- a journal club
Fellows gain exposure to intraoperative evoked potential monitoring and are actively involved in structuring their educational experiences. Training in the core competencies is offered throughout the year. Fellows see outpatient cases an average of 2 half-days per week, with close faculty supervision.
Electives are available in sleep, EMG and neuromuscular disorders, and we offer mentorship for clinical and basic science research during special research electives and throughout the year.
The faculty consists of 7 adult and pediatric epileptologists, 4 neuromuscular specialists and 6 sleep specialists.
For more information, or to apply for a position in the fellowship, please contact Amanda Burke at 734-936-9030 or aaltizer@med.umich.edu, or Dr. Linda Selwa at lmselwa@med.umich.edu.
