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Fellowships Admissions Requirements

For information about applying for additional training in order to be recruited in Quebec, i.e. formation complémentaire (only for Medical Residents remunerated by Ramq), please go to the following page:  http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/residentinfo_formationcomp.htm

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anesthesia:
Dr. Caroline Goyer,  Anesthesia Program Director.
The Department of Anesthesia offers one-year clinical fellowships listed below.  These fellowships are sponsored by the Department with a stipend. There is a possibility of incorporating clinical research (1-2 days per week) for qualified individuals.  Applicants must have completed an accredited residency program in Anesthesiology and have a Specialty Certificate in the discipline. For initial consideration for interested candidates are a curriculum vitæ, personal statement and three letters of recommendation. The on-line application and all supporting documents are required in order for official consideration to be made.  For further information on Applying to McGill, please go to http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission.htm.  For additional information on the following fellowships please contact:

Gilles Plourde, MSc, MD, Director, Fellowship Program
Phone: 514.934.1934 ext 36546
Email: sandra.cardoso@muhc.mcgill.ca     http://www.mcgill.ca/anesthesia/fellowship/

  • Adult Cardiac Anesthesia
    Duration:         1 year
    Number of positions: 2
    Fellowship supervisor: Dr. Vynka Lash
    Name of Hospitals involved: Royal Victoria Hospital, MUHC; Jewish General Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: This is a clinical fellowship. There is opportunity to become involved with research and it is highly encouraged.
    Mission Statement: To provide clinical training towards comprehensive academic knowledge in the field of adult cardiac anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography and clinical proficiency in providing the highest standard of anesthetic care for adult cardiac patients.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link:     Adult Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
  • Anesthesia Hepatobiliary Fellowship:
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of poistions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Thomas Schriker
    Name of Hospitals involved: Royal Victoria Hospital, MUHC
    Mission Statement: To offer anesthesiologists the possibility to learn about perioperative hepatic protection using pharmacological, nutritional and physiological interventions.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link: Anesthesia Hepatobiliary Fellowship.
  • Chronic Pain Fellowship
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of positions: 3
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Yoram Shir
    Name of Hospitals involved: MGH
    Mission Statement: The training of a physician in the field of sub specialized pain medicine including a thorough knowledge of the literature regarding the classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of chronic pain disorders and through practical experience help develop his or her ability to apply this knowledge and skill to a diverse population of patients.  The candidate will gain an appreciation of the specific challenges in the treatment of chronic pain including the importance of patient education and participation in the treatment, the importance of treatment of co-morbidities, and the appropriate use of non-pharmacological treatments.  The candidate will participate in the presentation of cases at regular rounds and the teaching of students and residents.   The candidate will gain some experience in designing and organizing a clinical research project.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link:     Chronic Pain Fellowship
  • Clinical Metabolic Research Fellowship
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of positions:     2
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Franco Carli, Dr. Thomas Schricker
    Hospital:     MUHC
    Type of fellowship: The Fellowship includes 60% clinical research activities and 40% laboratory practice.  The candidate will participate in the preparation and conduction of clinical projects.
    Mission Statement: The emphasis is on understanding mechanisms of modulating the metabolic stress response using pharmacological, nutritional and physical interventions. The research is directed to study different models of human surgical stress and recovery process, painful conditions, metabolic disturbances such as obesity, diabetes, malnutrition, sepsis. Anesthetic manipulations such as regional blockade, systemic opioids, thermal balance are assessed.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link:     Clinical Metabolic Research Fellowship
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery and Fast-Track Surgery
    Duration:         1 year
    Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship supervisor: Dr. Franco Carli, MD, MPhil, FRCA, FRCPC
    Hospital: McGill University Health Centre
    Research: The Fellowship includes 60% clinical with the option to undertake research activities.  The candidate will participate in the preparation of a clinical project.
    Mission Statement: To train anesthesiologists in the preoperative care of patient undergoing minimally invasive surgery for a selection of surgical specialties.  Under supervision, the candidate will develop and implement novel preoperative strategies and treatments aimed at accelerating the recovery process and minimizing the surgical stress.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow the following link:     Minimally Invasive Surgery and Fast Track Surgery
     
  • Neuroanesthesia Fellowship
    Duration: 1 year
    Number of positions: 2
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Gilles Plourde, MSc, MD, FRCPC
    Hospital: Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute (MHI)
    Type of fellowship: This is primarily a ³ 60% clinical fellowship but the candidate is expected to complete at least one clinical research project during the fellowship.
    Mission Statement: To provide research training towards comprehensive academic knowledge of the field of neuroanesthesia and clinical proficiency in providing the highest standards of anesthetic care for neurosurgical patients. The candidate will also gain experience in the design and conduct of clinical research projects.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Neuroanesthesia Fellowship
     
  • Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship
    Duration: 1 year
    Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Ian Kaufman
    Name of Hospitals involved:     Royal Victoria Hospital, MUHC
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical Fellowship: Candidate is expected to complete at least one clinical research project during the year.
    Mission statement: The goal of the fellowship is to provide the candidate with the training to become proficient in administering the highest standard of anesthetic care to high risk obstetric patients both during and after pregnancy.  The Candidate will gain experience in providing labour analgesia and anesthesia for caesarean sections in both high risk and more routine scenarios.  The large volume of high risk ante partum consultations will allow the candidate the opportunity to be direclty involved in planning these difficult  patients' management.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link:     Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship
  • Perioperative Spinal Medicine Combined Anesthesia/Spine Fellowship
    Duration: 1 year
    Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr. Francisco Asenjo & Dr. Jean A. Ouellet
    Name of Hospitals involved:     Montreal General Hospital, Montreal Children's Hospital, Shriner's Hospital
    Type of fellowship:     Training program in minimally invasive & perioperative management of patients (adults and children) with spinal ailment
    Mission statement: Trainees should master in an incremental fashion over a 12 month period: the fundamentals sciences, clinical and therapeutic knowledge required to manage patients undergoing major spinal surgery.  The trainees will also acquire the clinical & therapeutic knowledge as well as the technical skills to manage pain originating from the spine. For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link:     Perioperative Spinal Medicine Combined Anesthesia/Spine Fellowship
  • Regional Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration: 1 year
     Number of positions: 2
     Hospital: Montreal General Hospital (MGH)
     Type of fellowship: This is a primarily a 70% clinical fellowship but the candidate is expected to complete at least one clinical research project during the fellowship.
    Mission statement: To provide research training towards comprehensive academic knowledge of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management as well as clinical proficiency in providing the highest standards of anesthetic and preoperative care.  The candidate will also gain experience in the design and conduct of clinical research projects.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Regional Anesthesia Fellowship.     
  • Thoracic Surgery Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration: 1 year
     Number of positions: 1
     Hospital: Montreal General Hospital (MGH), McGill University Health Centre
     Type of fellowship: The fellowship includes at least 60% clinical activities and up to 40% research. The candidate will participate in the preparation and conduct of clinical research projects.
    Mission statement: To offer anesthesiologists the possibility to learn all aspects of thoracic anesthesia. The candidate will study the basic pathophysiology of the diseases affecting patients presenting for thoracic surgery as well as the basic and advanced principles of anesthetic care for patients undergoing thoracic surgery. A specific importance is accorded to learning the principles of clinical research.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Thoracic Surgery Anesthesia Fellowship.   Back to top

Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowships:

  • The Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration: 1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Vincent Collard (Anesthesia Fellow Coordinator)
    Name of Hospitals involved: The Montreal Children's Hospital
    Mission statement: To provide the trainee with a level of consultant clinical expertise in the administration of tertiary and quaternary anesthetic care to the pediatric population, including newborns.  Expertise in the treatment of acute post-operative pain treatment will also be acquired.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship.
     
  • The Shriners Hospital For Children Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Vincent Collard (Anesthesia Fellow Coordinator)
     Name of Hospitals involved: Montreal Children's Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children
    Type of Fellowship:      This is a 1-year fellowship with clinical (80%), research and academic activities (20%)
    Mission statement: To provide clinical and research training towards comprehensive academic knowledge of the field of pediatric anesthesia and pain management.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Shriners Hospital Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
  • The Louis Sessenwein Pediatric Pain/Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Vincent Collard (Anesthesia Fellow Coordinator)
    Name of Hospitals involved: The Montreal Children's Hospital.
    Mission statement: To provide the trainee with consultant expertise in the treatment of acute post-operative pain in the pediatric population, and to expose the trainee to the principles of chronic pain care in children. Additionally, the trainee will acquire clinical training for administering tertiary and quaternary anesthetic care to the pediatric patient, including neonatal surgery, but excluding cardiac surgery.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: The Louis Sessenwein Pediatric Pain/Anesthesia Fellowship.
  • Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship:
    Duration: 2 years
    Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr. Vincent Collard (Anesthesia Fellow Coordinator)
    Name of Hospitals involved:  The Montreal Children's Hospital
    Type of Fellowship:      This is a 2-year fellowship with the first year being dedicated to acquiring general pediatric anesthesia experience and skills. The second year of the fellowship will be dedicated to the practice of pediatric cardiac anesthesia.
    Mission Statement:  To provide clinical and research training towards comprehensive academic knowledge of the field of pediatric cardiac anesthesia and clinical proficiency in providing the highest standard of anesthetic care for pediatric cardiac patients.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship.
  • Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical and Research Fellowship:
    Duration:     2 years
    Number of positions:     2
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Vincent Collard (Anesthesia Fellow Coordinator)
     Mission statement:  To provide the trainee with a level of consultant clinical expertise in the administration of tertiary and quaternary anesthetic care to the pediatric population and provide research training towards comprehensive academic knowledge of the field of pediatric anesthesia. Expertise in the treatment of acute post-operative pain treatment will also be acquired. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical and Research Fellowship

 

Cardiology
  Dr. Regina Husa and Dr. Mathieu Walker Cardiology Training Program Directors. E-mail: anna.ballarano@muhc.mcgill.ca.  WEBSITE:  http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/cardiol/

  • Preventive Cardiology / Advanced Lipidology Clinical Fellowship
    Name of Institution:     McGill University Health Centre
    Location:  Cardiology Division. 687 Pine Avenue West,  Montreal, QC, H3A 1A1
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical and Clinical Research
    Length:     One year Fellowship
    Number of positions: 1 fellow per year.
    Name of the Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Jacques Genest
    Program Information: This fellowship is offered to residents having completed Internal Medicine Residency, Medical Biochemistry Residency or Cardiology Residency.  Exceptionally, physicians having completed Family Medicine Practice will be considered.  
    For a complete description of this fellowship please check this link: Preventive Cardiology/Advanced Lipidology Clinical Fellowship          

  • Preventive Cardiology / Advanced Lipidology Research Fellowship
    Name of Institution: McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical and laboratory based research
    Duration: 2 years
    Number of positions: 1 fellow.
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Jacques Genest
    Program Information: This fellowship is offered to residents having completed Internal Medicine Residency, Medical Biochemistry Residency or Cardiology Residency.  Exceptionally, physicians having completed Family Medicine Practice will be considered. 
    For a complete description of this fellowship please check this link: Preventive Cardiology / Advanced Lipidology Research Fellowship                                               

  • Heart Function and Heart Transplant Fellowship
    Length:     One year fellowship
    Hospitals involved in training and % of time spent in each institution: Royal Victoria Hospital 90%, Montreal General Hospital 10%
    Fellowship Program Director: Viviane Nguyen, MD, FRCP(C)
    Mission:  The goal of our Heart Function and Transplant fellowship program is to form individuals who will become fully independent in caring for patients with end-stage heart failure.  This involves the ability to offer these patients a variety of treatment strategies ranging from education, dietary counseling, evidence-based optimal medical, device and surgical therapies by referring to electrophysiology and cardiac surgery colleagues, to the latest technologies available only through clinical trials.  Moreover, trainees should be able to manage post-operative bypass patients with low ejection fraction, post-operative mitral valve surgery and immediate post-operative and long-term follow-up of patients with all types of Ventricular Assist Devices and single heart or combined organ transplant.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please, follow this link:     Heart Function and Heart Transplant
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship Program
    Length:     this is a 1 (to obtain Level 2 training competence in ACHD) or 2 year (to obtain Level 3 training competence in ACHD) fellowship for Adult Cardiologists who desire to further their training in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD)
    Number of positions available: Maximum 2 per year
    The MAUDE (McGill Adult Unit for congenital heart Disease Excellence) offers this Fellowship program
    Hospitals involved in the training: the Royal Victoria, the Jewish General and the Montreal Children's
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr Judith Therrien
    Fellowship Endowment: the Beth Raby Fellowship endowment at the Jewish General Hospital
    McGill offers a 1 or 2 year postgraduate "hands on" fellowship program with expert faculty in ACHD, state of the art facilities, as well as cutting edge research opportunities to any graduate adult cardiologists who wish to make ACHD the focus of their academic career.   For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship Program
  • Advanced Echocardiography (level III) Fellowship Program offered by the MUHC
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions available: Maximum 2 per year
    Facilities: The MUHC Echocardiography laboratory at the Montreal General Hospital and at the Royal Victoria Hospital
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr Jean Buithieu
    Information: The Cardiology Division of the McGill University Health Center and the McGill University offer a one-year Fellowship Program for cardiologists who wish to attain the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association level 3 of clinical competency in echocardiography.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Advanced Echocardiography Fellowship Training Program MUHC
     
  • Advanced Echocardiography (level III) Fellowship Program offered by the JGH
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions available: Maximum 3 per year
    Facilities: Sir Mortimer B. Davis - The Jewish General Hospital Echocardiography laboratory
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Igal A. Sebag
    Information: the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Cardiology Division and McGill University offer a Fellowship Program for Cardiologists who desire to obtain Level 3 training in echocardiography (echo). The JGH is a McGill University affiliated teaching hospital with a large and active Cardiology Division and a nationally recognized echo lab.  Our program at the JGH will accept exceptional Cardiologists who have a strong interest.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Advanced Echocardiography Fellowship Training Program JGH

 

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology Device Implantation Fellowship

Length: 1 year
Number of positions available: Maximum 1 per year
Hospitals involved in the training: Montreal General Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital
Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Vidal Essebag
Information: This 12-month program will provide the fellow with Level 2 training in advanced non-invasive arrhythmia management as well as expertise in surgical aspects of pacemaker implantation. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Cardiac Electrophysiology Device Implantation Fellowship

 

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

Length: 2 years
Number of positions available: Maximum 2 per year
Hospitals involved in the training: Montreal General Hospital 90% and Royal Victoria Hospital 10%
Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Vidal Essebag

Information:  Our mission is to be a referral centre of excellence in interventional electrophysiology integrated within the Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences at McGill University. Our goal is to provide excellence in patient care, research, and education in interventional electrophysiology. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship.

  • Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year (after Cardiology)
    Number of positions available: 1
    Name of Hospitals: Royal Victoria Hospital
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Bilodeau
    Information: The intent of providing interventional training is to prepare suitable candidates for independent performance of interventional coronary work, including PCI, IVUS and FFR, endomyocardial biopsy, trans-septal catheterization, as well as general diagnostic work.  This may evolve eventually for further formation in peripheral vascular and structural heart disease, as we acquire suitably trained staff MD's.  The Candidate will develop a strong mastery of the various diagnostic and interventional technique's indications, contraindications, limitations, interpretation and clinical use.  He will learn to work within a multidisciplinary team (cardiologists, surgeons, anesthetists, nurses and technicians, and trainees of various levels).  The Candidate will develop appropriate clinical judgment, and self discipline in further learning and possibly research activities.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Interventional Cardiology Fellowship.    
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Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Kevin Lachapelle, Cardiac Surgery Program Director
E-mail:   emma.lisi@staff.mcgill.ca
Website:  http://www.mcgill.ca/ct-surgery

  • Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery:
    Length:     2 year
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical/Research Fellowship
    Number of positions available:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Christo Tchervenkov
    Sites involved in the training:     75% at the Montreal Children's Hospital, 25% Royal Victoria Hospital
    Mission Statement: The mission of the fellowship training is to provide the necessary experience in neonatal, pediatric and adult congenital heart disease to allow the candidate to practice at a consultant level upon completion of the fellowship.  For a complete description of the Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery please check the following link:     Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery                                                          Back to top

Critical Care
Dr. Patrick Melanson, Critical Care Training Program Director. E-mail: patrick.melanson@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Critical Care Medicine Research Fellowship:
     Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     3
    Type of fellowship:     Fellowship in Research skills in Critical Care including clinical and basic science.
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Sheldon Magder
    Hospitals involved in training: McGill University Health Centre
    Mission Statement: The objective of the critical care research fellowship porgram is to encourage the development of academic critical care physicians who can obtain an academic appointment at a University-based critical care program and establish their own independent research program or be able to at least collaborate in multicentre program with MUHC inverstigators and other Canadian investigators.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Critical Care Medicine Research Fellowship
     
  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship
     Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Jeanne Teitelbaum
    Hospital involved in training:  Montreal Neurological Institute
    Overall Objective: is to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to :
    1. Provide high quality clinical care and assessments of critically ill patients with neurological disorders, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment, management, counseling and social intervention;
    2. Work effectively with multidisciplinary teams oriented to the care of these patients; and
    3. Develop the capacity to pursue an academic/research career focusing on neurological dysfunction in critically ill patients.
    4. Develop the capacity to teach others in the methods and concepts used in the care of critically ill patients with neurological disorders.

For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Neurocritical Care Fellowship                                                                   Back to top

 

Pediatric Critical Care
Dr. Ronald Gottesman, Pediatric Critical Care Program: ronald.gottesman@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Fellowship in Advanced Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Fellowship in advanced skills in Pediatric Critical Care including research opportunities in clinical and basic science.
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Ronald Gottesman
    Hospitals involved in training: McGill University Health Centre- Montreal Children’s Hospital
    Mission Statement: The primary mission of the fellowship in Advanced Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine is to prepare qualified Pediatric Intensivists with advanced clinical and managerial skills to assume leadership roles in academic centers.  For a complete description of this fellowship please check the following link: The Advanced Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine                                                                                                                                                                       Back to top

Dermatology
Dr. Dr Linda Moreau, Dermatology Program Director. E-mail: linda.moreau@muhc.mcgill.ca
Ms. Roberta Carin: Administrative Coordinator, Dermatology Program: tel.: 514- 1934, ext. 43558, e-mail: roberta.carin@mcgill.ca

The Division of Dermatology also offers fellowships in the following fields for residents who have finished their core Dermatology training:

  • Dermatologic Surgery:
     Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical.  The fellow will need to have recognized funding.
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Wayne Carey
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital 20% and Carey Wang Centre for Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery-80%
    Mission statement: Develop surgical skills and have hands-on experience with advanced dermatological procedures. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Dermatologic Surgery Fellowship

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Wayne Carey
c/o Nathalie Morin
Division of Dermatology (514) 788-3203
E-mail: nathalie.morin@careywang.com

  • Contact Dermatitis Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Denis Sasseville
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal General Hospital
    Mission statement:  The year of fellowship in contact dermatitis enables the student to gain knowledge and develop expertise in the diagnosis, evaluation and management of cutaneous contact reactions.  The training will promote aptitudes of competence and leadership in the operation of a busy contact dermatitis clinic, as well as in research, publications, presentations and teaching activities related to the field of contact dermatitis.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Contact Dermatitis Fellowship

     For further information about this fellowship, please contact:
    Dr. Denis Sasseville
    C/o: Ms. Roberta Carin, Program Administrator
    Room D6-237, Montreal General Hospital
     tel.: 514-934-1934, ext 43558  fax: 514-937-0803
    E-mail:     roberta.carin@mcgill.ca
  • Laser and Cosmetic Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions: 1
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Fellowship
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Billick
    Training Sites: Jewish General Hospital: 98% McGill teaching hospitals 2%
    Mission:     Promote and advocate the understanding concept of laser surgery photodynamic therapy and cosmetic dermatology (injection of filler materials, chemical peels, Botox injection and sclerotherapy).
    Objectives:     The objective is upon completion of training the clinical fellow will have acquired a vast body of knowledge and perfected skills in the treatment and cosmetic enhancement of disfiguring skis diseases; rejuvenation of aged and ptotic skin.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology                                                                                                                                Back to top

Diagnostic Radiology
 Requests for further information or application forms should be directed to:  Dr Jeffrey Chankowsky, Program Director
c/o Administrative Coordinator
Diagnostic Radiology Training Program
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue, Room C5 118
Montreal, QC H3G 1A4
T: 514.934.8084
F: 514.934.8263
E-mail: cathy.torchia@muhc.mcgill.ca

Please view our website at: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/radiology/

The Department of Diagnostic Radiology offers one and two year fellowships, in Abdominal Imaging/Nov-Vascular Intervention, Angio/Intervention , Breast Imaging, Musculoskeletal. These fellowships are sponsored by the MUHC Radiology Associates with a stipend of $60,000 dollars per annum.
The Department of Diagnostic Radiology also offers non funded fellowships in: Body MRI, MRI and Women's Imaging.

  • 1 yr Angio/Interventional Radiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     4
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr David Valenti
    Academic Facilities involved in training:     Royal Victoria Hospital, Jewish General Hospital and the Montreal General Hospital
    Fellowship Objectives: To learn the principles and practice of Interventional Radiology through deep exposure in the areas of diagnostic vascular IR, vascular interventions, non vascular interventions, research and teaching.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     1yr Angio/Interventional Radiology Fellowship
  • 2 yr Angio/Interventional Radiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr David Valenti
    Academic Facilities involved in training:     Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal General Hospital
    Fellowship Objectives: To learn the principles and practice of Interventional Radiology through deep exposure in the areas of diagnostic vascular IR, vascular interventions, non vascular interventions, research and teaching.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     2yr Angio/Interventional Radiology Fellowship
  • Abdominal Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     3
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Caroline Reinhold
    Academic Facilities involved in training:     Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal General Hospital
    Fellowship Objectives: The fellowship is geared towards enriching the fellow's own experience and achievement ans well as optimizing the functioning of the abdominal section.  At the conclusion of the training, the fellow should be able to function autonomously as a radiology consultant in US scanning, body CT and MR interpretation, as well as performing and managing non-vascular interventional procedures.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Abdominal Imaging Fellowship
  • Abdominal Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of the Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of fellowship positions:     2 per year
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Caroline Reinhold
    Fellowship Objectives:     The objective is to acquire as much experience and skills in ultrasound scanning and CT interpretation as in performing actual interventional procedures. It is often the imaging aspect of an interventional case that provides the real challenge not the technical placement of a biopsy needle or catheter. The emphasis on patient management remains important and is an integral part of the fellow's training. At the conclusion of the training, the fellow should be able to function autonomously as a radiology consultant in US scanning, body CT and MR interpretation, as well as performing and managing non-vascular interventional procedures.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Abdominal Imaging 2 year Fellowship
  • Body MR Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     2
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Caroline Reinhold
    Fellowship Objectives: The rotation objectives are to:

1.      Know contraindications to MR imaging.

2.      Know indications for MR imaging.

3.      Be familiar with basic pulse sequences and their clinical applications.

4.      Be familiar with basic imaging artifacts.

5.      Recognize the normal anatomy in the various imaging planes, and with various pulse sequences.

6.      Recognize pathology and be able to discuss the signal characteristics of commonly seen pathology.
For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Body MR Imaging Fellowship

  • Breast Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of fellowship positions:     2
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Benoit Mesurolle
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Cedars Breast Clinic of the Royal Victoria Hospital
    Fellowship Objectives: At the conclusion of the training, the fellow has become a fulfilled breast imager able to:

1.      Diagnose breast cancers at their very early stage

2.      Use the BIRADS lexicon, while describing an anomaly in the report and deciding for subsequent management

3.      Perform easily and safely, imaging guided biopsies (stereotactic, US and MRI guided)

4.      Perform pre-operative needle localizations

5.      Manage properly any anomaly noted on a mammogram, US or MRI.
For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Breast Imaging Fellowship

  • CT Fellowship for Nuclear Medicine Specialists:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of fellowship positions:     1 position per year
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Giovanni Artho
    Fellowship Objectives:     Gain expertise in the interpretation of CT images of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis, spine and musculoskeletal system, as to better interpret PET CT images.  For a complete description of this fellowship please check the following link: CT Fellowship for Nuclear Medicine Specialists.
  • MR Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     2
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Caroline Reinhold (Abdomen/Pelvis)/ Dr. Adel Assaf, (MSK)
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal General Hospital (MGH)
    Fellowship Description: The MRI fellowship consists of body MRI (chest, abdomen and pelvis), musculoskeletal MRI. A minimum of 6 months in each division is required.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     MR Imaging Fellowship
  • Women's Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Program Directors:     Dr Caroline Reinhold (abdominopelvic), Dr Benoit Mesurolle (breast)
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Cedars Breast Clinic of the Royal Victoria Hospital and The Montreal General Hospital (MGH)
    Fellowship Objective: At the end of the Fellowship, the fellow has become a fulfilled breast imager and will be able to function autonomously as a radiology consultant in US scanning, body CT and MR interpretation, as will as performing and managing non-vascular interventional procedures in the abdomen and pelvis.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Women's Imaging Fellowship
  • Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     2-3
    Fellowship Program Directors:     Dr Adel Assaf
    Attending Staff: Drs Assaf, Doyon, Khoury, Pham & Powell
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital
    Fellowship Objective: The objective is to acquire as much experience and skills in ultrasound scanning and CT/MR interpretation as well as performing actual interventional procedures.  It is often the imaging aspect of an interventional case that provides the real important and is an integral part of the fellow's training.  At the conclusion of the training, the fellow should be able to function autonomously as a radiology consultant in US scanning, CT and MR interpretation, as well as performing and managing interventional procedures.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship
  • Thoracic Radiology Fellowship:

Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
Number of fellowship positions: 1
Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Jana Taylor

Academic Facility involved in training: The Montreal General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital
The fellowship is dedicated imaging of the heart and thorax. The objective is to acquire experience and skills in Chest imaging. At the conclusion of the training, the fellow should be able to function autonomously as a Chest Radiology consultant, as well as performing basic chest procedures. 

For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow the following link: Thoracic Radiology Fellowship

 

The Department of Neuroradiology of the Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute offers one position of fellow in Diagnostic Neuroradiology (one or two years) and one position of Fellow in Interventional Neuroradiology (two year program).  The department has two MRI 1.5T unit (one for clinical use the other for research), a bi-plane neuro­angiographic room with rotational Angiography and 3D capability, one CT scan and Color and spectral Doppler.  The Montreal Neurological Hospital is a major referral center for brain tumors, epilepsy and degenerative diseases.  The Interventional Neuroradiology program includes all Endovascular procedures (aneurysms, AVM, tumors and carotid stenting) and all the percutaneous spinal and spinal cord procedures.  The candidates for the positions must have completed their specialty in diagnostic radiology and want to improve their knowledge of Diagnostic or Interventional Neuroradiology.
For more information about the Neuroradiology fellowships at the MNH contact:

Donatella Tampieri, M.D.
3801 University Street, Room 504 A
Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3 A 2B4
Phone :514-398-1908
Fax: 514-398-2829
Email: Donatella.Tampieri@muhc.mcgill.ca or
Coordinator: Cathy.torchia@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • 1 year MNH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr Donatella Tampieri
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH)
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     1yr MNH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship
  • 2 yr MNH Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr Donatella Tampieri
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH)
    For a complete description, please follow this link:     2yr MNH Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship

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Pediatric Radiology :

Direct inquires to:

Dr. Ricardo Faingold
C/O Montreal General Hospital, C5 118
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4
Tel:  (514) 934.8084
Fax: (514) 934.8263
E-mail:  cathy.torchia@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Pediatric Radiology Fellowship: 1 Year
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Ricardo Faingold

    During the one-year program, the fellow will be provided with increasing responsibility in the care of patients and in the manual and interpretive skills that relate to pediatric radiology.  The program will ensure a broad experience in the performance and supervision of technical procedures and use of equipment in all pediatric radiological imaging modalities or techniques.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow the following link:     Pediatric Radiology Fellowship
     
  • Pediatric Radiology Fellowship (2 years):
     Duration of Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Ricardo Faingold
    During the two-year program, the fellow will be provided with increasing responsibility in the care of patients and in the manual and interpretive skills that relate to pediatric radiology.  The program will ensure a broad experience in the performance and supervision of technical procedures and use of equipment in all pediatric radiological imaging modalities or techniques.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow the following link:     Pediatric Radiology Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                       Back to top

Neuroradiology
Dr. Raquel Del Carpio, Neuroradiology Program Director. Email: raquel.delcarpio@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • MGH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     2
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Raquel del Carpio-O'Donovan
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal General Hospital (MGH)
    Fellowship Objectives: The fellowship is dedicated noninvasive imaging of the brain, spine, as well as Head& Neck.  The objective is to acquire as much experience and skills in CT/MR interpretation.  At the conclusion of the training, the fellow should be able to function autonomously as a radiology consultant in CT and MR interpretation, as well as performing basic spinal procedures.
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     MGH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship
  • 2 year MGH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Carlos Torres
    Academic Facility involved in training:     The Montreal Genreal Hospital (MGH)
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     2 yr MGH Diagnostic Neuroradiology Program

For information about the Neuroradiology fellowship at the MGH, contact: 
Raquel del Carpio, M.D.
 c/o Cathy Torchia, Administrative Coordinator
Diagnostic Radiology Training Program
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue, Room C5 118
Montreal Québec H3G 1A4
T: 514-934-8084
F: 514-934-8263
E-mail: cathy.torchia@muhc.mcgill.ca                                                                                                                           Back to top

Emergency Medicine
Dr. Joel Turner, Emergency Medicine Program Director. Email: joel.turner@mcgill.ca

  • Emergency Clinical Toxicology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of Positions: 1
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Sophie Gosselin
    Hospital involved in training: Royal Victoria Hospital
    Mission: This fellowship is designed for residents seeking to acquire more clinical expertise in emergency toxicology. Residents have to acquire an understanding of physiology, pharmacology and toxicology as well as be able to apply this knowledge in clinical practice.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Emergency Clinical Toxicology Fellowship
  • Trauma Fellowship for Emergency Physicians:
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1 per year
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Bruno Bernardin.
    Type of Fellowship:     Clinical Fellowship
    Mission:     The post graduate fellowship in Trauma for Emergency Physicians, is a one year supervised training program open to qualified residents who have completed a postgraduate Royal College specialty program in Emergency Medicine or the equivalent.  Fellows will acquire an understanding of Trauma Systems, including the role of TTLs (trauma team leaders), the emergency management of trauma, as well as having an in depth understanding of the pathophysiology of trauma.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Trauma Fellowship for Emergency Physician.
  • Trauma Fellowship for Emergency Physicians:
    Number of positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Bruno Bernardin.
    This is an optional second year program that can be added to the standard one year Trauma Fellowship.
    For a complete description of this fellowship please consult the following link: Trauma Fellowship for Emergency Physicians, optional second year program

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Endocrinology
Dr. Natasha Garfield, Endocrinology Program Director. Email: E-mail: nadia.marchetti@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Metabolic Disorders Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Type of fellowship:     A One year clinical and research fellowship
    Number of positions available:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Natasha Garfield
    Mission:     A one-year clinical, teaching and research training in metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus of all types (type 1, type 2, secondary, and gestational obesity, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome.  This extra training is obtained through participation in specialized clinics (clinical care, review of patients with staff, and teaching of junior house staff), developpment and realization of research projects (clinical and / or basi )in metabolic disorders, and through attendance and participation in major scientific meetings.  This training serves as a complement to the one already included in the two-year core curriculum of the Endocrinology & Metabolism Training Program.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     The Metabolic Disorders Fellowship
  • Endocrine Tumors Fellowship
     Length: 1 year
    Number of positions available: 1
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Juan Rivera
     This extra training is obtained through participation in specialized clinics (clinical care, review of patients with staff, and teaching of junior house staff), development and realization of research projects (clinical and/or basic), attendance and participation in endocrine tumor boards, multidisciplinary clinics, and major scientific meetings.  For a complete description of fellowship, please follow this link: Endocrine Tumor Fellowship                                        Back to top

Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Celia Rodd, Pediatric Endocrinology Program Director. Email: celia.rodd@mcgill.ca

  • Academic Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year (12 months)
    Number of positions available: 2 per year
    Hospital involved in training: Montreal Children's Hospital (100%)
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr Celia Rodd
    Mission: To train pediatric endocrinology residents to become academicians, which usually entails combined research training and graduate degrees in either Epidemiology, Public Health or Education.   For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship    
  • Academic Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
    Length: 2 years
    Number of fellowship positions:     2
    Name of hospitals involved:     Montreal Children's Hospital (100%)
    Mission:       This 2-year program is essentially tailored for trainees to complete a graduate degree in Epidemiology, Education, or Public Health or Ethics. Alternatively, this additional time is generally used to complete basic science or clinical research projects, under staff supervision. Generally, research activities will be linked to a formal academic program such as a PhD or Masters. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Pediatric Endocrinology 2 year Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                                                Back to top

Family Medicine
Dr. D Dalton, Family Medicine Program Director. Email: ddalton@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

  • Maternal/Child Health Care:
    Length:     6 month fellowship, which can be extended to 12 months for out sponsored trainees required a third year for their home country.
    Program Director: Dr. Maxine Dumas Pilon
    Location: Accredited teaching sites of the Department of Family Medicine McGill University
    Type of fellowship: Clinical
    Goal: To train family physicians to practice in remote regions where resources are limited.  To practice in settings of high volume obstetrics and to practice in a setting where they are involved in the teaching of residents and students in Family Medicine maternal and Child Health.  For a complete description of this fellowship please follow this link:     The Maternal/Child Health Care Fellowship
     
  • The Edmond Ricard Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year
    Positions: 2 per year
    Program Director: Dr Vincent Lacroix
    Teaching and learning takes place: at the McGill Sports Medicine Clinic, at the Montreal general Hospital and on the sidelines at athletic competitions
    Funding: Financial support to the fellowship recipients is possible through a generous yearly grant from the Edmond Ricard Fund of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation
    Type of fellowship: Clinical, educational and research
    Goal: to increase knowledge and skills of the fellow in: The diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of acute and overuse musculoskeletal injuries. The diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions encountered by athletes of all ages, the prescription of physical activity as a tool to promote a healthier lifestyle, and as an adjunct in the prevention and treatment of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, obesity, osteoporosis and depression.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: The Edmond Ricard Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. Back to top

Gastroenterology
Dr. Philip Wong, Gastroenterology Program Director. Email: deborah.ross@muhc.mcgill.ca 

  • Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 2
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Ernest Seidman
    Hospitals involved in training: Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, Jewish General Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital.
    Training Objectives:     The overall goal of the McGill Advanced Fellowship in IBD is to train clinical and academic leadership. The program encompasses a comprehensive clinical exposure, with the candidate being supervised by a Faculty of 6 highly experienced clinical IBD experts. The successful candidate is expected to complete a research project during the tenure. A wide variety of clinical and basic science research options are available including projects relating to clinical outcomes and pharmacogenetics, epidemiology and genetics, as well as animal models of IBD and associated colorectal cancer, cell and molecular biology.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship
     
  • Hepatology and Liver Transplantation fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Peter Ghali
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, and the Jewish General Hospital
    Training Objectives:  The advanced fellowship in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation is intended to provide training over and above that received in a core Gastroenterology fellowship, with the specific goal of preparing the candidate for the care of liver disease and liver transplant patients in a Tertiary (or above) care setting.  The expectation is that the candidate will meet the requirements of the United Network for Organ Sharing, and those of the American Board of Internal Medicine.  The candidate's training will allow them to be eligible for the Certificate of Added Qualification examinations in Transplant Hepatology. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Hepatology and liver Transplantation Fellowship
  • Advanced techniques in Transplantation and Liver Disease
    Duration of fellowship:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1 per year
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Peter Ghali
    Training objectives: This 12 months fellowship program has a prerequisite 12 months training in General Hepatology and basic liver transplantation.  It is designed to prepare the candidate for an advanced career in tertiary and quaternary care academic liver transplantation in Hepatology.  The focus is clinical, but all candidates are expected to complete at least 2 research projects during the period of training.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Advanced techniques in Transplantation and Liver Disease Fellowship.
     
  • Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS)
    Duration of the Fellowship: 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1-2 positions
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Fellowship
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Kevin Waschke
    Location: Montreal General Hospital
    Training Objectives:     The 12 month fellowship program in Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) is designed to offer specialized training in all aspects of EUS with a view to preparing candidates for an academic career.
    The advanced fellowship in Endoscopic Ultrasonography is intended to provide specialized training not provided in a core Gastroenterology fellowship, with the specific goal of preparing the candidate for the practice in EUS in a Tertiary care setting.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Endoscopic Ultrasonography                                                                                                                                                
     
  • Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (ERCP)
    Duration of the Fellowship: 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1-3 postions
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Fellowship
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Kevin Waschke
    Academic Facilities: MGH, RVH and JGH
    Training Objectives:     The advanced fellowship in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy is intended to provide specialized training beyond the exposure provided in a core Gastroenterology fellowship, with the specific goal of preparing the candidate for the practice in ERCP in a Tertiary care setting.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy                                                                      Back to top

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Veronique Morinville, Pediatric Gastroenterology Program Director. Email: veronique.morinville@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Ernest Seidman
    Hospitals involved in training: Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, Jewish General Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital.
    Training Objectives:     The overall goal of the McGill Advanced Fellowship in IBD is to train clinical and academic leadership. The program encompasses a comprehensive clinical exposure, with the candidate being supervised by a Faculty of 6 highly experienced clinical IBD experts. The successful candidate is expected to complete a research project during the tenure. A wide variety of clinical and basic science research options are available including projects relating to clinical outcomes and pharmacogenetics, epidemiology and genetics, as well as animal models of IBD and associated colorectal cancer, cell and molecular biology.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                                         Back to top

General Surgery
Dr. Paola Fata, General Surgery Program Director. Email: rita.piccioni@muhc.mcgill.ca 

  • McGill Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship: 
    Number of positions: 1 per year
    This is a one year fellowship within the McGill Division of General Surgery, supported by the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally invasive Surgery and Innovation and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.  The fellowship is a combined research and clinical experience, designed to train advanced academically-oriented gastrointestinal surgeons with expertise in minimal access techniques and endoscopy .  Current research projects are in the areas of surgical education/simulation, outcome evaluation, and technology assessment.  Fellows will have the opportunity to enroll in the Faculty of Graduate Studies towards a M.Sc. in Experimental Surgery, a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology (Health Professions Stream), or for a Masters Degree or Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.  Clinical activity will be arranged to maximize exposure to advanced laparoscopic procedures and flexible endoscopy.  It is understood that the fellow will not detract from the responsibility or operative experience of the general surgery resident assigned to the service on which the operative procedure is performed.  This fellowship is accredited by the Fellowship Council, which oversees advanced GI fellowships in North America. Application for the fellowship is through the Advanced GI Surgery Fellowship Match     (www.fellowshipcouncil.org). Applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for postgraduate training in the province of Quebec prior to application (http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm).

    Address inquiries to: Dr Liane Feldman, Program Director
    McGill Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
    Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery
    Montreal General Hospital, Room L9-309
    1650 Cedar Avenue
    Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4
    T: 514.934.8044
    F: 514.934.8438
    E:     liane.feldman@muhc.mcgill.ca
     
  • Transplantation, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship:
    The Division of General Surgery is offering a two year Fellowship in Transplant, Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery. The Fellowship offers an intergrated experience of clinical care (operative and out-patient) and teaching related to liver, bile duct and pancreas pathology and transplantation of liver, pancreas and kidney. Experience will be gained in oncological principles of hepato-biliary and pancreatic cancers; liver, pancreatic and bile duct surgery; liver, pancreas and kidney transplantation and ERCPS.   The following will be carried out at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

The two-year Fellowship will consist of :   The first year is a Junior Clinical Research Fellowship that consists of 75% research (which may be clinical or basic science) and 25% clinical work such as organ donor retrievals and occasional coverage of the wards and attendance of program associated conferences.  The Junior Clinical Research Fellowship could lead to a Master's in Experimental Surgery, writing and publications.  The second year is a Senior Clinical Fellowship that consists of Clinical Work in the operating rooms, wards and office settings.  In essence this becomes 75% clinical and 25% research.

Applicants must have completed an accredited residency program in General Surgery and must be eligible for the Fellowship as per the Faculty of Medicine's requirements. We are unable to consider trainees who do not meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the following section http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm, or whose file is incomplete.
Applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for postgraduate training in the province of Quebec prior to application (http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm )

For the 2012-2013 academic year  Applications for the fellowship is through the Fellowship Council Match: This link http://fellowshipcouncil.org/ will take you to the website for additional information and match dates/deadlines.

Address inquiries to:
Dr. Peter Metrakos
Room S10.26, Royal Victoria Hospital,
687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec  H3A 1A1  
T:  514.843.1600
F:  514.843.1503
 

  • General Surgery Trauma Fellowship:
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions available:1
    Type of fellowship: clinical and research
    Facilities: Montreal General Hospital
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Tarek Razeck
    Information: The trainee must have successfully completed a full specialty program.  At the conclusion of this fellowship, the candidate is expected to prioritize and coordinate the acute resuscitation and treatment of the multiply injured based on advanced trauma life support principles.  He will further learn to coordinate acute care between multiple services.  He should be familiar with the operative and non-operative management of life and limb-threatening injuries and acquire decision-making skills for complex multiply-injured patients.  He will also be responsible for the ongoing care and co-ordination with other specialties in management of the trauma patients in ICU, the wards, as well as involvement in the organization of appropriate rehabilitation.   The Fellow would be expected to collaborate with hematology on the first 2 projects and in the field of hemorrhage control.  The Fellow will continue the research he initiated during his fellowship on the use of angiography in arresting hemorrhage from pelvic fractures and solid organs. This is a joint initiative from radiology and the division of trauma. The Fellow is expected to submit at least 2 manuscripts and present at 2 major trauma meetings.   For more information on this fellowship, please contact:
    Paola Fata, MD
    Program Director, General Surgery Program
    Room S9.26, Royal Victoria Hospital
    687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1
    T: 514.934.1934, extension 35547
    F: 514.843.1503
     
  • Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Fellowship:
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions available: 1
    Type of fellowship: Clinical and Research
    Facilities: Royal Victoria Hospital / Lachine General Hospital
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Olivier Court
    Information: The trainee must have successfully completed a full specialty program, in this case, holds an FRCSC in General Surgery and has received his specialty certificate from the Royal College. The fellow will be exposed to and trained in the educational, research, and administrative aspects of a bariatric surgery program. They will see patients in the pre-operative period together with the bariatric surgeon and assist with minimally invasive bariatric surgery. In addition, the fellow is expected to participate in the organization of all teaching and academic activities with the medical students and residents on the service. At the conclusion of this fellowship, the candidate is expected to: For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Bariatric Fellowship.                                                                                                                                                                          Back to top

Geriatric Medicine
Dr. Shek Fung, Geriatric Program Director. Email: shek.fung@mcgill.ca

  • Geriatric Oncology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of Positions:     2
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr Doreen Wan-Chow-Wah
    Hospitals involved in training: Jewish General Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, and St-Mary's Hospital
    Mission Statement: The mission of this fellowship program is to provide fellows with solid basic science and clinical knowledge in the fields of Geriatric Medicine and Oncology (Medical Oncology, Hemato-Oncology, Radiation Oncology) to ultimately improve the care of older patients with cancer.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Geriatric Oncology Fellowship                                                                                         Back to top

Internal Medicine
Dr. Vicky Tagalakis, Internal Medicine Program Director. Email: vicky.tagalakis@mcgill.ca

  • The Thrombosis Clinical and Research Fellowship at the SMBD the JGH
    Length:     One year Fellowship
    Number of positions: 1
    Type of fellowship: Clinical Research Fellowship
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Susan R Kahn
    The JGH Thrombosis Program is an active, academic, tertiary care subspecialty service. Our Thrombosis physicians comprise a multidisciplinary, collaborative group that includes hematologists, internists and a pulmonologist, with close links to related specialties such as vascular surgery, cardiology, neurology and obstetrics. A number of us also have training in clinical epidemiology. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     The Thrombosis Clinical and Research Fellowship
    Application information: Please forward your CV and a cover letter that includes the names of two referees to: Susan R. Kahn, MD FRCPC MSc Director, Thrombosis Clinic Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Rm. A-127 Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2 Phone: (514) 340-8222 #7587 Fax: (514) 340-7564     susan.kahn@mcgill.ca                                                                                                                               Back to top

Medical Biochemistry:
Dr Elizabeth MacNamara. E-mail: rmaizen@lab.jgh.mcgill.ca
           jtrevis@lab.jgh.mcgill.ca

  • Clinical Nutrition Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year
    Type of Fellowship:     Clinical
    Number of positions available:     2 per supervisor
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Shaun Eintracht
    Sites Involved in the training:     McGill University Teaching Hospitals.
    Mission:     §  The training program will provide opportunities for fellows to develop clinical competence in the field of clinical nutrition. Clinical experience will include opportunities to observe and manage a sufficient number of new and follow-up inpatients and outpatients of all ages including children and older adults, of both sexes, and with a wide variety of common and uncommon nutrition-related disorders. The fellows will be supervised by interdisciplinary team - a Nutrition Support Service, including Physicians and Surgeons, Registered Dietitians and Pharmacists. The program includes opportunities to function in the role of a clinical nutrition consultant for other physicians and services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Fellows will have formal instruction, clinical experience, or opportunities to acquire expertise in the evaluation, nutritional management, and prevention of many nutritional disorders. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Clinical Nutrition Fellowship

Medical Genetics
Dr. David Rosenblatt, Chair, Dept Human Genetics: david.rosenblatt@mcgill.ca

  • Pediatric Metabolic and Genetic Bone Disorders Fellowship:
    Length:     2 years
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Number of positions available:     1
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Frank Rauch
    Sites involved in the training:     Shriners Hospital for children
    Mission: The Genetics Unit at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal offers a fellowship training program in pediatric metabolic and genetic bone disorders.  The fellowship is suitable for MDs who have completed their pediatric or genetic training and who wish to specialize in pediatric bone diseases.  The goal of the Fellowship in Pediatric Metabolic and Genetic Bone Disorders is to form individuals who will become fully independent in caring for children and adolescents with metabolic and genetic bone disorders.  In addition, this fellowship is one of the world's top institutions for pediatric bone research provides the foundation for an academic career as a clinical researcher in the area of pediatric bone disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship please follow this link:      the Pediatric Metabolic and Genetic Bone Disorders fellowship.                                            Back to top

Nephrology
Dr. Sameena Iqbal, Nephrology Program Director. Email: sameena.iqbal@staff.mcgill.ca

  • Kidney Transplantation Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1-2 per year
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Marcelo Cantarovich
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal General Hospital. 98% at RVH and 2% at MGH
    Mission: The objective of this one year fellowship is to provide advanced training in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. The fellowship is intended for a Nephrology resident who has completed two years of core Nephrology training. The candidates will be responsible for securing salary support for his/her fellowship training.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Kidney Transplantation Fellowship.
    Contact:
    Dr. Marcelo Cantarovich
    Nephrology Training Program Director
     marcelo.cantarovich@mcgill.ca     
  • Vascular Remodeling Research Fellowship at the JGH:
    Length: 2 years
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Research
    Number of fellowship positions: 1-2 per year
    Name of Hospitals involved in Training: Jewish General Hospital- 100%
    Mission: The purpose of this fellowship is to develop expertise in the study of the Pathogenesis of arterial disease.  Emphasis is placed on the structural and functional changes that occur in arteries in several disease states including hypertension and diabetes.  However, there is a specific focus on the vasculopathy that develops in patients with progressive renal insufficiency.  For a complete description of this fellowship please consult this link: Vascular Remodeling Research Fellowship.      
  • Nephrology Research Fellowship:
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Audrey Cybulsky
    Length:     2 years
    Type of Fellowship:     Clinical/Research
    Number of positions: 2     per year
    Name of Hospitals involved:     RVH, MGH, JGH
    Mission:     Our mission is to train and educate fellows in order to provide research skills that will allow them to pursue academic careers in Nephrology.  This clinical and research fellowship is structured to provide a rich environment for postgraduate trainees who intend to develop expertise and pursue a career in biomedical research in Nephrology.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Nephrology Research Fellowship

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Pediatric Nephrology
 Dr Martin Bitzan, Program Director (interim)
c/o Jennifer Martin, Administrative Secretary: E-mail: jenniferp.martin@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Academic Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions: 2 per year
    Type of fellowship: Clinical and Research Fellowship
    Hospitals involved in training: Montreal Children's Hospital
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Academic Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship.                                                Back to top

Neurology
Dr. Anne Louise Lafontaine, Neurology Program Director. Email: adele.damato@mcgill.ca

  • Clinical neuromuscular and electromyography fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisor: Dr Richard Riopelle
    Fellowship Co-Supervisor: Dr Daria Trojan
    Name of the hospitals involved in training and time spent in each: Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH), 60%; Montreal General Hospital (MGH), 35%; Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), 5% (JGH)
    Mission: The Clinical Fellowship year is intended to offer the fellow a sound clinical experience and wide and comprehensive exposure to neuromuscular diseases.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:      Clinical neuromuscular and electromyography fellowship

  • Headache and Pain Medicine Fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Directors:     Headache Division: Dr. Michel Aubé and Dr. Lucy Vieira. Pain Division: Dr. Yoram Shir

Mission statement for fellowship: The training of a physician in the field of subspecialized headache and pain medicine including a thorough knowledge of the literature regarding the classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of headache and chronic pain disorders and through practical experience help develop his or her ability to apply this knowledge and skill to a diverse population of patients. The candidate will gain an appreciation of the specific challenges in the treatment of headache and chronic pain including the importance of patient education and participation in the treatment, the importance of treatment of co-morbidities, and the appropriate use of non-pharmacological treatments. The candidate will participate in the presentation of cases at regular rounds and the teaching of students and residents. The candidate will gain some experience in designing and organizing a clinical research project.  For a complete description of this fellowship consult this link : Headache and Pain Medicine

  • Clinical Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease
    Duration of Fellowship:     2 years
    Number of fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Drs M Sinnreich, G Karpati and C Chalk
    Description of Fellowship:
    This 2-year fellowship will provide opportunities for advanced clinical and research training in areas related to neuromuscular diseases.  The main clinical activities will focus on patients seen in our neuropathy, neuromuscular, and myasthenia gravis clinics at the Montreal Neurological and the Montreal General Hospitals, where the fellow will be exposed to a diverse range of disorders of peripheral nerve, muscle, and neuromuscular junction.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Clinical Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease
     
  • Headache medicine Fellowship
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors: Drs M Aubé and L Vieira
    Research activity and publications related: the Fellow is expected to complete a clinical research project during the fellowship
    Academic Facilities involved in training: MNI, MGH, MUHC
    Mission Statement for Fellowship:     The training of a physician in the field of subspecialized headache medicine including a thorough knowledge of the literature regarding the classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of headache disorders and through practical experience help develop his or her ability to apply this knowledge and skill to a diverse population of patients.  The candidate will gain an appreciation of the specific challenges in the treatment of chronic pain including the importance of patient education and participation in the treatment, the importance of treatment of co-morbidities, and the appropriate use of non-pharmacological treatments.  the candidate will participate in the presentation of cases at regular rounds and the teaching of students and residents.  The candidate will gain some experience in designing and organizing a clinical research project.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:      Headache Medicine Fellowship
     
  • The Helene Pelletier Foundation Fellowship: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Angela Genge, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
    Fellowship Co supervisor: Dr Christina Wolfson, Dept of Epidemiology and Bisostatistics
    Source of funding: the funds are raised by the Helene Pelletier Foundation
    Fellowship Information: The purpose of this fellowship is to both train FRCP eligible physicians in the best practice diagnosis and care of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and related disorders and to promote well designed clinical trials in ALS.  The quest for the cause and successful treatment of this disease will be part of the fellowship in both the individual research projects chosen and the larger projects that they will participate in.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     The Helene Pelletier Foundation Fellowship
     
  • Parkinson's disease / Movement disorders Fellowship
    Length and type of Fellowship (basic Science Research):     Combined 2 year basic research (80%) and Clinical (20%)
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Edward A. Fon
    Source of funding: The Fellowship is conditional upon successfully securing peer-reviewed Fellowship award funding by candidate (i.e. CIHR, FRSQ, Parkinson Society Canada).
    Mission statement for Fellowship:     To provide comprehensive research training in the areas of molecular and cellular aspect of Parkinson's disease; and to provide scientifically based, comprehensive and effective diagnosis and management for patients with Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonian syndromes and other movement disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Parkinson's disease / Movement disorders Fellowship
  • Parkinson's disease /Movement disorders Fellowship
    Length and type of Fellowship:     Clinical Research Fellowship
    Number of positions per year: 2
    Fellowship Supervisor: Ron Postuma
    Mission Statement:     To provide comprehensive clinical research training in the areas of Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders.  To provide scientifically based, comprehensive and effective diagnosis and management for patients with Parkinson’s disease, Parkinsonian syndromes and other movement disorders.
    Source of funding for fellowship:     The Fellowship is conditional upon successfully securing peer-reviewed Fellowship award funding by the candidate (i.e. CIHR, FRSQ, Parkinson Society Canada). In the case of unsuccessful application to funding agencies, salary support may be provided from grant funds to Dr. Postuma.  For a complete description of this fellowship please consult the following link: Parkinson's disease/Movement disorders Fellowship.
  • The Andre Delambre Foundation Fellowship: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Angela Genge, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
    Source of funding: the funds are raised by the Andre Delambre Foundation
    Fellowship Information: The purpose of this fellowship is to train physicians in the best practice diagnosis and care of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and related disorders and to promote well designed clinical research in the causes of this devastating disease.  The quest for the cause and successful treatment of this disease will be part of the fellowship in both the individual research projects chosen and the larger projects that they will participate in.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     The Andre Delambre Foundation Fellowship
     
  • Fellowship in Neuroimmunology - Clinical Training in Multiple Sclerosis
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Jack Antel, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
    Source of funding: Competitive applications to Canadian funding agencies, including the MS Society and CIHR; candidates from outside of Canada may have funds from their home countries.  There are existent Fellowships through the Canadian Network of the MS Clinics supported by the pharmaceutical industry.
    Fellowship Information: The purpose of this fellowship is to provide clinical expertise in multiple sclerosis for individuals aiming to pursue an academic career in the field.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Neuroimmunology Clinical Training in Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship
     
  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr Jeanne Teitelbaum
    Hospital involved in training:  Montreal Neurological Institute
    Overall Objective: is to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to :

1.      Provide high quality clinical care and assessments of critically ill patients with neurological disorders, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment, management, counseling and social intervention;

2.      Work effectively with multidisciplinary teams oriented to the care of these patients; and

3.      Develop the capacity to pursue an academic/research career focusing on neurological dysfunction in critically ill patients.

4.      Develop the capacity to teach others in the methods and concepts used in the care of critically ill patients with neurological disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Neurocritical Care Fellowship

  • 2-year Neurocritical Care Fellowship
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Jeanne Teitelbaum MD FRCP
    Hospitals involved in training:  Montreal Neurological Institute
    Mission statement:  The primary goal of the core curriculum in critical care and emergency neurology is to provide a training program that will prepare neurologists, anesthetists, neuosurgeons and medicalintensivists to competently care for critically ill patients with neurologic disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     2-year Neurocritical Care Fellowship
     
  • Neuroplasticity in Movement Disorders Fellowship
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr Calvin Melmed, Dr Anne-Louise Lafontaine and Dr Alexander Thiel
    Hospitals involved in training:  Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal General Hospital, and the Jewish General Hospital
    Mission statement:  This fellowship is designed to foster the development of a clinician-scientist with an expertise in movement disorder neurology at a clinical level in addition to a strong basis in neuroscience research focused on neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation.  This fellowship will focus on imaging and mechanisms of neuroplasticity that underlie movement disorders neurology.  The goal will be to develop work at the interface between clinical practice and translational research.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Neuroplasticity in Movement Disorders Fellowship
  • Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Fellowship
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr Robert Côté and Dr Jeffrey Minuk
    Hospitals involved in training:  Montreal General Hospital, the SMBD - Jewish General Hospital, and the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital
    Mission statement:  The goal of this fellowship is to train a Royal College certified neurologist (or equivalent) in the specialized field of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases in order to help reduce the burden of stroke.  Fellows will obtain a thorough knowledge of the pathophysiology, classification, epidemiology, risk factors and management of stroke and allied cerebrovascular and develop an appreciation for accepted treatment guidelines and an awareness of areas of controversy.  Fellows will apply their knowledge and skills to a wide range of patients and play a significant role in patient education related to risk factor modification thereby helping to reduce the occurrence of stroke and other cerebrovascular disease.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Fellowship
     
  • Cognitive / Behavioral Neurology Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr Howard Chertkow, Dr Lesley Fellows
    Hospitals involved in training:  Montreal Neurological Hospital, the Jewish General Hospital, and the Montreal General Hospital (optional)
    Mission statement:  To provide scientifically based, comprehensive and effective diagnosis and management for patients with cognitive and behavioral complaints and to provide basic training in clinical or basic science research methodology required for furthering the understanding of human cognition and disorders thereof.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Cognitive / Behavioral Neurology Fellowship
  • Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Fellowship:
    Length: 2 years
    Number of positions: 1
    Type of Fellowship:     Clinical Research
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr Howard Chertkow, Dr Lesley Fellows
    Hospitals involved in training: MNH, JGH, MGH (optional)
    Mission Statement:     To provide scientifically based, comprehensive and effective diagnosis and management for patients with cognitive and behavioural complaints. To provide training in clinical or basic science research methodology required for furthering the understanding of human cognition and disorders thereof.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Fellowship.
  • EEG Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of position per year:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Francois Dubeau
    Academic Facilities involved in training: Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
    Fellowship Information: The trainee will learn the basic underlying neurophysiology and the neuroanatomy of the electroencephalogram and gain an understanding of the basic mechanisms in a variety of neurological and neurosurgical disorders including epilepsy, degenerative, infectious, toxic-metabolic, traumatic and vascular disorders. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     EEG Fellowship  
  • Frederick Andermann Fellowship in Epileptology and EEG
    Length: 2 years
    Number of positions: 1 or 2 per year, depending on funding.
    Name of Fellowship Director: Dr. Francois Dubeau, Dr. Eliane Kobayashi
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Frederick Andermann Fellowship in Epileptology and EEG                            
     
  • Advanced General Neurology:
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions: 1 per year
    Description of fellowship:     The program is designed allow refinement of examination and history taking technique, to develop diagnostic and management expertise in the in-patient and out-patient setting, with particular emphasis on patients with neurological complications of medical illnesses. The program will emphasize development of clinical teaching skills, graduated responsibility, and allow for participation in administrative activities (Institutional Review Board). The fellowship is intended to actively foster the roles of Medical Expert, Educator, Researcher, Communicator and Administrator, and to prepare the physician to assume clinical activities in general neurology at an academic tertiary care center.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Advanced General Neurology.
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Pediatric Neurology

Dr. Chantal Poulin, Pediatric Neurology Program Director. Email: chantal.poulin@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • EEG/Epilepsy Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship    : 2 years
    Number of fellowship positions: 2
    Fellowship Supervisor: Dr. Bernard Rosenblatt
    Name of the hospitals involved in training and time spent in each: Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH), 20%; Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), 80%
    Description of Fellowship:     This is a 2 year fellowship concentrating on EEG in the first year and epilepsy research in the second year.  Fellowship would include training in the acquisition and interpretation of EEGs across the age range from neonate to adolescence. The trainee will be expected to know the basic underlying neurophysiology and the neuroanatomy of the electroencephalogram and have an understanding of the basic mechanisms of the epilepsies. Normal features of the EEG from the neonatal period to adolescence and adulthood will be reviewed. EEG abnormalities in epileptic disorders, structural lesions of the brain, neurometabolic disorders, etc will be reviewed. The candidate will be given exposure to EEG in-patient monitoring both with surface electrodes and invasive recordings using GRIDS. Use of EEG in the intensive care unit for patients with coma and the role of EEG and evoked potentials in comatose patients and prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in high-risk neonates and 24 hour home EEG monitoring. The trainee will also have exposure to the epilepsy clinics with understanding of seizures and epilepsy across the age range from neonate through adolescence. Intractable epilepsy and evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet and VNS implantation will be reviewed. Pre-operative assessment including the use of sphenoidal electrodes, GRIDS and localization studies and intraoperative monitoring with corticography and SEPs will be reviewed.   Research may include work in evoked potentials, EEG, EEG monitoring and clinical epilepsy outcome studies.   For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:      EEG/Epilepsy Fellowship.
     
  • EEG Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisor: Dr. Bernard Rosenblatt
    Name of the hospitals involved in training and time spent in each:  Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH), 20%; Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), 80%
    Description of Fellowship: This is a one year fellowship concentrating on EEG in the pediatric age range.
    Fellowship would include training in the acquisition and interpretation of EEGs across the age range from neonate to adolescence. The trainee will be expected to know the basic underlying neurophysiology and the neuroanatomy of the electroencephalogram and have an understanding of the basic mechanisms of the epilepsies. Normal features of the EEG from the neonatal period to adolescence and adulthood will be reviewed. EEG abnormalities in epileptic disorders, structural lesions of the brain, neurometabolic disorders, etc will be reviewed. The candidate will be given exposure to EEG in-patient monitoring both with surface electrodes and invasive recordings using GRIDS. Use of EEG in the intensive care unit for patients with coma and the role of EEG and evoked potentials in comatose patients and prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in high-risk neonates and 24 hour home EEG monitoring. The trainee will spend 1-2 months in the EEG lab at the Montreal Neurological Hospital.  Research may include work in evoked potentials, EEG and EEG monitoring.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     EEG Fellowship
  • Epilepsy Fellowship:
    Duration of Fellowship    : 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 2
    Fellowship Supervisor: Dr. Bernard Rosenblatt
    Name of the hospitals involved in training and time spent in each: Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH), 20%; Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), 80%
    This is a 1 year fellowship concentrating on epilepsy in the pediatric age range.   Fellowship would include training in clinical aspect of epilepsy in the age range from neonate to adolescence. The trainee will be expected to know some basic underlying neurophysiology and the neuroanatomy of the electroencephalogram and have an understanding of the basic mechanisms of the epilepsies. The trainee will have exposure to the epilepsy clinics with understanding of seizures and epilepsy across the age range from neonate through adolescence. Intractable epilepsy and evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet and VNS implantation will be reviewed. Pre-operative assessment including the use of sphenoidal electrodes, GRIDS and localization studies and intraoperative monitoring with corticography and SEPs will be reviewed.  Research may include work clinical epilepsy outcome studies. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Epilepsy Fellowship
  • Neurodevelopmental disabilities Fellowship
    Duration:     1 year
    Number of fellowship positions:     1-2 annually
    Type of Fellowship:     (80% Research, 20% Clinical)
    Mission statement    :  This fellowship aims to enable physicians, primarily those with training in pediatric neurology or pediatrics, to achieve an enhanced level of competence and expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities, together with the skills necessary to pursue research at an independent investigator, co-investigator or collaborator in this area.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Neurodevelopmental disabilitites Fellowship                                                          Back to top

Neurosurgery

Dr. Line Jacques, Neurosurgery Program Director. Email: luisa.birri@mcgill.ca

  • Mark Rayport & Shirley Ferguson Rayport Clinical Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery
    Length:     not less than 1 year
    Number of position per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Surgery of Epilepsy
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr André Olivier
    Fellowship Co-supervisor: Dr Jeffrery A Hall
    Source of funding: the funds are raised by the Mark Rayport & Shirley Ferguson Rayport Foundation
    Fellowship Information: The purpose of this fellowship is to support the training of a neurosurgeon who will develop expertise in the surgical treatment of epilepsy and have the opportunity to study related research techniques.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Mark Rayport & Shirley Ferguson Rayport Foundation Fellowship

  • Clinical and Research Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery:
    Length:     1 Year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical and Research
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Abbas F. Sadikot
    Fellowship Information:
    The candidate will develop expertise in Functional Neurosurgery, including surgery for movement disorders, pain, psychiatric disorders and epilepsy. The candidate will also work in a collaborative research group with a team of imaging scientists at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. The goal of the research component is to develop new methods for Functional Neurosurgery, and discover mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation therapy. The candidate will spend 60% of his/her time on the clinical service and 40% in research. Clinical service will include attending a specialized Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic 4 hours per week, two half days of surgery, and attendance on ward rounds. The candidate will also attend rounds pertaining to specific Functional Neurosurgery patients, and attend Neurosurgery Grand rounds.  The equivalent of two days a week will be devoted to full time research.  For more information concerning this fellowship please consult this link: Clinical and Research Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

  • Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship:
    Length:     Not less than 1 year
    Number of positions available:     1
    Name of institution:     Montreal Neurological Institute
    Neurosurgery Program Director:     Dr. L. Jacques
    Supervisor:     Dr. Richard Leblanc
    Co-Supervisors:     Dr. Rolando Del Maestro, Dr. Kevin Petrecca
    Objective:     The Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship Program is designed to develop highly skilled neurosurgeons that have expertise in the complete management of central nervous system cancer patients.  The program expects fellows to acquire knowledge and skills in:

·         clinical diagnosis in the in-patient and out-patient setting, appropriate patient selection for medical versus surgical management, preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative management of CNS tumour patients

·         surgical resection of intra- and extra-parenchymal tumors, intra-operative brain mapping, awake craniotomy, navigational techniques, skull base approaches, endoscopic approaches, spine tumors, peripheral nerve tumors and surgical approaches for cancer related pain control

·         the multidisciplinary approach to patient care including tumor board discussion with specialists in medical oncology, radiation oncology, neuropathology, neuroradiology and rehabilitation medicine

·         clinical, transitional and/or basic research. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship.

  • Neurosurgical Pain Fellowship:
    Length:     Not less than 1 year
    Number of positions available:     1
    Name of institution:     Montreal Neurological Institute
    Neurosurgery Program Director:     Dr. L. Jacques
    Supervisor:     Dr. L. Jacques
    Co-Supervisors:     Dr. Jeffery A. Hall, Dr. Angela Genge and Dr. Bobbi Popovec
    Objective:     The Neurosurgical Pain Fellowship Program is designed to develop highly skilled neurosurgeons that have expertise in the complete management with acute but mainly chronic pain with regards to central, spinal and peripheral nerve pain.  The program expects fellows to acquire knowledge and skills in:

·         clinical diagnosis in the in-patient and out-patient setting, appropriate patient selection for medical versus surgical management, preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative management  with pain patients

·         surgical approaches including neuromodulation (central DBS, spinal and peripheral nerves) resection of neurom, DREZ etc. Bloc techniques and intrathecal pump technology

·         the multidisciplinary approach to patient care including pain board discussion with neurosurgeons, neurologists, anaesthesiologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and nursing

·         clinical, transitional and/or basic research.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link Neurosurgical Pain Fellowship.

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship:
    Length:     Not less than 1 year
    Number of positions available 1
    Name of institution:     The Montreal Children's Hospital
    Neurosurgery Program Director:     Dr. L. Jacques
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Jose Montes
    C-Supervisors:     Dr. Jean-Pierre Farmer, Dr. Jeffrey Atkinson
    The Pediatric Neurosurgical Fellowship at McGill has been established since 1994 and we have trained a number of Pediatric Neurosurgeons who practice in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.  It is recognized by the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link     Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
     
  • Spinal Fellowship in Neurosurgery:
    Length:     No less than one year
    Name of Institution:     Montreal Neurological Institute
    Type of fellowship: Fellowship of Neurosurgery
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Benoit Goulet
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Information: The Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) offers one fellowship per year to support the training of a neurosurgeon who will develop expertise in the surgical treatment of spine surgery and have the opportunity to study related research techniques.  Candidates must have an M.D degree and have completed their training in a recognized neurosurgical program.  They will be requested to write articles related to surgery of the spine during their year of fellowship. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     Spinal Fellowship in Neurosurgery

Inquiries and applications should be directed to:
Dr Line Jacques, Program Director
Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital
3801 University Street, Room 109
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4
Tel.: (514) 398-1935
Fax:  (514) 398-2811
e-mail:  luisa.birri@mcgill.ca

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Nuclear Medicine

Dr. Marc Hickeson , Nuclear Medicine Program Director. Email: marc.hickeson@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Fellowship Program on the Principles and Practice of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Oncology
    Length:     1 year
    Number of Positions:     1
    Fellowship Director: Dr R. Lisbona
    This is based at the MGH site of the MUHC where there is a dedicated suite for a modern PET/CT GE scanner.  PET whole body imaging will be used for the investigation of tumours as an integral part of oncology protocols, both for patient management and research, with a very wide range of pathology referrals from the 5 MUHC institutions and also the McGill RUIS.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Tomography (PET) in Oncology Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                       

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Ophthalmology

Dr. Bryan Arthurs, Ophthalmology Program Director.
Coordinator: Ms. Rania Ilyan
 Email: ophrpc@med.mcgill.ca

  • Vitreo-Retinal and Medical Retina Fellowship:
    Length:     2 year
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Michael A. Kapusta
    Hospitals involved in training: 50% - Jewish General Hospital; 30% - Royal Victoria Hospital; 20% - Private Offices - Montreal Retina Institute
    Mission: The McGill Vitreo-Retinal fellowship is a two-year program, typically commencing July 1st.  2 fellows rotate evenly on 2 month cycles, between the MUHC and Jewish General Hospital.  Training takes place at four McGill teaching hospitals, including the Royal Victoria (25%), Montreal General Hospital (5%) and Jewish General Hospital (50%).  During the MUHC rotation, fellows will also be exposed to private office experience (20%). For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Vitreo-Retinal and Medical Retina Fellowship
     
  • The Henry C Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Miguel N Burnier Jr
    Hospital involved in training:  MUHC affiliated Hospitals/Henry C Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory
    Overall Objective: These fellowships will provide residents with intensive subspecialty training in Ocular Pathology.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     The Henry C Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory Fellowship
     
  • Cornea, External Disease, Keratorefractive Surgery Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Dev Cheema
    Hospital involved in training:  Montreal General Hospital (MGH), Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), St Mary's and others (e.g. laser centers, outside offices)
    Overall Objective: The fellowship will enhance, consolidate and expand the candidate's knowledge and ability to manage medical and surgical cases in Cornea and External Disease far beyond what was achieved in residency by expanding the complexity and concentrating the patients being managed.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Cornea, External Disease, Keratorefractive Surgery Fellowship
     
  • Glaucoma Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Oscar Kasner
    Hospital involved in training:  Jewish General Hospital and the Montreal General Hospital
    Mission Statement: The mission for our Glaucoma Fellowship Program is to train individuals through a high level of patient exposure to become experienced in diagnosing and treating the spectrum of the adult Glaucomas.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Glaucoma Fellowship
     
  • Oculoplastic Surgery Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Bryan Arthurs
    Hospital involved in training:  Montreal General Hospital, and the SMBD - Jewish General Hospital
    Mission Statement: This Fellowship is intended to train highly qualified Oculoplastic Surgery Fellows.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Oculoplastic Surgery Fellowship
     
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Robert Koenekoop
    Hospital involved in training:  Montreal Children's Hospital
    Mission Statement: This Fellowship is intended to train highly qualified Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellows.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship
     
  • Cornea / external disease and uveitis Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions per year:     1 (clinical fellowship in corneal & external diseases) and 1 (uveitis fellowship)
    Type of fellowships:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Jean Deschenes
    Hospital involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital
    Mission Statement: This Fellowship provides clinical training  in all aspects of corneal and external diseases, corneal transplantation, refractive surgery, and uveitis.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:       Cornea/External disease Uvities fellowship                             Back to top

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Reggie Hamdy, Orthopaedic Program Director. Internet: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/orthopaedics
E-mail: orthopaedic.residency@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Orthopedic Oncology Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions 1
    Type of Fellowship:  Clinical
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Robert Turcotte.

For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Orthopedic Oncology Fellowship

  • Arthroplasty Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions: 2
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Fellowship
    Fellowship Director: Dr. John Antoniou
    Hospital Affiliation: Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital- McGill University.
    Objectives:     The main objective is to expose the Fellow to the full spectrum of hip and knee arthroplasty issues including preoperative care, patient and implant selection, operative care (primary and revision utilizing cemented and cementless fixation, various articulating surfaces and surgical approaches) postoperative care acute and long-term and short, mid and long-term follow up of arthroplasty patients.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Arthroplasty Fellowship
     
  • Orthopedic Sports Medecine & Arthroscopy Clinical Fellowship:
    Length: 1 year (12 months)
    Number of positions available yearly: 1
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Mark Burman
    Hospitals involved in training: The Montreal General Hospital, Lasalle Hospital, Shriners' Hospital
    Objectives:     The objective of this clinical fellowship is to expose the fellow to all aspects of the surgical management of the injured athlete both recreational and professional.  The fellow will gain a thorough knowledge of the management of sports related injuries as well as both Open & Arthroscopic surgical reconstructive techniques to treat these injuries.  The McGill Orthopedic Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy Fellowship is a busy clinical fellowship with ample opportunity for research.  The fellow will work with a team of fellowship trained sports medicine surgeons with emphasis on reconstructive & arthroscopic surgery of the knee & shoulder.  The fellow will be primarily involved with ambulatory surgeries.  There is also exposure to inpatient surgery and trauma.  Work will be based at the MUHC center, and affiliated offsite institutions.

There will be ample clinic exposure in various outpatient sports medicine clinics including the McGill Sports Medicine Clinic, where the fellow will be involved in the care of varsity & elite level athletes, as well as the McGill Adolescent Sports Medicine Clinic.  The fellow will also have the opportunity to be involved in the care of professional & elite athletes as members of our group are the team physicians for the Montreal Canadiens (NHL), Montreal Alouettes (CFL), Montreal Impact (United Soccer League), Cirque de Soleil, McGill Varsity athletics, and various provincial & national level athletes.  The didactic learning component of the fellowship includes regular Subspecialty teaching rounds, McGill Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, Sports Medicine Journal Club, biweekly departmental Grand Rounds and regular resident teaching seminars.

Research activity is mostly clinical; however basic science opportunities are available.  At least one project suitable for presentation & publication is required. 

For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: McGill Orthopedic Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy Fellowship

  • Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship at St. Mary's Hospital
    Length:     1 year (12 months)
    Number of positions available yearly: 1
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Ronald Dimentberg/ Dr. Moreno Morelli
    Hospitals involved in training: St. Mary's Hospital, Westmount Surgery Center, Concordia Sports Medicine Center.

Mission: Fellowship will ensure that trainees will master in an incremental fashion over a 12 month period: the fundamental sciences, clinical and therapeutic knowledge required to treat patients with sport related disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship (St. Mary's Hospital)

 

  • Pediatric Orthopedics Clinical Fellowship
     Length:     1 year (12 months)
    Number of positions available yearly: 1
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Neil Saran
    Hospitals involved in training: The Montreal Children's Hospital and the Shiners' Hospital for Children
    Objectives: The objectives of a clinical fellowship vary according to the individual needs of each clinical fellow.  As the pediatric orthopedic servie at McGill offers a full spectrum of sub-specialties, the clinical fellow can choose in which area he/she would like to have more in depth exposure and training.  As a general role, the goal of the fellowship is to offer to the clinical fellow a wide range of exposure to all orthopedic problems in children as much as possible.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship
     
  • TransCanada Pediatric Orthopedics Clinical Fellowship
     Length:     18 months
    Number of positions available yearly: 1
    Fellowship Primary Supervisors: Dr Reggie Hamdy (Shriners), Dr Christopher Reilly (BC) and Dr Benjamin Alman (SickKids)
    Hospitals involved in training: BC Children's Hospital (6 months), Hospital for Sick Children (6 months) and The Shriners' Hospital for Children (6 months)
    Overall Objective: At the end of the Fellowship in pediatric orthopedics, the trainee will have attained competence in the assessment and surgical management (including pre and post-operative care) of disorders of the pediatric orthopedics.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     TransCanada Pediatric Orthopedics Clinical Fellowship
     
  • Orthopedic Scoliosis and Spine 1 and 2 year fellowships
     This is a one or a 2 year fellowship within the McGill Division of Orthopedic Surgery, funded by the AO Spine North America which is an organization axed on education and development of spine surgeons.  This fellowship also accepts fellows who hold a scholarship from their home government, University of Faculty of Medicine:  Please check the following link for information about acceptable source of funding: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm

We are unable to consider trainees who do not meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the following section: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm  or whose file is incomplete.
Please note that for the 2012-2013 academic year, applications for the fellowship are through the SF Match (http://www.sfmatch.org/fellowship/f_spn/index.htm).  Applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for postgraduate training in the province of Quebec prior to application: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm

For the 2012-2013 academic year  Applications for the fellowship is through the SF MATCH Match (http://www.sfmatch.org/fellowship/f_spn/timetable.htm ).
We are unable to consider trainees who do not meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the following section http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm, or whose file is incomplete.
Applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for postgraduate training in the province of Quebec prior to application (http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_fellowships.htm ).   

Length: 1 year
Number of positions available: 2
Fellowship Director: Dr. Jean A Ouellet
Type of Fellowship: Surgical Program touching on all aspects of spinal management.
Fellowship will ensure that Trainees will master in an incremental fashion over a 12 month period: the fundamentals sciences, clinical and therapeutic knowledge required to treat, patients with any spinal disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Orthopedic Scoliosis Spine Fellowship.

Length: 2 years
Number of positions available: 1
Fellowship Director: Dr. Jean A Ouellet
Type of Fellowship: Surgical Program touching on all aspect of spinal management.
Fellowship will ensure that Trainees will master in an incremental fashion over a 24 month period: the fundamentals sciences, clinical and therapeutic knowledge required to treat, patients with any spinal disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Orthopedic Scoliosis and Spine Fellowship.

  • Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions available:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. E. J. Harvey
    Overall Objective:      Individuals completing fellowship training in orthopedic trauma care will be able to:

·         Organize and administer an orthopedic trauma service, and coordinate the activities of the service with other administrative units

·         Establish policies and procedures for the management of orthopedic trauma patients

·         Appoint, train, and supervise specialized personnel

·         Teach the specialized body of knowledge required for the comprehensive management of the orthopedic trauma patients

·         Develop and pursue research in various areas of orthopedic trauma care

For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship.

Requests for additional information can be directed to the Program Director:

Dr Reggie Hamdy
c/o Orthopaedic Residency Program Office
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue
Room L9.416
Montreal, Quebec,H3G 1A4
Tel:  (514) 934-8209
Fax: (514) 934-8210
Internet: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/orthopaedics
E-mail: orthopaedic.residency@muhc.mcgill.ca

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Otolaryngology

Dr. John J. Manoukian, Otolaryngology Program Director. Email: john.manoukian@mcgill.ca

FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR: Dr. Jamie Rappaport E-Mail: jrappaport@jgh.mcgill.ca

  • Head and Neck Fellowship:
    Length of fellowship:     1 year fellowship
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors: Dr. M.J. Black, Dr. M. Hier, Dr. K Kost, Dr A Zeitouni, Dr. R. Payne
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Research Fellowship
    Fellowship description: The head and neck oncology service at McGill is divided between the Jewish General Hospital and the McGill University Health Center that includes the Montreal General and the Royal Victoria Hospitals. The head and neck fellow will spend time both at the Jewish General Hospital and the McGill University Health Centre. He/she may go to any site as need be for special events. During the fellowship year, the fellow will be accountable to the site director for his activities that are clearly outlined below and the Director of Head and Neck Oncology at McGill.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Head and Neck Fellowship.
  • Head and Neck and Microvascular Reconstruction Fellowship:
    Length of fellowship:     2 years
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors: Dr. Hier
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Research Fellowship
    Fellowship description:     The two-year Head and Neck Fellowship and Microvascular Reconstruction program encompasses all the ablative instruction of the one-year Head and Neck Fellowship, with the added benefit of training in microvascular reconstruction and free flaps. The extra year of training is necessary to ensure a comprehensive and thorough coverage of the subspecialty fields of microvascular reconstruction and free flaps, which are increasingly important components of the growing head and neck oncology discipline. During the two-year program, the Head and Neck and Microvascular Reconstruction fellow will have the opportunity of participating in approximately 40 free flaps cases per year, ensuring a level of clinical exposure to this area of the subspecialty that would be impossible with only one year of training. This can also be a one-year fellowship following successful completion of the Head and Neck Fellowship. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Head and Neck and Microvascular Reconstructions Fellowship.
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship - Montreal Children's Hospital
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors: Dr. S. Daniel, Dr. J. Manoukian, Dr. L. Nguyen, Dr. M. Schloss.
    Hospital involved in training: Montreal Children's Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Research and / or Clinical
    Fellowship responsibilities: The pediatric fellow will be responsible for:

·         Rounds with resident staff;

·         Supervision of all in-patient consultations and discussion with attending staff;

·         On-call responsibilities for surgical cases he/she is involved with;

·         Organization of Monday A.M. rounds at the MCH;

·         Attending specialty clinics;

·         Attending all educational activities in the Department of Otolaryngology at McGill University including university grand rounds. For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship

  • Fellowship Program in Rhinology:
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship Supervisors:     Dr. S. Frenkiel, Dr M. Desrosiers, Dr M. Samaha
    Hospital involved in training:
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical and Research Fellowship
    Objectives: To develop specialized knowledge of medical and surgical management of nasal and paranasal sinus disease in individuals wishing to pursue a career in academic rhinology. The McGill University rhinology group is well known for its expertise in sino-nasal disorders. The McGill Rhinology group offers a unique training opportunity for advanced training by the grouping of its three recognized experts in a common workgroup; the variety and number of procedures performed yearly, and the structured teaching.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Rhinology Fellowship
     
  • McGill Auditory Sciences Laboratory Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions: 2 / year
    Fellowship Supervisor: Dr Sam J Daniel
    Hospital involved in training: Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill Auditory Sciences Laboratory
    Type of Fellowship: Research
    Objective: To allow motivated academically oriented individuals to develop expertise in auditory sciences research
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     McGill Auditory Sciences Laboratory Fellowship
     
  • McGill Laryngology Fellowhip
    Duration of Fellowship:     1 year
    Number of Fellowship positions:     1
    Fellowship Supervisor:     Dr. Karen M. Kost
    Type of Fellowship:     Research and Clinical Fellowship
    Objective:     This fellowship will provide structured clinical opportunities for fellows to develop advanced diagnostic, therapeutic and phonosurgical skills. An active research component will enhance and compliment the educational experience. At the end of the fellowship, the fellow will have had a cumulative experience as operating or teaching surgeon.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Laryngology Fellowship.   Back to top

Pathology

Dr. Chantal Bernard, Pathology Program Director. Email: chantal.bernard@muhc.mcgill.ca
Mira Hoffmann, Program Administrator
Pathology Teaching Office
Tel.: (514) 398-7192 ext. 00481
Fax: (514) 398-7446
Email: pathologyteaching.med@mcgill.ca

  • Hematopathology Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions 1
    Type of Fellowship:  Clinical
    Fellowship Director: Dr. René P. Michel
     The Fellowship will be principally based at the McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Site.
    The diagnostic service responsibilities will focus on diagnostic Hematopathology involving the review of anatomic pathology material, specifically lymph nodes, spleen and other hematopoietic and extranodal sites with reactive of malignant lymphoid and related disorders.  In addition, this will include the review of bone marrow core biopsies.  There will also be exposure to Molecular pathology as it relates to diagnosis in Hematopathology, and to Flow Cytometry as it relates to diagnosis on lymph nodes and related extranodal sited.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Hematopathology Fellowship
     
  • Cytopathology Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of positions 1
    Type of Fellowship:  Clinical
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Manon Auger
     This fellowship will be principally based at the McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital.  This one-year post-residency clinical fellowship offers a comprehensive, integrated exposure to the field of Cytopathology.  The cytological specimens handled at the McGill University Health Centre include approximately 50.000 gynecological specimens per year (including approximately 7000 colposcopic specimens) as well as 10.000 non-gynecological specimens (including approximately 4000 fine needle aspirates).  Exposure to liquid-based cytology is provided.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Cytopathology Fellowship
     
  • Gynecopathology Fellowship:
     Length: 1 year
     Number of positions: 1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Alex Ferenczy's
    Academic Affiliation:     McGill University, Department of Pathology
    Name of hospitals involved in training: Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital - 90% of time spent as Fellow.
                                                           Montreal General Hospital - 5% of time spent as Fellow
                                                           Royal Victoria Hospital - 5 % of time spent as Fellow.
    This Fellowship will provide the opportunity for the trainee to gain knowledge and develop expertise in the field of gynecologic pathology.  The training will promote aptitudes of competence and leadership in the operation of a busy gynecologic pathology/gynecologic cytology service, as well as in research, teaching and other academic activities in the fields related to gynecologic pathology.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link:     Gynecopathology Fellowship  
        
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Pediatrics
Program Director: Dr. Richard Gosselin

  • Academic Pediatrics Fellowship Program
  • Length: 1 year
  • Number of positions: 3 per year
  • Fellowship Director: Dr. Hema Patel
  • The Pediatrics Residency Program of McGill University offers advanced training for Pediatric residents who aim to pursue an academic career in general Pediatrics.  The Academic Pediatrics Fellowship Program is a one year program designed for the candidate wishing to practice along the model of a “hospitalist” in a university-based environment. The educational experiences include clinical training, medical education, administration and research opportunities. Candidates to this program are required to have completed a fourth year of training in general Pediatrics, which will have been preferably tailored to the candidate's further training plans in Academic Pediatrics.  In addition, candidates are expected to have initiated an academic project, which will be completed in this program. For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link: Academic Pediatrics Fellowship Program

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Plastic Surgery
 Program Director: Dr. Mirko Gilardino: Plastics.Residency@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship
    Length: 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions: 1
    Fellowship Director: Dr. L. Lessard
    Mission: The fellowship is designed to provide trainees with intensive clinical exposure to both pediatric and adult craniofacial surgery. Approximately 60% of the fellow’s time will be spent in the diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment planning and surgical repair of congenital facial deformities including cleft lip/palate, craniosynostoses, craniofacial syndromes, hemifacial microsomia among other diagnoses. Adult craniofacial exposure will include the management of acute facial fractures/trauma, reconstruction of facial defects (traumatic and oncologic), and aesthetic surgery of the face. For a complete description of the fellowship offered, please click on the following link: Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship                                                                                 Back to top

Psychiatry
Dr. Karl Looper, Psychiatry Program Director. Email: residency.psychiatry@mcgill.ca
Dr. Annette Granich, Psychiatry Fellowship Director: Email: annette.granich@mcgill.ca

  • ADHD Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     Montreal Children's Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Lily Hechtman
    Number of Positions:     2
    Length: 1 year (if primarily clinical), 1-2 years (if primarily research)
    Mission Statement: The objective of a primarily clinical fellowship in ADHD is to improve the fellow’s expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD throughout the lifespan.  Detecting and treating conditions that may be comorbid with ADHD is also stressed.  The objective of a primarily research fellowship in ADHD is to provide expertise to young researchers to enable them to carry out research in the area of ADHD.  For a complete description of this fellowship; please consult the following link:     ADHD Fellowship
     
  • Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Jorge Palacios-Boix
    Number of Positions:     1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The Addictions Unit is a clinical and research training program (which has trained residents and fellows in Psychiatry for the past three decades). It includes an active and wide-ranging research program - basic and clinical - led by a Research Director (Dr. Kathryn Gill) with several ongoing studies at all times and multiple research possibilities. Academic publications are contributed regularly (for a list of publications please contact the Unit’s directors). The fellowship is considered a more advanced level of training with a specific focus on academic activities and on preparation for a career in the subspecialty.  For a complete description of this fellowship; please consult the following link:     Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
     
  • Autism Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     Montreal Children's Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Eric Fombonne
    Number of Positions:     1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The mission of the ASD Program is to provide an up-to-date service to the population with autism spectrum disorders, to act as a center of resources for patients and their families, and to train professionals to the techniques to evaluate and treat autism as well as to conduct research on the causes and the treatments of this neurodevelopmental disorder.For a complete description of this fellowship; please consult the following link:     Autism Fellowship
     
  • Bipolar Disorders Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Serge Beaulieu
    Number of Positions:     2
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The Bipolar Disorders Program (BDP) is dedicated to a tripartite clinical/research/teaching mission.  The fellowship will be aimed at developing expertise in the evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of Bipolar Disorders, and co-morbid conditions.  The fellow will be fully integrated into the Bipolar Disorder Program clinical services including outpatient (approximately 200 new cases per year) and research projects.  For a complete description of this fellowship; please consult the following link:     Bipolar Disorders Fellowship
  • Child Psychiatry Fellowship:
    Name of Institution: McGill University Health Centre/Montreal Children's Hospital.
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical allowing for a Research component
    Length: 1 year
    Number of fellowship positions requested: 1
    Fellowship Director: Dr. E. Lila Amirali
    Mission Statement: The Pediatric Psychiatry Care Program is a tertiary care program for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents suffering from complex psychopathology, requiring hospitalization.  The program has a clinical/teaching/research vision.  The Fellowship will be aimed at developing expertise in the evaluation and treatment of psychosis (First episode psychosis, psychosis NOS, substance-related psychosis) and co-morbid conditions (Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Personality and Substance Use disorders).  The Fellow will be fully integrated into the Pediatric Psychiatry Care Program Clinical Services including Inpatient care (about 200 patients per year, 6 beds, average stay 8 days), day program (step-down and Crisis intervention (10 – 15 places) and outpatient (follow-up in Psychosis Clinic).  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Child Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Clinical Fellowship at the Center for Teaching and Research of Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, MUHC
    Name of Institution:     McGill University Health Center
    Location:     1025 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A1
    Type of Fellowship:     Clinical
    Number of positions:     1-2
    Length:     One year.
    Mission Statement:     The mission of the fellowship is to train in the area of psychodiagnostic assessment- patient’s capacity to experience and tolerate depression, anxiety and painful affect; technique of mobilizing the patient against their psychopathology; applying some of the basic technical interventions inherent in Dr. Davanloo’s technique of IS-TDP; as well as learning other modalities of short-term dynamic psychotherapy.  For a complete description of this fellowship please consult the following link: Clinical Fellowship at the Center for Teaching and Research of Short Term Dynamic Psychoterapy, MUHC
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Gail Myhr
    Number of Positions:     2
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: While CBT is one of the most effective, and cost-effective , evidence-based psychological interventions in the treatment of mental disorders, its availability is limited. Furthermore, as psychiatry residents are clamoring for training, the availability of expert supervision is also scarce. This primarily clinical fellowship is designed to increase the number of expert practitioners and supervisors of CBT, who will then be expected to practice and train future mental health professionals, including psychiatry residents and interns. This fellowship is intended to train the candidate to a high level of expertise in the clinical administration and supervision of CBT. The fellow may specialize in a clinical area (e.g. psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Cognitive Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) for chronic depression), but should be able to conduct CBT for a wide range of disorders. All fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the Unit, and be involved in the clinical research activities of the Unit. Original thinking and initiation of pertinent clinical research projects are encouraged.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Fellowship
     
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Annette Granich
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: This Clinical Fellowship year is intended to teach advanced skills in C/L psychiatry.  Its purpose is to train academic leaders in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, stimulate interest in academic work in the field and provide the administrative skills required for the development of C/L services at other institutions.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

  • Couple and Family Therapy Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:     Jewish General Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Ronald Feldman
     Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The objective of this fellowship is to provide specialized training in couple and family therapy for psychiatric fellows.     Empirical evidence suggests that family-based interventions demonstrate superior effects in comparison to alternative treatment for many disorders including relational problems in children, adolescents and adults. The fellow will gain expertise in the application of evidence-based methods of couple and family therapy and will participate in ongoing clinical research projects. The fellow will be trained to conduct clinical research in the area of couple and family therapy and multi-modal family intervention for children. He/she will acquire skills in the critical evaluation of the literature, research design, data analysis and preparation of presentations and manuscripts.  For a complete description of the Couple and Family Therapy Fellowship, please consult the following link: Couple and Family Therapy Fellowship.

  • Depressive Disorders Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Gustavo Turecki
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The Depressive Disorders Program (DDP) is a super specialized (third-line) service for subjects who are suffering from refractory and/or recurrent major depressive disorder with or without the presence of suicidal behavior. The program offers cutting-edge treatment for depressed patients and provides support to families. In addition, the team carries out extensive phenotyping assessments and measures the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions at baseline and during follow-up, and develops research projects that are integrated into the clinical practice. Also, the program transfers knowledge to health professionals, students and residents by offering training in assessment and treatment of depression.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     Depressive Disorders Fellowship
     

  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute Eating Disorders Fellowship :
    Name of Institution:      Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Mimi Israel
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The Eating Disorders Fellowship (EDP) is a tertiary-care program for the assessment and treatment of adults suffering from eating disorders. The Fellowship is dedicated to a tripartite clinical/research/teaching mission. The fellowship will be aimed at developing expertise in the evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified and Binge Eating Disorder), and comorbid conditions (Depressive, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Personality and Substance Use Disorders). The fellow will be fully integrated into EDP clinical services including outpatient (200 new cases per year), day hospital (15 places) and inpatient treatment (6 bed unit; average stay 2 months).  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link:     Douglas Mental Health University Institute Eating Disorders Fellowship
     

  • First Episode Psychosis Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Ashok Malla
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: There has been a burgeoning interest in research in first episode psychosis (FEP) and early intervention. FEP patient samples provide an ideal opportunity to investigate multiple domains of psychopathology, pathophysiology, treatment interventions and outcome and to understand and potentially influence the longer term course of psychotic disorders. This is especially so in a program such as Prevention and Early intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP-Montreal) at the Douglas Institute as the sample is extremely well characterized through prospective collection of data on multiple domains on all patients presenting for treatment within a defined catchment area, thus providing a highly representative and unselected sample for research purposes. Investigations currently under way at PEPP-Montreal include studies in early case detection including pathways to care and ethnicity/immigration; brain imaging and neuro-cognitive predictors of short and long term outcome; psychological, social and demographic predictors of outcome on multiple domains; pharmaco-genetic studies; studies of substance abuse in FEP; and controlled trials of mostly non-pharmacological and some pharmacological interventions.    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     First Episode Psychosis Fellowship
     
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship - St Mary's Hospital:
    Name of Institution:      St. Mary's Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Michel Elie
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: With the aging of the population, the prevalence of mental health disorders of the elderly will increase. The Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship is intended to teach advance skills in geriatric psychiatry whether related to clinical or research areas. This fellowship is dedicated to develop expertise in the evaluation and treatment of the complex psychopathologies affecting the elderly population and to enable the candidate to have a critical understanding of evidence based diagnosis and management of elderly patients and their family.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship (SMH)
     
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship - Douglas Institute:
    Name of Institution:     Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Rene Desautels
    Number of Positions: 2
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: The Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at the Douglas Institute is intended to equip fellows with the knowledge and skills required to function independently as a sub-specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry. To achieve those goals, fellows chose a path composed of a mix of clinical service and research activities which complement and enhance his/her previous training in Geriatric Psychiatry. At the end of the Fellowship, the fellow will be able to function independently within any Geriatric Psychiatry clinical setting, and to pursue independent research projects and/or participate within a clinical research team.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship (DI)
     
  • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      Douglas Mental Health University Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Ridha Joober
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: Genes and the environment interact in a complex way to increase the risk for psychiatric disorders.  Although in the last 10 years, several specific genetic factors and environmental stressors have been reported to be implicated in psychiatric disorders, replication and confirmation of these results remain problematic.  Many biological, behavioral and methodological aspects may be at the origin of these difficulties.  The ``Neuroscience and Psychiatry`` fellowship offers the students to work on specific biological (mainly genetic) questions in relation to several psychiatric neurodevelopmental disorders (schizophrenia, ADHD, Autism, Conduct disorders, learning disabilities) while developing analytical and critical understanding of the complexity underlying these disorders.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Neuroscience and Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Neuroscience of Individual Differences Fellowship
     Name of Institution: Montreal Neurological Institute
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Sherif Karama
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement:

    Mission Statement: While the last few years have witnessed an explosion of research on the neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathology, relatively little work has focused on the neurobiology of individual differences in healthy subjects. A better grasp of normal human variability is an important step that would likely improve our understanding of changes or predispositions associated with psychopathology.  The “Neuroscience of Individual Differences” fellowship offers the fellow to work on the relationship between a given trait (e.g. general cognitive ability, circulating hormone levels) and brain structure using sophisticated brain imaging methods while developing an analytical and critical understanding of the complexity underlying apparently simple behavioral differences in healthy individuals.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Neuroscience of Individual Differences Fellowship.

  • Personality Disorders Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Joel Paris
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: To provide high quality specialty care, to teach the management of Personality Disorders, and to conduct research.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Personality Disorders Fellowship
     
  • Rural/Urban Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship:
    Name of Institution:      Pierre Janet Hospital Centre, Gatineau
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Lisa McMurray
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement:  This fellowship program will provide a high quality foundation in the clinical subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry, in accordance with the proposed guidelines of the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry.  The fellowship will also promote academic development.  Advancement of the state of knowledge in geriatric psychiatry will be encouraged through involvement in research, teaching, and scholarly review.  The fellow will benefit from dedicated time and resources to produce an academic project.  The program is set in a mid sized urban centre, which provides service to outlying rural regions; training in this unique setting will prepare the fellow for the demands of community geriatric psychiatry.  There will be particular emphasis placed on the consultative role, liaison with family practitioners, and shared care arrangements in the rural and urban regions.  The affiliation with the Family Medicine Unit will provide the fellow with an opportunity for teaching and liaison.  The active telepsychiatry service in geriatric psychiatry will allow the fellow to gain experience in providing consultations to outlying areas using this modality.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Rural/Urban Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship
     
  • Suicide Studies and Intervention
    Length: 1 year
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical / Research
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Johanne Renaud
    Institution:Douglas Mental Health Institute.                                                                                                                                                                 

    Mission Statement: The Fellowship on suicide studies and intervention will provide to residents in psychiatry a comprehensive understanding of suicide and related behaviors, their causes and potential solutions, as well as the many challenges associated with suicidal behaviour treatment and intervention. The fellows will have an opportunity to be involved in research studies on suicidal behaviour and to gain experience with different research methodologies.    For a complete description of this fellowship, please follow this link: Fellowship in Suicide studies and intervention

  • Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Adult):
    Name of Institution:     Jewish General Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Laurence Kirmayer
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: The Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry is a network of scholars and clinicians within the Department of Psychiatry of McGill University, devoted to promoting research, training and consultation in social and cultural psychiatry. The aim of fellowship training is to produce clinicians who can practice, teach and do research in the broad area of culture and mental health, which examines the sociocultural determinants of mental health and the development of culturally safe and responsive services and interventions. Work may include a focus on international health, indigenous peoples, immigrants, refugees or the cultural analysis of psychiatry. The fellow will learn to conduct systematic cultural assessments and formulations. The interdisciplinary training setting emphasizes general knowledge rather than specific ethnocultural groups. Fellows are encouraged to conduct research.   For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Adult)
     
  • Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Child):
    Name of Institution:     Jewish General Hospital & McGill University Health Centre
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical or Research
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Cécile Rousseau
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: To provide research and clinical training in Child Transcultural Psychiatry. The clinical fellowship’s general objective is to master Transcultural Psychiatry skills. Specific skills that will be addressed are: performing cultural assessments and cultural formulations; working with interpreters and culture brokers; and learning how to do cultural consultations for other healthcare professionals. The research fellowship objectives include: To become familiar with the literature in social and cultural psychiatry; to learn about cultural validity issues in all steps of the research process, and to participate in transcultural research. Research training will be comprehensive, from formulation of a research question to analysis of results. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Child)
     
  • Utting Fellowship for Studies in Depression and Suicide
    Name of Institution:      Jewish General Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical/Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. J. Christopher Perry
    Number of Positions: 1
    Length: 1 year
    Mission statement: The mission of the fellowship is to train psychiatrists/psychologists to become principal investigators and excellent researchers in depression and the psychotherapies. The Utting Family also supports a lecture to raise public awareness of depression and suicide and its treatment. Each year, a major contributor is awarded The Douglas Utting Prize. The fellow will develop skills in psychotherapy research, increase knowledge of depression and its treatment by CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Enhance psychotherapy skills.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Utting Fellowship for Studies in Depression and Suicide
     
  • Women's Mental Health Fellowship
    Name of Institution    : Jewish General Hospital
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Research
    Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Karl Looper
    Length: 1 year
    Mission Statement: The objective of this fellowship is to provide specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with different stages of a woman’s life cycle, in particular those associated with childbearing, and with chronic illness. The fellow will gain expertise in the use of both medication and a variety of psychosocial treatments. Fellows will also consult with other health professionals involved in the treatment of female cancer patients as well as women with mental health problems during pregnancy and postpartum. In addition, the fellow will be trained to conduct research in the area of perinatal mental health, and will acquire skills in the critical evaluation of the literature, research design, data analysis, and the preparation of presentations and manuscripts. For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Women's Mental Health Fellowship
     

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Radiation Oncology

Dr Khalil Sultanem, Radiation Oncology Program Director. Email: ksultane@roc.jgh.mcgill.ca 

  • Head and Neck Oncology Fellowship
    Number of positions: 1 per year
    Supervisors:     Dr George Shenouda and Dr Fabio Cury
    Fellowship Director: Dr Thierry Muanza
    Duration of fellowship: One year
    Objectives and Goals:

·         To acquire in depth knowledge and expertise in the state-of-the-art management of patients with head and neck cancer

·         To participate in the supervision of residents during their head and neck radiation oncology rotations

·         To take part in the teaching of residents and medical students in general, and in head and neck oncology in particular

·         To participate in research projects in head and neck oncology.  The role of the fellow will be :

a.       To assess the treatment outcomes of patients treated with new treatment modalities, such as the newly acquired Tomotherapy unit

b.      To participate in currently available head and neck cancer national and international clinical trials open at McGill University

·         To learn the basic principles of study design in clinical research
 Expectations:

1.      The fellow will attend the usual daily activities in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the MUHC, and will adhere to the regular departmental schedule

2.      The fellow will have a 50% of her time spent in clinical activities related to head and neck oncology.  This includes attending clinics and tumor boards meetings, and supervising residents in head and neck oncology rotations, specifically in planning, dosimetric evaluations of treatment plans, and management of treatment related side effects

3.      The fellow will participate in the on-call schedule in Radiation Oncology

4.      The remaining 50% of the fellow's time will be spent in carrying out research activities, as detailed in the section "Objectives and Goals"

5.      The fellow will actively participate in the teaching of the residents and in organizing Journal Club, Seminars, as well as radiation oncology departmental rounds in collaboration with the chief and assistant chief residents

 Evaluation and assessment of progress:
 The fellow must present a progress report on the research activities every 3 months to the Fellowship Director.  The fellow will be evaluated every 6 months and promoted, in accordance of the PGME Promotions Guidelines. The fellow must present a review of the results of the research project(s) at the end of the year to the department in the context of Monday Morning Rounds.
 Staff and Rotations evaluation by the fellow:
 This will be done by the fellow on a 6-monthly basis, and will be presented to the Fellowship Director.
 Impact of fellowship on resources for residency training:
During the fellowship, the fellow will have adequate working space, and will have access to all hard and soft ware support required for the performance of the set training objectives.
The department has adequate resources to support the fellow's activities without interfering with residency training.                                                         

  • Pediatric Radiation Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     2
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Carolyn Freeman
    Hospitals involved in training: Montreal General Hospital (65%), Montreal Children's Hospital (30%) and Ste-Justine hospital (5%)
    Mission: During a one year period of additional training, the fellow will acquire and integrate advanced knowledge and skills specific to the management of children with malignancies. On completion of the program, the fellow will possess the knowledge and skills to be able to independently:
    • Formulate and defend a management plan for pediatric and adolescent patients with tumors of any type
    • Plan all radical and palliative radiotherapy treatments, including special techniques such as Total Body Irradiation.
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Pediatric Radiation Oncology
  • Sarcoma Radiation Oncology Fellowship
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Thierry Muanza
    Length:     one year
    Number of positions:     one per year
    Hospitals involved:     MGH 80%, MCH 20%
    Mission:     During a one year period of additional training, the fellow will acquire and integrate advanced knowledge and skills specific to the Management of adult and pediatric patients with sarcomas.  On completion of the program the fellow will possess the knowledge and skills to be able to independently:
    Formulate and defend a management plan for patients with sarcomas of any type arising in any location.
    Plan all radical and palliative radiotherapy treatments, including special techniques such as brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy.
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult the following link: Sarcoma Radiation Oncology Fellowship.

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Respirology

Dr. Kevin Schwartzman, Respirology Program Director. Email: kevin.schwartzman@mcgill.ca
Coordinator: E. Tomkee: esther.tomkee@muhc.mcgill.ca Website: http://www.mcgill.ca/respdiv/training/

  • Sleep Medicine Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr R John Kimoff
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal Chest Institute and the Montreal Neurological Institute
    Rationale: Trainees in Respiratory Medicine now have to demonstrate proficiency in the management of respiratory sleep disorders, and sleep rotations are now a core element of Respiratory training programs.  However to meet the demand for full competency in Sleep Medicine, some Respiratory trainees pursue a one-year Sleep Medicine fellowship.  This therefore complements their previous training and prepares them for a practice profile involving multi-disciplinary sleep disorders.  Trainees in Neurology and Psychiatry may similarly wish to develop multi-disciplinary competency in Sleep Medicine and choose to pursue Sleep Fellowship training.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Sleep Medicine Fellowship

  • Pulmonary Oncology and Interventional Respirology Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     2
    Type of fellowship:     Clinical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Linda Ofiara
    Hospitals involved in training:  MUHC (the Montreal General Hospital and the Montreal Chest Institute) and the Jewish General Hospital
    Mission: The purpose of the McGill fellowship in pulmonary oncology and interventional respirology is to provide the respiratory trainee with additional knowledge, skills and experience needed to care for lung cancer patients in all phases of diagnosis and treatment, whether for cure or palliation.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Pulmonary Oncology and Interventional Respirology Fellowship                         

  • Respiratory Research Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     Max 5
    Type of fellowship: Clinical & Research Fellowship
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr. Dick Menzies
    Hospitals involved in training: McGill University Health Centre (Montreal General Hospital, Montreal Chest Institute, Royal Victoria Hospital), Jewish General Hospital, Meakins-Christie Laboratories (McGill University)
    Mission: The purpose of the McGill fellowship in respiratory research is to provide the respiratory trainee with additional knowledge, skills and experience needed to begin on the pathway toward a potential career as an independent investigator.     Respiratory Research Fellowship                       

 

  • Cardio Respiratory Rehabilitation and Integrated Cared of Chronic Respiratory Disease Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Fellowship Director:     Dr. Jean Bourbeau
    Hospitals involved in training:     Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC
    Mission: the fellowship will offer additional knowledge and specific training in exercice physiology, specialized knowledge and skills in behavioral and psychosocial management of various chronic respiratory diseases, and continuous quality improvement with an evaluative approach.  The RECRU is an ideal setting in which to obtain this unique fellowship training as trainees will have an opportunity to participate in clinical research as part of an experienced, productive multidisciplinary research team with longstanding collaboration with provincial (groupe strategique, Respiratory Health Newtwork of the FRSQ), national and international networks.  For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link: Cardio Respiratory Rehabilitation and Integrated Cared of Chronic Respiratory Disease Fellowship.

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Rheumatology

Dr. Christian Pineau, Rheumatology Program Director. Email: christian.pineau@muhc.mcgill.ca
 The administrative secretary contact is Nellie Eugenio:
 nellie.eugenio@muhc.mcgill.ca, phone number 514.934.1934, extension 4417

  • Canadian Scleroderma Research Group (CSRG) Clinical Research Fellowship at McGill University
    Length of Fellowship:     maximum of 2 years
    Number of fellowship positions: 1 per year
    Type of Fellowship: Clinical Research
    Location: Jewish General Hospital (JGH)
    Hospitals involved in training: The fellow is based at the JGH where most of his/her time is spent.  Formal classes could be held also at McGill University main campus or at another McGill Affiliated Teaching Hospital.  Weekly rheumatology rounds are held at the McGill University Health Center - Montreal General Hospital site.
    The global objective of this fellowship is to provide training in clinical research regarding scleroderma to a medical (adult or pediatric) subspecialist who wishes to pursue a research career.  This program will be carried out under the auspices of the CSRG, a team directed by Dr Murray Baron, which consists of rheumatologists at 15 Canadian sites and 10-15 clinical and basic science researchers across Canada.  For a full description of the Fellowship, please follow this link:     CSRG Clinical Research Fellowship                                                                                                             Back to top

Urology

Dr. Wassim Kassouf, Urology Program Director.
e-mail:  urology.residency@muhc.mcgill.ca  website: http://urology.mcgill.ca

  • Fellowship in Neuro urology, Bladder dysfunction, Pelvic reconstruction and female urology:
    Length:     2 years
    Number of positions:     1
    Fellowship Director: Dr. Jacques Corcos
    Hospital involved in training:     Jewish General Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, Readaptation institute
    Faculty:     Drs. Marie Claude Lemieux, Jens Erik Walker
    Objectives:     This fellowship has been designed for Urology or Gynecology residents having completed their training and who wish to acquire an expertise in this field. This fellowship includes: mandatory lab research for at least 20% of the fellowship, mandatory participation to service rounds, a bimensual oral presentation to members of the department. Participation to a biostastistic and initiation to clinical research course is available and highly suggested. At the end of their fellowship, the physicians will be able to handle a general practice in urogynecology, neurourology , bladder dysfunctions and pelvic reconstruction surgery. For a complete description please follow this link:     Fellowship in Neuro urology, Bladder dysfunction, Pelvic reconstruction and female urology
     
  • McGill Pediatric Urology Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year clinical fellowship
    Number of positions: 1 per year
    Hospital involved in training:     Montreal Children's
    Faculty:     Drs. Roman Jednak, Mohamed EI-Sherbiny, Gianpaolo Capolicchio and Alex Brzezinski
    Objectives:     Upon completion of the fellowship, the fellow is expected to have achieved several learning objectives which will be achieved through exposure to both operative and outpatient pediatric urology. In addition, the fellow will be expected to actively participate in hospital based activities including Surgical Teaching Rounds, Trauma Rounds, Morbidity and Mortality conferences, Tumor Board, and combined Nephrology/Urology and Urology Resident teaching sessions when applicable.  Specific learning objectives include: 
  • Proficiency in common urologic surgery of the genitourinary tract in children.
  • Exposure to more complex surgical procedures in children with exstrophy complex, genital ambiguity, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
  • Development of basic skills for pediatric laparoscopic procedures.
  • Evaluation and non-surgical management of common clinical urological problems including urinary tract infections, hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, and dysfunctional voiding.
  • Evaluation and medical management of the patient with neurogenic bladder (eg. spina bifida).
  • Evaluation and surgical management of the patient with urologic trauma or acute scrotal problems.
  • Interpretation and clinical application of urodynamic investigations.
  • Post-operative care of the patient undergoing urologic surgery.
  • Development of consultant skills for in-hospital patients.
  • Familiarity with the indications for an interpretation of radiologic investigations.
  • Development and appreciation for a multidisciplinary team approach to the evaluation and care of patients with neurogenic bladder, genitourinary malignancies, nephrologic conditions and ambiguous genitalia.
  • Pre-operative urologic evaluation of the renal transplant patient.

Clinical and Teaching Responsibilities:  Fellows are responsible for attending all urology clinics (General Pediatric Urology, Spina Bifida, Voiding Dysfunction). They will participate actively in all aspects of the in-patient clinical service including ward rounds, the consult service for both wards and the emergency room, and on-call duty. They are expected to actively participate in the care and preparation of patients pre- and post-operatively. Surgical procedures will be divided with the intention of meeting resident training objectives. Common urologic procedures will be divided equally with the exception of hypospadias which will be a dedicated fellow case. Residents will be given priority to category A procedures and should more than one similar procedure be performed on any given rotation, then these will alternate between the resident and fellow. Fellows will also assist in the teaching of residents and students.
Eligibilitv: Candidates for the fellowship must be graduates of a recognized Medical School and must have completed their urology residency at a recognized University. Candidates need to be fluent in English and/or French.
Funding: Candidates should secure their own funding for the duration of the fellowship.                                                                                              

  • McGill Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year clinical fellowship
    Number of positions: 1 per year.
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Maurice Anidjar
    Faculty:     Drs Tanguay, Aprikian, Kassouf and Capolicchio
    Hospitals involved in training:     Montreal General 40; Jewish General 30%; Royal Victoria 15%; Montreal Children's 15%
    Mission: To establish a permanent strong fellowship position in MIS Urology in order to enhance our clinical research and education mission in this field.  For a complete description please follow this link:     Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology                                                                                    
     
  • McGill Infertility/Andrology Fellowship:
    Length: 2 years
    Number of positions: 1
     The Infertility/Andrology fellowship at the McGill University Health Centre (Division of Urology) is a two year fellowship.  The fellows will work under the direct supervision of fellowship-trained Infertility/Andrology experts: Drs. Serge Carrier, Armand Zini.  the fellowship is designed to teach the urologist the necessary clinical and surgical skills to effectively manage male infertility and erectile dysfunction (ED).  The fellows may also spend up to three months working with female infertility specialists to gain some understanding of the clinical evaluation of the infertile woman and the techniques of assisted reproduction. 
    The fellows will need to meet specific learning and research objectives and will be given clinical responsibilities.  For a complete description of the fellowship please follow this link: I    nfertility/Andrology fellowship                                                                                                                        
     
  • McGill Sexual Medicine/Genitourinary Reconstructive Urology Fellowship:
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1

Fellowship Directors: Drs. Serge Carrier and Alex Brzezinski
Hospital involved in training: Jewish General Hospital and McGill University Health Centre
Objectives: The fellowship is designed to teach the urologist the necessary clinical and surgical skills to effectively manage sexual dysfunction (SD) and complex reconstructive  genital, penile and urethral surgery.  For a complete description of the fellowship please follow this link: McGill Sexual Medicine/Genitourinary Reconstructive Urology Fellowship                                                                                                                           Back to top

 

Vascular Surgery
Dr. Kent MacKenzie, Vascular Surgery Program Director. Email: kent.mackenzie@muhc.mcgill.ca

  • Advanced Aortic and Peripheral Endovascular Surgery Fellowship
    Length:     1 year
    Number of positions:     1
    Type of fellowship:     Surgical
    Fellowship Program Director:     Dr Cherrie Z Abraham
    Hospitals involved in training:  Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal Children Hospital and the Jewish General Hospital
    Mission statement:  The mission of the advanced aortic and peripheral endovascular surgical fellowship is to provide a stimulating environment for vascular surgeons to acquire the clinical, cognitive and technical skills required to incorporate cutting edge endovascular techniques into their clinical practice.  We aim specifically to train surgeons to become experts at the techniques of fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic stent grafts, carotid angioplasty and stenting and peripheral arterial angioplasty, subintimal angioplasty and stenting. 
    For a complete description of this fellowship, please consult this link:     Advanced Aortic and Peripheral Endovascular Surgery Fellowship              Back to top