Epilepsy Fellowship Position

Diversity among Baylor’s students, trainees, faculty and staff is a prerequisite to accomplishing Baylor’s institutional mission, and to maintaining the highest standards in training for healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, scientific innovation, and patient-centered care. Baylor is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all qualified persons without taking into account race, color, national origin, creed, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, veteran status or disability unrelated to job requirements.

Baylor College of Medicine is offering training in a 12-month, ACGME-approved Epilepsy Fellowship program for the period July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

The program is based in the Baylor Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (NAEC Level IV) and the Peter Kellaway Section of Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.

The program includes training in in-patient and out-patient clinical epilepsy, medical management, epilepsy surgery evaluation, epilepsy monitoring, clinical neurophysiology, brain mapping, functional testing, neuroimaging, and epilepsy-related clinical research.

Sites of Training:

• Baylor College of Medicine – McNair Campus
• Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
• Michael E. DeBakey Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center
• Texas Children’s Hospital

Both adult and pediatric training tracks are available.

Senior faculty of the program include:

• Eli M. Mizrahi, MD, Chair, Neurology
• Paul C. Van Ness, M.D., Director, Baylor Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Head, Peter Kellaway Section of Neurophysiology,
• James J. Riviello, M.D., Associate Section Head for Epilepsy, Neurophysiology, and Neurocritical Care, Texas Children’s Hospital
• Anne E. Anderson, M.D., Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Texas Children’s Hospital

Requirements:

Applicants should have completed an ACGME-approved residency in Neurology (adult or pediatric) and an ACGME-approved fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, preferred. Baylor College of Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.

Diversity Statement:

Diversity among Baylor’s students, trainees, faculty and staff is a prerequisite to accomplishing Baylor’s institutional mission, and to maintaining the highest standards in training for healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, scientific innovation, and patient-centered care. Baylor is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all qualified persons without taking into account race, color, national origin, creed, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, veteran status or disability unrelated to job requirements.

Contact Information:

• Jay R. Gavvala, M.D., Program Director, Epilepsy Fellowship at [email protected]
• Cynthia Calija, Sr. Academic Coordinator at [email protected]