Headache Medicine Fellowship

Headache medicine is a medical subspecialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or categories of disease involving the central and peripheral manifestations of disturbance to the structures of the head and face.

This includes primary and secondary disturbances of these structures or functions which present for clinical care in multiple specialty areas including primary care areas, such as family practice and general internal medicine, and specialty care areas including, but not restricted to neurology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, oromaxillofacial surgery and psychiatry.

For these disease management areas, the practitioner of headache medicine is often the principal care physician and may render all levels of care commensurate with this or his/her training.

Loyola Medicine and the Department of Neurology at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Diamond Headache Clinic, is offering a one-year Headache Medicine Fellowship program focusing on management of headache disorders.

The fellowship is accredited by the United Council for Neurologic subspecialties (UCNS). The fellows will directly manage patients with headache disorders in outpatient and inpatient settings, and will participate in and conduct headache clinical research.

For more information about the program, kindly visit https://www.loyolamedicine.org...

Prerequisites:

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• The fellow must possess a current valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States or Canada or its territories.
• The fellow must be a graduate of a residency program in neurology or other specialties accredited by the ACGME or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
• The fellow must be board certified or eligible for certification in a primary ABMS or RCPSC specialty
• A graduate of medical schools in one of the following:
  • United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or;
  • graduates of medical schools in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association or;
  • graduates of medical schools outside the United States and Canada who have received currently valid certification of Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

How To Apply:

Please send the following to the Program Director:

• Current Photo
• Curriculum Vitae
• Official copy of your medical school transcript
• Dean's letter
• Three letters of recommendation ( you may initially email me the information; please have your writers send the original copy to the address below)
• Personal statement
• Copies of USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2 CK and USMLE Step 2 CS examination scores or COMLEX Step 1 COMLEX Step 2 CK, and USMLE Step 2 CS examination scores
• Copy of your current, active license
• ECFMG Certificate (if applicable)

Contact Information:

Athena Kostidis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Program Director, Headache Medicine Fellowship

2160 S. First Avenue, Building 105/2700
Maywood, IL 60153

Email: [email protected]