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All interested applicants for the geriatric residency program should reach out to Jayna Rogers, Residency Program Director at Jayna. Rogers va. Jayna Rogers. Contact Site Coordinator of Clinical Education.

Email: Jayna. Several training programs are available. The program core faculty body includes behavioral neurologists, other specialist neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, other specialist psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists. The fellowship provides an interprofessional and multidisciplinary training environment with access to clinics in memory disorders, neuropsychiatry, traumatic brain injury, movement disorders, ALS, stroke, epilepsy, and neuropsychology, in addition to the inpatient psychiatry consultation-liaison service.

The standard fellowship is 2 years, although there is the opportunity for both a shorter, 1-year, clinically focused fellowship and a 3-year research track. Applications are being accepted now for current and future years. You will be able to attend formal didactics including topics such as principles of neurobiology, nervous system development and aging, higher cortical functions, anatomy and function of brain systems, learning and memory, sleep, clinical manifestations of brain behavior disorders, the clinical assessment of patients with behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry conditions, the neuropsychological assessment, diagnostic studies neurophysiology, neuroimaging, sleep studies , psychopharmacology, and neurotherapeutics e.

You will also learn the fundamentals of neuropsychology testing administration and interpretation including attending biweekly neuropsychology seminars, which will include case conferences and lectures in the major areas of neuropsychology. Through your fellowship, the faculty will strongly encourage you to develop your own clinical and research interests as you access nationally and internationally recognized clinicians and researchers within the faculty.

Current areas of research available to fellows encompass basic cognitive neuroscience, neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases, functional neuroimaging, EEG event-related potentials, epidemiology, genetics, false memories, cognitive strategies, and cognitive rehabilitation. You will also meet with the program director to cover issues ranging from patient care to career development. Please email copies of your application materials to the program director, Dr.

Andrew Budson, at abudson bu. Prospective fellows will be invited to interview on a rolling-basis, and will start the fellowship in July of following year. Andrew Budson MD. Associate Chief of Staff for Education. Email: andrew. Katherine Turk M.

Director of Polytrauma Clinic. Email: kturk bu. The Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship seeks to provide intensive training in echocardiography in an academic setting, and introductory training in nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI. The program is designed to meet professional certification requirements for interpretation of standard transthoracic echocardiography studies, stress echocardiography, contrast imaging, and performance of transesophageal echocardiograms TEE , including intraoperative TEE.

The program will also provide training in Valvular Heart Disease through active participation in Heart Valve Clinic and intense exposure to structural heart imaging and interventions. The fellow will become proficient in the use of the latest technology for cardiac imaging and develop an integrated appreciation of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology.

The Fellowship will run from July 1st, through June 30th, Three signed letters of recommendation emailed by candidate or reference - one letter must be from your residency or cardiovascular fellowship director. Address these letters to Dr.

All application materials should be sent directly to Inessa Stern at Inessa. Stern va. Inessa Stern. Echo Lab Supervisor.

Email: Inessa. Our program combines the stable and expanding financial sponsorship of the VA Boston Healthcare System with diverse training at Harvard-affiliated sites to prepare residents for careers in any healthcare setting. HSS is a medium sized program 8 residents per year , which optimizes personal career development.

At Harvard South Shore we cultivate the development of psychiatrists who are dedicated to evidence-based, compassionate, patient-centered care, innovative research, and global leadership. By mobilizing Harvard and VA resources, and drawing upon our diverse backgrounds, we generate a supportive environment for academic excellence that fosters superior clinical care and discovery.

Our program philosophy is that graduating physicians need strong training not only in the fundamentals of psychiatry, psychotherapy, and pharmacology, but also in research literacy, teaching skills, and leadership development. This five-dimension approach sets us apart from other training programs as we have strong programs in each. Beyond our strong didactic and experiential learning curriculum, HSS is exceptional in its commitment to diversity.

Our residents come from a variety of backgrounds and each resident brings unique talents and strengths which create a vibrant, supportive educational environment. Deisy Ramirez MD. Interim Program Director. Email: deisy. Amanda Pereira. Program Administrator. Email: Amanda. Pereira va. Our focus is to offer exceptional clinical training opportunities in all areas of medicine, surgery and mental health as it relates to caring for our Veterans.

Our PA trainees have the opportunity to interact and learn from nearly all professions at all levels in our medical center being the largest training facility in VHA nationwide. Our goal at VA Boston is to train every PA student for practice and how to care for our unique veteran population. We accomplish this by allowing them to become an integral part of our patient care teams, not simply observation. We realize the importance of each professions training and input as well as being acutely familiar with the depth and breadth of knowledge that is the PA Profession and our PA training which aligns with that of the medical model.

Our PA training program has adapted to this transition over the past few years as other healthcare professions are now adopting similar integration models by inviting other professions and trainees alike to directly participate in planned PA training activities. Learning activities for which all professions could gain knowledge of not only the patients they are caring for but the scope of practice of other involved in the patient care team.

Such activities would include Interprofessional participation in daily patient rounds, morning report and team meetings, as well as lecture series and discussion sessions offered as part of our ongoing educational curriculum.

We have also offered to our PA program affiliates the opportunity to bring these Interprofessional teams back to the classroom in the form of providing workshops to further expand their knowledge. Laura Fiore PA-C. Director of PA Education. Email: Laura. Fiore va.

An important and exciting opportunity exists at the VA Boston Healthcare System working with our Veterans interested in a career as a Physician Assistant. Serious employment and career development challenges for Veterans who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.

This program is open to those Veterans whom have already been accepted into one of our five Boston-area PA Program affiliates and places them in a VA-focused clinical experience at VA Boston. We are also looking to assist Veterans who are interested in a career as a PA but do not currently meet the minimum criteria for application into an accredited PA Program.

We are here to help and have a team of VA faculty whom are our veteran mentors and affiliate institutions faculty who will be able to provide specific guidance as to the educational requirements as it relates to the successful submission of a CASPA application, PA Program interview and the acceptance process.

Locating additional academic and financial resources available to Veterans to increase PA Program enrollment opportunities, including:. A preparatory-PA training program to be offered by PA Program affiliates providing online pre-requisite coursework concurrent with the mentoring program at local VA facility for students accepted into pre-PA phase of program.

Veteran PA students enrolled in program will be offered a minimum of 3 clinical rotations at VA Boston up to maximum of 6 during the clinical year. Stipends to be granted based on funding availability. Seek opportunities for clinical practicum sites to be expanded to other VA facilities in VISN 1 where the students reside.

As a teaching facility, the VA BHS provides a full range of inpatient, residential, vocational and outpatient services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.