Providing Focused Training in Vascular Neurology
The Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is a yearlong training opportunity for physicians who desire to pursue further training in the ever expanding field of vascular neurology. The program offers two Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved positions each year and applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service in conjunction with the National Resident Matching Program.
Fellows gain experience on a high volume and wide variety of challenging and complex cases. Fellows work in close collaboration with colleagues in neurocritical care, interventional neuroradiology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, cardiology and more. Fellows also rotate with physical medicine and rehabilitation faculty to fully understand the long-term impact of disability and stroke disease on the daily lives of patients and their families.
The program places strong emphasis in acute stroke neuroimaging, quality improvement sessions and participation in major clinical trials and stroke research initiatives. The fellowship is unique in its capability to screen code stroke patients with MRI as first imaging modality. The program’s magnetic resonance stroke protocol (which includes parenchyma, angiography and perfusion sequences) can be completed in 12 minutes and provides a wealth of information to make the most informed decisions possible.
The one-year program is designed to train compassionate and highly competent vascular neurologists who will have successful and impactful careers in any future setting they should choose.
The Vascular Neurology Fellowship is affiliated with Dell Med’s Department of Neurology.
