Available Fellowship Positions

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

The Advanced General and Autoimmune Neurology program is a 1-year fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital designed to provide advanced experience, training, and mentoring to prepare candidates for careers in academic neurology institutions. They will acquire skills, knowledge, and expertise in the evaluation and care of patients with a wide range of neurological disorders referred to tertiary neurology centers that include the widening spectrum of autoimmune disorders, neurology of infectious diseases, and the evaluation of ill-defined complex neurological issues. The program also aims at preparing the neurologists for careers as clinician-educators devoted to teaching of modern neurologic skills and knowledge to medical students and to the training of residents in neurology.

In addition to year-round clinics for patients with a broad variety of complex neurologic disease, each fellow will rotate through subspecialty clinics including neuro-infectious diseases, autoimmune encephalitis, neuro-ophthalmology/skull base inflammatory disorders, ataxia, neuro-rheumatology, and multiple sclerosis/neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. For more information, click here. 

Fellowship Director Haatem Reda | [email protected]
Fellowship Co-Director Nagagopal Venna | [email protected]
Fellowship Coordinator Altrecia Henry | [email protected]
3 Available Fellowship Positions Updated as of 07/29/2022
Application Deadline: February 1 of PYG3 Year
Eligible Trainees
  • Adult Neurology
 Do fellows take call duty? In House Call
Multidisciplinary Rotations Available
  • Neuro-Ophthalmology
 Exposure to multidisciplinary comprehensive care?  Yes
Clinical Fellowship? Yes Length of Clinical Fellowship 1-Year
Combined Clinical/Research Fellowship? No Length of Clinical/Research Fellowship N/A
General Neurology Clinics? Yes Neuroimmunology Topics Covered
  • Demyelinating diseases (MS, NMOSD, MOGAD, etc.)
  • Neuro-rheumatology
  • Autoimmune/Paraneoplastic Encephalitis
  • Peripheral Neuroimmunology
  • Vasculitis
  • Autoimmune epilepsy
Availability of Graduate courses/Master's degree? No Approved by Institutional GME?  Yes
Sponsorship of H1b Visa? Yes Sponsorship of J1 Visa? Yes
Are positions contingent on securing external funding? No Accept Applications off-cycle? No
Begin Accepting Applications When?  November of PGY3 Year Interviews Begin January of PGY3 Year
Typical Number of New Positions Per Year? 3 Typical Number of Fellows in Training? 3
Required Application Materials
  • CV
  • Personal Statement
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
 Fellowship Positions Filled April of PGY3 Year
Fellowship Recruitment Policy Agreed

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