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Program Description

  • Duration of Fellowship: One year (ACGME accredited). A two-year program is available with an emphasis on advanced techniques and research application dependent upon successful completion of year one and demonstration of research potential.
  • Prerequisite: Completion of an accredited neurology residency with Board eligibility.
  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Salary Level: PGY-5 Level

The UNC Hospitals Comprehensive Stroke Center offers a one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowship with emphasis on acute stroke treatment and diagnosis/prevention of stroke and TIA. Fellows will divide their clinical time between inpatient care in the UNC Medical Center (Neurosciences ICU, ISCU and 6NSH) and outpatient care in the UNC Stroke Clinic. Clinical research experience will include fellow-initiated studies and participation in a variety of acute stroke trials and stroke prevention trials.

The UNC Medical Center is located in the “Buckle of the Stroke Belt” and admits approximately 1,000 stroke patients annually. The Stroke Center was the first Joint Commission Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in the Southeast and is a major referral center for interventional stroke treatments. The UNC Stroke Team is comprised of members from many departments and disciplines, and the core neurology clinical staff includes five stroke faculty members, a stroke NP, a stroke nurse coordinator, an acute stroke team, and a clinical trials unit that enrolls in trials 24/7. The fellow will also work closely with neurointensivists, interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and physiatrists during his/her training.

There are currently active collaborations with Neurocritical Care, Emergency Medicine, Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, and Cardiology, as well as with the UNC School of Public Health. State-art clinical and research imaging resources are available at the UNC Medical Center and at the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Core. Translational research training and support is provided by the NC TraCS Institute, UNC’s NIH-funded CTSA.

How to Apply

Applicants must complete an ACGME-accredited neurology residency and be ABPN board-eligible or board-certified in neurology prior to the start of the fellowship.

The program is participating in the NRMP match for the current application cycle (the 2018-2019 academic year) and will accept applications via ERAS beginning in November 2018 for a July 2020 start. We require a personal statement of interests and career goals, a current curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation, which should include one letter from the program director of the applicant’s neurology residency training program. Important dates are listed below:

ERAS opens: November 15 (applicants), December 1 (programs); applications accepted through February 2019. Interviews will be conducted in February, March, and April of 2019.

Questions regarding the fellowship program should be submitted to:

James Pham Ho, MD
Vascular Neurology Program Director
Assistant Professor of Neurology
email: james_ho@med.unc.edu

For administrative needs, please contact our program coordinator:
Ashley Myles
email

UNC Department of Neurology
170 Manning Drive
CB #7025, UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025
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Recent Alumni

2022

Melissa Johnson
Residency: University of New Mexico
Current Position:

2020

Dena Williams
Residency: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2017

Michael Forbes, MD
Residency: Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

2016

Theresa Sevilis, DO
Residency: Neurology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Current positon: Staff Neurologist, private practice focusing on telehealth

2015

Leo Morantes, MD
Residency: Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Current Position: Staff Neurologist, REX – UNC Hospital, Raleigh, NC

2014

Michael Wang, MD
Residency: Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC