Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Fellowship


Bryant Tran, MD Fellowship Director Regional Anesthesiology	Monika Nanda, MBBS Regional Anesthesiology	Stuart Grant, MB ChB Division Chief Regional Anesthesiology

UNC’s Division of Regional Anesthesiology offers three one-year fellowship positions with a comprehensive experience in regional anesthesiology and acute pain. UNC’s Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Fellowship offers a unique world-class enriching experience that includes:

UNC currently offers three fellowship positions per year. Highlights of the program are as follows:

3000 blocks per year in a tertiary academic setting, offering inpatient hospital care and ambulatory surgical center experience.
OSCE and Oral Board Examination training. The department boasts almost 10 active ABA examiners and board question writers, along with two retired examiners who are still in active practice in the department.
Paid membership with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and attendance at the ASRA spring meeting.
Direct connection to the annual World Day of Regional Anesthesia Conference. Organized by UNC regional faculty yearly.
Multiple regional faculty in leadership with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA). UNC representation on the executive board, faculty speakers, faculty development committee members, and head organizers for the quarterly ASRA journal club.
Multiple regional faculty recognized annually for the department’s resident teaching honor roll.
A fellowship cadaver course allowing national collaboration with other fellowship programs. Additionally, an ASRA Cadaver Course is hosted by UNC. Made possible by a state of the art lab housed in UNC’s Roper Hall.

Click HERE to see recent publications by UNC Division of Regional Anesthesia faculty.

Affiliated Faculty

The regional anesthesiology fellows work with a diverse group of faculty who have trained at 16 different residency programs and 7 different regional fellowship programs. Additionally, the faculty have experience as attending anesthesiologists at 8 different hospital systems.