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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.

Program Description

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 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.

Division of Stroke & Vascular Neurology
How to Apply & Requirements

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 and will accept applications via ERAS. 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:

Vascular Medicine Fellowship Dates:

  • January 16, 2025, in the afternoon
  • January 30, 2025, in the afternoon
  • February 27, 2025, in the afternoon
  • March 13, 2025, in the afternoon
Duration of Fellowship & Salary

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.

Fellowship salary level is at PGY-5.

Salaries & Benefits for Residents
Training & Resources

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.


Program Director

James Ho, MD

James Pham Ho, MD

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Fellowship Coordinator

Ashley Myles

Ashley Myles

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Mailing Address

Department of Neurology at UNC-Chapel Hill
CC: James Pham Ho
Program Director, Vascular & Stroke Fellowship
Physicians Office Building
170 Manning Drive, CB #7025
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025

2022

Melissa Johnson
Residency: University of New Mexico


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


2016

Theresa Sevilis, DO
Residency: Neurology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA


2015

Leo Morantes, MD
Residency: Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 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