About the Program
Learn about Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship program
The clinical neurophysiology laboratory within the Department of Neurology offers a one-year neurophysiology fellowship.
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, this program provides the training needed for fellows to take the Added Qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology Exam offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
The fellowship involves in-depth training in both electroencephalogram (EEG) for epilepsy and electromyography (EMG) for neuromuscular disorders in a laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment. The fellow may choose to split the year evenly between the two areas of study or weight their training in favor of one. The Department of Neurology also offers ACGME accredited fellowships in Epilepsy and Neuromuscular Medicine, allowing the opportunity for a second year of training for interested fellows.
Fellows also receive training in long-term video/EEG seizure monitoring and, if interested, polysomnography. This year of training exposes fellows to a broad spectrum of patients, including those in the adult and pediatric seizure clinics, neuromuscular clinics and the muscular dystrophy clinic, one of 150 Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Centers in the country. A wide range of research opportunities are also available, including investigational drug trials.
VCU Health is a Level 4 Epilepsy center accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. We offer comprehensive neurophysiology assessments that include outpatient routine and ambulatory studies, and inpatient long-term EEG monitoring. The adult epilepsy monitoring unit has six beds and includes one to two phase 2 EEGs per month with intracranial monitoring, including stereo EEG with our ROSA system. Interested fellows will have the opportunity for pediatric EEG exposure at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond EMU.
Click on the links to learn more about our Division of Epilepsy and Division of Neuromuscular Medicine and their faculty.
Prerequisite Training
Additional requirements
Applicants must have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited neurology or child neurology residency program, an AOA-approved neurology or child neurology residency program, a neurology or child neurology program with ACGME International Advanced Speciality Accreditaion, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada-accredited neurology or child neurology residency program located in Canada. Applicants must also have successfully passed through USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX Level 3.
Any applicants unable to begin training by July 1st of the appointment year must notify the program coordinator and program director before their interview. Approval for off-cycle training will be granted by the GME office on a case by case basis.
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Information for fellowship applicants
One fellowship position becomes available beginning July 1 each year.
The Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), and applications will only be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) in accordance with the December cycle timeline.
Contact
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Kelsey Schneider, Fellowship Program Coordinator
Email: Kelsey.Schneider@vcuhealth.org
Jennifer Haynes, MD, Program Director
Email: Jennifer.Haynes@vcuhealth.org
Fellowship Program Alumni
Our past fellowship program alumni
Yousef Aldughaythir, MBBS
2024-2025
Neurologist with Ministry of the Interior – Medical Services, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Georgette Dib, MD
2024-2025
Assistant Professor at Cleveland Clinic
Jane J. Chang, MD
2023-2024
Neurologist at VHC Health
Adil Niaz, DO
2021-2022
Neurologist at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Leila Ghaffari, DO
2021-2022
Neurologist at Bons Secours
Umar Alam, MD, DO
2019-2020
Neurologist at VA Medical Center
Michael Hossack, MD
2018-2019
Neurologist with U.S. Air Force
Ewa M. Way, MD
2017-2018
Professor and Program Director of Child Neurology at VCU
Robert Baldwin, MD
2016-2017
Neurologist at Riverside Neurology and Sleep Specialists
Fermina Pirmohamed, MD
2015-2016
Neurologist at Pinellas Medical Associates
Kenichiro Ono, DO
2014-2015
Professor of Adult Neurology at VCU and Chief of Neurology at Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Thuy Ahn Vu, MD
2014-2015
Pediatric Neurologist at INOVA