Clinical Pain Fellowship
We are honored to be recognized as a Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society. This award is a recognition and validation of the interdisciplinary model of pain management exemplified by the Stanford Pain Center.
The Pain Management Service at Stanford University Hospital offers a world class Clinical Pain Fellowship. As of February 2009, we have relocated to a brand new facility at the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center at Redwood City. This facility represents a 300% increase in square footage from our former clinic (detail here), and offers state of the art facilities for interdisciplinary treatment strategies. We are extremely enthusiastic about our future in the new facility and are certain that our new class of fellows will share our excitement.
The New Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center at Redwood City
“We are very excited about the possibilities for patient care our expanded space at the Outpatient Center will support,” said Pain Management Center director Sean Mackey, MD, PhD. “We also know that our proximity to other clinics in the Outpatient Center will enrich our ability to offer patients the most convenient coordinated care, to help them understand how they can help themselves to modify and control their experience of pain.”
The Pain Management Center already works closely with surgeons and other physicians in pioneering approaches to pain relief and control. The Center’s holistic treatment philosophy and its innovative techniques using nerve blocks and other procedures gained its recognition as one of 12 Centers of Excellence nationwide recognized by the American Pain Society. The new location for the Center means easier access to the state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment the Center employs for patient evaluations. The Center’s team of pain specialists will also find it easier to collaborate to build multidisciplinary treatments for their patients, Mackey said. “And we’ll be able to see more patients, provide them with more treatment options in one place and take advantage of the synergy you get when you’re not scattered about.” -- Sara Wykes, SHC Communications Office
The fellowship program focuses on providing training in the medical, interventional, physical, and behavioral aspects of pain management in a coordinated interdisciplinary approach so that upon graduation the pain management physician will be prepared to succeed in an academic and/or community practice. State-of the-art treatments for chronic pain, including the use of implantable dorsal column stimulators, radio-frequency ablation, and intrathecal drug delivery systems are used. A comprehensive multi-disciplinary treatment of both acute and chronic pain is emphasized. Stanford is fortunate to have the only in-patient chronic pain management unit in the Western United States with facilities to care for the most complex pain patients. With our new facilities at the Stanford Outpatient Center, we anticipate a significant expansion in our range of treatment options as we move forward.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2010-2011 class.
Applications for 2011-2012 are being accepted now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit as soon as possible. We offer multiple start dates on the 1st of July, August, and January.
The application deadline is August 31, 2010.
Clinical Fellowship information, application and other materials are available here.
