The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and Kessler Foundation Research and Center are recruiting candidates for a one-year clinical fellowship in Traumatic Brain Injury Medicine beginning July 2009. This program is the site of several large clinical and research programs, including the Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems as well as the site of the TBI Model Systems National Data Center.

Rotations are designed to allow the fellow to be exposed to and allowed to manage patients throughout the spectrum of brain injury care. They include management of acute traumatic brain injury on a consultation and primary neurosurgery service, acute and sub-acute rehabilitation, neuroradiology, neuropsychology and pediatric traumatic brain injury. There is also protected research time and an expectation of completion of a research project during the fellowship year.

With hospital affiliations and connection with Kessler Foundation Research Center, the fellow will be able to participate in state-of-the-art rehabilitation research activities in many areas, including neuropharmacology, spasticity management, and functional imaging.

Outpatient experiences will include neuropharmacology and behavioral management, spasticity clinic, neurotrauma clinic, injection with botulinum toxins; intrathecal baclofen pump management and routine post-injury follow-up.

In addition, there will be extensive didactic training involving all areas of traumatic brain injury including pathophysiology, spasticity management, epidemiology, pharmacology, outcome, prognostication, seizure management, and an ongoing journal club.

For more information, contact:

Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD at nchiaravalloti@kesslerfoundation.org

Kessler Foundation
300 Executive Drive, Suite 150
West Orange, NJ 07052
Attention: Human Resources

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Please note that only candidates being considered will be contacted.

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