Fellows are trained at the UM Pain Center under the direction of Dennis Patin, M.D.  Fellows are typically graduates from accredited anesthesiology residency programs. However, because of multidisciplinary nature of pain management, graduates from other programs, such as neurology and PMR, are also encouraged to apply for the fellowship training in our Pain Center.

Fellowship training lasts for 12 months for each class. The fellows spend three to four months in each of our three major training hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Sylvester Cancer Center and Miami VA Hospital. One month of vacation is also offered to each fellow.

The fellowship training program is designed to offer each fellow a first-hand experience in patient examination, clinical diagnosis, and formulation of treatment plan for each individual patient under the close supervision of attending physicians. Fellows also have plenty of chance to perform state-of-the-art pain relieving procedures, such as epidural steroid injection, RFL, discography, IDET, intrathecal pump implantation, spinal cord stimulator implantation and management.

At the UM Pain Center, fellows are encouraged to be the team leader in the in-hospital acute and chronic pain consulting services. After a resident sees a new patient, the case is usually presented to the fellow in the team first, before the final decision is made together with an attending.

Three Journal Clubs and two Noon Pain Case Conferences are offered each week in the JMH pain clinic. In the Journal Club, attendings often lead the discussion. In the Case Conference, fellows moderate the sessions. Fellows are encouraged to participate in clinical and/or basic science research.

For additional information, please contact Barbara Trost at 305-585-6973 or via e-mail.