Fellowship Title: | Aerospace Medicine |
Division: | Occupational Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Description: | Coming Soon. |
E-mail: | aerospace.med@utoronto.ca |
E-mail: | occmed.div@utoronto.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Occupational Medicine |
Division: | Occupational Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Vincent Spilchuk |
Duration: | 2 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | September 15. |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1st of the following year |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | Applicants from outside Canada and the US with a recognized certification for practice in Family Medicine, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, or Internal Medicine, excellent spoken and written English skills, as well as confirmed funding from their home government or institution, may submit their application (a CV and cover letter, along with three reference letters, with one from your former residency/fellowship program director) from September 1st to September 30th via e-mail to occmed.prg@utoronto.ca. Submissions will be reviewed in September, and potential candidates will be contacted by email for interviews, which will be conducted in September-October. The successful candidate to our program will need to meet the English language requirements from the University of Toronto (Test of English as a Foreign Language [TOEFL]) to ensure eligibility to complete the Master’s Program (which is part of the fellowship program). The successful candidate will start the 2-year program the following year, on July 1st. Please note that the fellowship does not lead to a practice license in Canada. Please check this webpage frequently as dates for application and available fellowship positions may change. |
Contact Name: | Michael John Hernandez |
Role: | Program coordinator |
E-mail: | occmed.prg@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | Dr. Vincent Spilchuk |
Fellowship Title: | Occupational Skin and Lung Diseases |
Division: | Occupational Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical and Research |
Supervisor: | Dr. Vincent Spilchuk |
Duration: | 6 months |
Application Open and Close Date: | August 1, 2023; November 30, 2023 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | January 1, 2024 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | This will be a combined clinical and research fellowship in occupational skin and lung diseases. The fellow will be working with expert clinicians in occupational dermatology and respirology. Topics covered in occupational dermatology will include contact dermatitis, complex allergic skin disease, contact urticaria, and patch testing, focused on work-related exposures. Topics covered in occupational respirology will include work-related asthma, obstructive airway diseases, pneumoconiosis, interstitial lung diseases, mesothelioma, and cardiothoracic imaging. There will be regular medico-legal exposure to patients referred via the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) for both occupational skin and lung diseases. The research component of this fellowship will involve participation in a project relating to occupational skin and/or lung diseases. The trainee will be involved in pertinent literature review, data collection and organization, data analysis, and manuscript drafting specific to their project. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Vincent Spilchuk |
Role: | Fellowship supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-864-5074 |
E-mail: | v.spilchuk@utoronto.ca |