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G. Raymond Chang Caribbean Fellowship

Fellowship Title:	G. Raymond Chang Caribbean Fellowship
Division:	All Divisions
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Supervisor:	Primary Supervisor will depend on subspecialty of selected fellow; Secondary Supervisor – Dr Daniel Panisko (on a central basis)
Duration:	Varies to meet the needs of the fellow
Application Open and Close Date:	February 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020
Anticipated Start Date(s):	July 1, 2021
Number of position(s) per year:	1 fellow at a time
Description:	Established in 2006 by Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong and funded by G. Raymond Chang, O.C., O.J., this fellowship program supports clinicians from the West Indies (the islands of the former British West Indies) interested in pursuing academic Internal Medicine subspecialty training at UofT. This clinical fellowship is a limited term academic experience, with the objective of providing advanced training and specialized expertise in Internal Medicine subspecialties including, but not limited to Cardiology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, and Gastroenterology or in a closely related discipline such as Neurology. This training is not currently available in the West Indies and such clinical experience is increasingly needed in the tertiary care hospitals around the Caribbean. Upon completion of the fellowship training, physicians will return to their primary institution. The specific goals and objectives would vary depending on the subspecialty. The general goals of this fellowship are: To gain advanced training and specialized skills required for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with disorders within the selected subspecialty To gain clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient management within a multidisciplinary environment To gain exposure to an academic institution with the opportunity to participate in educational and teaching experiences and have the potential to pursue educational scholarship In addition to the standard requirements, the qualifications for this fellowship are as follows: Minimum training requirement DM-Internal Medicine, University of the West Indies Proof of citizenship in the British West Indies Matched funding commitment letter from the University of the West Indies or other source such as relevant Caribbean National Government
Contact Name:	Ms. Sarah Meilach
Role:	Administrative Assistant to Dr Daniel Panisko
Telephone:	416-603-5824
E-mail:	Sarah.Meilach@uhn.ca

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Psoriatic Arthritis

Fellowship Title:	Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Psoriatic Arthritis
Division:	Rheumatology
Fellowship Type:	Clinical and Research
Supervisor:	Dr Lihi Eder
Duration:	1-2 years
Application Open and Close Date:	Ongoing intake
Anticipated Start Date(s):	January, July every year
Number of position(s) per year:	1 (depending on funding)
Description:	Women’s College hospital psoriatic disease program focuses on research of the transition from psoriasis to psoriatic arthritis. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is used as a point of care in the psoriatic arthritis clinic as well as for research purposes. Clinical and research fellowship programs are offered to physicians who completed their specialty training in rheumatology and wish to get additional specialized training in psoriatic arthritis or musculoskeletal ultrasound for a minimum of 12 months. Prior basic training in musculoskeletal ultrasound is preferred for those interested in musculoskeletal ultrasound fellowship. Participation in advanced graduate studies for MSc and PhD degrees is optional. The opportunity exists to participate in a number of research clinics including rapid access psoriatic arthritis clinic and combined cardiology-rheumatology clinic. The fellow will devote 100% of his/her professional time to fellowship-related activities including: Attending specialized out-patient psoriatic arthritis clinics supervised by the fellowship mentor (1 day/week) where they will be responsible for the assessment, management and follow-up of psoriatic arthritis patients. Participation in journal clubs, inter-disciplinary rounds, and inter-hospital teaching rounds of the University of Toronto Rheumatology training program and Psoriatic Disease Research Program teaching rounds. The fellow will be expected to participate and contribute to ongoing research studies The fellow will propose and carry out new clinical research project(s), i.e., performing literature review, developing study protocol, collecting data and analyzing and interpreting results. The fellow will present finding of research at appropriate meetings and prepare drafts of manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Contact Name:	Dr Lihi Eder
Role:	Supervisor
Telephone:	1-416.323.6400 ext 5923
E-mail:	lihi.eder@wchospital.ca
Mailing Address:	Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street Toronto M5S 1B2

Psoriatic Arthritis

Fellowship Title:	Psoriatic Arthritis
Division:	Rheumatology
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Supervisor:	Dr. Dafna Gladman Dr. Vinod Chandran
Duration:	1-2 years
Application Open and Close Date:	Ongoing Intake
Anticipated Start Date(s):	January, July every year
Number of position(s) per year:	2-3 (depending on funding)
Description:	The University of Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Clinic is a research clinic studying the course and prognosis of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis by performing longitudinal collection of clinical and laboratory data in a standardized fashion. Post-Graduate fellows having completed rheumatology training who wish to get additional specialized training in psoriatic arthritis participate in the clinic for a minimum 12 months with the objective to gain expertise in the assessment, investigation, management and treatment of patients of with psoriatic arthritis and gain an understanding of current clinical research in this area and develop expertise in research methodology. This can include participation in advanced degree courses. The fellow will devote 100% of his/her professional time to fellowship-related activities including: Attending specialized out-patient PsA Clinics supervised by the fellowship mentors (1 – 3 half days/week) where they will be responsible for the assessment, management and follow-up of PsA patients. Participation in journal clubs, inter-disciplinary rounds, and inter-hospital teaching rounds of the University of Toronto Rheumatology training program and Psoriatic Disease Research Program teaching rounds. They will be responsible to teach medical students participating in the PsA Clinic. The fellow will be expected to participate and contribute to ongoing research studies (including cohort studies, registries and clinical trials). The fellow will propose and carry out new clinical research project(s), i.e., performing literature review, developing study protocol, collecting data and analyzing and interpreting results. The fellow will present finding of research at appropriate meetings and prepare drafts of manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Contact Name:	Applicants can contact the supervisors named above directly or Anne MacKinnon
Role:	Administrative Coordinator
Telephone:	416-603-5800 ext. 2511
E-mail:	amackinn@uhnres.utoronto.ca
Mailing Address:	Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases Toronto Western Hospital 399 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, Canada, M5T 2S8

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Fellowship Title:	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Division:	Rheumatology
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Supervisor:	Drs. M. Urowitz D. Gladman, J. Sanchez-Guerrero, Z. Touma
Duration:	1-2 years
Application Open and Close Date:	Ongoing Intake
Anticipated Start Date(s):	January, July every year
Number of position(s) per year:	5 - 6 (depending on funding)
Description:	The University of Toronto Lupus Clinic is a research clinic studying the course and prognosis of patients with this condition by performing longitudinal collection of clinical and laboratory data in a standardized fashion. Post-Graduate fellows having completed rheumatology training who wish to get additional specialized training in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) participate in the clinic for a minimum 12 months with the objective to gain expertise in the assessment, investigation, management and treatment of patients with this complex autoimmune disorder and gain an understanding of current clinical research in this area and develop expertise in research methodology. This can include participation in advanced degree courses. The fellow will devote 100% of his/her professional time to fellowship-related activities including: Attending specialized out-patient Lupus Clinics supervised by the fellowship mentors (3 – 4 half days/week) where they will be responsible for the assessment, management and follow-up of SLE patients. Participation in journal clubs, inter-disciplinary rounds, and inter-hospital teaching rounds of the University of Toronto Rheumatology training program and Lupus Program teaching rounds. They will be responsible to teach medical students participating in the Lupus Clinic. The fellow will be expected to participate and contribute to ongoing lupus research studies (including cohort studies, registries and clinical trials). The fellow will propose and carry out new clinical research project(s), i.e., performing literature review, developing study protocol, collecting data and analyzing and interpreting results. The fellow will present finding of research at appropriate meetings and prepare drafts of manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Contact Name:	Applicants can contact the supervisors named above directly or Anne MacKinnon
Role:	Administrative Coordinator
Telephone:	416-603-5800 ext. 2511
E-mail:	amackinn@uhnres.utoronto.ca
Mailing Address:	Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases Toronto Western Hospital 399 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, Canada, M5T 2S8

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Psoriatic Arthritis

Fellowship Title:	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Psoriatic Arthritis
Division:	Rheumatology
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Supervisor:	Dr. Dafna Gladman, Dr. Vinod Chandran, Dr. Murray Urowitz, Dr. Zahi Touma
Duration:	1-2 years
Application Open and Close Date:	Ongoing Intake
Anticipated Start Date(s):	January, July every year
Number of position(s) per year:	2-3 (depending on funding)
Description:	The University of Toronto PsA and SLE Clinics are research clinics studying the course and prognosis of patients with these conditions performing longitudinal collection of clinical and laboratory data in a standardized fashion. The fellowship offers post-graduate fellows having completed rheumatology training the opportunity to complete a combined advanced fellowship in SLE and PsA for a minimum period of 12 months with the objective to gain expertise in the assessment, investigation, management and treatment of patients of with SLE and PsA and gain an understanding of current clinical research in this area and develop expertise in research methodology. This can include participation in advanced degree courses. The fellow will devote 100% of his/her professional time to fellowship-related activities including: Attending specialized out-patient SLE and PsA Clinics supervised by the fellowship mentors (3-4) half days/week) where they will be responsible for the assessment, management and follow-up of SLE and PsA patients. Participation in journal clubs, inter-disciplinary rounds, and inter-hospital teaching rounds of the University of Toronto Rheumatology training program and SLE and PsA Research Program teaching rounds. They will be responsible to teach medical students participating in the Clinics. The fellow will be expected to participate and contribute to ongoing research studies (including cohort studies, registries and clinical trials). The fellow will propose and carry out new clinical research project(s), i.e., performing literature review, developing study protocol, collecting data and analyzing and interpreting results. The fellow will present finding of research at appropriate meetings and prepare drafts of manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Contact Name:	Applicants can contact the supervisors named above directly or Anne MacKinnon
Role:	Administrative Coordinator
Telephone:	416-603-5800 ext. 2511
E-mail:	amackinn@uhnres.utoronto.ca
Mailing Address:	Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases Toronto Western Hospital 399 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, Canada, M5T 2S8

Fellowship Title:	Vasculitis
Division:	Rheumatology
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Supervisor:	Dr. Christian Pagnoux Dr. Simon Carette
Duration:	6 to 12 months, renewable once (maximum of 2 years) + depending on funding
Anticipated Start Date(s):	January 1 and July 1
Number of position(s) per year:	1 (to a maximum of 2, depending on projects and funding)
Description:	"The Vasculitis Fellowship" is a clinical training and research program offered to physicians who have completed 5 years of postgraduate training who wish to get additional specialized training in vasculitis. The trainee will undertake the clinical fellowship in the vasculitis clinic center at Mount Sinai Hospital under the supervision and guidance of senior faculty mentors (Drs. Christian Pagnoux and Simon Carette). Goals are to further develop expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with all forms of vasculitis, and to get more experience and further exposure to research in vasculitis, in order to understand how to develop, conduct and participate in studies in this specialized field. The Vasculitis Fellow will devote 100% of his/her professional time to fellowship-related activities, including: attending regular and combined specialized outpatient vasculitis clinics with their mentors (3 to 6 half-days per week). being actively involved in the management and follow-up of all patients seen during the clinics, participating actively to rounds, journal club, teaching sessions on vasculitis, being involved, participate and actively contribute to ongoing vasculitis research studies (including cohort studies, registries and randomized controlled trials), being involved in the development of educational materials on vasculitis, - developing a personal program to further develop his/her research and clinical skills in vasculitis, with support and guidance from the fellowship mentors and with emphasis on the future possible collaborations with them and the Canadian Vasculitis research network.
Contact Name:	Christian Pagnoux
Role:	Supervisor
Telephone:	416 586 4800 x8549
E-mail:	cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca
Mailing Address:	VASCULITIS CLINIC Mount Sinai Hospital The Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Building 60 Murray Street, Ste 2-222, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9 - Canada
Contact Name:	Simon Carette
Role:	Supervisor
Telephone:	416 586 4800 x5519
E-mail:	simon.Carette@uhn.ca
Mailing Address:	VASCULITIS CLINIC Mount Sinai Hospital The Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Building 60 Murray Street, Ste 2-222, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9 - Canada

Women's Health Fellow – Ambulatory Fellowship

Fellowship Title:	Women's Health Fellow – Ambulatory Fellowship
Division:	All Divisions
Fellowship Type:	Clinical
Duration:	1 Year (Extension possible)
Number of position(s) per year:	1
Description:	The Department of Medicine at Women's College Hospital invites applications for our Fellowship in Ambulatory Medicine. This Fellowship is open to applicants with completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and its Subspecialties. The program is intended to provide individuals trained in the fields of internal medicine with an opportunity to acquire advanced skills and expertise in the field of ambulatory medicine with a view to improving the quality of care and education in the ambulatory setting. The training will focus in any one or more of the following areas: women's health, complex chronic disease management; and health system solutions, and be supervised by a qualified member of the WCH Department of Medicine faculty. Three streams of training are available: CLINICAL STREAM: Together with her/his academic supervisor, the fellow will develop a one-year course of clinical study appropriate to the trainee's academic interests. Completion of a project suitable for peer-review publication is strongly recommended. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) STREAM: The fellow will be expected to complete advanced-level training in QI (e.g. Master's degree at the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation or Veterans Affairs Scholars Program at U of T). Completion of a project suitable for peer-review publication is strongly recommended. RESEARCH STREAM: The fellow will be expected to complete advanced-level training (e.g. Master's degree with potential for PhD level training or post-doctoral training) in clinical or educational research, with a view to assuming an academic faculty position at a teaching hospital as a Clinician Scientist/Investigator or Clinician Educator, respectively. Fellowship applications to the Quality and Research Streams for longer than one year will be considered. Successful candidates would be encouraged to apply for external funding. Attendance at medical and relevant subspecialty rounds will be expected, as will participation in relevant subspecialty clinical coverage after hours. Applications for this position should include: A curriculum vitae; One-page proposal outlining your training expectations and long-term career goals; The name of potential fellowship supervisors; and Names, addresses and telephone numbers / email addresses of three references. Applications should be sent by mail or email to: Dr. Paula Harvey, Physician-in-Chief of Medicine c/o Amanda Edward, Education Coordinator Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street, Room 3445 Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1B2 Fax: 416 323 6129; E-mail : amanda.edward@wchospital.ca
Contact Name:	Amanda Edward
Role:	Education Coordinator
E-mail:	amanda.edward@wchospital.ca
Mailing Address:	Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street, Room 3445 Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1B2

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