Fellowship Title: | Geriatric Emergency Medicine |
Division: | Emergency Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Don Melady |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | September 1 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Description: | The clinical focus of this fellowship is Geriatric Emergency Medicine. It is intended to allow the fellow to develop focussed expertise in care of older patients in the Emergency Department in multiple domains -- clinical practice; education; research; quality improvement, and programme development. The enhanced training will take place both in the ED and in multiple other settings over the course of the year -- in-patient geriatric medicine and psychiatry, palliative care, community-based care, long-term care and complex and continuing care. |
Contact Name: | Ramona Zacharias |
Role: | Division Executive Assistant |
Telephone: | 416-978-1612 |
E-mail: | division.em@utoronto.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Ornge Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine Fellowship |
Division: | Emergency Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Joel Lockwood |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | September 1st |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1st |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | Ornge, a not-for-profit organization, is Ontario’s provider of air ambulance and related services. Established in 2006, Ornge is responsible for approximately 21,000 patient-related transports each year, serving a population of more than 13 million people across 1 million square kilometres. With a fleet that includes airplanes, helicopters and land ambulances operating from 12 bases across the province, Ornge crews perform emergent and urgent inter-facility transports and emergent on-scene responses while supporting healthcare in remote communities across Ontario. The Ornge team consists of paramedics, pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, communications officers, physicians, educators and support staff. The Fellowship will provide a unique experience specifically focused on air medical and land critical care transport. The Fellowship will include an immersive clinical experience in critical care transport in both an urban helicopter emergency medical services environment and fixed-wing opportunities in resource-challenged settings in rural and remote locations throughout northern Ontario. The hospital-based experiences may also include trauma team leader experience at Canada’s busiest trauma centres in Toronto. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Joel Lockwood |
Role: | Fellowship Director |
E-mail: | jlockwood@ornge.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Advanced Technologies in Management of Type 1 Diabetes |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical and Research |
Supervisor: | Dr. Bruce A. Perkins MD MPH |
Duration: | 12 months |
Application Open Date: | September 1 |
Application Close Date: | December 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | The fellowship is intended to develop an Endocrinology trainee’s skills as an endocrinologist using innovative technologies in the management of type 1 diabetes. More specifically, this fellowship will enable the fellow to develop an expertise in advanced care in diabetes, including insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring, and the implementation of hybrid closed loop algorithm therapy. The one-year fellowship will provide the fellow with actionable knowledge in managing this complex and rapidly-evolving aspect of diabetes care. Furthermore, opportunities in a clinical research program of type 1 diabetes will afford the fellow learning opportunities in clinical research methodology related to technology use. The fellow will participate in clinics and research meetings with the supervisor, with anticipation of a research presentation and manuscript. The Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes is strongly committed to diversity within its community, and especially welcome applications from racialized persons / persons of color, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Evaluation of the candidates shared commitment to these principles will be evaluated during interviews. Funding Available. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Bruce A. Perkins |
Role: | Primary Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-586-8763 |
E-mail: | endo.admin@utoronto.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Diabetes and Endocrinology in Pregnancy |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Denice Feig |
Duration: | 12 months |
Application Open Date: | September 1 |
Application Close Date: | December 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | The educational purposes of this fellowship are two-fold: first, to enrich the learner's understanding of the pathophysiology, evidence, interventions and outcomes in endocrine disorders in pregnancy and second, to hone invaluable clinical skills to be applied in their future practice to provide the best possible care to this population of patients. To learn research skills and complete a research project in the area of diabetes or endocrine in pregnancy, with a written abstract in the end. Funding Available |
Contact Name: | Dr. Denice Feig |
Role: | Primary Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-978-3806 |
E-mail: | endo.admin@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | Endocrinology Program Admin R. Fraser Elliott Building, 3-805 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Endocrine Oncology |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Shereen Ezzat |
Duration: | 1-3 years |
Application Open Date: | September 1 |
Application Close Date: | October 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | This is a focused fellowship following completed training in General Endocrinology or Medical Oncology. Candidates will gain experience in the management of patients with sporadic and familial neuroendocrine tumors, pituitary neoplasms, thyroid/parathyroid tumors, and other neoplasms of the dispersed endocrine system. |
Contact Name: | Endocrinology and Metabolism Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-978-3806 |
E-mail: | endo.admin@utoronto.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Metabolic Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Angela Cheung |
Duration: | 2 years |
Application Open Date: | September 1 |
Application Close Date: | December 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | The fellowship is for the fellow:
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Contact Name: | Angela Cheung |
Role: | Primary Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-978-3806 |
E-mail: | Endo.admin@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | Endocrinology Program Admin R. Fraser Elliott Building, 3-805 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Reproductive Endocrinology |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical and Research |
Supervisor: | Dr. Iliana Lega |
Duration: | 12 months |
Application Open Date: | September 1 |
Application Close Date: | December 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | There are two main objectives of this fellowship:
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Contact Name: | Dr. Iliana Lega |
Role: | Primary Supervisor |
E-mail: | iliana.lega@wchospital.ca |
Mailing Address: | 76 Grenville Street Toronto, ON M5B 3S2 |
Fellowship Title: | Thyroidology and Thyroid cancer |
Division: | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Afshan Zahedi |
Duration: | 12 months |
Application Open and Close Date: | We are no longer taking applications for 2023-2024 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1st |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | The Thyroid fellowship is offered to candidates who have successfully completed their post-graduate training in Adult Endocrinology. This clinical fellowship focuses on management of complex patients with thyroid disease. The trainee will spend majority of their time in weekly thyroid clinics and in addition would spend some time in Nuclear Medicine, Pathology and radiation oncology clinics as it relates to Thyroid cancer. There will be a focus on improving knowledge in following areas: thyroid cytology and molecular markers, bedside thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound guided fine needle aspirations, and utilization of evidence-based medicine in management of complex thyroid cancer patients. In addition opportunities are available to be involved in a research project in the field of thyroidology, creating and delivering a series of resident teaching sessions, and presentations at rounds and tumor boards. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Afshan Zahedi |
Role: | Primary Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-978-3806 |
E-mail: | Endo.admin@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | Endocrinology Program Admin R. Fraser Elliott Building, 3-805 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Advanced Clinical Hepatology |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Cunningham and other UHN Hepatologists |
Duration: | 1 Year |
Application Open and Close Date: | Applications accepted throughout the year, but must be received 12 months prior to start date. |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2-6 positions per year |
Description: | Training future leaders in Hepatology is a focus of our unit. Over the years, many national and international fellows with diverse interests have trained with us. Our unique position as the largest liver unit in Ontario, together with proximity to Sick Kids, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and complex medical services provided at Toronto General Hospital, mean that we care for patients with a breadth of liver pathology that is truly unrivalled. Our rich learning environment and high patient volumes allows for the simultaneous training of up to 8 clinical and research fellows. Our Advanced Clinical Fellowship in Hepatology is comprised of 75% clinical time, the majority of which is spent seeing ambulatory patients including general hepatology, viral hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease. Fellows expected to supervise senior Gastroenterology trainees and Internal Medicine trainees providing inpatient Hepatology consultative services. Inpatient services will expose fellows to advanced, complex and end-stage liver disease and also provide opportunities for procedures including liver biopsies and endoscopy, should there be an interest. Clinical fellows will be active in scholarly activities including teaching, rounds presentations, research projects and quality improvement. |
Contact Name: | Melissa Lancaster |
Role: | Fellowship Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-340-3569 |
E-mail: | Melissa.Lancaster@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 200 Elizabeth St, 9EN Liver Clinic, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Contact Name: | Dr. Morven Cunningham |
Role: | Hepatologist |
Telephone: | 416 340 4800 x3929 |
E-mail: | morven.cunningham@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 200 Elizabeth St, 9EN Liver Clinic, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Advanced Endoscopy | ||||||||||||||||||
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | ||||||||||||||||||
Fellowship Type: | Clinical | ||||||||||||||||||
Supervisor: | Dr. Paul Damien James Secondary Supervisor/ Teachers: Dr. Louis Liu Duration: One year Anticipated Start Date(s): January 2019 Number of position(s) per year: One (tentative) Description: The proposed fellowship will provide training in the clinical and technical expertise for the performance of advanced endoscopic procedures. By the end of the fellowship, the trainee will achieve the cognitive clinical as well as technical competency to indepedently provide the ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatiography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS).The fellowship experience will occur at two sites: Toronto General Hospital and Toront Western Hospital. The advanced endoscopy fellow is expected to participate with graduated responsibilities in cases involving ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound as well as other advanced endoscopic procedures deemed appropriate by the fellowship supervisors Dr. Paul James and Dr. Louis Liu. Duties will also include inpatient consultation and management of patients who may required advanced endoscopic procedures; outpatient clinical care and on-call consultation for the advanced endoscopy and gastroenterology services. Dedicated and protected research time and resources will be incorporated into the fellowship as outlined in the “Fellowship Objectives”. The advanced endoscopy trainee will be expected to present their research and co-author a peer-reviewed publication in the field of advanced endoscopy during their training period. This will be guided by their fellowship Supervisor Paul James. Contact Name: Dr. Paul James Telephone: 416-340-4800 x5881 E-mail: Paul.James@uhn.ca |