Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship

Overview

Train in a rehabilitation program that is unique in the sense that it is housed within the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Louisville. The fellow will train alongside residents and medical students in the PM&R and Neurosurgery residency programs. The fellow will be provided with the opportunity to learn all the aspects related to acute and chronic spinal cord injury medicine, including diagnosis and management of traumatic and non-traumatic SCI, neurogenic bladder and bowel, sexuality and fertility, pressure ulcers, pain and spasticity management, including baclofen pumps and other pertinent SCI secondary complications. Additionally, we work very closely with the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, and the fellow will have access to the latest basic and translational SCI research programs here in Louisville.

Frazier Rehabilitation Institute is also a well-known, state-of-the-art SCI rehabilitation and research facility. As such, the fellow will be exposed to the latest in SCI technology.

Our SCI research program includes collaboration with basic science as well as transitional SCI research projects. Research mentorship will be provided.

Letter from Program Director

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) is a fascinating and rewarding specialty, and our program is on a mission to provide excellent clinical care, educate future leaders in the field of SCIM and conduct research to improve and advance the specialty. Our program, located in the UofL Health - Frazier Rehabilitation Institute, offers excellent clinical training in caring for one of the most medically challenging patients in the field of rehabilitation. Given the complexity of our patient population and the diversity of cases, our fellows will be uniquely prepared to face the challenges in SCIM. Each fellow will train in the management of SCI patients through different environments, rotating through a variety of hospitals and clinical settings. This will enrich the fellow's knowledge of SCIM, including a level 1 university hospital center, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility and busy multidisciplinary SCIM clinics where we focus on the chronic issues related to SCI.

We expect motivated fellows who want to actively participate in their learning and work together with our faculty to strengthen the program. Our faculty and staff are very proud of this fellowship program and we aim to graduate well-rounded SCIM providers with broad training experiences. We are certain that our graduating fellows will be well-equipped to become board-certified in SCIM and practice successfully in giving excellent patient care with confidence.

Thank you for your interest in our program. I look forward to hearing from you.

Camilo Castillo, MD, MBA
Program Director, Spinal Cord Injury
Professor, SCIMF Director
Department of Neurosurgery/Division of PM&R