The University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Medicine.
The mission of the fellowship program is to provide physicians with the knowledge and skills to deliver comprehensive, quality, and compassionate care to individuals with SCI. Care is provided throughout the lifetime of injury with the goals to maximize health, independence, productivity, and quality of life. Person-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, education, and academic scholarship and research are highly valued.
The curriculum emphasizes the lifelong nature of rehabilitation. SCI Medicine fellows work with persons with acute SCI in intensive care settings and inpatient rehabilitation units, focusing on initial rehabilitation services and education. SCI Medicine fellows also work on developing skills to manage the primary care needs and medical complications for individuals with chronic SCI.
SCI Medicine fellows work closely with SCI board certified physicians, as well as certified rehabilitation nurses, rehabilitation psychologists and social workers, physical therapy and occupational therapy clinical specialists, recreation therapists, urologists, plastic surgeons, and neurosurgeons.
For more information about the UW SCI Medicine Fellowship Program, please see the UW SCI Medicine Fellowship brochure(PDF), and watch these testimonial videos:
Applying
Individuals may apply for the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship using the common SCI Fellow Application.
Application Timeline (for academic year 2025-2026):
- Suggested submission window for application: April 1, 2024 - August 15, 2024
- Match Opens: August 7, 2024
- Ranking Opens: September 4, 2024
- Quota Deadline: September 25, 204
- Ranking Closes: October 9, 2024
- Match Day: October 23, 2024
The University of Washington is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities.
Application materials should be emailed (preferred) or mailed to:
Jelena Svircev, MD
SCIM Fellowship Program Director Department of Veterans Affairs - Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 South Columbian Way - SCI 128 Seattle, WA 98108
Email: jsvircev@uw.edu
Selection Criteria
The UW SCI Medicine fellowship program is certified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and meets ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in SCI Medicine. Prior to appointment in the fellowship program, fellows must have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited program in one of the following:
- anesthesiology
- emergency medicine
- family practice
- internal medicine
- neurological surgery
- neurology
- orthopedic surgery
- pediatrics
- physical medicine and rehabilitation
- general surgery
- plastic surgery
- urology.
Stipend & Benefits
This fellowship offers the stipend and benefit package updated annually by UW Graduate Medical Education.
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