Fellowships

The Adult Epilepsy Program is a one-year ACGME fellowship in adult epilepsy. The one-year fellowship is ACGME approved for adult epilepsy with the emphasis in video EEG monitoring and the evaluation of patients for epilepsy surgery.

The Knight ADRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging and Dementia at Washington University School of Medicine is tailored to the individual goals of each fellow and offers a wide variety of training opportunities across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research that focuses on neurodegenerative dementing disorders.

The Movement Disorders Section offers several different fellowship opportunities that emphasize training in either clinical movement disorders, research or both. Most applicants spend from two to three years in the training program.

The Neuroimmunology Section offers two different types of post-doctoral fellowships. The goal of each is to provide clinical training and research opportunities to selected neurologists and PhD scientists to equip them for a career in neuroimmunology.

Washington University in St. Louis is proud to offer a one-year clinical fellowship in the evaluation and management of neurologic conditions impacting the fetal and newborn child. We provide comprehensive training in a large inpatient setting at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, including a newly expanded 125-bed NICU, combined with multiple outpatient specialty clinics.

The Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship is a one-year, AUPO compliant, intensive clinical fellowship at one of the premier medical institutions in the United States. The clinical training focuses on the outpatient diagnosis and management of neuro-ophthalmologic conditions, including afferent and efferent disorders, in particular idiopathic intracranial hypertension, optic neuritis, giant cell arteritis, cranial nerve palsies, myasthenia gravis, pupillary abnormalities, and cortical visual disorders.

The goal of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program is to provide a rich and rigorous academic environment in which the next generation of neuro-intensivists can develop into compassionate and highly competent leaders in this exciting and evolving field.

The Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship at Washington University offers four available positions specializing in: clinical, electrodiagnostics, neuromuscular pathology and research.

The Neuromuscular Pathology Fellowship a one year, non-ACGME fellowship focused on neuromuscular pathology and neuromuscular lab medicine. 

The NeuroRehabilitation Fellowship Program of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery offers a one-year clinical fellowship for individuals who have completed an ACGME-accredited residency in neurology or physical medicine and rehabilitation, and are board eligible or board certified in the respective fields.

The Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital offers a one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric epilepsy beginning on July 1 annually. The program offers extensive training in all aspects of clinical pediatric epilepsy.

The Pediatric Neuroimmunology/Autoimmune Diseases of the CNS fellowship at WUSM/SLCH will provide training in pediatric MS and other demyelinating diseases, as well the autoimmune diseases of the CNS. Fellows will gain expertise in the science and pathophysiology of diagnosis and management of those disease conditions, which represent the spectrum of this novel and underserved neurologic subspecialty with high exposure and expertise in multiple neuroimmunological diseases and integrating other relevant services such as adult neuroimmunology, pediatric neuro-rheumatological, as well as neuroinfectious diseases.

The goal of our fellowship program is to equip the next generation of pediatric neurologists, intensivists and neurosurgeons to be leaders in the field of pediatric neurocritical care. We emphasize training across a spectrum of critical illness, include direct and indirect brain injury, and along the entire longitudinal care continuum. We aim to provide a rich and rigorous academic environment that is individualized to a fellow’s career goals.

The training program includes predominantly outpatient clinic experiences with multidisciplinary sleep medicine faculty with primary clinical background in neurology, pediatric neurology, pulmonary medicine, pediatric pulmonary medicine, otolaryngology, psychiatry and psychology.

The Cerebrovascular Disease Section of the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers an ACGME-accredited training program in the subspecialty of vascular neurology. This one-year program offers extensive training in both research and clinical care through a comprehensive program of didactic teaching and hands-on clinical experience.