The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers a one-year fellowship in epilepsy approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. It is encouraged for epilepsy fellows to complete 1 year of fellowship in clinical neurophysiology (EEG track) followed by 1 year of epilepsy fellowship. One-year epilepsy fellowship is also accepted. During the fellowship year, fellows will achieve expertise in electroencephalogram (EEG) interpretation and clinical evaluation and management of epilepsy. Fellows have the opportunity to train at several of the New York City campuses of the Mount Sinai Health System, including exposure to pediatric and adult inpatient and outpatient care.
Epilepsy Fellowship Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellows will have ample training in EEG monitoring and clinical management for patients admitted to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), as well as for outpatients (ambulatory long term EEG monitoring, routine EEGs, epilepsy clinics). Fellows will rotate in 3 New York City campuses, including the Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West, and Kravis Children's hospital. Fellows will participate in the pre-surgical and surgical evaluation of drug-resistant epilepsy patients and have extensive exposure to intracranial EEG monitoring (grid/strps, stereo-EEG) and cortical mapping procedures. Fellows will work closely with epilepsy neurosurgeons and will gain expertise in advanced and minimally invasive therapeutic strategies such as the responsive neurostimulator implant and laser interstitial thermal therapy.
Clinical rotations consist of inpatient EMU and critical care EEG blocks for adults (MSH and MSW) and pediatrics (Kravis), outpatient EEG blocks, and elective time (typically 1 month during the 1st year, and 3 months during the 2nd year). Fellows have their own continuity clinic and participate in faculty clinic. Weekly curriculums include faculty lectures, NSICU-Epilepsy joint conferences, Interesting EEG conferences, and journal clubs. Fellows lead the case discussions at our weekly Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Surgery Conferences and bi-weekly residents’ EEG conferences. Fellows work closely with Neurology residents and other house staffs and are expected to teach residents and students rotating in epilepsy/EEG. Fellows completing the program are eligible for Certification in the Subspecialty of Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).
We expect that our fellows will carry out and publish a research project with the support and guidance of the multidisciplinary epilepsy team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, and neuroscientists in the Friedman Brain Institute.
To be considered, you should have completed an approved neurology residency or equivalent and be eligible for licensure in the State of New York.
To apply, submit your application through ERAS, including your curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, USMLE scores, medical school transcript, and personal statement. We begin reviewing applications on December 1 of each year and invite selected candidates for interviews from March through April. We participate in the NRMP Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Match.
Our epilepsy faculty has extensive experience, a track record of publications with trainees, and a passion for teaching that includes imparting expertise in critical care EEG.
David Aharonoff, MD