Our one-year curriculum encompasses clinical training, didactics, electives and research, as well as academic conferences.

Clinical Training

During training, you will spend eight to nine months on the inpatient service primarily at The Mount Sinai Hospital, with additional rotations at Mount Sinai West and Elmhurst Hospital Center. At every site, you will work closely with our interventional neuroradiology team, as well as our neuroradiology and neurocritical care teams. You will also follow your own patients in the outpatient stroke fellows’ clinic, which is held weekly at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and staffed by vascular neurology faculty. You will have ample opportunities to provide education to medical students and residents during their inpatient rotations.

Didactics

Our fellows participate in a variety of conferences designed to enhance their knowledge, as well as their skills in teaching, literature critical analysis, and neuroradiology. Throughout the fellowship, you will engage in weekly multidisciplinary conferences with faculty from stroke, interventional neuroradiology, and neuroradiology. You will also present at monthly journal clubs and clinical case conferences, as well as participate in weekly stroke conferences led by faculty (and experts from around the country) on current topics in vascular neurology.

Electives and Research

At Mount Sinai, we encourage our fellows to personalize their training by pursuing topics of professional interest during three months of dedicated elective time. Elective options include participating in ongoing, federally-funded neuroepidemiologic and clinical research projects, quality improvement and medical education projects, transcranial and carotid doppler training, neuroradiology, interventional neuroradiology, neurorehabilitation, neuro-otology, neuropathology, and neurocritical care. For fellows with unique interests, the program is flexible and supports additional options beyond these disciplines.

Academic Conferences

Every year, we provide financial support and schedule flexibility to allow fellows to attend external conferences, including the International Stroke Conference and the American Academy of Neurology Conference.

Additional Opportunities

For those interested, Mount Sinai’s TeleStroke system is supported by the latest technologies, and our program provides training at originating sites. Fellows can become fully integrated into this system, as demands on the vascular neurology community increasingly depend on this modality for extended footprints in stroke care expertise.

Each spring, our fellows may also choose to apply to become a StrokeNet trainee for the following year. Ideal for those committed to an academic career in stroke with an emphasis on clinical trials, this opportunity includes 50 percent protected time for research and training. Those interested should contact Trainee Mentor Laura Stein, MD, MPH for further details. Many of our faculty are engaged in basic and translational research. For those interested in pursuing a career as a physician scientist, a second fellowship year primarily focused on research can be arranged.

The Vascular Neurology Fellowship at The Mount Sinia Hospital accepts four fellows each year. To be considered, applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited neurology residency or equivalent. They must also be eligible for licensure in the State of New York.

This program participates in the Vascular Neurology Match, and we accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service. Each application must include three letters of recommendation, a CV, United States Medical Licensing Examination scores, medical school transcript, and a personal statement. In early December, we begin reviewing applications, and selected candidates are invited for interviews from January through April.