All required clinical education for entry into ACGME-accredited fellowship programs must be completed in an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada.

Subspecialty-Specific Background and Intent: Physicians in many specialties can benefit from pain medicine training, so the ACGME permits a resident from any specialty that has met the requirements below to enroll in a pain program. Not every certifying board will recognize pain subspecialty education, so the individual resident and the program director are responsible for determining individual board eligibility with the respective certifying board prior to enrollment in the pain program.

The Review Committee for Anesthesiology also permits pain medicine program directors to accept “exceptional candidates” as fellows who did not complete a residency in an ACGME-accredited program. This exception allows physicians from international programs to benefit from the educational program in pain medicine. While these fellows will complete the Program Requirements for Pain Medicine, they will not be candidates for board certification from a board sponsored by the ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties), the AOBA (American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology), or AOCPC (American Osteopathic Conjoint Pain Examination Committee).

If you are interested in applying to our program, please contact our program coordinator. She will be happy to assist you with all the documentation that you will need to submit.

Program Email: pmcoordlch@larkinhospital.com