Program Director: Pearce J. Korb, MD, MHPE, FAAN
Associate Program Director: Samuel F. DeStefano, MD
The Epilepsy Fellowship is an ACGME accredited one year fellowship and will accept 1-2 fellows per year. The University of Colorado Epilepsy Fellowship provides training in all aspects of advanced clinical epilepsy and clinical electrophysiology, including: comprehensive EEG interpretation, including pre-surgical evaluation with scalp and intracranial electrodes, EEG in the critically ill, diagnosis and treatment of advanced and refractory epilepsies and the use of advanced therapies including neuromodulation. Additional training in clinical neurophysiological areas such as evoked potentials, sleep, intraoperative corticography, RNS programming and MEG is also available. Upon graduation, the fellow will be eligible and prepared for specialty board certification examinations in both Epilepsy and EEG.
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
ROTATIONS
*Opportunities include:
Available Clinical Resources
Dedicated outpatient clinics and outpatient EEG laboratory
12-bed, full-time Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) Level IV Certification
Phase I and Phase II monitoring (surgical, intracranial implanted EEG)
Stereo-EEG (SEEG) and surface electrodes schema
Comprehensive epilepsy surgery program
Focal resections
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
Comprehensive Neuroradiology Service
Neuropsychology Service
Electrocorticography
Vagus nerve stimulator implantation/programming program
Responsive nerve stimulator implantation/programming program
Quantitative EEG software
MULTIPLE SPECIALTY AND ADVANCED CLINICS:
Neurofeedback Clinic
Neurocutaneous Clinic
Diet Therapy Clinic
Women’s pregnancy and epilepsy clinic
Non-epileptic seizure clinic
Advanced Epilepsy Therapies Clinic
(Surgery & Neuromodulation/RNS programming)
ON-CALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Some night and weekend call: average 1 night per week and 1 weekend per month
Remote, online access to EEG studies is available
RECRUITMENT SEASON:
We expect to fill our Epilepsy Fellowship positions 15–18 months ahead of time. We will begin accepting applications in October of the year preceding the anticipated start date (e.g., October 2019 for a July 2021 start). Interviews will start in December and will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.
Fellowship Application Status
2019-2020 – Fellowship position filled
2020-2021 – Fellowship position filled
2021-2022 – Fellowship position open
Eligibility Criteria:
Application Information:
We expect to fill our Epilepsy Fellowship positions 15-18 months ahead of time. We will begin accepting application in October of the year preceding the anticipated start date ( e.g. October 2019 for a July 2021 start). Interviews will start in December and will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.
Fellowship Position Status:
2021-2022 - Fellowship position filled
2022-2023 - Fellowship position filled
Application Materials: