The Norton Neuroscience Institute Headache Center in Louisville, Kentucky, offers a comprehensive headache medicine fellowship program that combines clinical practice, education and research opportunities. The program is accredited by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and accepts one fellow per year.

The Norton Neuroscience Institute Headache Center offers patients the full range of treatment options, including medication management, pain management, cognitive behavioral therapy, injections (such as peripheral nerve blocks and Botox), outpatient infusions, clinical trials and inpatient headache disorder management.

Fellows will receive training across both adult and pediatric populations, gaining exposure to a wide spectrum of headache conditions  — from common cases to rare disorders, and including complex headache disorders, migraine, facial pain disorder, primary headache, cluster headache and secondary headaches.

About the Headache Medicine Fellowship

• The position is an employed fellowship with Norton Medical Group.
• Training takes place in both adult and pediatric settings.
• The position provides didactic interaction, support for clinical research and training in clinical management of adult and pediatric headache disorders.
• The headache fellow will gain experience with common, uncommon and rare headache conditions.
• The fellow will work with other specialists with interests in headache-related conditions, including neurosurgery and neuroradiology.
• In the hospital environment, the fellow will gain inpatient consultative service experience in evaluating and treating inpatients with headache presentations.
• The fellow will attend regularly scheduled didactic lectures.
• The fellow will be given the opportunity to participate in research projects. Even if the project is not completed during the tenure, the fellow will be able submit the abstract to national meetings and present a paper summarizing the findings.

Requirements for This Position

• Medical degree/diploma
• Residency program certification
• Active or eligible to obtain a Kentucky medical license

Application Requirements

• A personal statement that specifies interest
• A current CV
• Three letters of recommendation, including one from your current program director
• Completed application form

The fellowship application process begins no earlier than March 1 of PGY3 Adult/PGY4 Child year. We participate in the Headache Medicine National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and follow the NRMP schedule.

The Norton Neuroscience Institute Headache Center was established in 2011 and is the region’s leader in caring for headache patients. A team of nine fellowship-trained/board-certified adult and pediatric physicians, five advanced practice providers and additional behavioral medicine providers care for patients in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

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Reviewed by Brian M. Plato, D.O.