Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
The Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship is an ACGME fellowship in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
The purpose of the Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship is to provide comprehensive training for the evaluation and management of brain injuries across the entire spectrum of care from point of injury through rehabilitation; as well as across all types and severity of injuries. Brain injury medicine programs across the country will be participating in the NRMP Match.
Fellowship Overview
This is a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship. Board-eligible/board-certified applicants from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Neurology, and Psychiatry are encouraged to apply. The fellowship is made possible through the collaboration of three sites across our current training landscape including: Minneapolis VA Health Care System, HennepinHealthcare, and Gillette Children's. This partnership provides access to the entire spectrum of care from emergent evaluation and management at a nationally-recognized level 1 trauma center, to combat-related injuries typically only seen at VA medical centers, and to a pediatric-specific population at a site well known for its brain injury program. The fellowship year will provide exposure to inpatient and outpatient management, an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, neuroradiology, and population-specific procedures such as spasticity management with botulinum toxin injections. The fellow will be responsible for direct patient care and will also provide supervision of residents within the University of Minnesota PM&R residency program. Faculty from all sites will provide mentorship for the fellow during their time in the program.
Program Aims
- Attract and train fellows who have demonstrated a passion for brain injury medicine as well as outstanding humanistic, academic, and scholarly skills
- Prepare these fellows to practice independently in the care of persons with brain injury across diverse care settings
- Provide service to our local and regional community in the care provided, as well as educational and preventative efforts aimed at brain injury
Rotation Sites
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- University of Minnesota Medical School Campus
- Hennepin Healthcare
- Gillette Children's
- Outpatient Brain Injury Clinic
- Inpatient Ward
- Interdisciplinary Opportunities
We are a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, one of only 5 VAs with this designation in the US. We provide rehabilitation care to Service Members and Veterans across the continuum of care.
Programs include: Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Emerging Consciousness/ Disorders of Consciousness Rehabilitation, Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program, Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation.
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Multidisciplinary Concussion Clinic Program
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Baclofen Pump Clinic
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Neurotoxin Clinic
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Brain Injury Consult across the continuum of care
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Board Prep Sessions
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Help teach "Brain Medicine for Everyone" course to University students
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Collaborate with Neuropsychology in various Brain injury etiologies
Neurosurgery/Critical Care Experience
Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit/Acute Brain Injury Consult Services
Outpatient Comprehensive Brain Injury Clinic and Continuity Clinic
Neuroradiology and Allied Field Experience
- Inpatient Opportunities
- Outpatient Opportunities
In the News
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The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance held their 28th Annual Conference on April 25, 2024 at the Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Several faculty members of the University of Minnesota Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship were invited speakers to the event which hosted over 150 participants. The mission of the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance is to raise awareness and enhance the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury and we are grateful that our faculty members took time to help support this mission.
Dr. Diane Mortimer, MD, the Medical Director of the Inpatient Brain Injury/Polytrauma Rehabilitation and Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System spoke on ‘Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Disease,’ highlighting the many ways that Brain Injury affects the entire body long after the initial injury. She was joined by Dr. Paola Tossaint-Gonzalez, MD, a Second year resident at the University of Minnesota Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency.
Dr. Matthew Puderbaugh, DO and Dr. Brionn Tonkin, MD, from Hennepin Healthcare presented on the current data surrounding vitamin and mineral supplementation in Traumatic Brain Injury. The packed room audience had several questions regarding the use of supplements and was very well-received for the ability to deliver content in in a digestible way.
Dr. Zainab Al Lawati, MD, the Rehabilitation Medicine Spasticity Program Director at the University of Minnesota wrapped up the conference, speaking on ‘Aging in Traumatic Brain Injury.’ Dr. Al Lawati did a great job of highlighting the ever changing aspects of brain injury and how it can affect multiple domains of life.
Thank you to all of our faculty and residents for supporting this great organization and continuing to build connections throughout our local community.
Program and Policy Manuals
For information that applies to all fellows in a training program at the University of Minnesota, consult the Institution Policy Manual. Information in the Institution Policy Manual takes precedence over the Program Manual in cases where there is conflict.
Contact
Lindsey Christ
Program Administrator
BrainIMfellow@umn.edu
Mailing Address
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Program
420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 297
Minneapolis, MN 55455