The Spinal Cord Medicine Injury Porgram trains fellows in the following:
- Becoming proficient in all aspects of care provided to persons with acute and long-term spinal cord injury
- Developing expertise in clinical decision making regarding rehabilitative aspects of SCI care
- Developing a sound background in diagnosis and management of neurogenic bladder and bowel, sexuality and fertility, spasticity, pressure ulcers, pain and other pertinent SCI secondary complications
- Developing and demonstrating the skills of team leadership in an interdisciplinary environment
- Developing proficiency in teaching medical students, residents and others
- Developing proficiency in research in the field of spinal cord injury
Fellow Responsibilities
The fellow will:
- Participate in inpatient and outpatient clinical activities at MEDVAMC and TIRR SCI services on a rotating basis
- Participate in SCI consultative activities at MEDVAMC and Memorial Hermann
- Supervise and teach medical students and residents under the mentorship of program attendings
- Participate in appropriate SCI educational activities at the training locations
- Work closely with interdisciplinary staff in the monitoring and treatment of all aspects of health and rehabilitation
- Assume responsibility for at least one scholarly project relevant to spinal cord injury medicine
- Keep pace with development in the field of SCI by discussion of articles or chapters from the literature
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July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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VA SCI Inpatient - Huang |
x |
x |
Monthly |
Monthly |
x |
x |
VA SCI Inpatient - Dajoyag-Mejia |
Monthly |
Monthly |
x |
x |
x |
x |
VA SCI Inpatient - Wade |
x |
x |
x |
x |
Monthly |
Monthly |
VA SCI Outpatient Clinic - Bodenheimer |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
VA SCI Inpatient Consults - Skelton |
Intermittently |
Intermittently |
Intermittently |
Intermittently |
Intermittently |
Intermittently |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
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TIRR SCI Inpatient - Davis |
Monthly |
Monthly |
x |
x |
x |
x |
TIRR SCI Inpatient - Hernandez |
x |
x |
x |
x |
Monthly |
Monthly |
Memorial Hermann SCI Consults - Frontera |
x |
x |
Monthly |
Monthly |
x |
x |
TIRR SCI Oupatient Clinic - Frontera, Stampas, Korupolu |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Weekly |