Chronic Pain Management Fellowship

Overview

A clinical pain fellowship year with approximately 50% of time on the Pain Service and 50% providing anaesthesia coverage, including obstetrics.

Training type: Clinical Fellowship
Duration: 1 year
Start: Not stated on official page
Positions: Not stated on official page
Accreditation: University of Toronto PGME-registered fellowship; does not count towards Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty certification
Department: Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael's Hospital / University of Toronto

Eligibility: University of Toronto departmental requirements: minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite certification exams passed in home country
International applicants: Yes — University of Toronto fellowships accept international graduates; English proficiency required where training was not in English
Visa support: Institution policyinternational clinical fellows need an IRCC work permit; the PGME Office issues an LMIA-exempt offer of employment number and supports the work permit application
Licence requirement: Institution policyclinical fellows must hold a CPSO certificate of registration authorising postgraduate education (educational licence); research fellows do not need CPSO registration

Deadline: Online form open for 2026–2027 session
Application method: Online application form on the University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine website

Funding: Institution policyclinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role