Overview
A 12-month subspecialty programme in regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine across UPMC hospitals, selecting up to 15 fellows a year.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Up to 15 per year
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completion of an ACGME/ACGME-I accredited anesthesiology residency, or a non-ACGME residency with certificate and summative evaluation letter
- International applicants
- Applicants from non-ACGME accredited anesthesiology residencies may apply with completion certificate and summative evaluation
- Visa support
- Institution policyUPMC ME programmes may (not required to) offer J-1 via ECFMG and/or H-1B; programme can offer either or both; H-1B requires USMLE Steps 1-3 passed by match date
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyPennsylvania graduate medical training licence required (within 60 days of contract start)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Applications accepted on a continual (rolling) basis
- Application method
- SF Match, or out-of-match via ASRA common application (rolling)
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policySalaried on UPMC ME GMT stipend scale AY 2026-27: PGY4 $78,677; PGY5 $81,431; PGY6 $84,281; PGY7 $87,231; PGY8 $90,284 (AY 2027-28: PGY4 $81,818; PGY5 $85,091; PGY6 $88,495)
Official sources
https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/education-training/clinical-fellowships/regional-anesthesiology-acute-pain-medicinehttps://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/education-training/clinical-fellowshipshttps://residency.dom.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/UPMC-Resident-and-Visa-Policy-2025.pdfhttps://www.upmc.com/healthcare-professionals/education/gme/benefitshttps://dam.upmc.com/-/media/hillmanresearch/education-training/documents/resident_fellow_training_agreement.pdf