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NANS Residents and Fellows

Welcome to the NANS Residents and Fellows Section (RFS)!

Here you will find resources dedicated to residents, fellows and students interested in or training in the field of neuromodulation. In addition to fellowship and job listings, we provide opportunities for education, conferences, and courses. We encourage you to become a member, get involved, and explore what NANS has to offer.

In order to stay up to date, please join our mailing list, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. Additionally, we publish a monthly newsletter.

Announcements and Newsletter

RFS Announcements

Attendees of the 2020 NANS Annual Meeting can claim CME or general attendance credits. Our online reporting tool will be open until January 26, 2023. Please note, you will only be able to claim credit for sessions you registered for and attended. You will also be able to print and save a copy of either a CME certificate or an attendance certificate. Access our online reporting tool here.
Attendees of the 2020 NANS Annual Meeting can receive online access to view presentations! Access presentations with your NANS login credentials. Attendees will only be able to view presentations based on their registration.

Do you still need to claim CMEs from the 2019 NANS Annual Meeting? Learn how to claim your credits from the 22^nd Annual Meeting here.
To access any of the NANS Past Meeting content you must be a NANS Member. To view this content please log into My Account and click on the Past Meetings tab. If you are not a member and are interested in obtaining this educational content please become a NANS Member today. Residents and Fellows have a discounted membership rate of $50.

NANS RFS Newsletter

Membership

As a Trainee/Student member, you are eligible for valuable benefits that far exceed the $50 annual membership fee, including:

Preference to the annual and mid-year Hands-On Cadaver Courses, which are only available to NANS members. This unbiased course represents all device manufacturers with intimate teaching by world-class faculty.
Access to the online version and resources of our society’s journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface.
Membership in the International Neuromodulation Society by courtesy.
Eligibility for travel awards to attend the NANS Annual Meeting.
Mentorship from a group of highly accomplished, multidisciplinary neuromodulation thought leaders, including contact information of mentors in NANS and access to a summary of landmark papers.
Networking & Employment opportunities to secure your future.
Opportunities to become involved in a growing, state-of-the-art association.

As current residents and fellows, we personally feel that NANS membership has proved invaluable to our professional development. No other organization gives you more of the support you need to advance your career than NANS! Click here to join NANS now.

Education and Resources

Multimedia archived from the NANS Past Annual Meetings can be found here. Please log into your NANS account to view this content.

Clinical Case Series

Please see below for eight clinical cases that have been created for the NANS Clinical Case Discussion Series. Although there may be some case by case variation by topic, each case follows a standardized format that is meant to highlight core educational concepts within neuromodulation that are relevant to Fellows and Residents in training. These cases were created by RFS board members as well as those Fellows participating in the Mentorship program. Each case was carefully reviewed and created in conjunction with a NANS faculty mentor.

Visual Abstract Series

Click the links below to view our visual abstract series. Our visual abstracts, released each month through our Twitter account, summarize new key articles published within the neuromodulation space.

2017 NANS Top Abstracts and Award Winners

Landmark Articles in Neuromodulation
Please click here to view or download.
Last Updated: 6/27/15 A listing of lectures and videos covering pertinent topics in neuromodulation.

Videos:

Implantation of a Baclofen Pump

Implantation of Thoracic SCS

Knot Tying Videos (courtesy of Antimated Knots)

One-handed Tie

Two-handed Tie

Surgeon's Knot

NANS SCS Workshop for Fellows/Residents Video Presentations:

(Warning these links access some rather large video files, they may take a while to download)

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

The Mechanics of Programming for DBS

Programming DBS for Parkinson's Disease

Below are educational resources offered by system manufacturers directed towards patients. You may find it useful not only to direct your patients to these websites, but also to use them for your own understanding of each implantable system.

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Boston Scientific
Control your Pain

Medtronic
Living with Chronic Pain

St. Jude Medical
Discovering Neurostimulation

Upcoming Courses and Meetings for Residents & Fellows

meetings & Practical Courses:

Save the Date! NANS will have an in-person meeting July 15-17, 2021 at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL.

Fellowship Directory and Job Listings

NEw Job Listing!

Interventional Pain Management Physician Needed - Bangor, Maine

Well established comprehensive private pain management practice is seeking a full time pain fellowship trained physician. Join our three other physicians and further grow our multidisciplinary office based interventional pain management practice. We use a well integrated EMR. We have two fluro suites and one ultrasound suite. We have four mid level providers and each physician works with a scribe, improving physician and patient experience. Our practice is the largest in northeast Maine and very well respected. We are intervention oriented including in office kyphoplasty. We are looking for a physician with excellent bedside manners, time management skills and able to provide patient centered-care with high patient satisfaction. We have a wide range of ancillary services in our practice, including physical therapy. We do not provide opiate prescriptions. Our work schedule is unrivaled. Your schedule will be two weeks of work followed by one week of vacation. And repeat. Benefit package includes: above average compensation package, paid vacation, SEP-IRA, health and malpractice insurance, CME allowance, partnership track, bonus incentives and more. Exciting partnership options are possible. Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pain Medicine.

Where you’ll live:

Northeast Pain Management is located in Bangor, Maine. Vacationland! The way life should be! If you love four season outdoor activities, this is the place for you. Too many options to describe fully here. Mountains, lakes, forest, the coast, the ocean. It is the ideal place to live and raise a family with a low cost of living, excellent public and private schools, well established cultural options and a welcoming small town feel. Bangor International Airport has direct flights to many urban centers. Bangor’s population is approximately 33,000 and it is the right-size alternative to big city living. Our referral area is north east Maine, over 500K people. Bangor has two state-of-the-art hospitals.

Interested applicants should email Eric Wise, MD at ericmwise1@gmail.com.

Fellowship Directory

View our Fellowship Directory to see a list of institutions, fellowship coordinators, and their contact information.

Pain management

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians website

Pain Management Employment Resources

Neurosurgery

AANS Career Center website

CNS Jobseeker's website

Officers

RFS Officers

Preet Patel, MD

Legacy Co-Chair

preet patel

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
PreetPatelMD@gmail.com

Tulsi Singh, MD

Co-Chair

PM&R, Pain Medicine
University of California - Davis
tulsisinghmd@gmail.com

Ashley Joseph, MD

Vice Chair

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
University of Chicago
ashleyjoseph55@gmail.com

Michael Jung, MD MBA

Mentorship Liaison

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
University of California - Davis
michael.jung.md.mba@gmail.com

Aaron Cross, DO

Education Liaison

PM&R, Pain Medicine
University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital
aaroncrossdo@gmail.com

Ankur A. Patel, DO

Chief Technology Officer

PM&R
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia and Cornell
anp9251@nyp.org

Janak Bhatt, MD

Secretary

Anesthesiology
Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
ja.bhatt44@gmail.com

Michael A. Fishman, MD MBA

Pre-Meeting Course Director
RFS Director-at-Large
Board of Directors

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Center for Interventional Pain & Spine
MAFishman@gmail.com

Jay M. Shah, MD

RFS Director-at-Large

PM&R, Pain Medicine
SamWell Institute of Pain Management, New Jersey
JShahMD@samwellpain.com

Corey Hunter, MD

Director-at-Large
Board of Directors

PM&R
Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management
chunter@ainpain.com

David Provenzano, MD