Fellowship Program Listing

The Association of Neurology APP Fellowships (ANAF) currently includes 12 programs for nurse practitioners and physician assistants providing training in clinical neurology to prepare them for careers in neurological care. Read more about the programs to learn about their locations, program details, and training opportunities.

Atrium Health Neurology APP Fellowship
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
The Advocate Health Neurology APP Fellowship in the Greater Charlotte Region is an extensive 12-month program that prepares advanced practice providers (APPs) to gain additional knowledge, skills, and competency within the specialty of neurology. The fellowship will provide advanced training in neurological disease management with experiences in adult consultative neurology, ambulatory/longitudinal neurological care, neuro-hospitalist medicine, subspecialty neurology, procedural experience and research and scholarly activity. The neurology fellowship offers advanced didactic education with comprehensive rotations covering the continuum of care for neurology patients. APP fellows will receive focused, dedicated individual training in addition to participating in grand rounds and interdepartmental learning.
The fellowship offers comprehensive exposure to both inpatient and outpatient neurology, including subspecialty rotations and elective opportunities. Fellows will gain experience in: general neurology, inpatient neurology, cognitive neurology, cerebrovascular, epilepsy and functional neurological disorders, headache and traumatic brain injury, subspecialty rotations in movement disorders, neuromuscular, multiple sclerosis, genetics, pediatric neurology, and neuroradiology, and elective rotations with an additional inpatient or outpatient focus, or transition-to-practice tracks.

 

Duke Neurology APP Fellowship
Location: Durham, North Carolina
The Duke Neurology Advanced Practice Provider Program is a one-year post-graduate fellowship for licensed nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA). Graduates of an accredited NP or PA program are eligible. Fellows will be educated in general neurological principals and be capable of working in a general or subspecialty neurology practice upon completion. There will be experience in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Graduates are highly marketable as the need for these specialty-trained practitioners is substantial.

Fellows will begin their APP fellowship by attending the same core lectures as the Duke Neurology physician residents which review all common topics in neurology including neurological emergencies. Program Director Joel Morgenlander, MD, will review the neurological examination in detail with all APP fellows and then observe them evaluating each other and patients.
The program is recruiting APPs who would be willing to relocate to the Triangle area (Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill) for future employment in a Duke Neurology related practice. Duke offers competitive salaries. The program will accept two APP fellows each year who begin the program in the summer or immediately after graduation. We will accept new graduates as well as experienced APPs. Read more about the program here.
Contact: Dr. Joel Morgenlander, MD, Fellowship Director and Professor of Neurology
Email: [email protected]

Geisinger Neuroscience Advanced Practitioner Fellowship
The Neuroscience Advanced Practitioner Fellowship at Geisinger develops the skill set of advanced practitioners to meet the needs of the growing patient population seeking access to quality neuroscience care. APPs in the program will expand on the primary care foundation of knowledge acquired during nurse practitioner and physician assistant education through specialized educational and clinical training in neuroscience.

The fellowship is designed to:

• Promote the development and success of professional, knowledgeable and compassionate advanced practitioners who will excel in the care of patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders.
• Foster understanding and integration of evidence-based practice.
• Promote the development of professional and collegial working relationships with members of the interprofessional healthcare team.
• Foster a commitment to lifelong learning and self-improvement.
• Promote a culture of patient safety and excellence in quality of patient care.

This 12-month program includes experiences in inpatient and outpatient settings, educational opportunities with neurology and neurosurgical medical residents, didactics through a variety of departmental conferences and education by faculty trained in a wide variety of neuroscience specialties. Learn more about the program and curriculum here. 
Contact: Karen Tillotson, DHSc, PA-C. Director, Neuroscience Advanced Practitioner Residency and Education
Email: [email protected]

 

IU Health Neuroscience Postgraduate Training Program
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Our Postgraduate APP Training Program is a 12-month post-graduate track. The program includes hands-on learning through didactic teaching, clinical simulation, team learning and immersion into multiple clinical experiences at academic and community facilities. We will prepare you to be a well-rounded provider, leader, and resource on your healthcare team.

Our program is designed around specific specialty practices to expand your critical thinking skills beyond the level you received in your formal education. The program is for NPs and PAs. Cohorts will start twice a year; one in the spring and one in the fall. Upon completion of the Postgraduate APP Training Program, you will be equipped with crucial experiences and will have established a network of providers. There are multiple post-graduate tracks. Learn more about each of them here.
Contact: John Emmett, PA-C. IU Health Physicians Department of Neurology
Email: [email protected]

Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Neurology Fellowship
The Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences offers a 12-month intensive and comprehensive postgraduate neurology fellowship to highly-qualified physician assistant and nurse practitioner candidates. This fellowship will utilize a multimodal teaching approach to educate candidates who are eager to care for patients with neurologic diseases. The education will include formal and informal didactic instruction as well bedside teaching inspired by complex patient cases. Throughout the fellowship, trainees will provide high quality, evidence-based care to patients across various neurologic subspecialties in both the inpatient and the outpatient settings. After completion of the fellowship, trainees will have the knowledge and skills needed to confidently care for patients with a wide array of neurologic conditions. Read more about the program here.
Contact: Adaeze Ezenne Nwoye, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Email: [email protected]

 

Advanced Practice Neurology Fellowship Program at Baptist Health Kenneth C. Griffin Neuroscience Institute 
Location: Miami, Florida
The Advanced Practice Neurology Fellowship Program at Baptist Health Kenneth C. Griffin Neuroscience Institute is dedicated to developing highly motivated and dedicated APPs to providing high-quality, evidenced based, economically astute, compassionate, and culturally congruent care to patients with acute and chronic neurological conditions. The APP Neurology Fellowship is a 12-month postgraduate training program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants/associates who are passionate about pursuing careers in neurology. The program design is committed to excellence in neurological practice and uses innovative approaches to integrate didactic and clinical models of learning to build upon the standard advance practice provider curriculum to enhance the knowledge and skills needed to care for patients with neurological disorders.

The program introduces the APP candidates to the basic sciences and core concepts of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology that are necessary for a practitioner to clinically evaluate a patient with neurological diseases. Building upon this foundation, the pathophysiology of diseases affecting the brain and special senses and the clinical presentation of these diseases are also covered. Treatment of these diseases, including pharmacological, is integrated with the clinical focus.

Fellows learn how to use physical examination to assess patients with diseases affecting the nervous system, muscles, and nerves. Multiple formative and summative assessments aid in the APP’s knowledge and understanding of the course material. APP candidates who complete this program will gain the knowledge to provide culturally appropriate and clinically sound care to patients in the inpatients and out patient setting with various neurological conditions. The program will allow graduates to practice neurology to the full breath and scope of their licensure and certification.

MetroHealth Neurology and Neurocritical Care APP Fellowship
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Neurology is often considered to be one of the most difficult specialties; it is also one of the fastest growing subspecialties in critical care. Taking care of patients with critical neurologic illnesses requires nuance and specialized knowledge not available in many training centers. To meet the ongoing demand for APPs in the field of neuroscience critical care, MetroHealth designed and implemented in 2018 the country’s first APP neurocritical care fellowship.

This program is a 12-month post-graduate APP fellowship at MetroHealth’s main campus in Cleveland, OH, which is both a comprehensive stroke center and the region’s largest and most experienced Level 1 trauma center. The program provides specialty training to a motivated NP or PA interested in pursuing a career in the fast growing specialty of neurocritical care and becoming a clinician-leader in the field.
Contact 1: Theodore Bowen, MD, Program Director 
Email: [email protected]
Contact 2: Eloy Vazquez, Recruitment Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Stanford Healthcare APP Fellowship Program, Inpatient Neuroscience Specialty
Location: Stanford, California
Specialty: Inpatient Neurosciences

Stanford’s Healthcare’s Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program offers fully benefited, 12-month positions providing post-graduate training to new APPs who wish to transition into specialty care and to experienced APPs who wish to transition to administration. The program’s Inpatient Neurosciences specialty provides the core competencies needed to gain proficiency in inpatient neurosciences and to succeed as a new provider.

Fellows gain both clinical and educational experience, with an emphasis on inpatient management of patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders. Fellows are also given opportunities to practice in an outpatient setting during mini-rotations.The patient population includes acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, cerebral aneurysms, seizures/status epilepticus, neuro-oncologic management, neuromuscular disease management, traumatic brain injury, and acute spinal cord injury. Read more about the program.

Contact: Heather Clark, MS, AGACNP-BC, Fellowship Specialty Leader for Inpatient Neurosciences
Email: [email protected]

University of Colorado Neurology APP Fellowship
Location: Aurora, Colorado
University of Colorado’s APP Neurology Fellowship Program in the Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine will provide 12 months of training to qualified graduates of an advanced practice program: NP, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), or PAs. Graduates of the APP Neurology Fellowships should be able to conduct a neurology history and examination, determine the appropriate diagnostic evaluation, and formulate managed plans for patients with neurological conditions within their scope of practice.

We encourage graduates to apply for positions within our department upon completion of their training. The fellows rotate through various subspecialties, which can include behavioral neurology, epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit, general neurology, headache, inpatient consults, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuro-infectious disease, neuromuscular disorders, neuro-oncology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuroradiology, and stroke. Read more about the program.
Contact: Joseph Dipaolo, Neurology APP Fellowship Coordinator 
Email: [email protected]

University of Kentucky Physician Assistant Academic Residency Program: Neurology Track
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
This track in neurology is located at the University of Kentucky, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute. Led by experienced clinicians in neurology, this residency track provides experience in general neurology as well as core sub-specialty areas, including dementia, headache, epilepsy, and stroke services. It trains residents in managing chronic and acute patients. On-site faculty engage the residents through case-based learning, procedural competencies, and weekly grand rounds. By the end of the year, residents will be prepared to work as neurologist PAs at any hospital. Read more about the program here.
Contact: Julie A. Gurwell, PhD, PA-C, Director of Advanced Practice Providers, Neurology
Email: [email protected]

University of Virginia Neurosciences Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Clinical rotations: Although this program is an outpatient-focused track, APP Fellows will rotate briefly throughout key inpatient environments within UVA Medical Center such as general neurology consult service, the Neurointensive Care Unit, inpatient stroke service, and others to enhance the global understanding of acute neurologic disorders. As part of the core clinical curriculum, fellows will then spend the remainder of time rotating with experts in outpatient neurology specialty clinics including general outpatient neurology, neuromuscular disorders, stroke, movement disorders, and more. Fellows are required to take a patient load under the guidance and supervision of a designated preceptor, increasing their patient load and level of responsibility throughout the program as determined by their competency and overall clinical development. Fellows are evaluated on their clinical performance and competencies after each rotation.
Lectures and skill labs: APP fellows are required to attend a weekly acute and critical care-based lecture series designed to deliver evidence-based content on a range of complex topics. This will be a small-group setting and streamed remotely most Friday afternoons. CME credits are offered for this activity. Fellows participate in small-group skills sessions and workshops throughout their fellowship year to enhance procedural knowledge and technical skills. These sessions combine pre-work activities, guided lectures, and hands-on training in a controlled environment. CME credits are also offered for these activities.
Simulation, case studies, and lectures: APP fellows participate in simulations throughout the year to challenge diagnostic and critical thinking skills. The simulations are approximately 15-20 minutes in length with a 20-40 minute high-yield debriefing period afterwards with trained simulation facilitators and debriefing experts. Fellows encounter between 15-20 simulations throughout the course of their training. CME credits are offered for this activity. APP Fellows will participate in a small-group case study discussion to exercise their diagnostic and critical thinking skills on a wide range of pathologies. These are intended to challenge learned knowledge and clinical application throughout the program.
Professional development: APP fellows engage dynamic activities to strengthen their leadership, communication, and professional growth through real-world learning experiences and collaborative practice. These activities include research and publication, quality and safety, leadership development, and teaching and presentation. Read more about the program here.
Contact 1: Michelle Dawson, NP, Director, UVA Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program
Email: [email protected]
Contact 2: Alex King, NP, Neurology APP Fellowship Co-Director at UVA Health
Email: [email protected]

UW Health APP Fellowship
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
The UW Health Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship is an intensive 12-month program for licensed PAs and NPs to develop their competency in specialty care. Our faculty and providers are passionate about developing the next generation of APPs. The program consists of an integrated clinical and didactic approach to neurology. APP fellows work and learn in a team-based environment, with close mentoring and supervision from attending physicians and APPs. Upon completion of the program, our fellows will have the skills to care for a diverse patient population with a wide range of complex disorders.

Our mission is to foster the growth and development of Advance Practice Providers (APP) to become highly proficient, critically thinking, providers of specialty care with well-developed professionalism through an intensive didactic and clinical program led by advanced practice providers and physicians.
Our vision is to be the best APP workforce in the nation. We will excel in patient care, academics and the betterment of humanity. In doing this, we will contribute on a national scale to APP practice and professionalism, healthcare research, public policy and advocacy, clinical excellence, and interprofessional healthcare education. We will provide innovative, cutting edge and patient centered healthcare. We will be remarkable. Read more about the program here.
Contact 1: Cassie Meffert, PA-C, Physician Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Contact 2: Kristen Panther, NP, Nurse Practitioner Senior Director of Advanced Practice
Email: [email protected]

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Be a Part of ANAF
The Association of Neurology APP Fellows (ANAF) is accepting new members from postgraduate programs offering postgraduate training for APP fellows who meet select qualifications. For more information about joining our community, please contact Dr. Joel Morgenlander, MD, at [email protected].