Applicants

Fellowship applicants submit applications through ERAS.

ERAS 2025 Fellowship Application Timeline

International Medical Graduates

Due to the large number of highly qualified applicants, only a small number of international medical graduates are granted interviews.

For International Medical Graduates, we require:

• At least three months of "hands-on" clinical experience in the United States
• Medical School Graduation within the last five years
• We sponsor a J-1 visa only. Please do not submit an application to our program if you require an H visa.

Interviews

Interviews will occur from August-October and will be completed over Zoom. During your interview you will have access to several experienced faculty, interdisciplinary team members and past/current fellows while learning all about our great city of Memphis!

Aims

• Provide comprehensive didactic and clinical teaching that produces high quality Board Certified HPM physicians. 
• Develop compassionate, patient- and family-centered physicians who integrate self-reflection, self-care and work-life balance to maintain longevity of practice while providing excellent patient care.  
• Develop leaders and life-long learners who focus on quality improvement and clinical research.

Example Block Schedule

Activities

• Didactics: Multisite program with rich teaching environments led by  HPM Board certified physicians and   interdisciplinary teams (IDT) team along with   subspecialty participation. . Fellows start fellowship with a month of orientation in July that focuses on the basics of HPM.  Pain and symptom management lectures, communication workshops, narrative medicine and health equity topics are weaved throughout orientation and the rest of year. . During the duration of fellowship, fellows participate in bimonthly formal didactics, bedside teaching, and journal clubs
• Clinical: Clinical settings include a full range of patient care services, other consulting physicians and non-physician caregivers with expertise in all aspects of pain and non-pain symptom management for pediatric and adult patients including a unique pediatric community-based program providing home care, palliative and hospice care.
• Wellness: Fellows have one Wednesday morning each month reserved for a wellness with  structured and unstructured wellness activities. Debriefs with a non-faculty
• Scholarship: Fellows will have opportunity to complete scholarship and will be assigned a faculty mentor to help guide them.  QI and research design  through the fellowship and UTHSC are accessible to all fellows. :  Fellows have a faculty mentor for QI/Research, workshops, broad statistical and research design support staff. Fellows are encouraged to present minimally at one national meeting.
• Leadership: Our faculty are leaders in the field of HPM, many of who graduated from this program. They are dedicated to education and are available to mentor, model, and promote leadership growth.