The Headache Medicine Fellowship provides extensive, specialized training to manage patients with a wide variety of headaches.
Program advantages
- Gain expertise in diagnosing and managing patients with all types of headache disorders, specifically migraine and other primary headache disorders
- Identify secondary headache disorders and collaborate with specialists
- Partnership with Diamond Headache Clinic, a renowned headache center with unique resources to utilize the most current treatment modalities and multidisciplinary approach to outpatient and inpatient management while incorporating alternative approaches in patient care
- Elective rotations in sleep medicine, pain clinic, and physical medicine and rehabilitation
Accreditation
The Headache Medicine Fellowship is accredited by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS).
Certification
Upon graduation, the fellows are eligible for the Headache Medicine subspecialty certification examination offered by UCNS.
How to enter the match
When the Match opens on May 21, 2025, all applicants should register for the Headache Medicine Match with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
Official Match Timeline
- Application Season Begins: March 1, 2025
- Match Opens for Registration: May 21, 2025
- Rank Order Entry Opens: June 11, 2025
- Quota/Withdrawal Deadline: July 9, 2025
- Rank Order List Deadline: July 23, 2025
- Match Day: August 6, 2025
How to apply
We offer one position each year to eligible candidates who have completed an ACGME-accredited neurology residency program.
Our application cycle for AY 2026-2027 will open on March 1st. Interviews will be offered March-June 2025.
To apply, please email the following items to fellowship coordinator Lina Lopez at Lina_n_lopez@rush.edu:
- Completed application form
- Current CV
- A letter of intent (i.e. personal statement)
- Three (3) letters of recommendation
Please submit the application, CV, and letter of intent as separate PDF files. The letters of recommendation can be sent directly from the recommender to Lina_n_lopez@rush.edu or can be sent by the applicant with the other documents.
Important information
Please note that all participating programs will not begin review of application materials as well as correspondence regarding interview scheduling until after March 1, 2025. No fellowship offers will be made prior to Match Day. Programs should not solicit information from applicants prior to March 1st.