Epilepsy Fellowship Program
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EPILEPSY FELLOWSHIP BEGINNING JULY 2025
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, Texas has an unexpected opening for a fellow to join the July 2025 fellowship class in either our ACGME-accredited epilepsy fellowship program or our non-ACGME Intracranial EEG fellowship program. Adult and pediatric epilepsy track options are available.
The ACGME-accredited epilepsy fellowship is a one year program with the option to pursue a second year of fellowship in the non-ACGME Intracranial EEG, Magnetoencephalography (MEG), or Genetics/Precision Medicine fellowship programs. Fellowship applicants for the ACGME-accredited epilepsy fellowship must be on track to complete an ACGME-accredited residency program in neurology, child neurology, or psychiatry.
The Non-ACGME fellowship is a one year fellowship focused on intractable epilepsy management, intracranial EEG, and advanced imaging modalities. Opportunity to obtain additional training in epilepsy neuromodulation, autoimmune epilepsy, MEG, and genetics/precision epilepsy is available. Applicants must have completed neurology residency in programs equivalent to a standard US neurology residency program and possess ECFMG certification that allows clinical training in the USA.
The fellowships are based in the Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (TCEP) at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Memorial Hermann – TMC in Houston, TX. The TCEP is one of the largest epilepsy surgery programs in the US, performing in excess of 100 surgeries per year, and utilizes cutting edge technologies including robotic stereotactic EEG (SEEG), MR guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), magnetoencephalography (MEG), Responsive Neural Stimulation (RNS), and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Our program boasts renowned faculty who are international opinion leaders and teachers, expert in SEEG and invasive studies of the human brain. Some of the faculty are active, federally (NIH) funded researchers, and there are many opportunities for mentorship and publications in clinical and translational research. It is expected that upon graduation from fellowship, the candidate will be highly competent in the medical and surgical management of intractable focal epilepsy, including neuromodulation for epilepsy, and an expert in epilepsy neurophysiology.
The fellowship program is designed to maximize learning and clinical experience, and is thus suitable for those planning careers in academic medicine, as well as those headed for private practice. Training begins with an 8-week epilepsy neurophysiology course that provides a highly effective introduction to clinical EEG, followed by weekly didactics. The TCEP has weekly surgical patient management conferences, a monthly surgical neuropathology conference, and weekly epilepsy outpatient clinics. Participation in national and international epilepsy meetings is encouraged, and candidates can be sponsored to attend one or more of the international SEEG teaching courses. Clinical rotations include the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, continuous ICU-EEG, routine EEGs, ambulatory EEGs, and elective opportunities in areas such as intra-operative monitoring, MEG, and sleep.
Fellowship inquiries are most welcome and can be directed to the fellowship program coordinator at Andrew.Coulter@uth.tmc.edu.
- To apply, please send an electronic copy of your CV and personal statement via email.
- Please have three (3) letters of recommendation sent to this email address as well.