Cook County Health and Hospitals System Pain Medicine (Multidisciplinary)

Fellowship · Chicago, IL

Sponsored by Cook County Health and Hospitals System · Director Taruna Penmetcha

Class size: 3
Visas: J-1
PGY-4 salary: $81k2026 to 2027

Red flags

Seats left open in the Match. In 2 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.

Your odds here. Carlo sets your scores, visa and goals against this program.

Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20224/4

20234/4

20242/4

20252/4

20263/3

Who started, by class

Started 20251 on record of 4 seats

Emad BarsoumOne Brooklyn Health System-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center

Started 20244 on record of 4 seats · 3 published before starting

Dongyup LeeGeisinger4 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report · 1 review
Abdulhameed Qashqary2 papers
Jason McAloonRush University Medical Center1 paper
Sabrina SamUniversity of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Training

2 training sites.

Months at each site

John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County12 mo

Where graduates went next

Fellowship1
Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine Fellowship1
Pain Medicine Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

Cook County Health and Hospitals System5
Advanced Pain and Spine Management SC2
Ambulatory Anesthesia Care2
Anesthesia Medical Consultants, PC2
Aurora Health Care2
Midwest Anesthesia Partners LLC2

Research

152 papers by its people, 2,438 citations

Anesthesia and Pain Management
Pain Management and Treatment
Pain Management and Opioid Use
Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

Life

$81k to start, $84k by PGY-5.

Pay by year

PGY-4$80,565
PGY-5$84,442

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 20°. About 39 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.6M people live within 20 minutes of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,710 a month within 10 miles of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Hazards

Cold waves
Tornadoes
Winter storms
River flooding

People

Leadership

Taruna PenmetchaProgram Director, Pain Fellowship Program; Chair, Division of Pain Management

Find someone

Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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