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Case Western Reserve University Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Fellowship · Cleveland, OH

Sponsored by The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University · Director Christina Oleson

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Class size
2
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-4 salary
$79k2026 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.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20221/2
20232/2
20241/2
20252/2
20262/2

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 2 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Alan BoruchNortheast Regional Medical Center5 papers · 2 first author · 1 review
  • Cassidy MacArthurProvidence Sacred Heart Medical Center

Training

4 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to pain medicine.

Months at each site

  • MetroHealth System Old Brooklyn Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University5 mo
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation3 mo
  • Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center3 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Pain Medicine Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Phoenix Physical Therapy2
  • University of Virginia Medical Center2
  • Advanced Pain and Spine Management SC1
  • Charleston Area Medical Center1
  • Jefferson Health1
  • Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation1

Research

100% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

2 of 2, 3 papers between them

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research

Life

$79k to start, $82k by PGY-5.

Pay by year

  • PGY-4$78,548
  • PGY-5$82,019

People

Leadership

  • Christina OlesonSpinal Cord Injury Fellowship Director
  • Dennis BourbeauDirector of Resident Research; Research Coordinator
  • Francois BethouxCCF Site Director
  • Kevin ForsterVA Site Director

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More programs at The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University

ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Brain Injury Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)Positions: 1
  • Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPositions: 24

Place

Summers reach 83°, winters fall to 22°. About 59 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

700k people live within 20 minutes of MetroHealth System Old Brooklyn Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month within 10 miles of MetroHealth System Old Brooklyn Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University.

Hazards

  • Cold waves
  • Tornadoes
  • River flooding
  • Heat waves