Rheumatology Fellowship
Our Fellowship Program strives to produce leaders in rheumatology, both in academic and community settings.
The MetroHealth Medical Center Rheumatology Fellowship is a two-year, ACGME-accredited training program affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. MetroHealth is a “safety net" hospital in Ohio with national reputation in public health research and service.
The program has 12 faculty members: (8 clinical, 2 emeriti, 1 PhD scientist, and 1 NP). We have two faculty who have been recognized as Masters of the American college of rheumatology, one pediatric rheumatologist and two musculoskeletal ultrasound specialists.
We have a strong basic science and clinical research programs with two sub-specialty centers; Lupus center and Spondyloarthritis center. Our faculty are highly committed to teaching and dedicated to the success of our trainees.
The curriculum includes hands-on bedside teaching, community-based learning, interdisciplinary conferences.
A strength and focus of our fellowship is the commitment to research. The fellows complete a scholarly project that may be in translational, clinical, outcomes, or health informatics resulting in a manuscript and have an opportunity to apply for peer-reviewed research grants through local and national foundations.
The highlight of our program is a strong collegial environment and multidisciplinary education with combined case conferences with the departments of radiology and pathology, and an opportunity to work with faculty that are nationally and internationally recognized in their area of research and clinical expertise.
Aims
Our Fellowship Program strives to produce leaders in rheumatology, both in academic and community settings. We strive to:
- Provide educational opportunities and clinical experiences that foster trainees to be lifelong adult learners. The experience instills that importance and of lifelong self-learning allowing trainees to achieve and maintain board certification in the subspecialty of rheumatology.
- The trainees will succeed in a rheumatology career leading to a strong presence in academic practice and clinical care to meet the growing work force demands for academic and practicing rheumatologists.
- To engage fellows in clinical or translational science research activities while training under the expertise of internationally recognized faculty. This will help drive their scholarly projects leading to scientific presentations, publications, and to apply for peer-reviewed grants.
Curriculum
Residents receive training with graduated responsibility under the supervision of the attending physicians.
Faculty
We are a teaching hospital of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where our faculty members hold academic appointments.
Fellows
Our fellows work with faculty that are nationally and internationally recognized in their area of research and clinical expertise.
Research
Our fellows complete a scholarly project that may be in translational, clinical, outcomes, or health informatics.