Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, AOA- approved residency program, ACGME-I residency program, RCPSC or CFPC approved residency in Canada. Fellows must have completed a residency program in child neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or radiation oncology; or, at least three clinical years in residency program in anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, or surgery.

There are 2 (two) openings for a 1-year fellowship position. The Supportive & Palliative Care team at Scott & White Medical Center supports a multidisciplinary team in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The inpatient team consists of a consult team and a primary service, which staffs 10 swing beds that function as a Palliative & Comfort Care Unit. The average number of patients seen by the SPC consult team is about 115 per month, and consults are received from a wide variety of medical specialties caring for hospitalized patients. Our team is integrated into the care of advanced heart failure patients being evaluated for surgical advanced heart failure therapies and we collaborate closely with all intensive care teams. Fellows will round with board-certified/board-eligible, fellowship trained palliative medicine faculty on both the primary service and consult service during their training and have opportunities to learn alongside residents and fellows rotating with the team.