Fellowship Training

After completing a 3-5 year residency, about 30% of the fully trained physicians elect to pursue additional training to become subspecialists.

Subspecialty training may last an additional 1-4 years. Usually the focus of subspecialty training is fairly narrow and allows the physician to obtain knowledge and skills needed to perform additional procedures or focus on treating patients with a particular type of problem. Most subspecialties have additional board exams at the end of their training qualifying the physician to be a board certified subspecialist.

The most common specialties and subspecialties, as well as the years of training required, are listed here. In some cases, more than one specialty training may qualify a physician for fellowship training.

• Dermatology - 4 years 

• Dermatopathology - 1-2 years

• Emergency Medicine - 3-4 years

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 2 years



• Sports Medicine - 1-2 years



• Toxicology - 2 years

• Family Practice - 3 years

• Geriatrics - 2 years

• Neurology - 4 years

• Electromyography (EMG) - 1-2 years



• Neuromuscular Diseases - 1-2 years



• Electroencephalography (EEG) - 1-2 years



• Epilepsy - 1-2 years



• Behavioral Neurology/Dementia - 1-2 years



• Cerebrovascular Diseases/Stroke - 1-2 years



• Movement Disorders - 1-2 years



• Neuroimmunology - 1-2 years



• Neuro-Oncology - 1-2 years



• Pain - 1-2 years



• Headache - 1-2 years



• Neuro-Ophthalmology - 1 year



• Critical Care Neurology - 1 year



• Neuroimaging - 1 year



• Sleep - 1 year

• Ophthalmology - 4 years

• Neuro-ophthalmology - 2 years



• Retina - 2 years



• Glaucoma - 2 years



• Oculoplastics - 1 year

• Plastic Surgery - 5-6 years

• Hand Surgery - 2 years

• Internal Medicine - 3 years

• Allergy & Immunology - 2 years



• Cardiology - 3 years



• Critical Care - 2-3 years



• Endocrinology - 2 years



• Gastroenterology - 3 years



• Geriatrics -2 years



• Hematology and Oncology - 2-3 years



• Infectious Diseases - 2 years



• Nephrology - 2 years



• Pulmonology - 2-3 years



• Rheumatology - 2 years

• Obstetrics/Gynecology - 4 years

• Infertility

• General Surgery - 5-6 years

• Critical Care - 2 years



• Pediatric Surgery - 2 years



• Thoracic Surgery - 2-3 years



• Transplant Surgery - 2-3 years



• Trauma - 2 years



• Vascular Surgery - 2 years



• Colon and Rectal Surgery - 2 years

• Urology - 5 years

• Pediatric Urology - 1-2 years

• Psychiatry - 4 years

• Child Psychiatry - 3 years



• Forensic Psychiatry - 2-3 years

• Neurosurgery - 6 years

• Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1-2 years

• Physical Medicine - 3 years

• Pediatric Physical Medicine - 2 years

• Radiology - 4 years

• CT - 1 year



• MRI - 1-2 years



• Ultrasound - 1 year



• Interventional - 1-2 years



• Neuroradiology - 1-2 years



• Breast - 1 year



• Chest - 1 year



• Musculoskeletal - 1 year



• Pediatric - 1-2 years



• Nuclear Medicine - 1-2 years

• Orthopedic Surgery - 5 years

• Hand - 2 years



• Spine - 2 years



• Hip - 2 years



• Foot and Ankle - 2 years

• Anesthesiology - 4 years

• Critical Care - 2 years



• Pediatric Anesthesiology - 2 years

• Pathology - 5 years

• Forensics Pathology - 2 years

• Aerospace Medicine - 2 years

• Pediatrics - 3 years

• Allergy and Immunology - 2 years



• Behavioral and Developmental - 2 years



• Cardiology - 2 years



• Critical Care - 2 years



• Endocrinology - 2 years



• Gastroenterology - 2 years



• Genetics - 2 years



• Hematology and Oncology - 2 years



• Infectious Diseases - 2 years



• Neonatology - 2 years



• Nephrology - 2 years



• Pulmonology - 2 years



• Rheumatology - 2 years