UCNS-accredited Headache Medicine Fellowship — University of Rochester Medical Center

About this program

University of Rochester Medical Center offers a UCNS-accredited one-year Headache Medicine fellowship (one position per year) providing multidisciplinary outpatient and inpatient clinical training, procedural skills development, and elective rotations such as pain clinic, neuro-ophthalmology, orofacial pain, and pediatric headache. The core team comprises three faculty, two nurse practitioners, and three nurses; the 2025–2026 position is filled and the 2026–2027 position is open—contact Program Director Raissa Villanueva, MD, MPH via the program information request form for details. Applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited neurology residency; the program does not accept J‑1 visas, applicants from non‑ACGME residency programs, or applicants without neurology residency training.