Fellowship Programs

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The mission of the Columbia University Department of Neurology post-doctoral fellowship training programs is to train the next generation of leaders in neurological clinical care, research, and education.  In particular, our goals are:

  • In support of the Department of Neurology’s educational mission, we aim to recruit and train fellows with varied academic, clinical, and life experiences who meet program qualifications and demonstrate strong potential for success.
  • To educate and develop early-career physicians to focus on excellence in the delivery of safe, affordable, high-quality care, while maintaining sensitivity to the overall health and wellbeing of the diverse patients and communities they will serve.
  • To provide trainees with the most comprehensive and advanced clinical training opportunities in their specialty of interest;
  • To make available to fellows education and training in research methodology for basic, clinical, and translational research;
  • To provide trainees who have an interest in research with the knowledge, skills, and resources to obtain research funding;
  • To provide fellows with opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research in their area of specialization;
  • To adhere to institutional and national guidelines for training of fellows;
  • To provide trainees with the knowledge, skills, and resources to obtain academic or other positions.

Our fellowship opportunities continue to evolve, including programs such as neuro-oncology, neuro-infectious disease, and peripheral nerve disorders. Fellows have abundant opportunities to engage in research as well. Columbia offers an R25 fellowship training opportunity, funded by the NINDS. The goal of this program is to help fellows obtain experience and preliminary data to enable them to submit competitive mentored research career award applications (K23, K08, or K99).

  1. R25: Those who have previously participated in R25 research mentorship programs at Columbia or other institutions may apply for up to 2 years of additional fellowship funding to participate in research. R25 program is run by Dr. Kuo, and interested applicants should contact Sheng-Han Kuo, MD.
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