Chronic Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) fellowships in North America

Application period for 2027-2028 opened 15 May 2026; deadline to submit application and complete file for the majority of fellowship programs is 1 September 2026 (see McGill PGME timelines for the full list)

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Anaesthesiologists interested in comprehensive pain management; University of Toronto departmental requirements: minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite certification exams passed in home country

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Completed an ACGME-accredited programme in Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Neurology residency, or other residency with rotations in related specialties; must be eligible to take the board examination in their specialty by the start of fellowship

Québec graduates: MD, Royal College or CFPC certification, UdeM French admission test; letter of intent, CV, two letters of recommendation; recency-of-practice rule (MD, residency or independent practice within previous 4 years)

Graduates from outside Québec may be offered a clinical fellow (moniteur clinique) post: MD from an IMED/FAIMER-listed school, specialist certificate recognised in home province/country, UdeM French test, and a training bursary meeting UdeM requirements

Email application (letter of intent, CV, specialty completion certificate, three referees, online fellowship questionnaire) to anes.fellowship@umanitoba.ca; interviews for selected applicants

Enrolled in or graduated from an accredited university-based anaesthesiology (or related) residency; USMLE I, II and III above the 50th percentile; board-eligible in anaesthesiology by fellowship start

Applicants must be graduates of LCME or AOA-accredited US/Canada schools or hold a valid ECFMG certificate, and be enrolled in or graduated from an ACGME-accredited residency in anesthesiology, PM&R, neurology or psychiatry.

Graduates of medical schools outside the US/Canada with a currently valid ECFMG certificate are eligible, and must be legally able to maintain training/employment in the U.S. for the fellowship.

Institution policy: Paid house-staff stipend (employer varies: UTSW, Parkland, Children's Health or Scottish Rite); 2026-27 scale PGY4 $82,225, PGY5 $86,343, PGY6 $89,505, PGY7 $95,050

Institution policy: must be eligible for a CPSO postgraduate education certificate, including recognition as a medical specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where the applicant practised before the fellowship

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite certification exams passed in home country; preference for training completed within past seven years; fluency in English mandatory

Online application form via University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine website (one intake period per application) with letter of intent and signed reference letters

Institution policy: Salaried clinical fellow (CCHMC 2026-27 contract year): PL-IV $80,265; PL-V $83,984; PL-VI $86,613; PL-VII $91,149; PL-VIII $96,068; PL-IX $98,987; PL-X $103,125

Institution policy: LCME/AOA graduates or IMGs with valid ECFMG certificate; ACGME fellows must have completed specialty prerequisite training (exceptional-candidate route where the RC allows)

Institution policy: International medical graduates eligible for NYP GME appointment with a valid ECFMG certificate (or a full NY licence); prerequisite training must be ACGME/AOA/RCPSC/CFPC or ACGME-I (Advanced Specialty) accredited, with a GMEC-approved exception route for exceptionally qualified IMGs; J-1 (ECFMG) visa only

Institution policy: NewYork-Presbyterian 2026-27 house-staff salary PGY1 $96,600; PGY7 $129,100, plus $7,500 living supplement, $1,000 academic stipend, $2,000 Lyft credit and $2,160 meal stipend

Institution policy: NewYork-Presbyterian 2026-27 house-staff salary PGY1 $96,600; PGY2 $107,000; PGY3 $115,700; PGY4 $119,100; PGY5 $123,000; PGY6 $125,200; PGY7 $129,100, plus $7,500 living supplement, $1,000 academic stipend, $2,000 Lyft credit and $2,160 meal stipend