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 The Department of Anesthesiology at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) offers a 1 year, post-residency, pain fellowship for physicians desiring to further their knowledge and expertise in treating pain.Located in the heart of Chicago’s West Side Medical Center District, the Department of Anesthesiology at RUMC offers a unique and sophisticated training opportunity in a high-quality tertiary-care setting where all aspects of anesthetic care and pain management are delivered. Those trained in the Rush Fellowship gain experience in one of the country's most active pain centers. The Rush Department of Anesthesiology and pain center provide acute and chronic pain management services for more than 10,000 patients annually in perioperative and non-operative settings. All of the faculty physicians are board certified Anesthesiologists with specialized training and expertise in the field of Pain Medicine. Each has extensive experience in providing successful treatment for a wide range of pain disorders including: back pain, cancer pain, chronic pain syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, diabetic and other peripheral neuropathies, failed back syndrome, post-operative pain, and sports injuries. Our philosophy is to treat the whole patient by using a multi-disciplinary approach in pain management that draws from the entire spectrum of interventional pain modalities, psychology and pharmacology to alternative medical techniques such as acupuncture. As professionals, the members of the pain team are always working together to provide the newest and medically proven options. Consideration is also given so that the least invasive solution to the problem is used whenever possible. Those that undertake our fellowship training program gain the opportunity to learn under the guidance of well qualified faculty, the intricacies of pain management. The goal of the program is to ensure that our fellowship graduates are well qualified, nationally prominent for specialized clinical practice, either in the university or the community setting. For more information regarding the fellowship program is available on the RushAnesthesia.com website.
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