The National Multiple Sclerosis Society offers a one-year, post-residency MS clinical fellowship program designed to train board-eligible and certified neurologists or physiatrists in specialized MS clinical care. The program is sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Applicants who will spend the majority of their time in either adult or pediatric MS care are encouraged to apply.
This 12-month program provides fellows with the opportunity to perform new patient consultations and follow-up evaluations under the supervision of an MS specialist physician. Fellows will also participate in multidisciplinary team activities, lectures, and professional meetings, leading to the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to provide the highest quality of care for individuals with MS.
The applicant and mentor are expected to propose a program that involves direct, supervised MS patient care, with other activities that will expose the applicant to a multidisciplinary healthcare team and didactic activities. The focus of this fellowship is clinical care.
After completing the fellowship program, the fellows will have acquired the skills and experience necessary to develop into physicians who:
Within two years of the fellowship experience, the fellows are expected to:
For specific information about the pediatric care fellowship, see: https://nms2cdn.azureedge.net/cmssite/nationalmssociety/media/msnationalfiles/2023_ccf_pediatric_excerpt.pdf#page=1
For specific information about the adult care fellowship, see: https://nms2cdn.azureedge.net/cmssite/nationalmssociety/media/msnationalfiles/2023_ccf_adult_excerpt.pdf#page=1