Fellowship (medicine)

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A Fellowship is a medical training period, in the United States and Canada, which a doctor or dentist may perform after completing a special training program (residency). During this time (usually more than one year), doctors are known as Associates . Fellows are able to act as Attending Physicians or Doctor Consultants in the field of generalists in which they are trained, such as Internal Medicine or Pediatrics. Upon completion of the Fellowship in the relevant sub-specialization, Doctors are allowed to practice without direct supervision by other physicians in sub-specialties, such as Cardiology or Oncology.

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United States

In the United States, the majority of scholarships are accredited by the Board of Accreditation for Post-Graduate Education ("ACGME"). There are some programs that are not accredited, but are actually well received, given the importance of becoming a Board Certified Doctor in a major specialty, where Fellowship is often based more on research productivity.

ACGME Fellowships

The following are structured according to the special needs for fellowship.

Science of Internal Medicine or Pediatrics

Allergy/Immunology
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Nephrology
Oncology
Infectious diseases
Critical care remedies
Pulmonology

General Surgery

Complex Surgical Oncology
Hand Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Critical Care Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Colon and Rectal Operations
Stomach Transplant Surgery

Gynecological Oncology
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Female Hip and Reconstructive Surgery
Reproductive Endocrinology
Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery ¹
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ¹

¹ Not officially recognized as a subspecialist by the American Board of Obstetrics/Gynecology or the American College of Obstetrics/Gynecologists.

Ophthalmology

Cornea
Glaucoma
Medical retina
Neuro-ophthalmology
Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery
Oncology
Pathology
Children
Biased
Uveitis
Vitreoretinal Surgery

Urology

Children
Female Hip and Reconstructive Surgery

Orthopedics

Hands
Sports Medicine
Pediatrics
Spine
Legs and Ankles
Shared replacement
Trauma
Oncology

Female Hip and Reconstructive Surgery
Neonatology
Hematopathology
Cytopathology
Traumatologis
Clinical Information
Geriatric
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Interventional Radiology
Psychiatry
Rheumatology
Sleeping medicine
Drugs
Hepatology of transplantation

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Combined scholarship

There are programs that offer combined fellowships, training in two or more sub-specialties as part of a program.

Lung Care/Critical : this type of program is more common than the Lung Disease (non-combination) program. In 2007, there were 130 ACGME accredited lung/critical care programs while only 25 programs for Lung Disease alone.
Hematology/Oncology : in 2005, there were 125 ACGME accredited programs for Hematology-Oncology, while only 12 programs for Hematology alone and 18 for Oncology alone.
Geriatrics/Oncology : The American Board of Internal Medicine approves a 3-year joint fellowship program in medical oncology and geriatrics. John A. Hartford Foundation initially funded 10 institutions for this type of training.