| Application Information
We welcome your application to our fellowship program. Candidates for fellowship beginning in July 2010 should apply using the ERAS system. All applications must be submitted through ERAS in order to be reviewed. Please include a copy of your CV, personal statement and research experience. Three letters of recommendation are also required and one has to be from the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director.
Interviews: Interviews will be scheduled by invitation from January and March 2009. We are now be participating in the NRMP Match Program.
If you are invited to interview, you will be asked for the names of faculty members with whom you would like to meet. Our faculty are individually listed with a description of their research interests under the Faculty tab.
If you are interested in applying to our program, please review the program information below including the links for Clinical, Didactic, and Research training. To apply click here.
Program Information
Number of Positions per year: 2 - 3
Prior Education / Training Requirements:
Completion of Internal Medicine Residency.
Description of Training Program:
The
goal of the fellowship program in Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania is to train
outstanding endocrinologists for academic careers. This is
accomplished by providing:
- Broad and intensive clinical exposure and teaching
- Training in and opportunities for teaching and academic presentations
- Post-doctoral level training in basic and/or clinical research
For most fellows, the first year is devoted predominantly
to clinical training. Fellows spend 12 months doing in-patient
consultations as well as participating in a mixture of outpatient
clinics. During this first year, fellows still have sufficient
time to plan and initiate a research project on a part-time
basis. After completion of the first year, fellows continue to
participate
in divisional conferences and clinics, but the primary emphasis
becomes the fellow's individual research project, supervised
by a faculty mentor.
The minimum length of fellowship training
is two years, but most fellows preparing for research careers
in academic medicine complete a total of three (or more)
years. These additional research years can generally be
accommodated
within the program, and many fellows have been successful
in obtaining grant support for their own projects.
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