Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Fellowship Training Program

The Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Fellowship Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh has a long tradition of academic excellence, both in the areas of clinical and basic biomedical research. Many of the fellows trained in our program have assumed leadership roles in academics, industry, and community practice. A listing of the fellows who were trained in our Program and their current locations and positions is presented in the Postdoctoral Fellowship Roster.

The goal of our fellowship training program is to continue to train the leaders of rheumatology in academic medicine, industry and community practice. Our training program is specifically designed to accomplish this goal. The program includes (1) a clinical training component that provides both the didactic and practical experience necessary to achieve a superior level of clinical competency in the subspecialty of Rheumatology, (2) a research component tailored to the interests and future plans of the trainee, and (3) a teaching component that provides further experience for the trainees in the process of educating health professional students and practitioners.

We offer a broad range of opportunities in each of these programs. Our clinical training program provides experience with common rheumatic diseases as well as the less common systemic connective tissue diseases. Research opportunities are available in the areas of basic biomedical research (immunology, cell biology, and molecular biology) and clinical research (epidemiology and health services research). The fellows participate in the education of medical students, graduate students, faculty, and community practitioners. The fellowship training is supported by a staff of internationally recognized leaders in rheumatology, immunology, epidemiology, and related disciplines.

The development of an Arthritis Institute at the University of Pittsburgh became a reality in July, 1998. The goals of this Institute are to design and implement an integrated system of health care for arthritis patients, to foster basic and clinical research pertaining to arthritis and related conditions, and to provide arthritis education programs for patients, health care professionals, and the lay public.

The Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Arthritis Institute, continue to be at the forefront of clinical and basic science research. We are particularly interested in candidates for fellowship training who intend to pursue an academic research career.