Program Highlights

Rotations and Subspecialty Services

1st Years

You will participate in the Rheumatology Inpatient Consultative Service. Outpatient participation in Continuity Clinic, Urgent Access Clinic, Same Day Clinic and Ultrasound Clinic is part of the core longitudinal experience that begins in the 1st year.

2nd Years

In addition to the Inpatient Consultative Service, you will participate in outpatient subspecialty clinics for Adolescent Pediatrics, Autoimmune Interstitial Lung Disease, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatology/Dermatology and Ultrasound/Procedures, IgG4 Related Disease, and Myositis. During your outpatient rotations, there are opportunities to tailor your schedule to your interests with engagement in elective rotations. (Examples include: Pulmonary Hypertension, Transfusion medicine, MSK Radiology, Pediatrics etc.)

Fellows will rotate at 2 main hospitals, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and our second largest facility, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.

Didactics and Research

During your fellowship you will have regular didactic sessions that include:

• Rheumatology mini Grand Rounds/ Fellow Lecture
• Journal Club/Strive The Disease
• Combined Conference
  • Rheum-Derm
  • Rheum-ILD
  • Rheum-Pathology
  • Rheum-Radiology
  • Rheum-MFM
• Research Conference
• Case Conferences
• Rheumatology Self-Assessment Program and board review conferences
• Rheumatology OSCE
• Ultrasound workshop
• Anatomy Injection Course

Fellows get the opportunity to participate in research projects as well as Quality Improvement projects during their training. We support attendance at national conferences and highly encourage presentation of research at regional or national level. 

Sample Fellow Schedule

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