Fellowship Director's Message
We are a division within the Department of Anesthesiology and function in a multidisciplinary capacity integrating the disciplines of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Behavioral Psychology, Oncology, and Physical Medicine. We are currently active in both clinical and basic science pain research areas. In addition to the fellowship we can also provide optional additional post graduate training in pain research. Post graduate year two and three Anesthesiology residents rotate through the Pain Management Center as do residents from other medical specialties and medical students from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. The fellowship program is a minimum of one year and combines clinical training, teaching, and research opportunities and requirements.
Our faculty have a variety of special interests in pain and offer a balanced mixture of medical, psychological, and invasive modalities that is unique to pain training as it exists in the United States today. Educational programs currently in effect include: a daily conference where institutional experts, residents, and fellows present specific topics relevant to pain management including Psychiatry, Psychology, Radiology, Neurology and Surgery, a monthly journal club, a monthly case conference, and quarterly research conferences.
We are currently participating in a large spine center as well as a palliative care team for our terminally ill population. Our interventional pain program includes training in peripheral and axial blocks including, neurolysis, radiofrequency techniques, subarachnoid and epidural administration of narcotics and local anesthetics, implantation of both opioid and Baclofen spinal infusion devices, and trials and implantation of dorsal column stimulators as well as peripheral nerve stimulation.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is located in one of the most beautiful places in the world. The culture in our institution is collegial and friendly. We believe that our program is unique and exemplary and constantly strive to improve the care we provide. We have unparalleled academic resources and innovation is the rule.
We are currently accepting applications for the academic year beginning on July 1, 2011. For more information about stipends and benefits, I invite you to go to the DHMC GME website. Interested candidates should forward their current Curriculum Vitae, three letters of recommendation, original medical school transcript, and dean's letter and copy of USMLE score report. A personal interview is required and will be scheduled once your application is complete.
Thank you for your interest.
Ralph D. Beasley, MD
Fellowship Director Pain Management Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
For more information contact:
Theresa Norman-Goodwin
Pain Management Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
(603) 650-8391
