The Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship at Houston Methodist Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology is a one-year, ACGME accredited program. Two fellowship positions are available for clinical training with specialization in clinical neuromuscular medicine, including electrodiagnostic medicine, neuropathology, research experience, and rehabilitation. The program provides a large and varied clinical experience with greater than 75 neuromuscular patients evaluated weekly from both outpatient and inpatient services. More than 100 muscle and/or skin biopsies and over 2000 EMG/NCV cases are performed every year.

Houston Methodist Neurological Institute is the site for one of the five leading MDA/ALSA ALS-Clinic and Research Care Centers in the U.S. under the direction of Stanley H. Appel, MD. with over 100 ALS patients diagnosed yearly and over 250 active patients managed longitudinally. The department also has one of the largest multidisciplinary Myotonic Dystrophy Clinics which follows over 100 patients every year. Our Muscular Dystrophy Clinic sees patients with muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, inherited neuropathy, CIDP/acquired neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, and metabolic/mitochondrial disorders. A large volume of acquired and inherited amyloidosis patients is seen and followed in the neuromuscular clinic.

Candidates are required to have successfully completed an ACGME Accredited Residency Program in child or adult Neurology or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation before the start of the fellowship. Having completed the fellowship program, graduates will be clinically as well as academically credentialed, and well trained to take the examination offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in the Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine and one offered by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Candidates are required to have successfully completed an Accredited Residency Program in child or adult neurology or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation before the start of the fellowship. Having completed the fellowship program, graduates will be clinically as well as academically credentialed and well trained to sit for the examination offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in the Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine.

We are participating in a unified Neuromuscular fellowship application timeline with the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM). We will review the applications starting in March after which interview invitations will be sent out. Interviews are typically conducted in April/May by invitation only. Visit the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) for application updates. We will be conducting interviews virtually.

Drug & Tobacco Screening: Applicants will be tested for nicotine and drug usage during the post-offer physical. If an applicant tests positive for nicotine use, including nicotine gum and patches, the offer will be rescinded, and individuals will be given the opportunity to participate in a free Houston Methodist-provided tobacco cessation program. Applicants wishing to reapply after testing positive for nicotine may do so 90 days after the date the initial offer was rescinded.

If the applicant tests positive for drug use, the offer will be rescinded. Job seekers wishing to reapply after testing positive for the drug screening may do so one year after the date the initial offer was rescinded.

Background Check: Prior to employment start date, job seekers must complete a criminal background check.