Neurophysiology-EMG Fellowship

The Neurology Department at Lahey Clinic has provided fellowship training in EMG and neuromuscular disease since 1984. In 1999, we received accreditation from the ACGME as a clinical neurophysiology training program.

The program maintains its focus on EMG and neuromuscular disease with the primary goal of training master electromyographers and neuromuscular clinicians. Our one-year program has been historically flexible in its attempts to be responsive to individual needs. Former fellows hold academic, group practice, or private practice positions both nationally and internationally. The paradigm of our teaching program is to provide a graduated level of responsibility throughout the course of the year in a one-on-one teaching format. We believe strongly in a program of supervised independence.

The fellow comes in regular contact with seven of the 20 members of the senior staff. The EMG lab is staffed on a daily basis by two technicians and one of five rotating senior staff members. Each resident in the Tufts Neurology Residency Program spends eight weeks of their PGY-3 year in the Lahey EMG lab.

A major benefit of our program has been the opportunity to gain pediatric EMG experience at Boston Children's Hospital.

In addition to the department's normal educational programs, there are two conferences directed toward clinical neurophysiology (Monday) and EMG and neuromuscular disease (Thursday). The fellow has an integral, participatory role in both. The fellow is expected to participate in at least one project that is initiated during the fellowship year, e.g., an article, chapter, poster presentation at a national meeting, or research project.

For more information about this fellowship, the faculty, benefits and how to apply, please visit the Lahey Clinic site.