University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine Concussion Program
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Starts on Monday, August 18, 2025
Applications due Friday, January 31, 2025
Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training
This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure.
Yes
This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
Yes
This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
Yes
This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience.
Yes
This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
Yes
This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities.
Yes
This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
Yes
This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
Yes
Established in 2000, the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program has grown to include seven attending clinical neuropsychologists who work within a multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose, and treat concussions. This team includes primary care sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurovestibular rehabilitation, neurosurgery, neuro-radiology, behavioral neuro-optometry, and physical therapy, including both musculoskeletal evaluations and sport-specific exertion therapy. The UPMC Sports Concussion Program provides outpatient treatment for pediatric and adult patients from a wide variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. While approximately 80% are from the greater Pittsburgh/western Pennsylvania region, approximately 20% travel both nationally and internationally for treatment.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Neuropsychology
- Other Emphasis
- Concussion
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Nathan Kegel
- Contact Email
- kegelne@upmc.edu
- Contact Phone
- 412-432-3681
- Virtual Interviews
- Available
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 6
- Number of Positions
- 3
- Applications recieved last year
- 11
- Stipend
- $50000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Exempt Neuro specialty
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, February 14 2025
- Created Date
- Friday, July 1 2016
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- health insurance, earned paid time off, additional time off for conference, $1,000 stipend for conference travel per year
- Research opportunities
- Fellows have one full day (20% total time) protected for research. Please see program brochure for full description of research opportunities.
https://dam.upmc.com/-/media/upmc/services/orthopaedics/documents/professionals-students/sports537491_concussnfwshppkt_fnl_lr.pdf?rev=c167d199741d458abee361cfd0811383&hash=DA742F7E4F429C2F21623BE1438802F7
- Application Instructions
- All application materials are to be submitted by January 25, 2025. Materials should be emailed directly to Dr. Nathan Kegel at kegelne@upmc.edu.
The following materials are required
1. Statement of goals and interests
2. CV
For application questions:
Dr. Nathan Kegel
kegelne@upmc.edu
This record was last updated on Monday, December 23, 2024
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