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University Hospital-MU Health Care in Columbia, Missouri, is recruiting for one open adult track position in our one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 

In this fellowship, you will develop an expertise in the care of patients and their caregivers who are facing serious illness. Graduates will satisfy requirements for board certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 

Our program will give you experience in providing direct patient care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Fellows will participate in the care of a wide array of patients, including outpatients in cardiology, oncology, physiatry, pulmonary, nephrology, pediatric, and neurology clinics, intensive care patients in the NICU, PICU, MICU, CICU, as well as patients in the emergency department and Veteran’s Administration Hospital with complex health care patients. Education is enhanced through care management workshops, didactic sessions, communication workshops, clinical conferences, journal clubs and ethics conferences. Fellows also may elect to participate on the Ethics Committee as part of their education.

For more information about our HPM Fellowship, please visit our website:

https://medicine.missouri.edu/departments/family-and-community-medicine/fellowship-training-ms-degree/hospice-and-palliative

We are now accepting applications for the adult-focused position from physicians who have completed an ACGME residency program in any of the sponsoring specialties for Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (Med/Peds), Family Medicine, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Applicants should be board-certified or board-eligible with the intention to complete board certification in their primary specialty.

Mid-career applicants are welcome and encouraged.

Applications are accepted via email to herigondm@umsystem.edu . 

The eligibility criteria are:

• Completion of an ACGME or ACGME-I certified Residency Program
• Must be eligible for a Missouri Medical License
• International applicants must hold a valid ECFMG certificate 

Required documents are:

• CV
• Personal statement outlining interest in HPM
• 3 Letters of recommendation from persons familiar with your clinical performance; at least one must be from your Residency Director
• Medical School transcript and Dean's letter of reference (MSPE)
• USMLE or COMLEX score report