Overview
A one-year ACGME-accredited sleep medicine fellowship with multidisciplinary faculty across pulmonary, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry/psychology and otolaryngology.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 July (typical fellowship start date)
- Positions
- 3 fellows (including 1 Sleep ENT Surgery Track)
- Accreditation
- ACGME-accredited
- Department
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed (or completing by 1 July) training making the applicant board-eligible/certified in internal medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics, family medicine, otolaryngology or another qualifying specialty
- International applicants
- Institution policyIMGs from non-LCME schools must hold ECFMG certification before entry; non-US citizens need employer-sponsored visa (J-1/H-1B per programme)
- Visa support
- Institution policyUPMC ME programmes may (not required to) offer J-1 via ECFMG and/or H-1B; programme can offer either or both; H-1B requires USMLE Steps 1-3 passed by match date
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyPennsylvania graduate medical training licence required (within 60 days of contract start)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- ERAS; NRMP match
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policySalaried on UPMC ME GMT stipend scale AY 2026-27: PGY4 $78,677; PGY5 $81,431; PGY6 $84,281; PGY7 $87,231; PGY8 $90,284 (AY 2027-28: PGY4 $81,818; PGY5 $85,091; PGY6 $88,495)
Official sources
https://dom.pitt.edu/paccsm/sleep-fellowship/https://dom.pitt.edu/paccsm/sleep-fellowship/apply/https://residency.dom.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/UPMC-Resident-and-Visa-Policy-2025.pdfhttps://www.upmc.com/healthcare-professionals/education/gme/benefitshttps://dam.upmc.com/-/media/hillmanresearch/education-training/documents/resident_fellow_training_agreement.pdf