Overview
Training at St. Michael's Comprehensive Stroke Centre including in-house thrombolysis and EVT attendance; fellows may sit CSC fellowship exams.
The programme
- Focus
- Stroke / vascular neurology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1–2 years (6-month mini-fellowship for EM/IM)
- Start
- July 1
- Positions
- 1–2 per year
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto Post MD Education-registered clinical fellowship (not RCPSC-accredited)
- Department
- Division of Neurology, St. Michael's Hospital / University of Toronto
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed neurology residency; fluent English; EM physicians and internists considered for 6-month or 1-year programme
- International applicants
- Yes — U of T Department of Medicine fellowships include IMGs who obtain CPSO educational licences
- Visa support
- Foreign national (visa) fellows must be remunerated at a rate commensurate with Canadian fellows; work permit processed via U of T Post MD Education (no specific sponsorship statement on page)
- Licence requirement
- CPSO independent or educational licence (certificate authorising postgraduate education) required
How to apply
- Deadline
- Applications open/close 1 year prior to start of fellowship (anticipated start 1 July)
- Application method
- Email CV, cover letter and three letters to the supervisors
Funding
- Funding
- Department standard: fellows remunerated at least at PARO PGY-3 level (CA$85,564.01 from July 1, 2025); funding via hospital site or sponsoring agency
Official sources
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