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Recording Date: January 31, 2025

Expiration Date: January 30, 2028

This recorded session from the 2025 NANS Annual Meeting provides practical guidance for trainees pursuing a career in interventional pain medicine. Designed for medical students, residents, fellows, and academic educators, the session brings together recent graduates and fellowship program directors to discuss strategies for successfully navigating the pain medicine fellowship application process and maximizing the fellowship training experience.

Through a combination of expert presentations, panel discussion, and audience Q&A, faculty explore factors that influence fellowship interview selection and ranking, effective interview techniques, and practical tips for preparing for the expectations and demands of fellowship training. Learners will gain valuable insights into how to strengthen their applications, excel during interviews, and position themselves for success throughout their pain medicine fellowship journey.

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Educator, Fellow, Medical student, Resident, Trainee

Following participation in this activity, learners will be able to:

• Guide prospective fellowship candidates on what are the key factors influencing fellowship interview selection and ranking (targeted to trainees of multiple specialties).
• Discuss interview strategies to support pain fellowship application and tips and tricks from program directors and recent graduates.
• Discuss interview strategies to support pain fellowship application and tips and tricks from program directors and recent graduates.

Welcome
Adlai Pappy, MD, MBA

Beyond the CV: Understanding Factors Influencing Fellowship Interview Selection and Ranking
Scott Pritzlaff, MD

Bringing Your Application to Life: Robust Interview Strategies to Impress             
Siyun "Sisi"Xie,  MD and Lynn Kohan, MD

Trips and Tricks to Prepare for Pain Medicine Fellowship Training: Requirements and Expectations
Adlai Pappy, MD, MBA and Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, FASA

Q & A   
Adlai Pappy, MD, MBA
Scott Pritzlaff, MD
Siyun "Sisi" Xie, MD
Lynn Kohan, MD
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, FASA

Closing Discussion      
Adlai Pappy, MD, MBA

Any faculty member not on the disclosure list has reported nothing to disclose.

Scott Pritzlaff, MD | Speaker
Abbott/St. Jude Medical: Educational Grant (Ongoing)|Bioness: Consulting Fees (Ongoing)|Biotronik: Educational Grant (Ongoing)|Medtronic: Educational Grant (Ongoing)|Nalu Medical: Consulting Fees (Ongoing)|Nevro: Educational Grant (Ongoing)|Oxford University Press: Royalty (Ongoing)|SPR Therapeutics: Consulting Fees (Ongoing)|Wolters Kluwer: Royalty (Ongoing)

Lynn Kohan, MD | Speaker
Averitas: Institutional Research (Ongoing)| FUSMobile: Institutional Research (Ongoing)|Vertex: Institutional Research (Terminated, August 19, 2024)

This is activity is not eligible for CME credit.