Residency in Anesthesiology Training Program

Thank you for your interest in the Anesthesiology and Pain Management Training Program at the JHSH of Cook County. The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at JHSH of Cook County offers both clinical base as well as an advanced placement program. The Department of Anesthesiology Residency Program uses only Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to process and review applications from the candidate pool. The Program seeks applicants who demonstrate proven scholarship, a high level of preparedness, ability, and aptitude, communication skills, integrity, compassion, courage, and stability are as important as enthusiasm for patient-care, teaching and research.

The Program prefers the following credentials:

• A Score above 195 on the USMLE Step I and II.
• Demonstrated excellence in the basic sciences and an ability and aptitude in clinical medicine.
• Demonstrated interest in patient-care, teaching, community service and research.

Applicants with one of the following qualifications are eligible for appointment to the department's program:

1. Graduates of medical schools in the U.S. and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
2. Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the US accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
3. Graduates of medical schools outside of the US and Canada who meet one of the following qualifications:

• have received a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, or
• have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US licensing jurisdiction.
  

4. Graduates of medical schools outside the US who have completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school. For US graduates, the Dean's office of your medical school will provide information and an ERAS application package for you to use to prepare your application.
   
   For international medical graduates, please contact the ECFMG for complete information on the application process.
   Applications are accepted from September 15, until the close of business November 1. Although the early submission of your application is encouraged we will continue to review applications through the deadline date, November 1.
   We will notify you to offer you an invitation if your application is accepted for interview. The interview dates are filled on a first-response-first-confirmed basis. We plan to transmit electronic invitations beginning in September for candidate interviews in November and December.

   Our residents are selected through the National Resident Match Program (NRMP). Criteria for including applicants on the Rank Order List for the Match are a complete ERAS application package and a personal interview with the department.
   We very much appreciate your interest in the Anesthesiology Residency Training Program at JHSH Cook County and wish you well.
   
   Pain Management Fellowship Program
   
   The Division of Pain Management uses a multidisciplinary approach for the management of acute and chronic pain. A team of anesthesiologists, certified in pain management, a neurologist, a psychiatrist, an acupuncturist, and a massage therapist participate in the overall therapeutic modalities. They use noninvasive and invasive techniques to manage patients suffering from acute and chronic pain to teach various techniques to pain fellows. For more information, please visit the pain fellowship program in this website.
   Applicants interested in Pain Management Fellowship should complete the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)