Pain Fellowship Excellence Award

The award is intended to recognize programs whose efforts coincide with AAPM’s mission.

Pain medicine fellowship programs within the United States, accredited by ACGME, that meet the following award criteria are encouraged to apply:

Exemplify educational excellence, including, but not limited to:
- High-quality, comprehensive and interdisciplinary training in both acute and chronic pain, including its evaluation, treatment and management.
- Development of research opportunities that target fellows’ goals and needs.
- Receiving feedback on fellows’ performance.
Demonstrate a commitment to providing evidence-based, safe, and patient-centered care.
Facilitate the most rewarding fellowship experience to trainees, including (but not limited to) work-life balance and opportunities to pursue interests and accomplish their professional goals.

Past recipients are eligible to reapply five years after receiving the award.

Past Recipients

(2024) Duke University Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Fellowship Program; Stanford Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
(2023) University of Virginia Pain Medicine Fellowship Program; University of California Davis Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
(2020) Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship Program of the University of Chicago Medical Center
(2019) University of California San Diego Pain Medicine Fellowship Program

(2018) Johns Hopkins Pain Medicine Fellowship Program; NYU Langone Health Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
(2017) Stanford Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
(2016) Cleveland Clinic; Medical College of Wisconsin; University of California, Davis; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(2015) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Mayo Clinic
(2014) Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
(2013) Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pain Medicine Fellowship