Fellowship Directory
University of Alabama Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Last updated: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Fellowship type
Emergency Medicine
Community setting
Urban
Address
850 Peter Bryce Blvd
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-7457
Country
US
Phone
(205)348-1373
Fax
(205)348-2695
Website
https://fmr.ua.edu/fellowships/emergency-medicine/
Program director
Tamer Mohamed Haggag Elsayed MD, FAAFP
Fellowship sponsored by Dept of Family Medicine
Yes
Number of positions offered
2
Number of positions filled
0
Duration of fellowship
12 months
Stipend per year
$65,000
Other benefits
Meals
Funding for attending conferences
Time off for conferences
Fitness Center
Health Insurance
Disability Insurance
Liability Insurance
Life Insurance
Leads to Degree / Accreditation
Other
Other Degree / Accreditation
Certificate of fellowship from the University of Alabama
Prerequisites for acceptance
• Applicants must be graduates of accredited family practice residency programs (Allopathic or Osteopathic). • Applicants must be board certified or board eligible in Family Practice. • Applicants will be required to obtain medical licensure in the state of Alabama, the state of Mississippi and hold a Federal DEA certificate prior to the beginning of the fellowship. (The fellowship program will reimburse the accepted applicant for expenses related to licensure).
Application deadline
11/01/2018
Date notified of selection
12/01/2018
Description
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL RESIDENCIES IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THE SECOND LARGEST FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY IN THE US. The University Of Alabama Department Of Family Medicine, working together with Rush Foundation hospital Emergency Department, offers a one-year Fellowship in Emergency Medicine. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide advanced training and experience in Emergency Medicine for the family physicians who desire further training. The fellowship is twelve month training through the University of Alabama Family Medicine department and fellows will be trained at Rush foundation hospital ER at Meridian, Mississippi. We recruit 2 fellows per year Fellowship Objectives • Develop experience with the evaluation and management of simple through complex trauma patients. • Develop multitasking skills to enable efficient patient care. • Further learning in the acute management of critically ill patients. • Develop an understanding and practical experience with a busy Emergency Medicine department. • Learn focused emergency US including the FAST, ocular, undifferentiated shock exams. • Further understanding of 12 lead ECG evaluation. • Gain experience with the evaluation and management of paediatric emergencies. • Emergency Medicine Procedural Objectives: Acquire procedural competencies in endotracheal intubation, advanced airway techniques, central venous catheter insertion, arterial line insertion and monitoring, lumbar punctures, complex laceration repair, incision and drainage of cutaneous abscess, joint aspiration, slit lamp evaluation, fracture/dislocation reduction and splinting, tube thoracotomy, procedural sedation and ocular tonometry.