Welcome to the Miami Neurocritical Care fellowship. We have a comprehensive clinical and academic fellowship training program that benefits from two units with differing populations that broadly span both surgical and medical Neurocritical Care. Our team has five full-time academic neurointensivists dedicated to training our fellows and preparing them to manage all aspects of critical care in patients with acute nervous system failure. We are fortunate to live and work in beautiful Miami, providing us with many options for time spent outside the ICU. Outdoor recreational activities are available year-round and Miami is a thriving city with multicultural influences shaping the music, food, and art scene here.
While at work, our fellows get trained in various procedures, including vascular access, endotracheal intubation, percutaneous tracheostomy, bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, paracentesis, and thoracostomy. Multimodality monitoring, including continuous EEG (including quantitative EEG), depth electrodes, intracranial pressure monitoring, brain tissue oxygen monitoring, and cerebral microdialysis, are also used. Fellows participate in clinical research projects and scholarly writing and have six months of non-NeuroICU time each year to acquire broad academic critical care experience. Scheduled conferences include grand rounds, didactic Neurocritical care lectures, vascular conference, case reviews, and ICU-EEG conferences. Finally, we strive to create a positive working environment inside and outside the hospital to help our fellows learn as much as possible while enjoying their time here with us.
Contact Information
For questions about the Neurocritical Care fellowship program email Dr. Kristine O’Phelan or our program manager,
Andrea Ruiz at
305-243-2742.
Dr. Kristine O’Phelan
Program Director
Dr. Mohan Kottapally
Dr. Mohan Kottapally
Number of fellows per year: Average of 2-3 per year, 5 total.
Duration of program: 1 – 2 years. 12 months of training is required for those who have completed prior critical care or neurosurgery training. 12 months of training is required for those trained in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, neurology, or surgery.
Postgraduate training required: Yes, eligible candidates must be a graduate of a residency program in neurology, neurological surgery, internal medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, or emergency medicine.
Application deadline: Applicant registration begins in early October. The first week of February is the target date for applicants to complete the requirements for application distribution. While not a deadline, applicants are encouraged to complete applications by February. Applications are accepted via SF Match.
Application/eligibility requirements
The trainee must:
- Be eligible or have a current valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in Florida
- Be a graduate of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) accredited residency program.
