Rheumatology Fellowship

Program Director: Michael Lucke, MD
Accreditation: ACGME
Program Length: 2 years (PGY4-5)
Fellows per year: 2

Quick guide to Rheumatology Fellowship

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About the program

Director's statement

Welcome to the AHN Rheumatology Fellowship Program! We are an ACGME-accredited two-year rheumatology training program dedicated to exceptional clinical and educational experiences for fellows. We recruit trainees through ERAS and the NRMP Match, accepting two new fellows each year. The program is dedicated to training fellows to attain the professional, cognitive, research, and technical skills necessary to provide superior, high quality, and compassionate patient care in the subspecialty of rheumatology.

Our fellowship program is special because trainees work shoulder to shoulder with not just experienced rheumatologists, but with all of the 17+ specialties that call the AHN Autoimmunity Institute home. Equipped with this learning experience, graduates of the program have been successful in careers spanning from private practice to academic programs, sharing our collaborative approach with as many patients as possible.

Our health network has a longstanding tradition of and commitment to excellence in patient care and graduate medical education. Inpatient rotations take place at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) and West Penn Hospital (WPH). AGH is a major referral center for the Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio regions, offering a wide array of medical and surgical specialties. WPH houses the nationally recognized Lupus Center of Excellence and the multidisciplinary Autoimmunity Institute. We are proud to serve as a clinical campus for medical students from Drexel and Duquesne COM.

An active program of scholastic activity and clinical research ensures that fellows complete their training prepared to excel. Fellows rotate through multispecialty clinics in autoimmune interstitial lung disease and glomerulonephritis.  Elective blocks in radiology, orthopedics, and pathology pediatric rheumatology, and pain medicine complement the core rheumatology and research rotations. [AD1] A comprehensive weekly conference schedule is unique in emphasizing multi-specialty autoimmunity case conferences as well as rheumatology grand rounds and journal clubs.

We thank you for your interest in our program.

Michael Lucke, MD
Program Director, Rheumatology Fellowship

AHN GME: About Graduate Medical Education

The Rheumatology Fellowship program is part of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) opportunities offered by the AHN Medical Education Consortium. Learn more about  Graduate Medical Education..

Why Choose Us?

• Unique exposure to multidisciplinary national referral center in Autoimmunity Institute clinic and conferences
• Largesubspecialty faculty with diversity of experience and interests dedicated to clinical education
• Focus on fellow growth and well being
• Based at a large quaternary care academic teaching hospital with universityaffiliation
• Clinical exposure to a large volume, variety, and complexity of patients
• Strong emphasis on training in research and scholarship with strong tract record of fellows presenting scholarly work nationally
• Excellent Board-pass rates and job placement
• Based in Pittsburgh, it offers an affordable cost of living, rich artistic and
  cultural environment, vibrant sports and dining scene, and innumerable
  outdoor activities.
• 3 weeks (15 working days) of vacation annually as well as holiday time and conference attendance 

Contact us

For all patient-related calls, please call (855) 261-2345.