Dear Applicant:

We appreciate your interest in our Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham! This website provides introductory information describing our Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Web links are provided here to acquaint you with the facilities we enjoy here at Children's of Alabama and University of Alabama Health System. Also included is web information for our city attractions and general accommodations. We hope that enough information has been provided so that you may get a flavor of what our fellowship, division and city are about. If you are interested in applying to our program, we will be accepting application materials beginning on July 2, 2025. The Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program participates in the Subspecialties Fall Match. Interested applicants should apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). In addition to the application through ERAS, we will need:

• a personal statement
• curriculum vitae
• recent photograph
• MSPE
• Med School Transcript
• USMLE/ COMPLEX Transcript
• Three letters of recommendation – one of the letters must be from your Department of Pediatrics Chairman or from your Residency Director.

All of the above information should be sent through ERAS.

If you must mail any material, please send to:

Hannah Smith, Program Coordinator
UAB Pediatric Fellowship Office
1600 7th Avenue South
3rd Floor West McWane, Sergio Stagno Center
Birmingham, AL 35233

Once we have received the requested completed application along with three letters of recommendation, we will review your application and contact you regarding the possibility of interviewing at our program. We will begin interviewing in August and ending late September for 1 pediatric fellowship position and 1 adult fellowship position. This program participates in the Sleep Medicine Specialty fellowship match through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and will abide by the rules established by this group. Each applicant must sign the "Applicant Agreement" with the NRMP. (NRMP's telephone number is 202-828-0676; website: www.nrmp.org.) Rank order lists are due by November 19, 2025 with the official match results for the 2026 appointments announced on December 3, 2025

We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any trouble accessing your electronic files or need further assistance, please feel free to call (205-638-6557).

Sleep Medicine Core Fellow Conference 

Topics

When

1st, 2nd and 4th Friday of each month.

ATS Sleep Medicine Case Conference

Topics

Topics Vary. https://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/peds/ped-case-conference-series/

When

3rd Wednesday of each month.

Sleep Medicine Journal Club

Topics

Articles are selected by faculty and fellow presenters. This educational activity has been approved for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

When

3rd Friday of each month.

Pediatric Rotation Month

Adult Rotation Month

EEG Review

Fellows will be assigned 1 week rotation in the EEG monitoring one internal unit with a sleep neurologist during the second half of the academic year.

BSM Clinic

Fellow(s) will rotate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic for 6 weeks while on Adult rotation month

Elective Month

Fellow(s) will have an assigned elective rotation month during the second half of the academic year.

• Translational approaches to disparities in sleep and circadian rhythms and their impact on a variety of health outcomes (UAB Highlands Sleep/Wake Disorders Center; Dr. Thomas; funding from AHA, NIH, and PCORI).

• Sleep and circadian contributions to nocturnal hypertension (UAB Highlands; Drs. Thomas, Aulakh, and Patterson; NHLBI-funded 5-year, $2.8 million grant)Improving work flow efficiency in the Sleep Center; Improving follow-up of narcolepsy patients and OSA patients using CPAP (QI; Sleep Disorder Center at Children’s of Alabama).

• Quality improvement initiatives to enhance workflow efficiency in the Sleep Center and improve follow-up of narcolepsy and OSA patients using CPAP (Children’s of Alabama Sleep Disorders Center)Slow wave sleep as a biomarker of rehabilitation-induced cognitive improvement in Parkinson's disease (Dr. Amara, funded by NIH, NICHD).

• Improving follow-up education and EMR documentation for adult narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) patients.

• Developing improved medication literature/handouts for adult patients using sleep medications, including those for RLS and stimulant therapy (Dr. Patterson?).

• MPI on the McNulty Award: Pilot trial of mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia in adolescents with Down syndrome and their caregivers (Dr. Thomas).

• Grant submitted for SPARC: Studying sleep, circadian rhythms, and pain in adolescents with sickle cell disease (Dr. Thomas).

• Quality improvement initiative to optimize start and total sleep time during polysomnograms (Dr. Nourani, Children's of Alabama Sleep Disorder Center).