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AANEM neuromuscular and clinical neurophysiology fellowship match

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  • AANEM announced the 2026 Neuromuscular and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Match.1
  • The match is a workforce signal for the clinical neurophysiology (EEG/EMG) training pipeline; useful for hiring and training context (Newswise; tier-2).1 1

Weekly enrichment (2026-07-20)

  • AANEM announced on December 27, 2025 that it will again host the neuromuscular (NM) medicine and EMG-focused clinical neurophysiology (CNP) fellowship match in 2026, open to neurology and physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation (PM&R) residents.2
  • The 2026 timeline sets the portal to open January 1, applications released to programs March 1, interviews March 1-May 25, rank lists due May 26, and Match Day on June 1.2
  • Participation in the match is required for all NM medicine programs in the United States, while EMG-focused CNP programs may opt in.2
  • The prior 2025 cycle offered 127 positions across 71 participating programs, with 93% of applicants matching and 85% of those matching to their top-choice program.3
  • AANEM launched the Neuromuscular Fellowship Portal in 2021 using an initial one-way match (52 NM medicine plus 7 EMG-focused CNP programs, 68 positions filled), then transitioned to a two-way match in 2022.4
  • In the 2022 match, 56 of 58 (96.5%) NM programs and 8 EMG-focused CNP programs participated; 87 of 97 (89.7%) applicants matched, filling 76.3% of the 114 positions, with 85% of matched applicants receiving a top-3 choice.5
  • A structural limitation is that CNP programs are heterogeneous, split across EMG, EEG, and intraoperative neuromonitoring tracks, making it currently infeasible to require all EMG-inclusive CNP programs to join the AANEM match.5
  • A survey of 93 CNP program directors found 86% favored a universal timeline and 71% favored a formal match, with universal-timeline support reaching 89% of applicants and 88% of program directors overall.5
  • Unlike the free AANEM portal, commercial alternatives such as the San Francisco Match and NRMP charge programs and applicants, and a separate NRMP-run epilepsy/CNP-EEG match is coordinated with the American Epilepsy Society and ACNS.5
  • For neurotech, the match is a workforce signal governing the training pipeline for EMG/EEG electrodiagnostic specialists who underpin clinical neurophysiology and BCI-adjacent recording expertise; final 2026 Match Day results were not reported in the available announcement, which predates the June 1 match.24

Footnotes

  1. https://news.google.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?oc=5 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. https://www.newswise.com/articles/aanem-announces-2026-neuromuscular-and-clinical-neurophysiology-fellowship-match ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. https://www.newswise.com/articles/2025-aanem-fellowship-match-portal-results ↩

  4. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9314681/ ↩ ↩2

  5. https://doi.org/10.1212/ne9.0000000000200086 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

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