Fellowship
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Why Join the WellNow Urgent Care Fellowship Program
- Comprehensive, nine-month paid program working alongside a board-certified member of our Provider team
- Program designed to develop providers into full-time, core WellNow Urgent Care providers, who receive highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, including: 401(k) with company match, free urgent care visits for you and your eligible dependents, subscriptions to EB Medicine & Up-To-Date, EKG & X-Ray Interpretation Courses, and more!
- A structured program including a combination of clinical and didactic sessions that immerses fellows in a learning experience that mirrors emergency medicine training
- Throughout the program, fellows receive ongoing performance reviews, 1:1 hands-on learning and development, continuous feedback from WellNow's training team, and mentorship opportunities
- To date, over 250 fellows have graduated our program, with over 90% accepting full-time positions at WellNow Urgent Care
- Medical license, DEA registration, DOT certification and malpractice are covered
Program Structure
Our nine-month fellowship is built to help you grow into a confident and skilled urgent care provider. You'll progress through four distinct phases, each building on the last – deepening your clinical knowledge, expanding your responsibilities, and developing the independence to manage a full shift at a WellNow clinic. Throughout every phase, you'll learn alongside dedicated faculty who provide hands-on guidance, continuous feedback, and mentorship at each step. At WellNow, our commitment to your development doesn't end at graduation; we're here to support you through the fellowship and well into your career as a core WellNow provider.
The Wellnow Difference
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Phase One (Duration: ~1 month)
- Learns directly alongside faculty, presenting every patient and reviewing each case together
- Builds foundational skills: history-taking, physical exams, and medical decision-making
- Begins caring for patients independently, building toward a comfortable steady pace
- Receives hands-on direction and continuous feedback from core faculty at every shift
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Phase Two (Duration: ~2 months)
- Continues learning closely with faculty while taking on greater responsibility
- Refines patient care and procedural skills to manage several patients at once
- Grows capacity to care for more patients as clinical reasoning strengthens
- Begins a scholarly project and presents patient cases during didactic sessions
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Phase Three (Duration: ~3 months)
- Grows into independent practice, managing most cases while consulting faculty on complex ones
- Sharpens clinical judgment and decision-making across high-acuity presentations
- Handles a fuller, more varied patient load as expertise and efficiency develop
- Deepens diagnostic skills like EKG and imaging interpretation through faculty case review
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Phase Four (Duration: ~3 months)
- Practices with full autonomy, demonstrating readiness for a core provider role
- Applies and integrates skills developed across every prior phase
- Manages a full patient load at the pace of an experienced core provider
- Prepares to transition confidently into a full-time WellNow provider
Meet the core training team
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Elizabeth Benissan-Messan, PA-C, MPAS, MS
Elizabeth Benissan-Messan is the Medical Director of the Urgent Care Fellowship and Occupational Medicine at WellNow Urgent Care. She oversees and supports WellNow’s accredited Urgent Care Fellowship Program across New York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, working closely with local provider leaders to facilitate curriculum delivery, faculty development, weekly didactics, and fellow progression and assessment across states.
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Katlyn Poupore, FNP-BC
Katlyn Poupore is a healthcare leader with over a decade of Nurse Practitioner experience. She serves as Regional Clinical Director for WellNow Urgent Care in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, where she leads provider education, quality initiatives, and clinical operations with strategic vision, operational discipline, and a genuine commitment to the people and patients she serves. With a background spanning emergency medicine, urgent care, and occupational medicine, Katlyn is deeply committed to empowering providers, elevating patient outcomes, and cultivating high-performing care teams. A dedicated advocate for the nursing profession, she also serves as adjunct faculty in a graduate-level Nurse Practitioner program and is currently completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice.
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Amanda Smith, PA-C
Amanda Smith serves as Regional Clinical Director for WellNow Urgent Care in Central New York, where she leads provider development, clinical quality, operational performance, and educational initiatives across the region. She is an active member of multiple clinical leadership committees, co-chairs provider education programs, and has played a key role in fellowship training and statewide clinical improvement efforts. Amanda was honored as Regional Clinical Director of the Year for her contributions to provider engagement and operational excellence. Outside of healthcare leadership, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children and embraces life as a dedicated hockey parent, proudly supporting a household of goalies and spending much of her free time at rinks across New York.
Meet our people
"The fellowship helped me gain the confidence and medical knowledge to be a succesful provider. Even after having previous experience in Urgent Care, WellNow's fellowship helped to build upon the knowledge I already had. The medical leadership team was always there to support me and assist me when I needed it!"
Olivia Gentilezza,
PA-C
Meet our people
"The Fellowship Program is a great opportunity to learn about Urgent Care medicine. You have access to pick the brains of other great medical professionals, learn how you want to run a clinic independently, and have the opportunity to learn more in lectures and other educational opportunities to further your own knowledge. There is endless value in the knowledge, experience, and relationships you gain during the program."
Ryan Pelton,
PA-C
Meet our people
"The WellNow Fellowship Program was exactly what I was looking for after graduating PA school. Working closely with the Fellowship team and Core Provider mentors over the first several months allowed me to gradually build my confidence and skill-set."
Kayla Markott,
PA-C
WellNow benefits to be your best self
From your health to financial and social well-being, we invest in you personally and professionally.
Continuing Education & Training
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off & Parental Leave
Free Urgent Care for you and your eligible dependents
Monthly bonus program once Fellows enter
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