Last updated: 02/07/2020

The University of Calgary Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program welcomes well-rounded candidates who wish to become experts and leaders in our field worldwide. The program will provide the clinical exposure required to be facile in the evaluation and management of the full breadth of neonatal and pediatric general surgical conditions. In accordance with the objectives of training outlined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, trainees will achieve competence as medical experts, communicators, collaborators, managers, health advocates, scholars, and professionals. Candidates will be well supported and mentored to achieve their personal and career goals.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Dr. Steven Lopushinsky

Associate Program Director: Dr. Andrea Lo

Program manager:

Suzanne Laurin
suzanne.laurin@ahs.ca
403-955-2271

Faculty:
Steven Lopushinsky, MD, Msc, FRCSC
Andrea Lo, MD, FRCSC
Robin Eccles, MD, FRCSC, FRACS
P. Paul Beaudry, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Mary Brindle, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Natalie Yanchar, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Oluwatomilayo (Tito) Daodu, MD
Mercedes Pilkington, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Osamah Almosallam, MD
2019
Pediatric Surgeon
Saudi Arabia

Jennifer Lam, MD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, Alberta Health Services
Alberta, Canada

Carlos Alvarez-Allende, MD
2017
Pediatric Surgeon
Puerto Rico

Sarah Lai, MD
2016
Pediatric Surgeon
Denver, Colorado

Carlos Sanchez-Glanville, MD
2015
Pediatric Surgeon, Valley Children’s Hospital
Fresno, California

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: There is a PGME Office honorarium: up to $2000/trip for Residents travelling to present original research as well as encouragement to apply for leadership funding (PGME).

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 890

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY 6 – $84,067 PGY 7 – $90,826 PGY 8 – $98,141

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.surgery.northwestern.edu/divisions/pediatric/index.html

Faculty Information

Program Director: Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD

Associate Program Director: Seth Goldstein, MD

Program manager: Traci Rivera
trrivera@luriechildrens.org
312-227-4734

Faculty:
Amir Alhajjat, MD
Anthony C. Chin, MD
Alexander Dzakovic, MD
Julia Grabowski, MD
Seth Goldstein, MD
Catherine J. Hunter, MD
Yue-Yung Hu, MD
Rashmi Kabre, MD
Monica Langer, MD
Timothy Lautz, MD
Caroline Lemoine, MD
Ann O’Connor, MD
Mehul Raval, MD
Marleta Reynolds, MD
Erin E. Rowell, MD
Aimen F. Shaaban, MD
Riccardo Superina, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Brian Craig, MD
Jamie Harris, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Sifrance Tran, MD
Nathaniel Koo, MD
Elliott Pennigton, MD
Chethan Sathya, MD

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy:

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): N/A

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://surgery.uams.edu/education/residencies-and-fellowships/pediatric-surgery/

As the only free-standing tertiary children’s hospital in the state, ACH provides fellows with the broad-based clinical experiences necessary to practice pediatric surgery independently in a variety of settings. These experiences occur in both the inpatient and outpatient settings exclusively on the ACH campus in Little Rock. Furthermore, trainees achieve this goal in an educational learning environment second to none. Our faculty are close-knit and share a common commitment to the fellows’ acquisition of medical knowledge and continual lifelong-learning. ACH has also been verified as both a Level 1 Children’s Surgery center and a Level 1 Children’s Trauma center by the ACS. As such, fellows will develop and actively participate in quality initiatives in a setting emphasizing teamwork.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Sid Dassinger, MD

Associate Program Director: Sam Smith, MD

Program manager: Sunny Worthington
worthingtonsr@archildrens.org
501-364-4439

Faculty:
Sam Smith, MD
Todd Maxson, MD
Richard Jackson, MD
Sid Dassinger, MD
Jeff Burford, MD
Marcene McVay-Gillam, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Michaela Kollisch-Singule, MD
Lori Gurien, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Deidre Wyrick, MD
2019
Critical Care fellow – Oregon Health and Science University (will join UAMS/ACH faculty 2020)
Portland, OR

Mark Ryan, MD, MPH
2018
Assistant Professor of Surgery UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX

Fabienne Gray, MD
2017
Assistant Professor of Surgery LSU Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA

Michelle Kiser, MD, MPH
2016
Pediatric Surgeon- Mission Children’s Specialists
Asheville, NC

Jeffrey Burford, MD
2015
Assistant Professor of Surgery UAMS
Little Rock, AR

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: We pay for Transition to Fellowship bootcamp, Pectus course, St. Jude course, MIS course, Colorectal course, APSA meeting, AAP meeting plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting own work.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): N/A

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.bcm.edu/departments/surgery/divisions/pediatric-surgery/education/pediatric-surgery-residency

The Pediatric Surgery Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital is one of the top Pediatric Surgery Residency programs in the nation. The Pediatric Surgery Residency Program has continual full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program accepts one resident per year. Applicants must have completed a five-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) General Surgery Residency Program and be board-eligible in general surgery.

This two-year residency is primarily at Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest children’s hospital in the nation. Residents are exposed to a broad array of surgical cases and work closely with residents in pediatric medicine in the care of sick infants and children.

The first year includes up to two months of elective time, which may be tailored to the trainee’s special interests and career goals. In addition, the resident spends one month in the neonatal intensive care unit. During the remainder of the year, he or she has senior responsibilities at Texas Children’s Hospital. The second year is spent as chief resident of the program.

The program strives to graduate residents who excel as practitioners of pediatric surgery and become top leaders in the field, whether in academics or the private sector.

Strengths  

• The large clinical volume of index cases allows the fellow to focus on those cases which interest them
• Diverse faculty with variety of experience and interests
• Yearly mock oral exam course provided for current fellows and graduated fellows;
• Dedicated programs in Colorectal, Thyroid, Fetal, Surgical Oncology, and Chest Wall Deformities – none of these programs have fellows of their own to limit experience of the pediatric surgery fellow.

Weaknesses

• Strong Pedi GYN and ENT divisions may limit exposure in these areas, although electives can be arranged
• Fellows not involved in transplant cases.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Mark V. Mazziotti, MD, MEd

Associate Program Director: Jed G. Nuchtern, MD

Program manager: Allyson Bremer
(713) 798-6078
Fax: (713) 798-8941
pedisurgerytraining@bcm.edu

Faculty:
Jed G. Nuchtern, MD — Professor
Swathi Balaji, PhD — Assistant Professor
Sara Fallon, MD — Instructor
Sundeep Keswani, MD — Professor
Alice King, MD — Assistant Professor
Louis Le, MD — Assistant Professor
Timothy C. Lee, MD — Associate Professor
Monica E. Lopez, MD — Associate Professor
Danielle Hsu, MD — Assistant Professor
Mark V. Mazziotti, MD, MEd — Professor
Allen Milewicz, MD — Associate Professor
Paul K. Minifee, MD — Associate Professor
Bindi J. Naik-Mathuria, MD — Associate Professor
Kristy L. Rialon, MD — Assistant Professor
Ruben Rodriguez, MD, MMSC — Assistant Professor
Sohail R. Shah, MD, MSHA — Associate Professor
Shawn Stafford, MD — Assistant Professor
Adam Vogel, MD — Associate Professor
David Wesson, MD — Professor
Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, MD — Associate Professor

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Raphael Sun, MD
Lily Cheng, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Ihab Halaweish, MD
2017-2019
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Sara C. Fallon, MD
2016-2018
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

Danielle M. Hsu, MD
2015-2017
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

David A. Lazar, MD
2014-2016
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of California San Diego

Denise Klinkner, MD
2013-2015
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for Colorectal Course, Oncology course (St. Jude’s), APSA (first year fellow), AAP Section on Surgery (second year fellow); ECMO Course at UT; Pediatric Surgery Boot Camp (prior to fellowship).

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1,228

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: (2019-2020) PGY6: $69,947; PGY7: $72,306; PGY8: $74,114

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://surgery.med.ubc.ca/divisions/pediatric-surgery/

Pediatric surgery fellows are ultimately responsible for the supervision of the pediatric surgical service, including inpatient and outpatient consultations, pre- and post-operative care, as well as operative procedures. They will learn the full breadth of pediatric surgery, and are expected to be ambassadors for our division throughout the hospital and wider community. As such, successful candidates for pediatric surgery fellowship must have a demonstrable track record of interest in the field of pediatric surgery, exemplary communication and leadership skills and a commitment to patient/family-centered care.

The pediatric surgery program at the BC Children’s Hospital is responsible for all tertiary/quaternary level surgical care for children in the province of British Columbia, with an enormous geographical catchment area and a population served approaching 5 million people. As such, we see the full spectrum of congenital, oncologic and pediatric trauma populations, with many routine pediatric procedures (onychectomy, appendectomy, etc…) performed at outside facilities. We take particular pride in servicing our northern, remote and indigenous communities in a culturally contextualized manner. We also dedicate considerable energy and resources to ensuring a rigorous academic curriculum nested within the educational framework of both the Royal College of Canada as well as the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Our median case volumes remain well within the standards of the ACS, and electives in other surgical subspecialties as well as an international experience are available depending on individual trainee interests and career aspirations.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Robert Baird, MD

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Thomas Coules
thomas.coules@cw.bc.ca

Faculty:
Eric Webber (Division Head)
Erik Skarsgard
Sonia Butterworth
Hannah Piper

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Dr. Arash Safavi
Dr. AlGhalya Al Maawali

Previous 5 fellows:
Candace Haddock
Fresno, CA

Brian Coakley
Mount Sinai

Abdullah AlShehri
King Saud University & King Khaled University Hospital

Jennifer Stanger
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital

Akream Al-Jahdali
University of Dammam

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy:

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 10/13/2020

Program website: http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/departments/surgery#

Boston Children’s Hospital has a long and rich tradition of training the leaders in pediatric surgery. Our fellowship is the crown jewel of a Department steeped in history as the birthplace of pediatric surgery and yet dedicated to pushing our field forward as a leader in education, innovation, research and clinical care. The fellowship is a two-year clinical training program for which we have three ACGME approved positions. One resident is selected to begin training on odd years and two residents to begin training on even years through the National Resident Matching Program administered by the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). The applicant must have completed a general surgical training program by the time of program matriculation and be eligible to take the qualifying examination in general surgery given by the American Board of Surgery or the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.

Our fellowship offers exposure to a large volume of ‘bread and butter’ as well as complex cases with liberal use of minimally invasive techniques. Operative experience includes thoracic, abdominal, urologic, oncologic, vascular, endoscopic and transplant surgery. The Fellows’ clinic (Index Clinic) offers residents the opportunity to regularly participate in outpatient evaluation and postoperative follow-up of pediatric surgical diseases.

The program is structured to offer residents a total of 16 months of their 24 month tenure as the chief on one of our two services, working closely with our surgical faculty and their co-fellows in all aspects of patient management on the surgical floors, ICU and NICU. A staff of over 18 pediatric nurse practitioners provide the chief residents with experienced and reliable care of all surgical inpatients 24 hours per day and 7 nights per week. In addition, one of the chief residents functions as the administrative chief resident, helping to organize the operating room schedule, large surgical resident and medical student contingent and a robust educational conference schedule. Administrative staff within the Department help the chief residents with these tasks.

A very close working relationship exists between the surgical faculty and the pediatric surgery residents. In addition to primary surgeons coordinating care of patients with the fellows, a staff surgeon is assigned as the “Surgeon of the Day” for acute consults and another staff surgeon as “Surgeon of the Week” to help care for the inpatient services and serve as sounding boards for the fellows as they make patient care decisions.

In the ICU and NICU, the chief residents collaborate with critical care and neonatology staff to direct the multidisciplinary care of these patients. The general surgery census averages 40-70 inpatients per day.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Craig Lillehei, MD

Associate Program Director: Thomas Hamilton, MD; Biren Modi, MD, MPH

Program manager: Katherine Bryer
katherine.bryer@childrens.harvard.edu
617-919-2469

Faculty:
Terry Buchmiller, MD
Catherine Chen, MD, MPH
Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD
Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD
Farokh Demehri, MD
Steven Fishman, MD
Thomas Hamilton, MD
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD
Russell Jennings, MD
Heung Bae Kim, MD
Craig Lillehei, MD
Biren Modi, MD, MPH
David Mooney, MD, MPH
Konstantinos Papadakis, MD
Mark Puder, MD, PhD
Shawn Rangel, MD
Robert Shamberger, MD
Khashayar Vakili, MD
Brent Weil, MD
Christopher Weldon, MD, PhD
Jill Zalieckas, MD, MPH
Ben Zendejas-Mummert, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Somala Mohammed, MD
Prathima Nandivada, MD
Hester Shieh, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Farokh Demehri, MD
2019
Assistant in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert MD, MSc
2018
Assistant in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Bharath Nath, MD, PhD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, Fairfax Neonatal Associates
Fairfax, VA

Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD
2017
Assistant in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Andrew Murphy, MD
2016
Chief, General Pediatric Surgery Division, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Amar Nijagal, MD
2016
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
San Francisco, CA

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Financial support for attendance at APSA, AAP, as well as specialty courses such as MIS, Oncology and Colorectal.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1,091

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: $120,000 per year

Overview of Fellowship

The fellowship program at Brown University was first accredited in 1995 shortly after the opening of the new Hasbro Children’s Hospital.  Its previous fellows have had a growing impact on the field of pediatric surgery through their roles as Division Directors, NIH (KO8 and R01)-funded clinician scientists, fetal surgery program directors, trauma program directors and missionary pediatric surgeons.  The Fellowship Program aims to train excellent clinicians who are future leaders of their field.  Hasbro Children’s Hospital, in conjunction with the neighboring 75 bed NICU at Women and Infant’s Hospital, serves a diverse patient population. The setting of Providence, RI provides an energetic and culturally rich background for fellows as they complete their two years of training.

Institution Information

Training site #1:

Name: Hasbro Children’s Hospital
#beds: 85

Percentage of time at this location: 90%

Children’s hospital within an adult hospital

Brief description of other hospital information

5000 operations/year
50,000 ER visits/year

Programs:

Fetal Surgery Program
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program
Vascular Anomalies Program
Multidisciplinary Bowel Rehabilitation Program
Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Level 1 Burn Center
Pediatric ECMO Program
Pediatric Renal Transplant Program
Founding member of NAFNet

Training Site #2:

Name: Women and Infants Hospital
#beds: 75

Percentage of time at this location: 10%

Brief description of other hospital information

Member of NICHD, MFMU, and Neonatal Research Network

Faculty Information

Program Director
Elizabeth Renaud, MD

Program manager and contact info
Pamela Richardson
prichardson@lifespan.org
phone 401-444-5180
fax 401-444-6681

List of Faculty and titles

Francois Luks, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division Chief, Surgeon in Chief, Hasbro Children’s Hospital

Joshua Honeyman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Peter C.W. Kim, MD, CM, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Julie Monteagudo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Elizabeth J. Renaud, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Fellow Information

Number of fellows:

one every other year

Current fellow(s) names:

Inna Lobeck, MD

List of previous 5 fellows: name, grad year, current position

Julie Monteagudo, MD, 2019.  Hasbro Children’s Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI

Alexis Smith, MD, 2017. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Joseph Hartwich, MD, 2015.  Inova Children’s Hospital, Fairfax, VA.

Shaun A. Steigman, MA, 2013.  New York Hospital/Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.

Michele Lombardo, MD, 2011.  Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA (deceased).

Call schedule

1^st Year – Home call, Q2 with APP coverage

2^nd Year – Home Call, Q2 with APP coverage

Conference Schedule

Tuesday            7 am Surgery Grand Rounds

Wednesday      7 am Department of Surgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference

7:45 am Perinatal Management Conference

8 am alternating weeks: Pediatric Surgery Conferences, Tumor Board

9 am alternating weeks: Pediatric Surgery Conferences, Pediatric Surgery M&M

Friday               12 PM M.A.D.A.M Conference

Program Information 

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Initial Accreditation: June 29, 1995

Continued Accreditation: January 7, 2021

Meeting/Training Course policy

Pays for APSA meeting first year, APP meeting second year, and St. Jude Course.  Will also cover any additional meeting if fellow is presenting his/her own work.

Does the program provide financial support for candidate interviews?

No

Optional information

What is the average total number of cases performed by your graduating fellows over the past five years?

1044

Board Passage rate (last ten years)

100%

Fellow Salary

First year: $75,280
Second year: $80,230

Last updated: 03/06/2020

Program website: https://www.chla.org/fellowship/pediatric-surgery-fellowship

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles offers a comprehensive two-year residency (fellowship) training program in pediatric surgery. This fellowship program, designed for residents who have completed their training and are Board-eligible in general surgery, is accredited by the Residency Review Committee (RRC) of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Division of Pediatric Surgery participates in the National Intern and Resident Matching Plan and chooses one fellow each year for the program.

Our fellowship offers a great breadth of cases. Operative cases include extensive experience with neonatal surgery, anorectal malformations, pediatric surgical oncology, hepatobiliary and thoracic surgery. In the first year, junior fellows gain experience in general pediatric surgery, trauma, neonatology and intensive care of older children, pediatric otolaryngology, and urology. They gradually assume a greater role in patient management and administrative duties in the final two months of the year. In the second year, senior fellows participate in virtually all newborn surgery, tumor surgery and non-cardiothoracic surgery while on service and have administrative responsibilities for weekly conferences.

There are weekly lectures led by Pediatric Surgery faculty as well as other faculty members from other specialties such as pediatric oncology, neonatology and pediatric anesthesiology. Each weekly lecture is followed by rounds in the Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU), where fellows, residents and medical students review complex neonatal surgical patients and discuss challenging scenarios to simulate the pediatric surgery boards. Pediatric Surgery and NICCU faculty members lead the rounds.

Attendance at outpatient clinics one half-day a week is required, and a monthly clinic devoted to long-term patient-care follow-up is mandatory throughout the two-year fellowship. Residents can attend specialty clinics such as Vascular Anomalies Clinic, Colorectal Clinic, Trauma Clinic and Aerodigestive Clinic.

At our facility, fellows will have access to the knowledge and expertise of 13 pediatric surgeons who have different backgrounds, teaching methods and interests. Fellows will also be mentored on becoming a successful surgeon in academic medicine.

During the fellowship, the senior fellow is expected to complete the American Board of Surgery qualifying and certification exams in general surgery. Upon completion of the fellowship program, the graduating fellow will be eligible to take the Board exam in pediatric surgery.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Kasper S. Wang, MD

Associate Program Director: Eugene S. Kim, MD

Program manager: Jane Lee
janelee@chla.usc.edu
323-361-3644

Faculty:
Dean Anselmo, MD
David Bliss, MD
Christopher Gayer, MD, PhD
Tracy Grikscheit, MD
Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD
Eugene Kim, MD
Nam Nguyen, MD
Juan Carlos Pelayo, MD
Cathy Shin, MD
Eveline Shue, MD
Ryan Spurrier, MD
James Stein, MD
Kasper Wang, MD
Ashley Walther, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Willieford Moses, MD
David Darcy, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Ashley Walther, MD
2019
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Shannon Castle, MD
2018
Valley Children’s Hospital

Eveline Shue, MD
2017
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Erik Barthel, MD, PhD
2016
Valley Children’s Hospital

Aaron Jensen, MD
2015
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Junior fellow attends the Transition to the Fellowship Bootcamp, APSA Conference and the ACGME Leadership Conference
Second year fellow attends the following conferences/courses: AAP, Colorectal, MIS, Oncology

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1222

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: According to Post Graduate Year

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.childrensdmc.org/our-services/surgery/meet-the-surgeons

We are interested in candidates who wish to a have a broad scope of experiences in the care or surgical diseases of infants and children with faculty who are committed to their education. Our strengths are in the surgical management of the patients at all levels including having the NICU and PICU surgical patients on our surgical service with our service managing all these patients. We have a robust trauma and burn program. We have an ECMO service which we run. We have a Intestinal Rehabilitation Program. Although we do some clinical research our strength is the clinical experience from the common to the rare diseases of children. https://www.childrensdmc.org/our-services/surgery/meet-the-surgeons.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Scott Langenburg, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Program Director: Justin Klein, MD, FACS, FAAP

Program manager: Michelle Brock
mbrock@dmc.org
313-831-3220

Faculty:
Joseph Lelli, MD — Surgeon-In-Chief
Christina Shanti, MD — Chief of General Surgery
Lydia Donoghue, MD — Trauma Medical Director
Justin Klein, MD — Burn Medical Director
Michelle Veenstra, MD — ECMO Director

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Paulette Abbas, MD
Brenna Fullerton, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Michelle Veenstra, MD
2019
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Iljana Gaffar, MD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon
Fairfax, Virginia

Anthony Munaco, MD
2017
Pediatric Surgeon
Peoria, Illinois

Christopher Turner, MD
2016
Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
Portland, Maine

Grace Nicksa, MD
2015
Kaiser Permantente
Santa Clara, CA

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Yes

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: $60,000/year

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.chop.edu/pediatric-fellowships/pediatric-general-surgery-fellowship

The training program for the Louise Schnaufer Endowed Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery is two years in duration beginning August 1 of each year. All training occurs at a single site, the Main Campus of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The fellow’s primary training will take place within the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery. This is a “fellow-centered” clinical service that demands efficiency, ownership, and constant reflection-in-action to build proficiency. The educational program in pediatric surgery includes operating room experience, bedside clinical teaching, and an active conference routine.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Thane Blinman, MD

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Shakira Tucker
tuckers4@email.chop.edu
215-590-5294

Faculty:
Scott Adzick, MD – Surgeon-in-Chief
Thane Blinman, MD – Program Director
Edward Doolin, MD – Attending Surgeon
Michael Nance, MD – Attending Surgeon
Gary Nace, MD – Attending Surgeon
Alan Flake, MD – Attending Surgeon
Holly Hedrick, MD – Attending Surgeon
Pablo Laje, MD – Atteding Surgeon
Peter Mattei, MD – Attending Surgeon
William Peretanteau, MD – Attending Surgeon
Myron Allukian, MD – Attending Surgeon
Emily Partridge, MD – Attending Surgeon

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Matthew Hornick, MD
Lindsey Wolf, MD
Dana Schwartz, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Matthew Boelig, MD
2019

Emily Partridge, MD
2019

Erin Brown, MD
2018

Jesse Vrecenak, MD
2017

Katie Russel, MD
2017

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Initial accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: yes

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): N/A

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://childrensnational.org/research-and-education/healthcare-education/residencies-and-fellowships/fellowship-programs/surgery

Our program seeks highly skilled, dedicated and motivated individuals who are committed to providing the best possible care to patients and their families. The fellows in our program will receive extensive experience and training in the surgery of congenital malformations, oncology, minimally invasive procedures, colorectal and pelvic reconstruction and complex pediatric cases. They manage patients on the pediatric surgery service along with an attending physician.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Mikael Petrosyan, MD, MBA

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Yvette Dill
ydill@cnmc.org
202-476-2151

Faculty:
Anthony D. Sandler, MD – Surgeon-In-Chief and Senior Vice President, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Director, Sheikh Zayed Institute
Timothy D. Kane, MD – Chief, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
Marc A. Levitt, MD – Chief, Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Mikael Petrosyan, MD – Associate Chief, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Director, Surgical Residency Training Program
Andrea Badillo, MD – Surgical Director, Fetal Medicine Institute
Randall S. Burd, MD – Chief, Division of Trauma and Burn Services
Arunachalam Thenappan, MD – Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Philip C. Guzzetta, MD
Jeffrey R. Lukish, MD
Louis M. Marmon, MD
Evan P. Nadler, MD – Co-Director, Children’s National Obesity Institute
Manuel B. Torres, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Jun Tashiro, MD
Rodrigo Mon, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Jason Sulkowski
2019
VCU
Virginia, Richmond

Jarod McAteer
2018
Attending Surgeon, Private Practice
Anchorage, Alaska

Ivan Gutierrez
2018
Navy, Active duty
San Diego, California

Allison Speer
2016
UT health
Houston Texas

Eric Jelin
2015
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy:

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1500

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.oumedicine.com/department-of-surgery/education-training/residency-and-fellowship-programs/pediatric-surgery-residency-fellowship-program

Our program aim is to train pediatric surgical fellows to become excellent clinical surgeons. We emphasize the fields of general, including trauma, and thoracic pediatric surgery. Our residents are expected to become proficient in open as well as minimally invasive operative techniques. We also train our fellows in the critical care of newborns, infants, and children including ventilator and nutritional management, as well as the care of patients while on ECMO. We expect our fellows to understand the importance of, and participate in, scholarly activity and quality and safety performance improvement.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Philip Cameron Mantor, MD

Associate Program Director: Cathie Hunter, MD

Program manager: Brookelynne Davidson
brookelynne-davidson@ouhsc.edu
405-271-4174

Faculty:
Philip Cameron Mantor, MD, Prof and Chief,
Catherine Hunter, MD, Assoc Prof and Vice Chief
Puffinbarger, MD, Assoc Prof
Ruiz, MD, Assist Prof
Johnson, MD, Assist Prof

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Rodrigo Interiano, MD
Allesandra Landman, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Katie Wiggins, MD
2019
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO

Michael Megison, MD
2018
San Antonio Pediatric Surgery Associates
San Antonio, TX

Jack Schneider, MD
2017
Children’s Hospital of Wisconson
Milwaukee, WI

Jeremy Johnson, MD
2016
Children’s Hospital OUMI
Oklahoma City, OK

Keith Webb, MD
2015
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital
Greenville, SC

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: APSA, AAP, colorectal, minimally invasive, oncology

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1800 over 2 years

Board passage rate (3 years): 90%

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/28/2020

Program website: https://medpostdoc.umontreal.ca/programmes/chirurgie-pediatrique/

The Pediatric Surgery Training Program at CHU Sainte-Justine is a two-year residency program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The reciprocity agreement between the Royal College and ACGME in the United States permits the trainee who successfully completed the program to be qualified for examinations in Pediatric Surgery given by the Royal College and the American Board of Surgery.  The program was founded more than 60 years ago and has trained about a hundred of pediatric surgeons who are now practicing all over the world.

Of note, as all the Canadian programs, on August 2020, the program will undergo the transition to Competency by Design, the Royal College’s model of competency-based medical education. As part of this model, the curriculum is designed to permit the progressive acquisition of the competencies of a pediatric surgeon. The fellows have frequent assessment and meaningful feedback from faculty.  The first year include 3 mandatory 1-month rotations (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and Pediatric Urology). During the second year, the fellow works at the level of chief resident in Pediatric Surgery and gain progressive autonomy. A learning plan is tailored toward the needs of the fellow and elective rotations in other pediatric surgical specialties, other pediatric hospital (typically the Montreal Children’s Hospital) or abroad internationally can be organized. The ultimate goal is to train a competent pediatric surgeon ready for an independent practice in an academic or non-academic position.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Ann Aspirot, MD, FRCPC

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Caroline Dufour
514-345-3931 ext 4688
caroline.dufour.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Faculty:
Michel Lallier, MD, FRCPC
Marianne Beaudin, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Nelson Piché, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACS
Mona Beaunoyer, MD, FRCPC
Sarah Bouchard, MD, FRCPC, FACS
Dickens Saint-Vil, MD, FRCPC, FACS

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Shahrzad Joharifard, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Shin Miyata, MD, FACS
Maëve O’Neill Trudeau, MD, FRCPC, MPH

Previous 5 fellows:
Danielle Leblanc
2019

Catherine K. Beaumier
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, Valley Children’s Healthcare
Madera, CA

Josée Trébichavsky
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, CHU Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Assistant Professor at University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

*Shreyas Roy
2017
*deceased

Rebecca Parker-Johnson Brocks
2016
Pediatric Surgeon, Transplant Surgery Fellow; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: The Pediatric Surgery Academic Funds pays for Transition to Fellowship Bootcamp, MIS, and oncology courses. It also pays for meetings if the fellow is presenting on behalf of the division.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 900

Board passage rate (3 years): 100% passed the ABS

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/education/clinical/fellowship/ped-surgery

At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery offers a two-year residency (fellowship) in pediatric surgery. One new resident is chosen each year through the National Resident Matching Program. The applicant must have completed a general surgical training program and must be eligible to take the qualifying examination given by the American Board of Surgery. To date, more than 40 pediatric surgery fellows have been trained.

The fellowship is a two-year training program that emphasizes diverse clinical experience. In the first year, residents do a month-long rotation in neonatology, pediatric intensive care and colorectal surgery, as well as a two-week rotation in pediatric urology. The second-year chief resident’s responsibilities focus on managing the clinical care team along with the administration of the educational program. There are also two-week rotations in otolaryngology and vascular malformations along with a 4-week rotation in the fetal care center.

With faculty performing over 4100 operations annually, the pediatric surgical trainee gains extensive experience in managing a wide spectrum of common and complex pediatric surgical problems in neonates to young adults. This experience includes training in:

• Thoracic surgery
• Fetal surgery
• Abdominal surgery
• Urologic surgery
• Oncologic surgery
• Trauma surgery
• Transplant surgery
• Endoscopy
• Minimally invasive surgical techniques

The two-year curriculum combines structured rotations, didactic lectures and weekly and monthly educational conferences comprising:

• Pediatric surgery grand rounds
• Basic science lectures
• Radiology conference
• Tumor Board
• Morbidity and Mortality
• Trauma Conference
• Pathology Conference

The resident is also expected to engage in independent study and self-directed learning. He or she is given access to computerized databases, library materials and journals, and given the opportunity to participate in a variety of clinical and basic science research projects as well as Quality Improvement initiatives.

Pediatric surgery faculty members closely mentor the resident throughout training. More details can be found here.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Greg M. Tiao, MD

Associate Program Director: Aaron P. Garrison, MD

Program manager: Sarah M. Bailey
sarah.bailey@cchmc.org
513-803-9226

Faculty:

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Christina Feng, MD (Senior)
Eric Rellinger, MD (Junior)

Previous 5 fellows:
Brian Englum, MD
2019
University of Maryland

Meera Kotagal, MD, MPH
2018
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Artur Chernoguz, MD
2017
Tufts University

Myron Allukian, MD
2016
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Beth Rymeski, DO
2015
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Meeting/Training Course policy:  First year Fellows attend APSA and second year Fellows attend AAP. During the two years Fellows attend:  Colorectal, Laparoscopy, Oncology

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1085

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: According to Post Graduate year

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://professionals.northwell.edu/graduate-medical-education/fellowship-pediatric-general-surgery-cohen-children-medical-center

The Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell offers a two-year clinical fellowship training program in pediatric surgery at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center. The program offers a broad experience in all aspects of pediatric general surgery with extensive training in minimally invasive surgery, pediatric oncology, inflammatory bowel disease and neonatal surgery.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Samuel Soffer, MD

Associate Program Director: Aaron Lipskar, MD

Program manager: Roseanne Milano
rmilano@northwell.edu
718-470-3135

Faculty:
Stephen Dolgin, MD
Richard Glick, MD
Andrew Hong, MD
Barrie Rich, MD
Jose Prince, MD — Division Chief
Chethan Sethya, MD
Larry Bodenstein, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Yan Shi, MD
Naina Bagrodia, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Rohini Olson, MD
2019
East Carolina Children’s Hospital
Greenville, North Carolina

Nathan Heinzerling, MD
2018
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, Ohio

Meade Barlow, MD
2017
Tacoma Children’s Hospital
Tacoma, Washington

Barrie Rich, MD
2016
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York

Frankie Fike, MD
2015
Dallas Children’s Hospital
Dallas, Texas

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for St Jude Course, MIS course, Colorectral course, AAP surgical section, APSA

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1300

Board passage rate (3 years): 100% written, 90% oral

Fellow salary: First Year Fellow: $81,500; Second Year Fellow: $83,000

Last Updated: January 25, 2021

Program Name

Dalhousie University, IWK Health

Program web page URL

https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/surgery/divisions/pediatric-surgery.html

Overview of Fellowship

General overview statement that might include the following:

• Description of type of candidate program seeks
• Program self-reported strengths
• Program self-reported weaknesses

Our Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery program is a 2-year training program affiliated with the Dalhousie University Department of Surgery and accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Prospective candidates have usually completed 5-year General Surgery training in the US or Canada and complete an application through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS). We select a new fellow every other year through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).  Training spans from Aug 1^st to July 31^st on even years, which means that we participate on the interview process and the match on odd years.

Our program seeks highly-qualified and motivated individuals whose main goal is to become a clinically strong, academically inclined surgeon capable of:

• Tackling most pediatric surgical conditions in an academic environment.
• Developing solid communication skills and a team-based work mentality.
• Demonstrating empathy and compassion towards patients and their families.

Strengths:

• Large catchment area with no competition for index cases (neonatal surgery, oncology, etc.) in the region due to the nature of the Canadian healthcare system.
• Close and collegial relationship between faculty and fellow, which provides a “junior attending” experience during the fellowship.
• Manageable case load for a single fellow with a high complex-to-simple case ratio.
• Flexibility for involvement with pediatric urology cases and other areas of pediatric surgery (ENT, cardiac) based on interest and career goals.

Weaknesses:

• Low trauma volume.
• Senior / junior fellow interaction not available since one fellow program.
• No exposure to transplant surgery

Institution Information

Training site #1:

Name

IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

#beds 122

Percentage of time at this location

100%

X free standing children’s hospital

children’s hospital within adult hospital

Brief description of other hospital information (discharges, cases/year, programs, etc.)

IWK Health is the only children’s Hospital serving the Eastern Canada Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island). It is one of the teaching hospitals associated with the 200-year old Dalhousie University and the sole tertiary referral center for pediatric surgery and level I trauma center for the entire region, a catchment area of approximately 2 million people.

Our unique geographic position and distance from other children’s hospitals offer opportunity for excellent clinical experience in index pediatric surgery cases. The IWK enjoys a full complement of pediatric surgical and medical subspecialties with the resulting exposure to the complete spectrum of pediatric conditions and opportunities for multidisciplinary coordination.

Faculty Information

Program Director
Rodrigo Romao MD MSc FRCSC

Associate Program Director
Christopher Blackmore MD MSc FRCSC

Program manager and contact info
Marilyn Parsons
Marilyn.parsons@iwk.nshealth.ca

List of Faculty and titles

Christopher Blackmore MD MSc FRCSC

Dafydd Davies MD MSc FRCSC

Jessica Mills MD FRCSC

Rodrigo Romao MD MSc FRCSC

Fellow Information

Number of fellows:

one per year

X one every other year

other

Current fellow(s) names:

Mackenzie Lees

List of previous 5 fellows: name, grad year, current position

Natashia Seemann, 2020, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Christopher Blackmore, 2018, IWK Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Victoria Staab, 2016, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, NJ

James Pierce, 2014, Valley Children’s Hospital, CA

Wayne Truong, 2012, Glendale, AZ

Curriculum Information

Block schedule (enter text or provide document to APSA)

1^st year – NICU (4 to 5 weeks), PICU (4 to 5 weeks) and Pediatric Surgery Service

2^nd year – Pediatric Surgery, electives available based on interest (Urology, ENT / Airway, CV surgery)

Call schedule (provide document to APSA or choose below)

1^st Year and 2^nd Year – Home call Q4

Conference Schedule:

Pediatric Surgery Teaching Rounds / Academic halfday

Radiology Rounds

Neonatal quality meeting

Tumor Boards

QI / M&M Rounds

Journal club

Research Rounds

Program Information 

Full Accreditation by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with next review planned for 2026.

Accredited since 1988.

Meeting/Training Course policy (Does program pay for courses or meetings? e.g. our program would say, “Pays for one meeting and one course per year plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting own work.  Time away subject to RRC regulations governing time in training”)

One Pediatric Surgery meeting per year (CAPS or APSA) plus additional meetings if presenting own work.

Pediatric Surgery Boot Camp

Colorectal, MIS, Oncology (St. Jude) courses 2^nd year

AAP Job Fair 2^nd year

Does the program provide financial support for candidate interviews?

No

Optional information

What is the average total number of cases performed by your graduating fellows over the past five years?

950 cases

Board Passage rate (last ten years)

100%

Fellow Salary

N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: http://www.surgery.emory.edu/specialties-and-programs/pediatric_surgery/pediatric-surgery-residency.html

The pediatric surgery fellowship of the Emory University School of Medicine is an ACGME approved two-year program. During the training period, fellows are responsible for the care of pre- and post-operative patients in both inpatient and outpatient clinic settings. As fellows master increasingly difficult skills and become adept at communicating with children and parents, they are assigned higher levels of responsibility in and out of the operating room. The Division of Pediatric Surgery offers a comprehensive didactic curriculum examining all major topics in pediatric surgery. Fellows participate in weekly conferences on morbidity and mortality, pediatric radiology and pediatric oncology; attend bimonthly lectures on basic science topics; and participate in a monthly pediatric surgical pathology conference and journal club. Pediatric surgery residents present a weekly pediatric surgery conference for surgical and pediatric house officers, pediatric and surgical attendings, and nurses. In addition to clinical efforts, pediatric surgery fellows are expected to participate in the division's research mission. Studies driven by pediatric surgery fellows are strongly encouraged and will ideally result in original work being presented and published on the national/international level. Attendance at both the American Academy of Pediatrics (senior resident) and American Pediatric Surgical Association (junior resident) is supported. Senior residents traditionally attend the Pediatric Anorectal and Colorectal Surgical Workshop in Columbus, the Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Course in Chicago, and the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Review Course in Memphis.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Matthew S. Clifton, MD

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Nena Buie
bbuie@emory.edu
404-727-4375

Faculty:
Amina Bhatia, MD
John Bleacher, MD
Alfred Chahine, MD
Matthew Clifton, MD
Megan Durham, MD
Kurt Heiss, MD
Jonathan Meisel, MD
Paul Parker, MD
Matthew Santore, MD
Alexis Smith, MD
Mark Wulkan, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Morgan Richards, MD
Heather Short, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Irving Zamora, MD
2019
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Lucas Neff, MD
2018
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Erik Pearson, MD
2017
Staff Surgeon, Sunrise Children's Hospital
Las Vegas, NV

Sarah Hill, MD
2016
Staff Surgeon, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital
Spokane, WA

Avraham Schlager, MD
2015
Assistant Professor, Northeast Ohio Medical University/Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Yes

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 90%

Fellow salary: PGY-6: $70,082; PGY-7: $71,289

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/Academics/Education/Office-of-Medical-Education/Fellowship/Pediatric-Surgery-Fellowship

The faculty of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital offer a two year, ACGME-accredited continuous pediatric surgery clinical fellowship for BC/BE general surgeons. We provide a broad exposure to all facets of general pediatric surgery including head & neck surgery, oncology, gastrointestinal surgery, gynecology, endoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, ECMO, trauma care, vascular anomalies, wound care, congenital diaphragmatic hernia management, and esophageal airway treatment service. Candidates choose JHACH due to the high clinical volume and diverse faculty. Our hospital mission focuses on clinical care, education and research. Therefore, we favor candidates with 1) a strong background in clinical general surgery, 2) significant evidence of scholarly achievement, and 3) a desire to pursue a career in academic pediatric surgery Strengths:

Strengths

• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program (only dedicated CDH unit in the nation)
• ECMO program
• Esophageal/airway reconstruction
• Minimally invasive surgery including pediatric single incision laparoscopy, and broad general, neonatal and oncologic surgical exposure

Weakness

• Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital does not perform kidney, liver or intestinal transplantation.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Paul D. Danielson, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Program Director: Nicole M. Chandler, MD, FACS, FAAP

Program manager: Carrie Moreland
cm@jhmi.edu
727-767-3439

Faculty:
Nicole Chandler, MD
Henry Chang, MD
Paul Danielson, MD
Raquel Gonzalez, MD
David Kays, MD
Drew Rideout, MD
J. Charles Smithers, MD
Christopher Snyder, MD
Keith Thatch, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Katherine Gonzalez, MD
Heather Nolan, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Jason O. Robertson, MD
July 2019
Assistant Professor of Surgery Case Western University, Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland, Ohio

Christopher W. Snyder, MD
July 2018
Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida

Varun Bhalla, MD
June 2017
Assistant Professor of Surgery University of South Carolina, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital
Columbia, South Carolina

Margaret M. McGuire, MD
June 2016
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter
Norfolk, VA

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Program will support “away” courses as part of a career development plan (e.g., Surgery board prep, Oncology course, Colorectal course, MIS course, Transition to Fellowship Bootcamp). Fellow will attend one professional society meeting per year (APSA, AAP or ACS) plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting scholarly activity from the program. Time away is subject to RRC regulations governing time training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1640

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY-6: $65,724.79, PGY-7: $67,367.91

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pediatricsurgery/fellowship/

Founded in 1912 as the Harriet Lane Home for Children, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country, with more than 92,000 patient visits and nearly 9,000 admissions each year. It is Maryland’s largest children’s hospital with 205 beds and the only state-designated Trauma Service and American Burn Association-Accredited Burn Unit for pediatric patients. Patients from age 0-21 are admitted to the Children's Center. The facility is equipped for all aspects of general pediatric care, with a 40-bed intensive care unit (PICU), a 45-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and laboratory and radiology facilities. A pediatric medical and surgical oncology ward (14 beds), psychiatric wards and general pediatric age-determined wards complete the inpatient facility. A suite of 10 operating rooms for children's surgery and a pediatric recovery room adjacent to the PICU are utilized by pediatric general surgery, urology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and otolaryngology services. The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center houses the clinical facilities for outpatient visits (approx. 45,000/year). The Park Building, adjacent to the Children's Center, has a pediatric emergency room, oncology and hematology clinics, and a perfusion center.

The pediatric surgical staff at the Johns Hopkins Hospital is under the direction of David J. Hackam, MD, PhD, The Robert Garrett Professor of Pediatric Surgery and co-director of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. There are also full-time specialty surgeons in pediatric orthopedics, urology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic and cardiovascular surgery.

Under the direction of Samuel M. Alaish, M.D., the post-doctoral training program in Pediatric Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center is unique in concept, because it utilizes the clinical population of two large university services for a broad clinical experience in pediatric surgery over the prescribed two years. Both divisions of Pediatric Surgery perform more than 3,200 operations annually and have a staff of 13 pediatric surgeons. Completion of the basic two-year program will qualify the trainee to take the examination for a “Certificate of Special Competence in Pediatric Surgery,“ which is given by the American Board of Surgery.

History
Support of pediatric surgery by the Robert Garrett Foundation began in the 1940s. These funds enabled Dr. Alfred Blalock to conduct his animal laboratory experiments on congenital heart disease and helped support Dr. Helen Taussig with her clinical evaluation of children with cyanotic congenital heart disease. These studies led to the development of the Blalock-Taussig shunt and culminated in the first clinical use of their subclavian artery-pulmonary artery anastomosis for a child with tetralogy of Fallot in November 1944. In 1964, Dr. J. Alexander Haller became the first pediatric surgeon-in-charge of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. Later that year, Dr. Haller finished training the first chief resident in pediatric surgery, Dr. James L. Talbert, who left to become the Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In 1976, Dr. J. Laurence Hill was recruited to the University of Maryland with a joint appointment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1977. With Dr. Hill’s arrival, the first integrated training program in pediatric surgery was born. In 1991, Dr. Paul M. Colombani was appointed the pediatric surgeon-in-charge and second Garrett Professor of Pediatric Surgery. Following Dr. Colombani’s departure in 2014, Dr. David J. Hackam became the third Garrett Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Co-director of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. In 2015, Dr. Samuel M. Alaish became the fourth training director, following Dr. Fizan Abdullah’s move to Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Since 1965, a long line of talented and accomplished people have graduated from our fellowship. Notable alumni include James Talbert ’65, Paul Colombani ’83, Richard Azizkhan ’85, Francisco Cigarroa ’93 and Jessica Kandel ’95 to name just a few.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Samuel M. Alaish, MD

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Kimberly Mooney
Kmorris1@jhmi.edu
410-955-9012

Faculty:
Johns Hopkins University

David Hackam, MD, Garrett Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Co-Director and Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Children’s Cente
Samuel Alaish, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Division Chief of Clinical Operations and Education, Director, Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director, THRIVE Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Shaun Kunisaki, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Division Chief of Strategy and Integration, Director, Pediatric Esophageal Surgery
Isam Nasr, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Pediatric Trauma Program
Alejandro Garcia, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of ECMO Program, Interim Director, Burn Program
Eric Jelin, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Fetal Program
Daniel Rhee, M., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Pediatric Surgical Oncology
Clint Cappiello, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Pediatric Surgery Residency Education

University of Maryland

Roger W. Voigt, MB, ChB, Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Maryland Hospital for Children
Eric D. Strauch, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland
James T. Moore, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland
Kimberly M. Lumpkins, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland
Helena M. Crowley, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Mar
Brian Englum, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Felipe Pedroso, MD, Senior fellow
Yue Julia Chen, MD, Junior fellow

Previous 5 fellows:
Daniel S. Rhee, MD, MPH
2015
Director of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

Alejandro V. Garcia, MD
2016
Director, ECMO Program, Interim Director, Burn Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

Daniel E. Levin, MD
2017
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia

Seth D. Goldstein, MD
2018
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University

Jennifer M. Murphy, MD
2019
Atlantic Medical Group, Morristown, NJ

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: The fellows have a travel budget to be used to attend meetings of their choice over the two years. Meetings include the Lurie Children’s MIS course, the St. Jude Pediatric Surgical Oncology course, APSA’s Annual Meeting, the AAP Section on Surgery Meeting and a colorectal course (highly encouraged). Should a fellow have a paper on a program, additional funds will be allotted to pay for travel. We have used other funds in the past to pay for the fellow to attend the Transition to Fellowship and the Transition to Practice Courses.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1255

Board passage rate (3 years): 90%

Fellow salary: The 2019-2020 academic year annual compensation levels are as follows: PGY 6 (Year 1 Fellow) $69,839; PGY 7 (Year 2 Fellow) $72,297

Last updated: 02/12/2020

Program website: http://uthsc.edu/surgery/pediatric-surgery/index.php

The Pediatric Surgery fellowship program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in conjunction with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital seeks diverse candidates who have completed an ACGME‐accredited (or its equivalent) general surgery training program and is interested in advancing their knowledge and training in the surgical management of infants and children. The goals of the program are to teach fellows the skills necessary to consistently deliver excellent and state‐of‐the‐art patient care, to appraise and assimilate new scientific evidence, to grow professionally with constant self‐evaluation and life‐long learning, and to participate in the process of research and discovery to advance patient care for the future. The faculty provides training in an environment that is sensitive to cultural diversity and seeks to be responsive to health care disparities. At the completion of this education, fellows will function as successful independent pediatric surgeons and can excel both in academic and private practice settings.

Strengths

• Robust partnership with both Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, both nationally and internationally recognized free‐standing academic children’s hospitals.
• Great breadth and depth of pediatric surgical expertise and experience within the division and from collaborative work with other subspecialty divisions.
• Strong exposure to several areas including: airway and esophageal problems, head and neck pathology, oncology and trauma.
• Great environment for learning about health disparities and its associations with patient care.

Weakness

• Nascent fetal center with minimal procedural opportunities for pediatric surgery fellows. Growth is expected in the coming years.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Eunice Huang, MD, MS

Associate Program Director: Ying Z. Weatherall, MD

Program manager: Amber Stroupe
astroupe@uthsc.edu
901-287-6300

Faculty:
James W. Eubanks, III, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon in Chief, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Alexander Feliz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Program Director, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Director, Center for Health Equity
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Surgical Research
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Director, Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Eunice Huang, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Chief Research Biomedical Informatics Officer

Tim Jancelewicz, MD, MA, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Surgical Director, ECMO and CDH
Pediatric Surgical Director, Fetal Center
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Max R. Langham, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Ying Z. Weatherall, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program
Surgical Director, Healthy Lifestyle Clinic
Director, Burn Task Force
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Regan Williams, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Director, Trauma Services
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Erica Hodgman, MD
Daniel Lodwick, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Alpin Malkan, MD
Aug 2017‐July 2019
Abdominal Transplantation Fellow, Assistant Instructor in Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Donald Lucas, Jr., MD, MPH
Aug 2016‐July 2018
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Diego, CA

Laura Boomer, MD
July 2015‐ June 2017
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director of NICU and PICU Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond, VA

Adrianne Myers, MD
July 2014‐June 2016
Pediatric  Surgeon, Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, TN

Ying Z. Weatherall, MD
July 2013‐ June 2015
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program, Surgical Director, Healthy Lifestyle Clinic, Director, Burn Task Force, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Memphis, TN

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Fellows are provided funds to attend the following:

• Transition to Fellowship Bootcamp
• APSA meeting
• AAP meeting
• MIS course
• Colorectal Course
• St. Jude Oncology course
• Any additional meetings if fellow is presenting their own work

*Time away subject to ACGME RRC and ABS regulations governing time required in training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1330

Board passage rate (3 years): 90%

Fellow salary: PGY-6: $64,188 PGY-7: $66,564

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://lluh.org/health-professionals/gme/resident-fellow/pediatric-surgery-fellowship

The program is designed for well-rounded individuals able to function independently and interested in whole patient and family care.

Strengths

• Our one-Fellow program gives immediate exposure to index cases and a two-year supervised experience of primary management of all ages of pediatric surgery patients

Weaknesses

• Working to improve access to ENT and Urology cases

Faculty Information

Program Director: Edward Tagge, MD

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Tinesha Charles
909-558-4619
tcharles@llu.edu

Faculty:
Donald Moores, MD – Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Edward Tagge, MD – Professor of Surgery
Joanne Baerg, MD – Professor of Surgery
Faraz Khan, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery
Andrei Radulescu, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one every other year

Current fellow(s):
Laura Goodman, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Shannon Longshore, MD
2013
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Univesity

Erin Perrone, MD
2015
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Center and Mott Children’s Hospital

Arul Thirumoorthi, MD
2017
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Center and Mott Children’s Hospital

Victoria Pepper, MD
2019
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Our program pays for the following:

1. Nationwide Colorectal Course
2. Fellow Yr 1 APSA
3. Fellow Yr 2 AAP
4. St. Jude Oncology course
5. Conference if fellow is presenting own work

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): Qualifying exam – 100% (4 out of 4); Certifying exam – 67% first time (3 out of 4) & 100% second time (3 out 4)

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: http://phoenixchildrens.org/graduate-medical-education/fellowship-programs/pediatric-surgery-fellowship

The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship is a robust training program for individuals interested in pursuing a career in pediatric surgery. The fellowship is supported by the graduate medical education infrastructure at both the Mayo Clinic in Arizona (program sponsor) and Phoenix Children's (clinical site). Phoenix Children’s and the Mayo Clinic in Arizona are committed to the medical education of pediatric surgeons, providing an environment of academic enrichment, research and a comprehensive educational experience for clinical pediatric surgery fellowship training. Full-time pediatric surgeons serve as faculty with a diverse background including advanced MIS, trauma/critical care, oncology and neonatal surgery. In addition, the fellowship and faculty actively participate in research within the institution as well as serving as the primary investigator in multi-institutional research projects. Fellows finishing the program will be competitive for any potential employment opportunities that they pursue.

Strengths

• The program has an experienced faculty with nationally recognized expertise.
• The program is fellowship focused with high value assigned to surgical training.
• General Surgery and advanced practice providers afford significant leadership opportunities and strong support to fellows.
• Trauma exposure is limited by the use of a fully-staffed Trauma Service.
• In-house General Surgery residents take first calls.

Weaknesses

• Surgery is a very busy service with a high census and case volume and a large faculty.
• Call is q2 from home (and in-house moonlighting is available).

Faculty Information

Program Director: David M. Notrica, MD

Associate Program Director: Daniel J. Ostlie, MD

Program manager: Vincent Curley
vcurley@phoenixchildrens.com
(602) 933-2121

Faculty:
Jae-O Bae, MD
Katherine P. Davenport, MD
J. Craig Egan, MD
Erin M. Garvey, MD
Ramin Jamshidi, MD
Justin H. Lee, MD
Lisa E. McMahon, MD
Mark S. Molitor, Jr, MD
David M. Notrica, MD
Daniel J. Ostlie, MD
Benjamin E. Padilla, MD
Dorothy H. Rowe, MD
Kathleen D. van Leeuwen, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Kathy Schall, MD
Juan Pablo Gurria, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Amir Alhajjat, MD
2019
Attending Physician, Pediatric Surgery Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Erin M. Garvey, MD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: The program pays for Transition to Fellowship Boot Camp, Advanced Pectus course, MIS course, Colorectal course, and APSA meeting.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY 7= $74,715.00; PGY 8= $78,204.00; PGY 9= $81,485.00; PGY 10= $84,943.00

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://surgery.mcmaster.ca/divisions/division/pediatric-surgery

McMaster Children’s Hospital provides surgical care to a population base of approximately 2.4 million people in southern Ontario. We are the sole tertiary pediatric center and also the Level 1 Trauma Center in the area. Moreover, we have one of the largest and most modern Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Canada. Subspecialty training in Pediatric Surgery is offered at McMaster Children’s Hospital. The learning objectives are aligned with the specialty requirements of the Royal College but are specific to McMaster University. It is a 2-year program, fully accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The Division of Pediatric Surgery at McMaster Children's Hospital is committed to quality patient care, education and research. We are fortunate to take care of a broad range of pediatric surgical conditions and we collaborate closely with McMaster University to innovate in the area of evidence-based medicine and competency by design medical education. We seek candidates who are passionate about their career in pediatric surgery and dedicated to the pursuit of developing knowledge and skills in this domain. We seek professionals who are caring, and compassionate. We endeavour to provide the training, coaching, and mentorship required to develop excellence in the care of neonates, infants, children and adolescents with a broad range of congenital and acquired conditions. The curriculum is divided in 2 years. Residents spend 18 months of the pediatric surgery service and the other 6 months doing elective rotations including neonatal ICU, pediatric ICU and global surgery. There is also an opportunity to spend 1-2 months in research activities or other elective training that would be of benefit to the resident. Trainees in the McMaster program benefit from a dedicated academic half-day with organized teaching seminars in addition to weekly Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, Pediatric Grand Rounds and many other learning opportunities. Pediatric surgery residents are evaluated every 4 months using CanMEDS formatted goals and objectives. There are practice written and oral examinations at similar intervals.

Strengths

• Rich and diversified case volumes
• Strong program and career support
• Transition to practice program offered in last six months of training
• Research infrastructure and support available for trainees to achieve academic success
• Global health initiative available to pediatric surgery residents for education and research
• Flexible program that meets Training requirements and individual career objectives

Weaknesses

• Non-ECLS centre
• Penetrating trauma volume low

Faculty Information

Program Director: Lisa VanHouwelingen, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Emily Hutchinson
hutche7@mcmaster.ca
+1-905-521-2100 ext 73964

Faculty:
Karen Bailey, MD, MHM, FRCSC
Brian Cameron, MD, DipMedED, FRCSC
Peter Fitzgerald, MD, MA, FRCSC
Helene Flageole, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Lisa VanHouwelingen, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Mark Walton, MD, FRCSC

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Noora Al-Shahwani, MD
Gilgamesh Eamer, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Michael Livingston, MD
July 2017- June 2019
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Centre
Rochester, NY

Yasser AlFraih, MD
July 2016 - June 2018
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, King Saud University
Riyahd, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Selah, MD
July 2015 - June 2017
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta

Amar Alnaqi, MD
uly 2014 - June 2016
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Ibn Children's Hospital and University Hospital

Lisa VanHouwelingen, MD
July 2013 - July 2015
Associate Professor, McMaster Children's Hospital, and McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for Transition to fellowship boot camp, and funding available for MIS course, APSAP/CAPS meetings, and St Jude Course

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): N/A

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/surgery/education/fellowship-programs/pediatric-surgery-fellowship

The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is a two-year clinical training program approved in 2002 by the ACGME. It was last reviewed in August, 2012 with ACGME accreditation through November 2019. The curriculum includes comprehensive coverage of the scientific principles that are the basis for the practice of pediatric surgery. These are combined with structured operative and perioperative management of infants, children, and adolescents with problems managed in the contemporary practice of general and thoracic pediatric surgery. The clinical experience encompasses newborns, congenital anomalies, pediatric trauma, burns, critical care, surgical oncology, GI diseases, and the entire spectrum of abdominal, non-cardiac thoracic, urologic, and other clinical problems that fall within the scope of practice for pediatric surgery in the United States.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Casey M. Calkins, MD

Associate Program Director: Dave R. Lal, MD

Program manager: Teresa Hauser
thauser@chw.org
414-266-6557

Faculty:
John Aiken, MD
John Densmore, MD
David Gourlay, MD
Keith Oldham, MD
Thomas Sato, MD
Jack Schneider, MD
Sabina Siddiqui, MD
Amy Wagner, MD
Kyle Van Arendonk, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Senior – Katherine Flynn-O’Brien, MD
Junior – Jose Salazar Osuna, MD

Previous 5 fellows:

Shannon Koehler, MD, PhD
2019

Veronica Sullins, MD
2018

Elizabeth Berdan, MD, PhD
2017

Kendra Bowman, MD, MPH, PhD
2016

Henry Chang, MD
2015

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy:

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: $70,790

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/pediatricsurgery/fellowships_gensurgery.htm

The pediatric surgery training program is based at the Montreal Children's Hospital [MCH] of the McGill University Health Centre. It is a two-year residency training program provided to candidates who have completed their training in general surgery at a Royal College of Surgeons of Canada or ACGME- accredited program. All academic faculty involved in the training program are board-certified pediatric surgeons with a passion for surgical education.

The scope of training involves a comprehensive program with exposure to pediatric general and non- cardiac, thoracic surgery (with a particular focus on neonatal and congenital malformation surgery), as well as head and neck, gynecological/genitourinary surgery, trauma, and oncologic surgery. Patients' ages range from the premature to the older adolescent (<18 years) Successful completion of training allows the candidate to sit for the pediatric surgery examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons and the American Board of Surgery. The objectives of training can be found on the web site of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. As will be happening in all programs across Canada, the program will be transitioning to a compety-based model of surgical education using “entrustable professional acts” (EPAs’s). The first year of training consists of a minimum of 6-10 months of pediatric general and thoracic surgery as well as mandatory rotations in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) which are 1 month each. The second year of training consists of 12 months of clinical pediatric general and thoracic surgery at the level of chief resident. Elective rotations in Pediatric Urology (1 month) or Pediatric Surgery at Hôpital Ste-Justine (1-2 months) can also be organized. An optional Royal College accredited 4-week international rotation at Bethany Kids Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, under the strict supervision of a board-certified pediatric surgeon, is available to those who are interested. Overview/History of Institution:

The Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) was founded in 1903 by Dr. Alexander Mackenzie Forbes as a 10-bed unit primarily treating children with orthopedic issues. The establishment of McGill University affiliation in 1920 led to the vision of training surgeons specialized in the care of children. The hospital moved to Tupper Street in 1956 under the leadership of Dr. David Murphy (1953-1974), its first Surgeon- in-Chief, where it remained for nearly 60 years. Dr. Harvey Beardmore (program director 1974-1981) spearheaded efforts to have pediatric surgery recognized as a distinct specialty of the American Board of Surgery. Thus, the MCH became one of the “original 5” pediatric surgery training programs in North America under the directorship of Dr. Herbert Owen (1974-1981). Dr. Frank Guttman (1981-1996) took over both the Division and Program Directorships and was succeeded in this role by Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge in 1996. In 2008, after 14 years of unprecedented growth, the Division and Program Directorships were split into 2 distinct entities under Dr. Sherif Emil and Dr. Pramod Puligandla, respectively.

On May 24, 2015, the MCH underwent its most significant transformation as it moved from a free- standing children’s hospital to a “hospital within a super-hospital” at the McGill University Health Centre Glen Site on Decarie Boulevard. The Division currently consists of 5 board-certified pediatric surgeons with varying interests and expertise including pediatric critical care. The Division has many interdisciplinary follow-up clinics (e.g. EATEF, CDH, chest wall anomalies, complex colorectal disorders). In addition, Division members dedicate significant personal and academic time in global surgery. The program also has a close working relationship with the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, located immediately adjacent to the MCH, which is the only Shriner’s hospital located outside of the USA. As of 2018, the MCH has trained 56 surgeons from North America and around the world.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Pramod S. Puligandla, MD, MSc

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Maria Corvino, Program Coordinator
maria.corvino@muhc.mcgill.ca

Faculty:

Pramod S. Puligandla, MD, MSc
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics and Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Associate Chair for Peri-Operative Services
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Surgeon, Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Intensivist, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
The Montreal Children’s Hospital
McGill University Health Centre

Kenneth S. Shaw, MD, CM
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery
Medical Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Trauma Program
Department of Pediatric Surgery
McGill University Faculty of Medicine
The Montreal Children’s Hospital
McGill University Health Centre

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Eileen Duggan, MD, MPH (senior fellow)
Amanda Hall, MD, PhD (junior fellow)

Previous 5 fellows:
Hussein Wissanji, MD, MPH
2018
Assistant Professor - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Laval
Quebec City, Quebec

Robin Petroze, MD, MPH
2017
Assistant Professor - University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Hayden Stagg, MD
2016
Assistant Professor – Baylor Scott & White
Temple, TX

Kartik Pandya, MD
2015
Assistant Professor – Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine

Claudia Emami, MD, MPH
2014
Beverly Hills Pediatric Surgery
Pasadena, CA

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Fellows' travel and lodging are covered for most post-graduate courses:

1. Transition to Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Course
2. MIS course
3. St. Jude Oncology Course
4. AAP Resident Retreat
5. Colorectal Course

Vacation and time away is recorded and confirms with “time away” regulations set by the RRC

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 900

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: N/A

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/for-medical-professionals/education-and-training/residency-programs/pediatric-surgery-residency

The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Surgery Fellowship program seeks candidates from a diverse background who are eager to pursue a career in pediatric surgery. The goal of the program is to provide the mentoring and training needed to develop expertise in the diagnostic, operative and perioperative care for children with congenital and acquired anomalies and diseases, be they developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic or traumatic. The scope of the training is broad, with a curriculum that encompasses surgical problems in utero, infancy, childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. The educational component prepares our trainees to function independently as board-certified subspecialists and provide them with skills necessary for delivery of surgical care in the tertiary setting, including team management, continuous performance improvement, application of new technology and participation in research. Upon completion, the fellow will have acquired the knowledge, skills, and an enthusiasm for life-long learning, teaching and practice of the pediatric surgery subspecialty. Candidates choose the NCH program due to the pediatric focus, high clinical volume and diverse faculty. The faculty have varied backgrounds and expertise and are at different stages in their careers.

Strengths

• Largest volume of colorectal cases, alternate coverage of airway and esophageal foreign bodies with ENT
• Alternate coverage of emergency GYN cases with pediatric adolescent GYN
• Specialist fellows help cover cases and calls, strong program support for career development

Weakness

• Fellows not involved with transplant cases

Faculty Information

Program Director: Benedict C Nwomeh, MD, MPH

Program Chair: Peter C. Minneci, MD, MSc

Associate Program Director: Gail E. Besner, MD

Program manager: Cathy Rings
Cathy.Rings@NationwideChildrens.org
+1-614-722-3911

Faculty:
Jennifer H. Aldrink, MD
Gail E. Besner, MD
Christopher K. Breuer, MD
Katherine J. Deans, MD, MSc
Karen A. Diefenbach, MD
Renata B. Fabia, MD
Jonathan I. Groner, MD
Ihab Halaweish, MD
Brian D. Kenney, MD, MPH
Marc P. Michalsky, MD
Peter C. Minneci, MD, MSc
Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD, MPH
Oluyinka O Olutoye, MD, PhD
Rajan K. Thakkar, MD
Richard J Wood, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Afif Kulaylat, MD, MSc
Dani Gonzalez, MD

Previous 5 fellows:

Justin Huntington, MD
August 2017 - July 2019
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, Ohio

Jeremy G. Fisher, MD
August 2016 - July 2018
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD
July 2015 - June 2017
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Payam Saadai, MD
July 2014 - June 2016
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
University of California at Davis
Sacramento, California

Rajan K. Thakkar, MD
July 2013 - June 2015
Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for Transition to Fellowship bootcamp, general surgery board prep, St. Jude course, MIS course, Colorectal course, APSA meeting, AAP meeting plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting own work.  Time away subject to RRC regulations governing time in training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY-8 = $71,862.66; PGY-9 = $75,424.47; PGY-10 = $78,443.72

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://columbiasurgery.org/pediatrics

The NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program is a two-year program designed to provide a broad intensive education in all aspects of pediatric general surgery. The education is focused on, but not limited to, pediatric surgical oncology, congenital and acquired conditions of the newborn, non-cardiac thoracic surgery, and all aspects of pre- and post-operative care of infants and children. Multidisciplinary programs in Trauma, ECMO, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Oncology, Thyroid disease, Obesity and Esophageal Atresia provide focused education in these areas. The integrated program in prenatal pediatrics provides the fellow exposure to diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of the fetal patient/family as well. The goal of our training program is to graduate surgeons who can independently evaluate and treat the full scope of pediatric surgical diseases, manage the consequences of treatment, and know when to seek appropriate consultation and advice.

Faculty Information

Program Director: William Middlesworth, MD, Professor of Surgery

Associate Program Director:

Program manager: Yesenia Suarez
ys466@cumc.columbia.edu
212-342-8585
Fax: 212-342-2138

Danielle Mendoza:
dm2010@cumc.columbia.edu
212-342-8586
Fax: 212-342-2138

Pediatric Surgery NewYork Presbyterian (Columbia Campus)
Phone number: 212-342-8585
Fax Number: 212-342-2138

Faculty:
Jennifer DeFazio, MD: Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vincent Duron, MD: Assistant Professor of Surgery
Erica Fallon, MD: Assistant Professor of Surgery
Steven Stylianos, MD: Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Professor of Surgery
Jeffrey Zitsman, MD: Professor of Surgery

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Cornelia Griggs, MD
Sandra Kabagambe, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Jennifer Defazio, MD
2019
Assistant Professor in Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Linda Li, MD
2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center

Arunachalam Thenappan, MD
2017
Attending Pediatric Surgery Children’s National Health System

Daniel Relles, MD
2016
Attending Pediatric Surgery Lehigh Valley Health Network

Stephen Oh, MD
2015
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork Presbyterian Weill Cornel Medical Center

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Program pays for all required conference and conferences at which the fellow is presenting.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): N/A

Fellow salary: NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education Graduate Staff Salary Analysis: Graduate Staff Level 2019-2020; Graduate Staff Level 6: $90,209; Graduate Staff Level 7: $92,925

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.nicklauschildrens.org/medical-professionals/medical-education/graduate-medical-education-gme/b-gme-fellowship-training-programs/pediatric-surgery-fellowship

The Department of Pediatric Surgery offers a two-year ACGME-Accredited fellowship training program in pediatric surgery to Board Eligible or Certified general surgeons who are looking to gain experience in the surgical care of children. The mission of the program is to provide comprehensive training in an environment that emphasizes diverse clinical experience and excellence. The Department of Pediatric Surgery responds to the surgical needs of a very busy emergency department with 100,000 visits a year. The surgical team is an integral part of the Nicklaus Children's Hospital solid tumor program which is a Children's Oncology Group (COG) affiliate. We serve a busy neonatal intensive care unit and treat a broad spectrum of tertiary cases and a full array of common surgical problems in children ranging from the newborn period to age 21. The training program includes integration of didactic, clinical and operative instruction. Clinical education encompasses both inpatient and outpatient bedside teaching. The Training Program follows the ACGME guidelines for Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery and includes conferences in Radiology, Surgical Pathology, Trauma, Tumor Board, GI, Endocrinology, as well as Vascular Malformations Multidisciplinary Rounds, Core Curriculum, Journal Club and a bi-monthly Mortality and Morbidity Conference. The pediatric surgical fellow has the opportunity to become proficient in a broad range of surgical skills during the training program.

Strengths

• The program provides wide spectrum of complex cases and programmatic opportunities including fetal care, oncology, colorectal, endocrine and vascular malformations/ anomalies.
• Diverse patient population and very active global health office
• Training is concentrated in one site, with the opportunity for national or international electives.
• Strong Faculty Commitment to the program and comprehensive didactics
• Advance minimally invasive approach to neonatal anomalies and one of the busiest pediatric robotic programs in the country
• We have a strong support team composed of ARNPs, PAs and rotating residents from four different general surgery programs.

Weaknesses

• No exposure to Transplant cases
• Lack of basic science research (at this time)

Faculty Information

Program Director: Fuad Alkhoury, M.D.

Associate Program Director: Cathy Anne Burnweit, MD

Program manager: Ana Otero, C-TAGME
Ana.otero@nicklaushealth.org
786-624-2891

Faculty:
Leopoldo Malvezzi, MD
Juan L Calisto, MD
Shahab Ahmad Shaffiey, MD, MSc

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
John Tackett, MD
Randi Lassiter, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Kyle Glithero, MD
2019
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Carmelle Romain, MD
2018
University of Chicago Medical Center/ NorthShore University Health System
Chicago, IL

Lynn Model, MD
2017
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Gavin Falk, MD
2016
Kalispell Regional Medical Center
Kalispell, MT

Tara Loux, MD
2015
St Joseph's Children's Hospital
Tampa, FL

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: no, unless fellows are presenting

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1200

Board passage rate (3 years): 90%

Fellow salary: PGY 6: $75,857.60, PGY 8: $82,409.60, PGY 9: $84,864.00

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/surgery/pediatric-surgery-fellowship-department-surgery

The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program in the OHSU School of Medicine is an ACGME-accredited two-year program. Our integrated program rotates between two major hospitals, Doernbecher Children's Hospital and Legacy Emanuel Randall Children's Hospital. The service provides for progressive responsibility for patient management and a broad and diverse experience in clinical pediatric surgery. Our Pediatric Surgery Fellows perform about 500-600 cases per year; well over the requirement of 800 total cases.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Program Director: Mubeen Jafri, MD

Program manager: Annie Thompson
thompsan@ohsu.edu
503-494-8871

Faculty:
Kenneth Azarow, MD, FACS, FAAP -- Colonel (retired) United States Army, Mackenzie Professor and Chair, OHSU Department of Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, OHSU & Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Marilyn Butler, MD -- Clinical Professor
Elizabeth Fialkowski, MD -- Assistant Professor
Cynthia Gingalewski, MD -- Medical Director, Randall Children’s Hospital
Nicholas Hamilton, MD -- Assistant Professor, Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
Margo Hendrickson, MD -- Adjunct Professor
Mubeen Jafri, MD -- Associate Professor, Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD -- Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Vice-Chair of Surgical Quality and Operations- Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Training Program Director
Katrine Lofberg, MD -- Assistant Professor
Andrew Zigman, MD -- Adjunct Professor

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Stephanie Polites, MD
Colin Gause, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Ryan Spurrier, MD
2019
Pediatric Surgeon, Children's Hospital of LA
Los Angeles, CA

Katie Rowland, MD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Louis Le, MD
2017
Pediatric Surgeon, Texas Children's Hospital
The Woodlands, TX

Katrine Lofberg, MD
2016
Pediatric Surgeon, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Nicholas Hamilton, MD
2015
Pediatric Surgeon, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Program pays for 2nd year fellow to attend MIS course, AAP meeting, St Jude's oncology course. Program pays for first year fellow to attend Colorectal Course and APSA annual meeting

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1106

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: $74,400

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://www.rchsd.org/programs-services/pediatric-surgery/fellowship/

Trainees interested in learning to manage the full spectrum of general pediatric surgical conditions in any practice setting whilst employing their humanity and individuality to enhance our profession.

Strengths

• Large case volume and complexity
• Diverse faculty, 7 faculy members and growing
• Free standing children's hospital with many nationally ranked subspecialties supported by accompanying fellowships offering a wide array of specialty trainee programs.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Karen Kling, MD, FACS

Associate Program Director:

Program manager:

Janelle Lagler
nlagler@rchsd.org
858 966 1700 X224292

Karen Kling, MD, FACS
Program Director
kkling@rchsd.org

Faculty:
Stephen Bickler, MD, DTM - Professor
Timothy Fairbanks, MD, MBA - Associate Professor
Romeo Ignacio, MD, CPT USN - Professor
Karen Kling, MD - Professor
David Lazar, MD - Assistant Professor
Nicholas Saenz, MD - Professor
Hariharan Thangarajah, MD, MS - Associate Professor

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Ben Keller, MD
Jonathan Halbach, DO LCDR

Previous 5 fellows:
Bhargava Mullapudi, MD
2018
Assistant Professor Cincinnati Children's Hospital; Pediatric Transplant Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Katherine Davenport, MD
2015
Asisstant Professor Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: APSA, AAP, boot camp, ECMO course, 2 other courses during the fellowship

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1200

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: https://meded.ucsd.edu/index.cfm/gme/house_officer/

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://medicine.iu.edu/departments/surgery/education-programs/fellowship/pediatric-surgery/

It is the Mission of the Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University School of Medicine, Pediatric Surgery program to:

• Advance the health of children through quality surgical care
• Advance pediatric surgical care through basic science and clinical outcomes research
• Advance delivery of pediatric surgical care through quality education of its trainees

The Aims of the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program at Indiana University School of Medicine are to:

• Provide post-graduate, board-eligible general surgeons the training to become competent surgeons in the delivery of specialized, high-quality pediatric surgical care.
• Provide a collegial environment that allows collaborative work with professionals across the disciplines of pediatric medicine, while emphasizing the importance of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in patient care.
• Provide a supportive learning environment that fosters trainee development of self-directed, lifelong learning

Strengths

• Collegial training environment
• Diverse faculty perspective and surgical technique utilized in training fellows
• High volume center at the only academic training center in the state
• Significant supportive resources, including General and Trauma nurse practitioner support
• Level 1 Trauma center
• Contemporary hospital and operating room technology and facilities

Weakness

• Inability for a trainee to perform all index level cases occurring at facility

Faculty Information

Program Director: Alan Ladd, MD

Associate Program Director: Brian Gray, MD

Program manager: Stacy Faletic
(o) 317-274-4606
(f) 317-274-4491
sfaletic@iupui.edu

Faculty:
Deborah Billmire, MD
R. Cartland Burns, MD
Brian Gray, MD
Britney Grayson, MD, PhD
Alan Ladd, MD
Matthew Landman, MD, PhD
Troy Markel, MD
Frederick Rescorla, MD
Thomas Rouse, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Lucas McDuffie, MD
Barrett Cromeens, DO

Previous 5 fellows:
Britney Grayson, MD, PhD
2019
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University

Aaron Seims, MD
2018
Pediatric Surgeon, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Daniel Watkins, MD
2017
Pediatric Surgeon, Pediatric Surgeons of West Michigan, Grand Rapids

Brian Gray, MD
2016
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University

Reto Baertschiger, MD
2015
Pediatric Surgeon, Toronto Children’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for one meeting and one course per year plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting own work. Time away subject to RRC regulations governing time in training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1956

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY level salary commensurate with University/School of Medicine Policy

Last updated: 06/22/2020

Program website: https://www.nemours.org/education/gme/fellowships/surgery.html

This fellowship will help you prepare for certification by the American Board of Surgery, and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship aims to:

1. Train a well-rounded, empathetic, safe pediatric surgeon who is confident managing all aspects of the surgical care of children.
2. Steward our fellow in quality improvement projects and methodology, and provide research opportunities.
3. Provide a rigorous didactic curriculum for our fellow utilizing 360 degree feedback.
4. Cultivate opportunities for our fellow to educate residents and students.
5. Encourage our fellow to collaborate across specialties.
6. Develop our fellow’s presentation skills during M&M conferences and multi-disciplinary educational meetings.

The program features the full participation of all nine of the pediatric surgical division’s full-time faculty members. Each of these physicians will contribute greatly to your education. Your training will include operating room and outpatient clinic experience, as well as bedside evaluation of children. You’ll also play a role in the organization of formal teaching conferences, held weekly. Formal rotations will be spent on Pediatric Urology, Pediatric ENT, and Neonatology during the first 12 months. The last year will be spent entirely on the Pediatric Surgical Service. The majority of your inpatient consultative time will take place at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, a freestanding children’s hospital in Wilmington, Del. The hospital: Is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in eight pediatric specialties, Recently opened expansion with 260 beds, Performs more than 2,800 inpatient and 9,300 outpatient surgical procedures each year in our operating rooms, Receives more than 50,000 annual visits in our Emergency Department (ED), Is accredited by The American College of Surgeons as a Level One Pediatric Trauma Center, Is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Strengths

• Large attending staff with diverse training backgrounds
• Program can adapt to needs and interests of the current fellow
• Exposure to complex hepatobiliary and liver tranplant (optional)
• Intestinal failure program
• ECMO experience (we are a high volume ECMO center and one of the few centers that performs ECMO transport)
• Emphasis on exposure to prenatal consultation
• Opportunity for meaningful fellow involvement in QI.

Weakness

• Single fellow program (this can be considered a weakness or strength depending on how you look at it)

Faculty Information

Program Director: Loren Berman, MD, MHS

Associate Program Director: Brian Duffy, MD

Program manager: Nina Dowd, BS
Nina.Dowd@nemours.org
(302) 250-5500

Faculty:
Loren Berman, MD – PD
Charles Paidas, MD – Chief
Matthew Boelig, MD
Brian Duffy, MD
Stephen Dunn, MD – CHAIR
Stephen Murphy, MD
Kirk Reichard, MD
Erin Teeple, MD
Charles Vinocur, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one every other year

Current fellow(s):
Allison Linden, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Mike Phillips, MD
2018
Division of Pediatric Surgery at UNC
Chapel Hill, NC

Erin Teeple, MD
2016
Faculty Member in the Department of Surgery at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Pays for Transition to Fellowship boot camp, MIS course, Colorectal course, APSA meeting, AAP meeting plus any additional meetings if fellow presenting own work. Time away subject to RRC regulations governing time in training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: N/A

Board passage rate (3 years): Qualifying Exam - 100%; Certifying exam - 50% first pass

Fellow salary: PGY 4 $66,317, PGY 5 $69,016, PGY 6 $72,604

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://med.uth.edu/pediatricsurgery/training/

The Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) seeks well-trained, diverse candidates for comprehensive training for a career in pediatric surgery. Our program began in 2005 and has grown in scale and complexity over the years. The fellowship encompasses the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery. Under the direction of 9 pediatric surgery faculty, our trainees have experienced the highest acuity and complexity of neonatal, pediatric, and adolescent conditions. In addition to the broad scope of general pediatric surgery, our fellows are exposed to high-end pediatric surgical subspecialty programs including fetal, oncology, critical care, burns, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), vascular anomalies, short bowel syndrome, chest wall deformities, robotics, trauma, and minimally invasive surgery.

Strengths

• Diverse academic pediatric surgery faculty with subspecialty expertise
• High acuity training environment with 118-bed Level IV NICU
• Robust exposure to general pediatric surgery including acute urologic problems, pediatric and adolescent gynecological conditions, and acute airway and esophageal pathology

Weakness

• No transplantation experience

Faculty Information

Program Director: KuoJen Tsao, MD

Associate Program Director: Mary Austin, MD, MPH

Program manager: Scottie Wahlstrom
scottie.r.wahlstrom@uth.tmc.edu
713-500-7300

Faculty:
Richard J. Andrassy, MD
Mary T. Austin, MD, MPH
Charles S. Cox, Jr., MD
Matthew T. Harting, MD, MS
Akemi L. Kawaguchi, MD
Kevin P. Lally, MD, MS
Linda T. Li, MD
Allison Speer, MD
KuoJen Tsao, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Megan Coughlin, MD
A. Francois Trappey, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Carey Watson, MD
2019
private practice
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Laura Hollinger, MD
2017
Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina

Moiz Mustafa, MD
2016
University of Florida, Division of Surgery, Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, Florida

Vincent Duron, MD
2015
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
New York, New York

Brian Jones, MD
2014
University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Chicago, Illinois

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: The program pays for St. Jude surgical oncology, colorectal course, APSA meeting (junior fellow), AAP meeting (senior fellow) as well as any additional meetings if the fellows present academic product, subject to RRC regulations governing time in training.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1650

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: Stipends and fringe benefits are administered through The University of Texas System Medical Foundation. Residents are appointed at stipend levels reflecting their years of prior training.

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: http://www.sickkids.ca/GeneralSurgery

The Pediatric Surgery Training Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a two-year residency accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. There is a reciprocity agreement between the Royal College and Residency Review Committee and ACGME in the United States, so that upon successful completion of this experience, the trainee will be qualified to sit for examinations in Pediatric General Surgery given by the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Surgery. The overall goal of this training program is to produce a pediatric surgeon at the end of 24 months who is functioning at the level of a staff attending surgeon having mastered the full spectrum of skills and knowledge in pediatric surgery.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Georges Azzie, MD

Associate Program Director: Justyna Wolinska, MD

Program manager: Shannon Hannah
shannon.hannah@sickkids.ca
416-813-6401

Faculty:
Georges Azzie, MD
Reto Baertschiger, MD
Priscilla Chiu, MD
Annie Fecteau, MD
Sharifa Himidan, MD
Jacob Langer, MD
Agostino Pierro, MD
Blayne Sayed, MD
Paul Wales, MD
Justyna Wolinska, MD
Augusto Zani, MD

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: other

Current fellow(s):
Brian Gulack, MD
Eric Sparks, MD
Kaitlyn Wong, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Adesola Akinkuotu, MD (August 2017 – July 2019)
2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Kristy Rialon
2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas

Erica Fallon
2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, CUMC/New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
New York, New York

Justyna Wolinska
2017
Staff Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario

James Fisher
2016
Staff Surgeon, Pediatric Surgical Associates
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: The program pays for Transition to Fellowship Boot Camp, one course and APSA in the first year, one course and AAP in the second year. The program pays for additional meetings if the fellow is presenting on behalf of the division.

Financial support for candidate interviews: No

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1000 +/-

Board passage rate (3 years): 90+%

Fellow salary: PGY 6: $86,710.08, PGY 7: 90,039.20. There is also a stipend of $127.60 (weekday) and $140.36 (weekend) for every call shift.

Last updated: 02/07/2020

Program website: https://pediatricsurgery.wustl.edu/education/

The Division of Pediatric Surgery offers a two-year fellowship program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for physicians seeking specialized training in pediatric surgery. Eligible applicants must have completed a general surgery residency program that has been approved by the ACGME by the time of appointment. One applicant is selected for the two-year fellowship each year and he or she is based at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. ATLS and PALS is also required. In addition to clinical duties, the fellow has administrative and educational responsibilities for general surgery residents and medical students on the service.  As part of the goal to be healthy role models for our community BJC only hires nicotine-free applicants who commit to remaining nicotine free during their employment. The fellow’s clinical responsibilities include the preoperative, operative and postoperative care of patients on the pediatric surgical service. He or she develops detailed knowledge of congenital, neoplastic, infectious and other acquired conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and of other abdominal organs, the diaphragm and thorax, endocrine glands, gonads and reproductive organs, head and neck, and blood and vascular system. The fellow also gains knowledge and experience in treating a variety of blunt and penetrating pediatric trauma patients. This trauma care includes the management of children who have sustained injuries to multiple organs. The fellows provide the necessary surgical treatment as well as coordinate the non-operative care of these patients. The fellowship includes rotations on the Critical Medicine service, Newborn Medicine service, Urology and Otolaryngology. There is also a robust outpatient/clinic experience. The fellowship’s broad curriculum encompasses the electrolyte and nutritional needs of neonates and pediatric patients as well as the basic principles of cardiothoracic surgery, gynecology, neurologic surgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, anesthesia, vascular surgery and transplant surgery. Fellows participate in a series of conferences — both didactic and bedside — that also are attended by the house staff and medical students. The fellow helps prepare for grand rounds and other conferences. The pediatric surgery fellow should expect to perform 1000 to 1500 operations covering the breadth and scope pediatric surgery.  Rotations included in the curriculum are newborn medicine, critical care medicine, otolaryngology and urology.  At the completion of the program, the resident is eligible for the Qualifying Examination in Pediatric Surgery administered by the American Board of Surgery.

Strengths

• Large volume of solid tumor cases
• Large volume neonatal cases
• Strong support for academic career development

Weaknesses

• No coordinated sharing of foreign body cases.
• No coordinated sharing of ovarian cases.

Faculty Information

Program Director: Patrick Dillon, MD

Associate Program Director: Brad Warner, MD

Program manager: Stacy Pokorny
pokornys@wustl.edu
314-454-4169

Faculty:
Brad Warner, MD – Jessie L. Ternberg Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief
Patrick Dillon, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery, Fellowship Program Director
Martin Keller, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical Director of Trauma
Jacqueline Saito, MD – Associate Professor of Surgery, Outcomes Physician with the BJC Center for Clinical Excellence and Surgeon Champion for ACS NSQIP for St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Baddr Shakhsheer, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery, specializes in colorectal & bariatrics
Jesse Vrecenak, MD – Assistant Professor of Surgery, specializes in the Fetal Care Center

Fellow Information

Number of fellows: one per year

Current fellow(s):
Nicole Wilson, PhD, MD
Ryan Antiel, MD

Previous 5 fellows:
Baddr Shakhsheer, MD
2019
Faculty – Washington University School of Medicine/St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Alice King, MD
2018
Faculty – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX

Paul Jeziorczak, MD
2017
Faculty- Children’s Hospital of Illinois
Peoria, IL

Derek Wakeman, MD
2016
Faculty – University of Rochester School of Medicine/Golisano Chlidren’s Hospital
Rochester, NY

Ann-Christina Brady, MD
2015
Faculty – University of Miami Health System/Holtz Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL

Program Information

RRC accreditation status: Continued Accreditation

Meeting/Training Course policy: Program pays for the first year fellow to attend the St. Jude Oncology Course and the annual APSA meeting. Program pays for the second year fellow to attend the annual AAP meeting, MIS course and a colorectal course.

Financial support for candidate interviews: Yes

Average total number of cases performed by graduating fellows over the past 5 years: 1000-1500

Board passage rate (3 years): 100%

Fellow salary: PGY6 – $70,396 and PGY7 – $73,566