The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine prepares trainees to care for children with intensive care and life-threatening needs. The program is based at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital is ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Our fellowship program will enable you to become an expert clinician, scientist, and educator in pediatric critical care medicine. The fellowship is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as a three-year program for board eligible/certified physicians in pediatrics or medicine-pediatrics. Upon completion, fellows will meet the requirements for board certification in the field of pediatric critical care medicine.
The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine has a number of board certified or board eligible attending physicians as well as doctors who are board certified in both pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric cardiology. All of these physicians participate in research and other clinical programs in addition to their patient care duties. You will work closely with a faculty member throughout your three years of training to tailor the experience to meet your individual career goals. We strive to create an environment of collegial scholarship and apprenticeship that fosters learning for both you and the faculty.
Our Pediatric Critical Care Unit
Our newly renovated Pediatric Critical Care unit has 15 intensive care (ICU) beds, five telemetry beds, and six beds designated for cardiac critical care. The unit sees more than 1,200 admissions a year. In these “closed units,” the pediatric critical care team is primarily responsible for the care of all medical and surgical patients, with 24-hour-a-day, in-house attending coverage.
Our patients span the range of pediatric critical care medicine with a strong representation in acute respiratory failure, septic shock, cardiothoracic surgery, solid organ transplant, and neurosurgery. In our fellowship program, you will receive a comprehensive education in all critical care procedures and management as well as advanced therapeutics, including nonconventional respiratory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), ventricular assist devices, and all modalities of renal replacement therapy. Given our location in New York City, our fellows work with a diverse patient population. The recent growth of the Mount Sinai Health System increases the patient population as well. The Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital serves as the primary Pediatric Intensive Unit for the Mount Sinai Health System throughout the New York metropolitan area.
How to Apply
We are interested in applicants from all backgrounds who are dedicated to professional and personal development in a challenging clinical environment in the heart of New York City. The program is a three-year fellowship. We anticipate accepting two fellows each year, for a total of six fellows at a time.
Our program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). You can apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), which accepts applications. We require completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residency program in general pediatrics. Please contact Kim Derespina at kim.derespina@mssm.edu with any questions about our program.
Research
A meaningful research experience is an integral component of the fellowship. We encourage you to participate in ongoing research efforts, and we will do our best to arrange clinical, translational, and basic science research opportunities to meet your career and educational goals. The process begins early in your first year, when you meet with the program director and division chief to discuss your interests and explore opportunities for research mentorship throughout the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. We will support you if your research interests fall outside of the scope of our current faculty researchers.
Once your mentorship and project are under way, you will meet regularly with your mentor and will attend quarterly fellowship program leadership meetings. You will also meet with a scholarly oversight committee twice a year. The committee will consist of a minimum of three senior research advisors who have experience with scientific oversight and mentorship. Further, we anticipate that you will give an annual research-in-progress conference towards the end of each academic year.
In addition to the high-level research opportunities available within our Division, you can also choose to work with one of the institutional investigators.