Fellows apply clinical care guidelines and provide excellent evidence-based care to patients in a variety of pediatric rotations, including general pediatric floors, community-based hospital medicine at Elmhurst Hospital, and the newborn nursery. You will hone your communication skills with referring providers, patients, and families as you experience the full spectrum of inpatient pediatric care.

Fellows also select a complex care patient to follow as the primary hospital medicine faculty contact. This will provide you with a longitudinal experience as you follow the patient through inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as home visits.

Each fellow, with the help of the program director, selects an individualized curriculum tailored to meet their career goals. Curriculum areas include teaching, ultrasound, pediatric surgery, radiology, pediatric intensive care unit, infectious disease, global health, and pediatric rehabilitation. All fellows participate in daily, weekly, and monthly case conferences across a variety of pediatric specialties. You will also participate in journal club, works-in-progress, racism and bias, and wellness sessions.

Our curriculum is designed with diversity, equity, and inclusion in mind—providing specific instruction on treating underserved and vulnerable populations, disparities in enrollment in research, cultural considerations in providing medical care, disparities in access to health care, and how to measure and analyze sex and gender in research.

All fellows have at least eight months of protected research time during their two-year fellowship. While we recognize that not every pediatric hospitalist will do research, we believe that core knowledge of how research is conducted and evaluated is critical to the field. As such, fellows are expected to complete a scholarly project, resulting in a manuscript, in their specific area of interest. The Scholarly Oversight Committee provides mentorship and guidance during the course of your research. Past fellows have focused scholarly projects on the development of clinical care guidelines, family-centered care innovation, health disparities, quality improvement, and more.

Additionally, fellows who want to improve their expertise in research are able to apply for Graduate Medical Education-sponsored scholarships to support their tuition expenses for a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Icahn Mount Sinai during their training. Eligible degree programs include:

• Master of Science in Clinical Research
• Master of Science in Epidemiology
• Master of Science in Health Care Delivery Leadership
• Master of Science in Bioethics
• Master of Public Health

Applicants must be eligible for the American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination during their first year of their fellowship. We participate in the National Resident Matching Program®, and take one fellow per academic year.

Fellows must apply for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship through the Electronic Residency Application Service®. In addition to the application, fellows must submit:

• A personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation (one must be from your residency program director if you are within one year of residency graduation or are a recent graduate)