Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship

The Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program is a one year clinical fellowship position with the goal of developing specialty training in pediatric neurointensive care for board-certified/eligible pediatric intensivists and child neurologists.

• Each year up to one trainee will be accepted for the Critical Care track, designed for intensivists (start date early July).
• Each year up to one trainee will be accepted for the Neurology track, designed for child neurologists (start date early July).

For more information about the program, kindly visit https://www.chop.edu/pediatric...

Prerequisites:

Critical Care Track — Candidates must have successfully completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric critical care and be board eligible/certified.

Neurology Track — Candidates must have successfully completed a residency in child neurology and be board eligible/certified.

How To Apply:

Applications must be received by June 15 to be considered for the July start date of the following year (at least 13 months in advance). The application will be reviewed by the combined Neurocritical Care Fellowship leadership with input from both specialties.

Application materials and process includes:

• Common CHOP application
• Three (3) Letters of Reference (LORs)
• Dean’s letter aka Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE )
• Medical School Transcript
• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Personal Statement
• Photograph
• USMLE Parts 1, 2 CK, 2CS & 3 score transcript(s) OR COMLEX Level 1, 2CE, 2PE and 3 OR MCCQE Parts I and II
• ECFMG Certification if graduated from a medical school outside the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico
• Visa documentation if not a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. (Copy of current visa, Permanent Resident Card)
• Interview with committee
• The education coordinator will inform each applicant of decisions regarding whether and when an interview will be granted. The program director will communicate with applicants who are interviewed regarding the final decision of the fellowship committee on their application.

Application materials for the critical care track should be submitted via email to Alex May.

Application materials for the neurology track should be submitted via email to Ashley Rees-Jones.

Contact Information:

Fellowship directors

Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE
Phone: 215-590-3915
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Ichord, MD
Phone: 215-590-4142
Email: [email protected]

Program Coordinator

Alexandria May
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Program Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 267-426-2958
Fax: 267-426-5574
Email: [email protected]

Ashley Rees-Jones
NCERT Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator-Neurology Center for Education, Research and Training
Email: [email protected]