Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
Our ACGME-accredited fellowship program accepts up to eight fellows annually. The program is structured to meet the requirements for subspecialty certification in pediatric anesthesiology. The core of the training program involves the care of pediatric patients in the operating rooms, other anesthetizing locations and intensive care units, and includes out-of-OR anesthetics, pre-anesthesia evaluation, post-anesthesia care, pain management and advanced life support for neonates, infants and children. Learn about our integrated Pediatric and Pain fellowship
Children’s Wisconsin and Other Facilities
The 298-bed, freestanding Children's Wisconsin is affiliated with the training programs of the Medical College of Wisconsin. It is the largest pediatric hospital in the state of Wisconsin. Children's Wisconsin has been ranked as a top tier pediatric center by such entities as Parents magazine through its Best Children's Hospitals survey, US News and World Report's annual top choice hospitals rankings, and is annually the recipient of myriad other recognitions.
Children's Wisconsin serves a geographic area comprising parts of four other states. Children's Wisconsin and an affiliated surgicenter provide a full range of comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. The Children's Wisconsin facilities include a day surgery area, preoperative clinic, two PACU areas with 16 beds, a hybrid cath lab, and 17 operative suites on two floors. Anesthesia services are routinely provided in several additional locations including interventional radiology, CT, MRI, ERCP, and radiation therapy. The Jane B Pettit Pain and Palliative Care Center, located in the Clinics Building on the Children's Wisconsin campus, accommodates over 1500 outpatient visits annually, as well as supporting the Acute Pain Service faculty.
The nearby Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee includes a 6-room operative suite with associated day surgery and PACU areas.
In all, over 25,000 anesthetics and sedations are performed annually by the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, ranking our program among the nation's largest and busiest academic pediatric centers.
We currently have over 35 faculty members. Many have dual certifications in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, or advanced certification in Critical Care or Pain Medicine.
Children's Wisconsin serves a geographic area comprising parts of four other states. Children's Wisconsin and an affiliated surgicenter provide a full range of comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. The Children's Wisconsin facilities include a day surgery area, preoperative clinic, two PACU areas with 16 beds, a hybrid cath lab, and 17 operative suites on two floors. Anesthesia services are routinely provided in several additional locations including interventional radiology, CT, MRI, ERCP, and radiation therapy. The Jane B Pettit Pain and Palliative Care Center, located in the Clinics Building on the Children's Wisconsin campus, accommodates over 1500 outpatient visits annually, as well as supporting the Acute Pain Service faculty.
The nearby Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee includes a 6-room operative suite with associated day surgery and PACU areas.
In all, over 25,000 anesthetics and sedations are performed annually by the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, ranking our program among the nation's largest and busiest academic pediatric centers.
We currently have over 35 faculty members. Many have dual certifications in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, or advanced certification in Critical Care or Pain Medicine.
Clinical Education and Rotations
Fellows have weekday clinical responsibilities as well as an on-call schedule. Most call is taken from home for index level cases, with about one overnight, midweek call per month. Weekend, morning call is designed to provide trainees with off-hours supervisory experience. The year is divided into 13 blocks, each lasting roughly 4 weeks.
Main OR (8 blocks)
Cardiac Anesthesia (2 blocks)
Pain Service (1 block)
Cardio Vascular Intensive Care Unit (1 block)
Electives
Didactics
Fellows Conference
QA Conference
Evening Seminar Series
Anesthesiology Visiting Professor Series
Cardiac Multidisciplinary Conferences
Simulation
Board Preparation Series
Additional Opportunities
Research and Additional Training Opportunities
An optional 6 to 12 months training provides the interested candidate with additional clinical expertise in cardiac anesthesiology, pain management, or critical care. This training can be pursued within a 2nd ACGME fellowship, or informally in addition to a part-time clinical appointment.
Alternatively a candidate may pursue training in basic science or clinical research. Basic science research in anesthesiology and related areas of physiology and pharmacology is conducted at several sites and is under the direction of Cynthia A. Lien, MD.
Other 2nd year fellowship opportunities: The Program offers qualified fellows the option of complete, additional, non-ACGME training as a faculty-instructor, with dedicated protected time for focused career development. Opportunities exist to specialize in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and quality/safety management. These opportunities are available to qualified fellows who apply either at the time of initial interview, or during their Children's fellowship year. Exceptional outside candidates will be considered as availability permits. For further information, please contact Kristen Labovsky, MD, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology (klabovsky@mcw.edu).
Alternatively a candidate may pursue training in basic science or clinical research. Basic science research in anesthesiology and related areas of physiology and pharmacology is conducted at several sites and is under the direction of Cynthia A. Lien, MD.
Other 2nd year fellowship opportunities: The Program offers qualified fellows the option of complete, additional, non-ACGME training as a faculty-instructor, with dedicated protected time for focused career development. Opportunities exist to specialize in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and quality/safety management. These opportunities are available to qualified fellows who apply either at the time of initial interview, or during their Children's fellowship year. Exceptional outside candidates will be considered as availability permits. For further information, please contact Kristen Labovsky, MD, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology (klabovsky@mcw.edu).
Join us
Learn more about the process of joining our team.
Application and Selection Process
Eligibility Requirements
Interview Dates and Instructions
Benefits Conditions and Terms of Employment
Contact us
For more information please get in touch!
Kristen Labovsky, MD
Program Director
Rachel Smith
Education Program Coordinator
rasmith@mcw.edu
(414) 266-6755
(414) 266-6755
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
P.O. Box 26099
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Attn: Rachel Smith