Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowship Program
Our three-year curriculum trains pediatric emergency medicine specialists to provide expert pediatric emergency care, to supervise others who provide such care and to conduct research focused on improving the care of acutely ill and injured children. This ACGME accredited program has been preparing fellows for subspecialty board certification for over 25 years. We attract candidates from across the United States with many of our graduates staying in Milwaukee and joining the team as faculty members.
A Message from Our Director
As Fellowship Director, I have the honor and privilege of helping to shape and train the next generation of leaders in pediatric emergency medicine. At the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin, we attract top-notch fellows who constantly motivate us to provide the best training in clinical medicine and scholarship. We are fortunate to have a busy tertiary care pediatric ER with over 70,000 visits annually as our primary training site and are also fortunate to have campus and national leaders in all disciplines of scholarship (right in our section!) who take an active interest in sharing their knowledge and experience with our fellows.
Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship is dedicated to providing our trainees an advancement of autonomy that sets them up to be successful wherever they land after training. We look forward to hearing from you and having the opportunity to show you what an amazing place Milwaukee is to train!
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Fellowship Director
Associate Professor
Meet Our Team
As a fellow, you will...
- Receive clinical training in the Emergency Department and Trauma Center (EDTC) of Children’s Wisconsin, a Level 1 trauma center on the campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center
- Receive training in a regional Medical Center that cares for over 70,000 children each year
- Receive training in research design, statistics, medical literature review, quality improvement and patient safety, and other forms of scholarship
- Complete a scholarly product of publishable quality
- Participate in administrative duties for further education and career development
- Become familiar with concepts of risk management and essentials of emergency department documentation
- Have an opportunity to complete coursework for Master's degree in Clinical and Translational sciences during the second and third year of fellowship
- Enjoy weekly protected time for fellow education. Sessions include a comprehensive point of care ultrasound curriculum, frequent patient simulations, video trauma review, and other various learning opportunities.
About PEM Fellowship
Our Fellowship in Photos
Fellowship training at MCW has been a fantastic learning opportunity. Training at a busy academic hospital/level-1 trauma center with friendly, intelligent, and supportive faculty who provided graded autonomy and strong research mentorship certainly facilitated my success in the program and ultimately influenced my decision to stay on board as a faculty member!"
Keli Coleman, MD
June 2020
Current Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows
Amanda Dupont, DO
Third Year Fellow
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, IL
Research Project: Increasing Rate of First Pass Completion of Radiologic Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound for Female Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department with Concerns of Underlying Pelvic Pathology
Erica Iafelice, DO
Third Year Fellow
Residency: Advocate Christ Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Buies Creek, NC
Research Project: Pediatric Hypothermic Drowning: A Telesimulation for US Wilderness Search and Rescue Teams
Jane Rivas, MD
Third Year Fellow
Residency: Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Research Project: Pediatric Trauma Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Madeline Field, MD
Second Year Fellow
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago IL
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
Swathi Prasad, MD
Second Year Fellow
Residency: MCWAH-Children’s Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Jamie Holland, MD
First Year Fellow
Residency: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Narmeen Khan, MD
First Year Fellow
Residency: University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Nathaniel White, MD
First Year Fellow
Residency: University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, Burlington, VT
Medical School: Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Graduated PEM Fellows
Our Team
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Fellowship Director
Christina Hoppe
Fellowship Coordinator
Karen Zale
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Contact Information
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Fellowship Director
Christina Hoppe
Education Program Coordinator II
choppe@mcw.edu
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children's Corporate Center, Suite C550
999 N. 92nd St.
P.O. Box 1997
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997