Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Our 3-year fellowship program is ACGME accredited and begins on July 1 each year. We accept two fellows every year through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Applicants must have completed a US-accredited residency program. Applications from prospective applicants are accepted from July through October via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). We will access your application and contact you to make interview arrangements.

Complete applications should include the following:

• ERAS application form
• At least 3 letters of reference including Program Director letter
• Medical Student Performance Evaluation/Dean's Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal statement
• MD Applicants: USMLE scores - Steps 1, 2, and 3 or
• DO Applicants: COMLEX scores – Levels 1, 2 and 3
• ECFMG certificate for foreign medical school graduates (see visa information below)

Our program currently accepts the following visas:

• Permanent Resident Visa
• Visitor Exchange Visa sponsored by ECFMG (J-1)
• Temporary Professional Workers (H-1B)

For additional visa information please visit MCW’s office of Graduate Medical Education.

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As a fellow in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Program you will have the opportunity to gain extensive clinical experience at both Children’s Wisconsin Main Campus and Fox Valley. Patient care activities include extensive inpatient service experience, including rotations in hospital medicine, newborn nursery, pediatric critical care, procedural sedation, special needs/complex care, and palliative medicine. Elective options include transport medicine, emergency medicine, child advocacy and protection, infectious disease, behavioral health, and more!

After successful recruitment, rising fellows will be contacted to identify an area of interest, such as clinical research, quality improvement/safety, or educational scholarship. We will work with you to connect you with a faculty mentor/coach to help you select a project and support you throughout your fellowship so you can meet the ACGME requirements for scholarly productivity.  The Joint Fellowship Curriculum and Hospital Medicine Fellows’ Curriculum will help fellows develop skills in study design and research methodology, grant writing, statistical analysis, and other fundamentals.

The curriculum includes:

• Inpatient hospital medicine rotations at Children’s Wisconsin. Fellows will rotate on of our academic hospitalist inpatient services and gain experience managing common pediatric conditions, rare diseases, and medically complex children. The inpatient experience will include time working on the resident service, the APP team, and night/call shifts. Triage, complex care coordination, and surgical co-management will be emphasized throughout the rotations. Bedside and didactic teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, APPs, NP students, and PA students will occur during these rotations.
• Community hospital medicine rotations. Fellows will rotate at Children’s Wisconsin Fox Valley, gaining experience with providing care outside of an academic center. Emphasis will be placed on evidence-based community practice, triage and level-of-care decisions, and delivery experience.
• Required key clinical rotations. Fellows will rotate though other clinical services in the Department of Pediatrics to gain essential experiences and skill that are central to a career in hospital medicine. Rotations will include newborn nursery, special needs/complex care, sedation, palliative care, PICU, and others.
• Elective rotations. Fellows will have the opportunity to select clinical and non-clinical electives that align with their individual interests and career goals.
• Longitudinal experiences. Throughout fellowship, teaching and medical education, leadership/administration, quality-improvement, co-management, and other areas will be built upon as part of rotations and clinical experiences.
• Research and scholarly activities. Fellows will have significant time dedicated to a research/scholarly project, with the expectation of a scholarly product by the end of fellowship. We will work with you to identify a project and mentorship early in fellowship and partner with you to meet this goal.
• PHM fellows’ conference series. A fellows-centered didactic curriculum will complement the clinical and other educational experiences to ensure a well-rounded educational experience.

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• While on a hospital medicine team, you will be responsible for a team of patients, leading rounds that includes medical students, residents, APPs and/or APP students, while under the supervision (direct and indirect) of a PHM faculty member.
• Assignments to the various coverage roles will include pager triage, staffing patients during times of daily peak volume, and coordinating care during handoffs.
• During selected rotations, call will include some overnight hospitalist inpatient shifts or night call in the PICU.
• Clinical experiences in other required rotations will find you rounding with board certified/eligible specialists and becoming a part of their team for 2-4 weeks.
• You will follow several patients with special needs longitudinally. You will be notified when they are in clinic and admitted. When possible, fellows may have the opportunity to make house calls with faculty/staff.
• Research blocks will allow you to focus on your research topic either at the hospital or off site.Regularly scheduled meetings with your mentorship team will ensure that you stay on target.

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About the Medical College of Wisconsin

With a history dating back to 1893, the Medical College of Wisconsin is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,400 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school programs in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin. MCW’s School of Pharmacy opened in 2017. A major national research center, MCW is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In the last ten years, faculty received more than $1.5 billion in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than 3,100 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,600 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than 4.0 million patients annually.

About Children’s Wisconsin

Children’s Wisconsin is the region’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. The hospital, with locations in Milwaukee and Neenah, Wisconsin, is recognized as one of the leading pediatric health care centers in the United States. It is ranked in nine specialty areas in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-20 Best Children’s Hospitals report. Children’s provides primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. In 2019, Children’s invested more than $130 million in the community to improve the health status of children through medical care, advocacy, education and pediatric medical research. Children’s achieves its mission in part through donations from individuals, corporations and foundations and is proud to be a member of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

At MCW and within the Department of Pediatrics, we have several programs and resources focused on fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. Our departmental and institutional focus is confronting negative perceptions and welcoming our community. Below is just a sampling of the efforts across our institutions to embed the principles of diversity and inclusion into our culture.

• DOP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council | Our Diversity Council, led by Dr. Mike Levas, the DOP Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, and comprised of faculty, staff, administration, and trainees, is focused on connecting with partners across our system and within the community to ensure the DOP is a diverse, equitable and inclusive employer.
• DOP Fellowship and Residency Diversity and Inclusion Committees | In a city filled with its own diversity and rich cultural history, our fellows and residents recognize the importance of addressing diversity, health equity, and inclusion within our programs. As such, the program is proud to recognize the presence and work of its Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• DOP Unconscious Bias Training | The AAMC has partnered with Cook Ross, Inc., a leading consulting firm, to create training focused on the science behind unconscious bias to help academic medical staff and faculty mitigate disparities. Seven members of our team have earned a certification as unconscious bias trainers through Cook Ross. These trainers have translated what they’ve learned into a two-hour training for our faculty and staff. By learning how to identify and confront unconscious bias, it is possible to mitigate the impact and promote respect for all groups.
• Trauma-Informed Workplace Training | This committee has undertaken actions including a department-wide survey and the creation of four online training modules sharing the principles of trauma-informed approach and how to recognize signs and symptoms of trauma in ourselves and others. This group started as part of Fostering Futures, a state-wide initiative aimed at infusing a trauma-informed approach into all the systems and organizations that touch the lives of Wisconsin citizens with the goal of expanding across the state to make Wisconsin the first trauma-informed state in the nation.
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Established in March 2016, the MCW Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) partners within MCW and with community partners to foster and drive inclusion excellence as an effective, empowering enabler of MCW mission and strategic goals.
• Spring Festival of Cultures | The annual Spring Festival of Cultures encourages an increased awareness and celebration of the visible and non-visible identities among our MCW community. This three-day event is an opportunity to promote the fostering of diversity, inclusion and unity at MCW.
• President’s Diversity and Inclusion Award | MCW’s President's Diversity and Inclusion Award recognizes the accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, residents, trainees, and community members in contributing to diversity and inclusion through exemplary leadership.
• Institute of Health and Equity | The Institute for Health & Equity is focused on researching the root causes of health disparities in our communities, and advancing the best ideas to foster health equity throughout the world. We target populations with abnormally high rates of disease and injury – urban and rural alike – and then we find out why. Partnering with community health collaborators who live and work closest to the most vulnerable populations, we are making an impact on reducing those disparities, one community at a time.
• GMF-MCW Partnership | Through their overall partnership, MCW and GMF will bring complementary expertise on a range of strategies to invest in the health, equity and economic well-being of people across Milwaukee, beginning with the neighborhoods adjacent to the new development. Guided by community priorities and data, the GMF-MCW Partnership will be a catalyst for additional investment and community impact. Together, the partners will:
  • Engage resident and community partnerships
  • Improve social determinants of health
  • Catalyze change that leverages resources and investment

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Eligible candidates must have completed an ACGME-accredited Pediatric residency and be board-eligible in pediatrics at the start of fellowship training. Candidates must be able to be licensed in the State of Wisconsin.

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals does accept visas, as per their policy. Please see the MCWAH visa information site for further details.