C. S. Mott Children's Hospital

University of Michigan Health System

Critical Care: Fellowship

Clinical Training | Research Opportunities | Eligibility and Selection | Application | Supervision Policy

Current Fellows

Mission and Overview

The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Training program at the University of Michigan is committed to training leaders in academic critical care who also demonstrate paradigmatic and compassionate clinical skills. It is an ACGME fully accredited program.

The quality of our graduates is unparalleled as evidenced by data from annual in-service training exams, the Critical Care Board Scores, the fellowship match, and the competitiveness of graduates for positions following training here.

Past graduate fellows have gone on to become division directors, unit directors, co-directors, or fellowship directors at Duke, San Antonio, Seattle, Tulane, The University of Arizona and The University of Cincinnati.

The program is three years in duration and is under the direction of Thomas Shanley, M.D.

Recent Graduates, Publications, and Presentations

Clinical Training

Trainees spend approximally twelve months on the clinical PICU service and three months in the cardiothroacic post-operative care unit, with electives in surgery, anesthesia, nephrology and trauma burn available. In-house call averages every fourth to fifth night during the first two years and every 6-7 nights in the last year.

There are numerous academic pathways available to Trainees, for example:

  1. Trainees interested in an academic career, but do not wish to do bench research can become experienced in clinical trial and outcome research. Trainees will be mentored by one of three faculty members with Masters Degrees in Research, Design & Statistical Analysis, and Public Health.
  2. Individuals intersted in becoming academic scientists with a career in basic research will spend 14- 16 months in a basic science laboratory. Candidates for this program are eligible for participation in core basic science methodology courses and the program in cell and molecular biology supported by an NIH T32 training grant.

Research Opportunities

In our fellowship program, each fellow receives sufficient research experience to enable him/her to perform successfully in a research-oriented, academic medical center at the completion of training. The patient population and broad clinical exposure provide ample opportunity for research. The fellows present commentaries at the research and journal club and are encouraged to participate in the process of writing and submitting a grant application for research project funding.

Interdisciplinary research is also available with the Institute for Social Research, Department of Pathology, the Extracorporeal Life Support in animal laboratories, and the newly established immunobiology core program housed in a state-of-the-art research facility.

Trainees are reimbursed expenses up to $1,200 for an academic activities. Educational activities include Pediatric Critical Care Fellow's Conferences & Rounds, Journal Club, and Morbidity & Mortality Conference. We also have weekly joint fellow conferences with Pediatric Cardiology. Salary is based on the House office Association contract guidelines for level of training year.

Eligibility and Selection

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Application Process

Candidates should send a CV, three letters of recommendation, and the application to our Division Director. After the applications have been screened, selected applicants will be invited to meet with our faculty and fellows and to tour the facility. The Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship program participates in the National Residency Match Program. For more information including a schedule of match dates, please visit www.nrmp.org.

Fellowship Application

Supervision Policy

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine complies with The University of Michigan Graduate Medical Education supervision policy. To view the policy, please click here.