C. S. Mott Children's Hospital

University of Michigan Health System

Neonatal-Perinatal: Fellowship

Clinical Training | Research Opportunities | How To Apply | Eligibility and Selection | Supervision Policy | Goals and Objectives

Current Fellows

Mission and Overview

The Holden Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a part of the Maternal Child Health Center and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and is an integral component of the University of Michigan Medical Center. There are approximately 1,100 admissions annually to the 37-bed neonatal unit. Additionally, there is a Mother/Baby Unit in which nearly 4,000 babies are delivered each year. About one-half of the Holden admissions are inborn and one-half are transported to the Unit from a referral region extending fifty miles from Ann Arbor. The Nursery also serves as the metabolic-endocrine center for the entire state and receives wider referrals for infants with special problems such as congenital heart disease, complex surgical problems or unusual anomalies, need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), high frequency ventilation, nitric oxide therapy, and liquid ventilation. More than 100 infants per year are transferred from other NICUs for such advanced therapy.

The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship is designed to provide a solid background in clinical nenonatology and research techniques allowing trainees the flexibility and opportunities to develop a career in academic medicine. The program fulfills the requirements set forth by the American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and is fully accredited.

The Pediatric Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine training program is three years in duration. Over the course of their training, fellows spend approximately one-third of their time in clinical service and two-thirds of their time in research, teaching and related electives such as perinatology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery, and teratology. The program is under the direction of Robert E.Schumacher, M. D.

Clinical Training

Clinical activities include attending rounds in the intensive care nursery, patient care and teaching conferences, neonatal transport, direct supervision of house officers and medical students, and participation in the Developmental Assessment Clinic. Significant involvement in management of ECMO, high-frequency ventilation, nitric oxide therapy and liquid ventilation are integral parts of the clinical experience.

Fellows may participate in any of the ongoing education programs of the Department of Pediatrics and are encouraged to do so. A neonatology journal club, M&M conference, and research seminar are held to foster a critical and scientific attitude and to review ongoing research. Fellows are also encouraged and supported to participate in regional and national scientific meetings.

Reseach Opportunities

Fellow involvement in research is encouraged and fostered. Smaller competitively awarded grants are available to support research. The Division encourages the submission of abstracts resulting from work conducted during fellowship, and will provide financial support for travel to the meeting if an abstract is accepted.

Faculty members are involved in several different areas of both clinical and basic research. The Division participates in multicenter collaborative clinical trials, including hypothermic neuorprotection and surfactant lavage for meconium aspiration syndrome. Special areas of interest include high-technology respiratory support, evidence-based medicine, hypoxic-ishemic brain injury, and chronic lung injury.

How To Apply

Thank you for your interest in the University of Michigan’s Pediatric Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program.  Applications are accepted through ERAS at: www.aamc.org/eras/ais/start.htm

We will begin accepting applications through ERAS on November 15, 2007 for the 2009 academic year.

To be considered by the fellowship selection committee, applicants must meet our eligibility criteria and submit the required documents:

- 3 letters of recommendation from members of your faculty
- Completed applicant evaluation form to be completed by your references
- Personal statement
- USMLE transcript of your USMLE step I and Step II scores
- Photograph
- CV
- ECFMG Transcripts
- In-training examination scores

*We are only able to accept fellows who are US citizens or have permanent residency because of our sources of funding.  Otherwise, it is necessary for fellows to provide funding from other sources for the three year fellowship.

After applications have been screened, selected applicants will be invited for interviews to meet our faculty, fellow, and staff and to tour the facility.

Eligibility and Selection

Applicants are eligible following completion of an accredited three-year residency training program in general pediatrics in The United States or in Canada, or a foreign medical school that is listed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Applicants must have a current valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US or Canada. Applicants without citizenship in the US must be on an ECFMG or other J-1 Sponsored Visa. Interviews will be offered to select applicants after review of their application and supporting documents in ERAS.

Supervision Policy

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

Goals and Objectives

To view the Curriculum Goals and Objectives for Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, please click here.