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Fellowships

Critical care

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Mission

The Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship program at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU offers trainees a diverse education in clinical, administrative and research-based pediatric critical care medicine in a state-of-the-art facility.

For more than 28 years, our three-year fellowship program has trained physicians to:

  • Practice in academic centers with expertise in multidisciplinary care and management of life-threatening illnesses in critically ill infants and children
  • Address difficult ethical questions that arise in caring for critically ill and injured children
  • Develop expertise in the organization, analysis and preparation of scientific research
  • Practice well-developed teaching skills for students at all levels

This fellowship program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and participates in the National Residency Match Program for pediatric critical care medicine.

Clinical training

Fellows coordinate care for patients from all medical and surgical pediatric subspecialties. Specifically, fellows actively participate in the care of patients on trauma, cardiovascular, neurosurgical and general surgical services.

Mandatory and elective rotations:

  • Anesthesia service
  • Cardiology/cardiac intensive care
  • Pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory
  • Toxicology (Virginia Poison Control is attached to the VCU Children’s Hospital)
  • Pediatric pulmonary disease and the pulmonary function laboratory
  • Medical respiratory intensive care unit
  • Pediatric transports (only with permission of program director)

Research training

The division and collaborating faculty have particular expertise in molecular biology and pathophysiology. Fellows are presented with ample opportunities to participate in research through VCU Reanimation Engineering Shock Center. In this rich research environment, fellows are encouraged to pursue a mentored laboratory or clinical research experience. Specifically, they learn how to develop a hypothesis oriented to the lab, methodologies for data collection and analyses, and how to present findings and prepare manuscripts for publication. In the past, our fellows have won the AAP’s New Investigator Research Grant Awards two successive years for two independent projects.

Curriculum

Fellows attend and present at weekly conferences including journal clubs, chapter reviews, case conferences and research meetings. In addition, they participate in other instructional opportunities such as didactic sessions, directed readings and mortality and morbidity conferences. Fellows receive formal education in biostatistics and study design, ethical and legal aspects of critical illness, PICU administration and scientific writing.

How to apply

Please visit the ERAS website to submit applications.

Important dates

  • July 1, 2011 – Candidates begin applying through ERAS
  • July 2011 – Program deadline for completed applications
  • October 2011 – Interview cycle
  • October 2011 – NRMP rank order list opens
  • November 2011 – NRMP rank order list closes (9 p.m. est.)
  • December 2011 – Match day

Please submit your fellowship application no later than November 2011 for positions starting July 1, 2012. Otherwise, applicants are encouraged to contact the program for information at any time. Application to the fellowship program is highly competitive. Persons who wish to apply should be board-eligible or board-certified in pediatrics. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. Once we have received all application materials in good order, on-site interviews are scheduled.

View the university recruitment and selection policy PDF.

Contact us

Fellowship director

Norma J. Maxvoid, M.D.
Associate professor
Fellowship program director
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Main Hospital, Room 7067
1250 East Marshall Street
P.O. Box 980530
Richmond, Virginia  23298-0530
Phone:  (804) 828-4080
Email: nmaxvoid@mcvh-vcu.edu

Division fellowship coordinator

Kimberly Hudgins Tabor
Administrative assistant/Fellowship coordinator
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine           
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Main Hospital, Room 7067
1250 East Marshall Street
P.O. Box 980530
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0530
Phone:  (804) 828-4080
Email:  khudgins@mcvh-vcu.edu

 View fellowship program information such as contract and benefits, policies, housing opportunities, salary scale, and required information on the VCU Graduate Medical Education website.    

Meet the team         

Past fellows and their current employers

  • Jack Mulroy, M.D., Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
  • Timothy Tong, M.D., St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Bruce Friedman, M.D., Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J.
  • Tom Williams, M.D., St. Vincent Children’s, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Richard Metz, M.D., St. Vincent Children’s, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Frank Chaten, M.D., St. Vincent Children’s, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Edwin Young, M.D., Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Lynn Hernan, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Steve Williams, M.D., Macon, Ga.
  • Lori Wick Scott, M.D., Temple, Texas
  • Melinda Frantz, M.D., Baton Rouge General Hospital, Baton Rouge, La.
  • Matthew Hill, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Rim Al-Samsam, M.D., Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, U.K.
  • Sree Chirumamilla, M.D., Columbus Children’s Hospital, Ohio
  • Melissa Evans, M.D., UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Davis, Calif.
  • Melissa Porter Kosair, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Ky.
  • Mark Marinello, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Va.
  • Beth Iselin, St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, Va.

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