Endocrinology

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Description of the Program
The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Harbor UCLA Medical Center offers a 3 year research and clinical training program for MDs with appropriate residency training who intend to pursue a career in academic medicine (academic track). The program provides comprehensive clinical training required for board eligibility in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. In addition, this program is designed specifically to develop high level investigative skills essential for individuals wishing to pursue a research oriented academic career. The Program is supported by an NIH Training Grant (T32) which is jointly administered with the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Internal Medicine Department. Other fellowship programs supported by the same training grant include the Endocrine and Metabolism Fellowship Program of the Department of Internal Medicine (Academic Track), and the Research Fellowship Training Program in Endocrinology and Metabolism for PhD’s. (http://gcrc.labiomed.org/endocrinology)

Hospital Facilities and Clinics
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a Los Angeles County facility with 500 beds and state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities and high quality housestaff. There is an active Endocrine consult service that provides the trainee with the opportunity to see, learn about, diagnose, and manage all categories of endocrine disease. All fellows attend the following clinics: Endocrine, Diabetes, Pituitary, Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy, and Reproductive Endocrinology. Fellows also enjoy the opportunity to attend Genetics Clinic.

Conferences and Seminars
MD fellows (in both internal medicine and pediatrics) attend the Endocrine Grand Rounds, and Endocrine Clinical Conference. All fellows attend the following regularly scheduled conferences: Basic Science Seminar Series, Research in Progress Lab Group Meetings, Introduction to Clinical Research, Ethical Conduct of Research, and Biostatistical Methods Seminar Series.

Research Facilities
Faculty laboratories and offices are housed in a modern 20,000 square foot building designed specifically to meet the research needs of the investigators. Common resources include tissue culture facilities, a biomedical mass spectrometry facility, a sperm function laboratory, molecular biology facilities, morphology facilities (including electron and confocal microsurgery), an animal surgical suite and vivarium, and all other instrumentation for state of the art endocrine and metabolic research.

Two Clinical Research Centers, one for older children and adults and the other for mothers and infants are available to facilitate clinical research at the medical center. These units employ specially trained nurses and staff who are accustomed to working with complex research protocols on a daily basis.

Faculty (in alphabetical order)

Nestor Gonzalez-Cadavid, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Urology
Department of Surgery

Eli Ipp, M.D.
Professor
Head, Section of Diabetes and Metabolism.
Department of Internal Medicine

W.N. Paul Lee, MD
Professor and Acting Chief
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Pediatrics

Catherine S. Mao, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Pediatrics

Amiya P. Sinha Hikim, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Internal Medicine

Terry J. Smith, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Division of Molecular Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

Ronald S. Swerdloff, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Internal Medicine

Christina Wang, M.D.
Professor and Program Director
General Clinical Research Center
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Internal Medicine

Jennifer Yee, MD
Instructor
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Pediatrics

Inquiries and resumes may be sent to:
W.N. Paul Lee, M.D., Acting Director
Postdoctoral Pediatric Endocrine Training Program
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Metabolism and Nutrition
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Box 446
1000 West Carson Street
Torrance, California 90509-2910
Ph: 310-222-6729
Fax: 310-222-3887
E-mail: endocrine@labiomed.org

Ronald S. Swerdloff, M.D., Chief
Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism and Nutrition
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Box 446
1000 West Carson Street
Torrance, California 90509-2910
Ph: 310-222-1867
Fax: 310-533-0627
E-mail: endocrine@labiomed.org

Revised 7/08

General Academic Pediatrics

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in General Academic and Emergency Pediatrics

Description of the Program
The Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics offers a two-year fellowship in general academic pediatrics with an emphasis on child abuse and advocacy. The program offers an enriched experience in the areas of child physical abuse, sexual abuse, failure to thrive and neglect, maternal substance abuse, and the opportunity for community site and agency (e.g., law enforcement, social services, dependency court, etc) experiences. In addition, there is the opportunity to obtain a Master of Public Health through the UCLA School of Public Health beginning during the second year of fellowship and extending through an additional year (two year MPH program). The application process for the MPH program is separate from the fellowship program.

For further information, contact:
Dr. Carol Berkowitz
(310) 222-3091
carolb@pol.net

Infectious Disease

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Infectious Diseases

Description of the Program
The Department of Pediatrics offers a three year fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases for physicians who have completed a primary residency and are eligible for certification by the American Board of Pediatrics. The goal of the program is to train physicians for academic careers with extensive training in research, teaching and clinical infectious diseases. The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and the UCLA Center for Vaccine Research at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute support adult, pediatric and neonatal vaccine-related research, vaccine safety studies, and studies of vaccine delivery and access to vaccines. The Division also has supported many epidemiologic studies. The Division is an active site for HIV research, particularly magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain, and is an HIV clinical trials unit for the International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials group.

The 12 months of clinical training are spent mainly at Harbor-UCLA with some clinical rotations at the UCLA Medical Center and a rotation on the Internal Medicine Infectious Disease service at Harbor-UCLA; laboratory rotations are at both Harbor-UCLA and UCLA Medical Center. There are many joint conferences with the Internal Medicine Infectious Disease specialists at Harbor-UCLA, including weekly ID Grand Rounds, case conferences, and Journal Club. Research opportunities are also available in the Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Division.

For more information, contact:
Margaret Keller, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Fellowship Training Program

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W. Carson Street, Box 467, RB3
Torrance, CA 90509
(310) 781-3636

Faculty:

Kenneth Zangwill, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics

Sylvia Yeh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Susan Partridge
Adjunct Associate Professor

ChrisAnna Mink, M.D.
Clinical Professor

Jag Batra, M.D.
Clinical Instructor

Joel Ward, M.D.
Adjunct Professor

Michael Marcy, M.D.
Clinical Professor (volunteer research faculty)

Victor Wong, M.D.
Clinical Professor (volunteer faculty)

Bradley K. Ackerson, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor (volunteer faculty)

Medical Genetics

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Medical Genetics

Description of the Program
The Department of Pediatrics offers a medical genetics fellowship to physicians who have completed a primary residency. The goal of the program is to train physicians in Medical Genetics with the expectation that the trainee will become a leader in their fields, excel in research and academics, and be an outstanding clinician. The medical genetics fellowship is offered through the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program.

Although genetics fellows spend a majority of their pediatric clinical training at Harbor-UCLA, an integrated experience occurs at three sites for their genetics training. These sites include Harbor-UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center. The integrated genetics experience occurs weekly at a teaching session on the UCLA campus and twice per year at retreats. In addition, genetics fellows receive extensive didactic information about the specialty of medical genetics, as well as experience in conducting clinical and basic science research, writing manuscripts and research grants, and organizing and delivering lectures and seminars to a wide variety of groups.

For further information on the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program, consult the website or contact Patricia Kearney (Patricia.Kearney@cshs.org), program coordinator. For specific information about medical genetics training at Harbor-UCLA, please contact Henry Lin, M.D. at 310-222-3756.

Division of Medical Genetics

Henry J. Lin, M.D.
Chief, Medical Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics

Patricia Dickson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Barbara L. Foley Ferriera, R.N.
Lecturer in Pediatrics

Adam J. Jonas, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics

Brigette Tippin, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor

Neonatology

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Neonatology

Description of the Program

The Division of Neonatology and the Neonatal-Perinatal Subspecialty Training Program are based at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The Harbor-UCLA Neonatology Program is a fully-accredited three year fellowship, with 15 months dedicated to clinical experience and the remainder to research opportunities. The program has its clinical component based at Harbor UCLA Medical Center as well as at its affiliated center, Children Hospital of Orange County, CHOC. All faculty have full-time appointments with the UCLA School of Medicine. Clinical activities of the Division are centered in the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The Perinatal Biology Research Training Program is jointly administered by the Divisions of Neonatology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the Perinatal Research Center. The Division of Neonatology is actively involved in basic biomedical research as well as in patient-based research. All research activities are conducted under the auspices of the Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, a non-profit research institute and are funded by grants from Federal and Non-Federal agencies. Clinical patient-based research is supported by an NIH funded Clinical Research Center with its satellite, the Perinatal Clinical Research Center.

For more information, visit the neonatology website or contact:

Virender Rehan, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program
Phone: (310) 222-1975
Fax:(310) 222-3887
E-mail: neonatology@gcrc.rei.edu

Mailing address:
Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute
Walter P. Martin Research Center
Division of Neonatology
1124 W. Carson St., RB-1
Torrance, CA 90502

Neurology

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Neurology

Program Director: Kenneth Huff, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Phone: (310)222-4168
FAX: (310) 320-2271
Email : khuff@labiomed.org

Description of the Program

• Excellent clinical training with extremely diverse patient population and diagnoses
• Many research opportunities with faculty in diverse areas: neurogenetics, epilepsy, movement disorders, neuropathy, dementia
• 10 neurology resident positions total (adult and child neuro)
• 3 Ped Neuro attendings, 6 Adult Neuro attendings, 10-12 volunteer faculty
• Clinics weekly in both Child and Adult Neurology
• Multidisciplinary clinical teaching conferences weekly in Neuroradiology and Neuropathology
• Resident selection of Neuroscience Conference speakers weekly covering basic neuroscience and clinical topics (with faculty advisement)
• Chief resident presentation of weekly didactic patient-centered topic and monthly journal club
• Supervisory role as Chief resident in third year (which may include adult ward or consult service)
• Resident participation in monthly quality assurance
• Resident Library/ Computer/ AudioVisual Education Room
• Residents attend 2-3 National meetings on scholarship or at department expense, may present research work

Eligibility and Application

• 2 years postgraduate training, of which 1 must be straight Pediatrics in an ACGME-accredited program
• All applications are coordinated through the San Francisco matching program — please visit their website for more information: http://www.sfmatch.org/

Curriculum

• 3 year Residency Program
• 12 months Pediatric Neurology (hosp-based)
• 12 months Adult Neurology (hosp-based)
• 12 months selectives and elective time
• Neurophysiology (EEG and EMG), Neuropathology, Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and/or behavioral neurology, Neurorehabilitation, Epileptology, Neurogenetics, Neuroophthalmology, Neuroimmunology, Movement disorders, Development, Outpatient subspecialties, and Research
• Some rotations may be off-site
• Formal staged evaluations each year of patient skills in 5 clinical areas; RITE written exam each year

Division of Pediatric Neurology

Kenneth Huff, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Agnes Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

S. Robert Snodgrass, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Myra Cleary, R.N., N.P.

For more information about the Department of Neurology and Adult Neurology Residency Program, please link to http://neurology.labiomed.org/.

For more information about Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Graduate Medical Education, including resident and fellow salary and benefits, please link to http://www.harbor-ucla.org/.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Can you provide a brief summary of the program?
What are the salary and benefits?
Who is eligible to apply?
How do I apply?
What is the relationship to UCLA?
Who are the faculty?
How can I contact you for more information?

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Can you provide a brief summary of the program?
The Los Angeles County/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship is a three-year program fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Our goals are to provide the trainee with the knowledge and skills to care for critically ill children and to enable the trainee to make contributions to the field of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. These goals are accomplished through clinical service, structured educational conferences and independent assignments with consistent feedback on progress.

The strength of the clinical training is based on the vastly different experiences obtained in the intensive care units at two institutions, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). The two hospitals are highly complementary, both in patient population and administrative structure, and this confers a significant benefit in terms of experience. At CHOC, the Fellow is exposed to a variety of diseases encountered at a tertiary care Children’s center, including a busy cardiac surgery program, transport and sedation services, as well as higher level therapies such as extracorporeal life support and bone marrow transplantation. At Harbor-UCLA, the Fellow plays a central role in the management of critically ill infants, children and adolescents predominately from an underserved population. Patients with a wide variety of diseases are encountered, especially those admitted for traumatic injury, since Harbor-UCLA is one of LA County’s Pediatric Trauma Centers. By rotating through these two hospitals, the Fellow interact with over 14 faculty trained in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, as well as multiple pediatric subspecialists. At the end of the program, our Fellows are well prepared to practice critical care medicine in a variety of settings. Commuting between the two centers is not an issue since fellows are assigned to only one of the two hospitals at any given time.

The Scholarly Activity experience is a vital component of our program. It is structured to prepare the fellow for a career in academic medicine and is tailored to suit the needs of the individual. Medical education, with an emphasis on learning how to teach, is of high priority. There are numerous research opportunities, including clinical, laboratory or medical education. Most research is performed at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA (LABioMed); however, there are also opportunities at CHOC. Adequate guidance and supervision is provided at all stages to assure a meaningful experience and completion of the project.

There are weekly Pediatric Critical Care Conferences specifically designed for the Fellow. These include journal clubs, case conferences, didactic lectures and innovative interactive sessions. There are also formal curriculums in Scholarly Activity (includes teaching in study design, biostatistics and human subjects protection), as well as sessions on professionalism, cultural competency, bioethics, communication and quality improvement. In addition, there are many research seminars and clinical conferences available at both Harbor-UCLA and CHOC.

Our program strives to be innovative in educating our fellows. At our most recent ACGME accreditation, we were commended for implementing learning activities to teach the competencies. These were selected for inclusion in the ACGME Notable Practices database and ours is one of only a few pediatric subspecialties currently listed. For more information, click here and then select specialty "Pediatrics," then category “Model Program Information Form.”

We feel that the constellation of educational, research and clinical opportunities available in our program are unique and provide an exceptional opportunity for training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. We are very proud of the success of our graduates. In fact, over the past 10 years, all of our graduates have passed the American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Certifying exam on their first attempt.

A listing of the salary and benefits is available here. Please note that although all Fellow’s receive the same salary, benefits may differ slightly depending upon the salary source.

A copy of the appointment agreement is available here.

To be considered for an appointment, the applicant must fulfill the following requirements:

1. He or she has completed medical school:

• at an LCME accredited school in the US or Canada
• at an osteopathic school in the US accredited by the AOA
• at a school outside the US, provided that the individual has a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

2. He or she is currently enrolled in or has completed an ACGME approved pediatric residency or medicine-pediatrics residency in the US or Canada.
3. He or she can obtain an unrestricted California Medical License by the projected start date.

Satisfactory completion of the residency program is a prerequisite for actual enrollment in the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. If an applicant is not a US citizen, he/she must possess a valid J-1 visa. The Fellowship Program does not support the H-1b visa. Applicants who are currently enrolled in another Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program must provide a completed ABP Fellowship Transfer Form by the time of enrollment.

Application to the Los Angeles County/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship is through ERAS Fellowships. Please visit this site for application details. Applications must also include a CV, a copy of your medical school transcript and three letters of recommendation.

The academic sponsor of the Fellowship Program is the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Upon graduation, applicants receive two diplomas, one from the School of Medicine and another from Harbor-UCLA. There are no required rotations at the UCLA Medical Center.

We pride ourselves on our Program’s commitment to and expertise in teaching. Over the past 5 years, our faculty members have received three Resident Teaching Awards and our Fellows have received three Housestaff Teaching Awards.

Faculty at Harbor-UCLA

Richard B. Mink, M.D. is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, and Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Mink received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his Pediatric Residency and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship training at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Mink is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is on the Executive Committees of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Critical Care and the Council of Pediatric Subspecialists. His research laboratory is focused on understanding the role of purine metabolism in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. He is also interested in clinical aspects of TBI and the long-term effects of treatment. Dr. Mink is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Academic Medicine (i.e. Medical Education).

Bonnie R. Rachman, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Rachman is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She received her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine and completed both her Pediatric Residency and Critical Care training at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Rachman serves as the Chair of Quality Improvement for both the Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and the Director of Pediatric Critical Care transport. Her research is focused on inadvertent extubation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Tom Kallay, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Kallay is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He completed his Pediatric Residency and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Kallay is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. His research interests include medical education with an emphasis on simulation-based techniques. Dr. Kallay completed a two-year Medical Education Fellowship at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and has received the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award on two occasions.

Sonho Lee, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Lee is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He received his medical degree at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed a Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at Michigan State University. Dr. Lee recently completed his Pediatric Critical Care Medicine training at Harbor-UCLA where he received the Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award presented by the Housestaff.

Faculty at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

Nick Anas, M.D. is Chief of Critical Care, Associate Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonary and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Anas received his medical degree at West Virginia University in Morgantown. He completed his Pediatric Residency at the Children’s Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and his Fellowship training at the University of Rochester.

Paul Lubinsky, M.D. is a Associate Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Lubinsky is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of California, Irvine and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

Ron Bronicki, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Bronicki is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Bronicki completed his Pediatric Residency Indiana University Medical Center and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Northwestern University. He specializes in the care of infants and children after cardiac surgery.

Adam Schwarz, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Schwarz is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree and completed his residency training at Stanford University. He completed his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Michele Domico, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Domico is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She received her medical degree from and completed her Pediatric Residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. After completing her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, she worked in London at the Great Ormond Street Hospital as a Senior Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care/ECMO. She specializes in the care of infants and children after cardiac surgery.

Jason Knight, M.D. is Co-Director of the CHOC Transport Program and an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Knight received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia and completed his Pediatric Residency and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Anthony Cherin, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Cherin is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He received his medical degree at Ohio State University School of Medicine. Dr. Cherin completed his Pediatric Residency at CHOC and his Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Dina Iwai, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Iwai received her medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She completed her Pediatric Residency at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center and her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Patricia Liao, M.D. is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Liao is board certified in Pediatrics and board eligible in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University and she completed her Pediatric Residency at CHOC and her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

For Information about CHOC Faculty, click here.

Richard B. Mink, M.D.
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program

1000 West Carson Street, Box 491
Torrance, CA 90509
Phone: (310) 222-4002
Fax: (310) 320-2271
Email: rmink@ucla.edu

You may also contact:
Prescilla Barrette
pbarrette@labiomed.org

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Training Program

Sponsoring Departments:
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Program Director: Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D.
Email : mgausche@emedharbor.edu
Phone: (310)222-3501
FAX: (310) 782-1763

Description of the Program

Goal: To train specialists in pediatric emergency medicine who will enter a career in academic emergency medicine or pediatrics.

Objectives: Residents will leave the program with the following skills:

• Knowledge and experience of the acute care of critically ill and injured children
• Procedural skills necessary for the care of acutely ill and injured children.
• Knowledge and experience in Emergency Medical Service including Emergency Medical Services for Children
• Interpretation of medical literature
• Research techniques including: study design, sampling, data acquisition, statistical analysis, basic epidemiology, outcomes research
• Grant writing skills
• Audio-visual presentation skills including slide making, use of an LCD projector, poster design.
• Oral presentation skills for poster and plenary sessions.
• Teaching skills for lectures and bed-side teaching.
• Administrative skills in the areas of quality improvement, writing of policies and procedures, situation reports and problem solving, and program evaluation.
• Interviewing and job negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of medical ethics
• Knowledge and observation of emergency department design to meet the specific needs of the pediatric patient.
• A compassionate approach to children and their families through the principles of family centered care.

Resident Eligibility and Selection

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered if they have:

• Graduated from a U.S or Canadian medical school accredited by the LCME.
• Successfully completed a residency in pediatrics or emergency medicine
• Demonstrate the interest and ability to pursue a career in academic emergency medicine or pediatrics.

Selection

Applicants will be selected by:

• Review of a resume
• Interview with the director and other department members
• Letters of recommendation
• The PEM fellow match, if the program participates in a given year
• Applicants may be selected outside of the match.

Selection will be based on the dossier of the applicant, ability, aptitude and academic credentials and his/her potential to complete an independent hypothesis driven research project. Personal qualities and communication skills will also be considered.

The program does not discriminate with regard to sex, race, age, religion, ethnic origin, disability, or sexual orientation.

Administrative Oversight

Oversight is done at the Department of Emergency Medicine through the PEM Fellowship Committee. In addition the program reports to the institutional Committee on Graduate Medical Education.

Curriculum for PEM Fellows from Pediatric Training Programs

YEAR ONE*

— Pediatric Anesthesia (1 month)
— Pediatric Intensive Care (one month)
— Pediatric Radiology 2 weeks to one month
— Adult Acute Care- 2 months
— Adult/Pediatric Trauma Care 1 month
— Suturing/Burn Care- one month (adult and pediatric)
— Vacation -one month
— Pediatric Emergency Medicine 3 months
— Emergency Medical Services 1 month

YEAR TWO*

— Pediatric Intensive Care-one month
— Adolescent Medicine -one month
— Child Mal-treatment- one month
— Toxicology one month
— Vacation -one month
— Pediatric Subspeciality Clinics/surgery- one month (elective)
— Research/ Pediatric Emergency Medicine-6 months

YEAR THREE*

— Pediatric Intensive Care- one month
— Pediatric Orthopedics/Sports Medicine- one month
— Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Research 9 months
— Vacation -one month

*Residents do shifts in the Pediatric ED on all services when they do not have night call, such as clinics, orthopedics, etc. Research projects are begun in the first year and intensified in the second and third years.

Curriculum for PEM Fellows from Emergency Medicine Training Programs

YEAR ONE

— Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics* - one month
— Pediatric Anesthesia -one month
— Pediatric Intensive Care- one month
— Behavioral/Developmental Pediatrics- one month
— Pediatric Radiology 2 weeks
— Suturing- 2 weeks
— Child mal-treatment one month
— Vacation - one month
— Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Research 4 months
— Pediatric Orthopedics/Sport Medicine - one month

YEAR TWO

— Pediatric Intensive Care- one month
— Toxicology - one month
— Adolescent Medicine one month
— Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Research 7 months
— Vacation -one month
— Elective- one month**

*Neurology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Allergy Immunology, Family Support, Infant of Substance Abusing Mothers, Failure to Thrive

**Elective may be in pediatric surgery, pediatric surgical subspecialty clinics, dermatology, etc.

Emergency Medicine trained physicians take two nights of call per month in the Pediatric Emergency Department and work two shifts per month as an attending physician in the Adult Emergency Department when they are not on a service that has primary call.

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellowship Hospital Medicine Training Program

Description of the Program
Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics has an inpatient pediatric hospital medicine service and fellowship program. Pediatric hospitalists cover general pediatric ward admissions and procedural sedations from 7am through 2pm, Monday through Friday. This creates protected time for attending rounds and morning/noon educational conferences.

For more information contact:

Paul Fu, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Services
Director, Pediatric Ward

Phone: (310) 222-8088
Fax: (310) 533-4843
Email: pfu@labiomed.org