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The attached calendar was developed to assist candidates plan for their interviews and it includes 18 fellowship programs. Several groups of interviews are grouped together either by city or region to facilitate the interview process. The following 9 fellowship programs have “rolling interviews”. Candidates are to contact the programs individually for interview details.

Children’s Memorial
Detroit
Johns Hopkins
Minnesota
North Carolina
St. Louis
San Diego
Seattle
South Carolina

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Please see the alphabetical listing below for contact information.


Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Director: Gresham T. Richter, MD
Co-Director: Charles M. Bower, MD 

Contacts:  Gresham T. Richter, MD

Arkansas Children’s Hospital

1 Children’s Way slot 836
Little Rock, AR  72202

Phone: 501-364-1047
Fax: 501-364-4790
Email: Dr. Richter: gtrichter@uams.edu  or Tammy M. Taylor tmtaylor@uams.edu (fellowship coordinator)

 
  • Application Deadline: January 1st, 2010
  • Interview dates: February 11th and 12th, 2010
  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: 2 years
  • University Affiliation: University of Arkansas
  • Licensing Requirement: Arkansas Licensure Required
  • Appointment Level: Fellow and Instructor – Department of Otolaryngology, University of Arkansas
  • Operating Privileges: Instructor level
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Weekly fellow clinic, and instructing residents in general clinics
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology problems with emphasis on cleft lip and palate repair, pediatric airway problems, head and neck surgery, facial plastic surgery and microtia repair, surgical and laser treatment of vascular lesions, endoscopic sinus surgery, and other pediatric problems.
  • Research: Clinic and basic science
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Approximately 10,000 cases per year are seen in the clinic, and 2,000 operative cases per year
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, liability, life and disability insurance
  • Additional Information: This is a fellowship which encompasses all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology with emphasis on cleft lip and palate. The fellow will be expected to attend all major cases and participate in daily rounds, teaching sessions, weekly conferences, and research activities.
  • Application Procedure: Letter of intent, CV, letter of recommendation from
  • Program Director and two other letters of reference. ACH will not be conducting interviews 2009.  We will be conducting interviews in 2010.

Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
Director: Carla M. Giannoni, MD
Chief of Service: Ellen M. Friedman, MD
Texas Children's Hospital Clinical Care Center
6701 Fannin, Suite 610.22
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 832-822-3267
Fax: 832-825-3251
Email: pediotofellowship@bcm.tmc.edu
 
  • Application Deadline: March 12, 2010 (Unified application is required with 3 letters of reference, a CV and a personal statement).
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 year.
  • # Fellows per Year: 2
  • University Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Hospital Affiliation: Texas Children's Hospital (TCH), Houston Texas.
  • Accreditation: The fellowship was established in 1992 and has been ACGME accredited since 1998.
  • Faculty: 6 Fulltime Pediatric Otolaryngology Faculty provide the majority of the training experience and 3 Neurootologists provide for adjuvent otologic experience.
  • Licensing Requirement: Texas Institutional Permit or Medical License required.
  • Appointment Level: Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology Baylor College of Medicine.
  • Clinic Responsibilities: One-half clinic per week for outpatient consults.
  • Operative Experience: TCH is the largest Children's Hospital in the USA, which provides broad and extensive exposure to pediatric otolaryngology cases.  Tertiary care cases include otologic procedures, including cochlear implants, airway surgery, including laryngotracheal reconstruction and laser surgery of the airway, neck masses, and sinus surgery.  The 138 bed NICU, 31 bed PICU, 36 bed Cancer Center, 15 bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and 22 pediatric surgery suites provide extensive exposure to complex and challenging pediatric patients.
  • Fellow Supervision: Yes.  Philosophy is to encourage incremental learning and development of independent, critical thinking skills however faculty support is always available and required in the operating room by hospital bylaws.
  • Call requirements:  Baylor College of Medicine residents cover all first calls for Pediatric Otolaryngology.  Some home call by fellows is required.
  • Research:  There are ample opportunities to pursue clinical research projects but research is not required.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, and liability insurance; 3 weeks vacation; travel stipend for scientific presentations; pediatric  otolaryngology fellow book stipend.
  • Salary: PGY - 6 level
  • Additional Information:  Our fellows enjoy warm, Texas hospitality as well as beautiful, state -of- the- art hospital facilities and near year- round balmy weather.

Chicago Children’s Memorial Hospital

Director: Lauren D. Holinger, MD
Children’s Memorial Hospital
2300 Children’s Plaza – Box 25
Chicago, IL 60614

Phone: 773-880-4457
Fax: 773-880-4110
Email: LHolinger@childrensmemorial.org

 
  • Application Deadline: 14 months prior to anticipated start date
  • Duration of Fellowship: 2 years
  • # Fellow/Year: one
  • University Affiliation: Northwestern University
  • Licensing Requirement: Illinois licensure required
  • Appointment Level: Attending
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing not required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Supervising resident clinic (two half days per week)
  • Operative Experience: Complete spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology - head and neck surgery with emphasis on laryngology and bronchoesophagology (airway management)
  • Research: Expected; dedicated time
  • Resident Supervision: Yes, 3-4 residents
  • Case Load: 370 cases per year as attending surgeon; 425 as assistant surgeon
  • Benefits: Medical and liability insurance; travel stipends for national meeting, post graduate course
  • Salary: PGY 6 or PGY 7
  • Additional Information: Training includes extensive clinical experience in pediatric laryngology and bronchoesophagology, laryngeal reconstruction, endoscopic sinus surgery, otology (including cochlear implant), head and neck, as well as full spectrum pediatric otolaryngology. Four full-time and two part-time pediatric otolaryngologists participate in fellowship training. The fellowship is regarded as a period of transition between residency and faculty status; the fellow holds full admitting and operative privileges as well as an important teaching role for the residents. The faculty conducts a formal teaching seminar weekly as well as regular inpatient teaching rounds with fellows, residents, and students. Three resident positions are filled by residents from Northwestern, University of Illinois, and Rush.

Children's Hospital Boston

Greg Licameli, MD

Director of Medical Education
Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Disorders
Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue, LO-367
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: 617-355-5064
Fax: 617-730-0611
Email: jill.hegarty@childrens.harvard.edu

 
  • Application deadline: February 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: One year clinical fellowship w/ optional second year
  • Clinical project required 1st year, optional second year for clinical / basic science research or to obtain a Master's level degree
  • # Fellows per year: 3
  • University Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
  • Licensing Requirement: Full Massachusetts Licensure Required (Two year PGY training in USA required)
  • Appointment Level: Clinical Fellow w/ admitting privileges
  • Operating Privileges: Full privileges
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Staff Fellow clinic 1/2 day per week 3 times per month
  • Operative Experience: All areas of pediatric otolaryngology including complex otology cases, cochlear implantation, head and neck surgery, airway endoscopy and reconstruction, endoscopic sinus surgery. Large ICU/NICU population
  • Resident Supervision: Active supervision of residents including resident cases; active supervision 1-2 medical students/month
  • Case Load: ORL service totals approx. 8000 surgical cases; 40,000 outpatient visits (per year)
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, liability; two weeks vacation; one meeting attendance week plus stipend, competitive salary
  • Additional Information: Fellows are responsible for the inpatient and outpatient clinical services; interaction with a large audiology and speech/language department. Monthly radiology conference and head and neck conference, weekly ORL conference attendance.
  • Application procedure: Send email request to: jill.hegarty@childrens.harvard.edu or call 617-355-5064 for additional information.

Children’s Hospital, San Diego

Director: Anthony Magit, MD

Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
3030 Children's Way, Suite 402
San Diego, CA 92123

Phone: 858-309-7701
Email: amagit@rchsd.org
Administrative Contact: Ann Pickett
Tel: 858-309-7701
 
  • Application Deadline: February 1st
  • Start Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
  • # Fellows per Year: One fellow taken every year
  • University Affiliation: UCSD, Balboa Naval Hospital
  • Licensing Requirement: California Medical License
  • Appointment Level: fellow
  • Operating Privileges: Yes
  • Clinic Responsibilities: 1/2 day clinic 2x/week. In addition, opportunity for monthly involvement with hearing clinic, cleft palate, craniofacial and vascular anomalies clinic, and cochlear implant planning meeting.
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of surgical pediatric otolaryngology and otologic procedures. Laryngology with laser and micridebrider and papilloma experience, bronchesophagology (including foreign body removal), reconstructive airway surgical intervention, extensive intranasal and endoscopic sinus surgery, pediatric head and neck surgery, reconstructive ear surgery, cochlear implantation and bone anchored hearing aids.
  • Research: Extensive opportunities for clinical research
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Complete pediatric otolaryngology experience.
  • Benefits: Medical and liability insurance, hospital dues, meeting travel stipend, medical reimbursement for uncovered expenses, eligibility for university housing on case by case basis, and post graduate course in CREST. (clinicalresearch, ethics, and statistics training)
  • Salary: Commensurate for PGY level 6
  • Additional Information: The division of pediatric otolaryngology consists of six attending physicians. This fellowship is directed at providing the candidate with necessary surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic skills in all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology. Completion of this fellowship will enable the graduate to attain a position in a tertiary care pediatric institution. A complete clinical experience includes close interaction with the pediatric ICU and neonatal intensive care staff. Didactic experiences include radiology and pathology conferences, otolaryngology grand rounds, journal clubs and multi-disciplinary conferences. Time may be spent with other pediatric specialties.

Children’s Mercy Hospital/ The University of Kansas Medical Center
Director: Pamela Nicklaus, MD
2401 Gilham Road
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone: 816-983-6487
Fax: 816-983-6430
Email: pnicklaus@kumc.edu or kallur1@cmh.edu

 
  • Application deadline: February for July of following year
  • Duration of Fellowship: On year clinical fellowship
  • #Fellow/Year: one
  • University Affiliation: The University of Kansas
  • Licensing Requirement: Missouri and Kansas licensure required
  • Appointment level: Fellow
  • Operating privileges: Staff required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Fellow clinic once a week. The fellow will participate in some multidisciplinary clinics including Down’s clinic, Cleft Palate Clinic, VPI clinic.
  • Operative Experience: All aspects pediatric otolaryngology surgery including endoscopic and open airway cases, head and neck procedures, endoscopic sinus procedures, congenital disorders, otology including cochlear implants
  • Resident Supervision: Yes, PGY-2 and PGY-3
  • Case Load: Over 4,000 operative cases per year at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
  • Benefits: PGY-6 salary and benefits (see www.childrensmercy.org , graduate medical education benefits and perks). The fellow will take back up call to the otolaryngology residents one time per week and one weekend per month, with attending back up. The fellow will have no holiday call.
  • Additional Information: The fellow will participate in both fellow level conferences through CMH and departmental conferences at KUMC. There will be both medical student and resident teaching opportunities. There will be an opportunity for fellows to participate in a medical missions team during their fellow year.
  • Application procedure: Please send email of interest to pnicklaus@kumc.edu. Please register to San Francisco match to complete your application. We will also require 2 letters of recommendation, one from your program director. Interviews will take place in the spring of the year prior to fellowship.

Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC

Director: Diego A. Preciado, MD PhD

Children’s National Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010

Phone: 202-476-2821

Fax: 202-476-5038
Email: dpreciad@cnmc.org

 
  • Application Deadline: February 15
  • Starting Date: July 1st
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 year with an option of a 2nd year of research
  • Number of Fellows per Year: Two
  • Accreditation: Accredited by ACGME
  • University Affiliation: George Washington University School of Medicine
  • Eligibility: Individuals must have completed an ACGME or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada accredited Otolaryngology residency and are eligible or certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. District of Columbia license is also required.
  • Case Load: Otolaryngology department has over 10,500 patient encouters each year (includes outpatient and inpatient visits). Yearly 4,500 operative cases are performed.
  • Specialty Clinics: Craniofacial, hearing impairment, cochlear implants, swallowing evaluation and voice clinics are offered in conjunction with other disciplines.
  • Conferences/Didactics: Fellows participate in monthly journal club, twice monthly pediatric otolaryngology conferences, weekly grand rounds, monthly morbidity and mortality conferences and radiology/pathology conferences.
  • Research Year: Clinical research is required with development of research project and submission of an IRB application. All fellows are required to complete Investigator 101 course. Guidance with grant application and developing bench research are available for those optingfor additional research year.
  • Call Responsibility/Resident supervision: Please contact us at 202-476-2821.
  • Salary: Competitive, please call for details 202-476-2821.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental and liability insurance, office, four weeks of vacation, computer and travel stipend.
  • Application Form: Please download the unified application form
  • Other Requirements: Three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, personal statement.

Send Application to:
Diego A. Preciado, MD, PhD
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20010


Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Director: J. Paul Willging, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 2018
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039

Phone: 513-636-2287

Email: tricia.davis@cchmc.org

 
    • Application deadline: March 13
    • Duration of fellowship: 2 years
    • # Fellows per year: 3
    • University Affiliation: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    • Licensing Requirement: Ohio training certificate
    • Appointment Level: Appropriate PGY level
    • Operative Experience:  Comprehensive training in pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck: airway, sinus, cochlear implantation, head and neck, pediatric neurotology, VPI, pediatric voice, feeding and swallowing disorders, Craniofacial Team and vascular malformations   
    • Case Load: Average 35,000 ENT office visits per year, with 13,000 surgical cases
    • Benefits: Medical, dental, and liability insurance, travel stipend
    • Salary: Competitive
    • Additional Information: Established in 1976 and accredited since 1998, the Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Training Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is one of only eight pediatric otolaryngology fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Seventy-five percent of the fellow’s time is devoted to clinical activities and 25% is dedicated to research. Fellows also participate in radiology conferences, craniofacial team meetings, Aerodigestive and Sleep Center meetings, grand rounds, pediatric otolaryngology seminars, research planning and tumor board meetings. The goal of the research component is the development of a research project, including grant preparation, human rights/animal care committee evaluation, and successful competition for funding.

     

     


Detroit Children’s Hospital

Director: Michael S. Haupert, DO

Chief, Department of Otolaryngology
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan 48201

Phone: 313-745-5402
Email: Gseiter@dmc.org
Website: http://www.childrensdmc.org/?id=166&sid=1

 
  • Application Deadline: June 1, preceding year
  • Duration of Fellowship: 2 years
  • # Fellows per Year: One, every other year
  • Licensing Requirement: Michigan Licensure Required
  • Appointment Level: Fellow
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing frequent but not required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Personal clinic and assist staff
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of pediatric problems, with emphasis on airway, bronchesophagology, and pediatric otology, including cochlear implantation and sinus endoscopy
  • Research: Dedicated time available
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: 3400 cases done within the department annually
  • Benefits: Medical and liability insurance, travel stipend
  • Salary: Appropriate for PGY level
  • Additional Information: Laboratory research space is available.

Emory University Pediatric Otolaryngology
Emory University Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director: Steven E. Sobol, MD
Emory Children’s Center
2015 Uppergate Drive, NE-1st Floor ENT
Atlanta, GA 30328

Phone: 404-727-1368
Fax: 404-727-7996
Email: ssobol@emory.edu
      * Application Deadline: March 1st , one year prior to anticipated start date
    * Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
    * # Fellow/Year: one
    * University Affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine
    * Licensing Requirement: Unrestricted GA license required
    * Appointment Level: Instructor
    * Operating Privileges: Staffing not required
    * Clinic Responsibilities: Fellow clinic one day/week; attendance of aerodigestive and voice clinics
    * Operative Experience: Complete spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology including endoscopic and open airway reconstruction, tympanomastoid surgery and cochlear implantation, endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery, head and neck surgery
    * Research: Completion of at least one clinical research project is expected
    * Resident Supervision: Full time junior resident on service
    * Case Load: >250 endoscopic airway procedures, 5-10 open airway procedures, >40 cochlear implants, 75-100 chronic ear surgeries, T&A, ear tubes…
    * Benefits: Medical, dental and liability insurance; travel stipends for national meeting, participation at Emory temporal bone course while in PGY 5 year
    * Salary: PGY 6
    * Additional Information: This one year fellowship serves as a transition year from residency to independent practitioner. We aim to foster autonomy through graded supervision; the goal being that the fellow feels confident to practice independently when he/she graduates.

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Director: David E. Tunkel, MD

Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Room 6231
601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287-0910

Phone: 410-955-1559
Fax: 410-955-0035
Email: dtunkel@jhmi.edu

 
  • Application Deadline: January 15
  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 to 2 years
  • # Fellows per Year: One
  • University Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Licensing Requirement: Maryland medical license required
  • Appointment Level: Faculty
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing not required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Separate clinic, and assist staff
  • Operative Experience: Large, including contemporary techniques of airway management, otology, and functional endoscopic sinus surgery
  • Research: Required-dedicated time available
  • Resident Supervision: Yes, limited
  • Case Load: Large
  • Call Responsibilities: Faculty call, several weeks a month with faculty backup
  • Benefits: Commensurate with university and departmental policies
  • Salary: Appropriate for level of training
  • Additional Information: The primary focus of this fellowship is development of clinical skills. The fellow will be responsible for clinical decision-making, with staff back-up as needed. The fellow serves on the craniofacial team, and staffs several clinics at chronic pediatric hospitals. There are multiple opportunities for extended and collaborative research within the department and the institution.

LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
Director: Rande H. Lazar, M.D.
Contact: Karen Carter
Otolaryngology Consultants of Memphis at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
777 Washington Avenue
Suite 240
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901-821-4317
Fax: 901-821-4373
Email: Karen Carter: ocmemphis@aol.com
 
  • Application deadline: Flexible
  • Starting date: July 1
  • Duration of fellowship: One year
  • Licensing requirements: TN license preferred (exemption can be applied for)
  • Operating privileges: Supervised and unsupervised
  • Clinic responsibilities: Weekly clinic
  • Operative experience: Entire spectrum of Pediatric Otolaryngology problems including pediatric sinusitis, pediatric airway problems, head and neck surgery, facial/plastic surgery, cleft lip and palate repair, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, and ventilating tube placement
  • Research: Clinical
  • Resident supervision: None
  • Caseload: Approximately 1,500 cases per year
  • Benefits: Medical liability and liability insurance
  • Call responsibility: At the discretion of the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Training
  • Application procedure: Letter of Intent, CV, three letters of recommendation from previous program director and physicians who are familiar with the candidate.
  • Interview date: Flexible

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Christopher J. Hartnick, MD, MS EPI
Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Director
Department of Otolaryngology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617-573-4206
Fax: 617-573-6845
Email: Christopher_hartnick@meei.harvard.edu

 
  • Application deadline: January 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: One year clinical fellowship w/ optional second year
  • # Fellows per year: 1
  • University Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
  • Licensing Requirement: Full Massachusetts Licensure Required
  • Appointment Level: Clinical Fellow
  • Operating Privileges: with staff accompaniment (not independently)
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Airway Disorders Clinic, Voice Clinic, Microtia Clinic, Hemangioma & Vascular Malformations Clinic
  • Operative Experience: All areas of pediatric otolaryngology including complex otology cases, cochlear implantation, head and neck surgery,,airway endoscopy , laryngotracheal reconstruction , phonomicrosurgery, endoscopic sinus surgery. Large ICU/NICU population
  • Research: Clinical research required; dedicated time available for basic research in 2nd optional year
  • Resident Supervision: Active supervision of residents and medical students on inpatient and consult services; intraoperative resident teaching where appropriate.
  • Case Load: The MEEI Pediatric ORL Service totals performs approximately 4500 surgical cases and sees approximately 9,000 outpatient visits annually
  • Benefits; Medical, liability; two weeks vacation; one meeting attendance week plus stipend, PGY-6 salary.
  • Additional Information: The current MEEI pediatric otolaryngology practice group consists of 5 full time physicians. The fellow is responsible for the inpatient and consult services, the latter involving the MassGeneral Hospital for Children, the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Shriners Burns Institute. At the MEEI there is interaction with both the largest multi-subspecialty adult ORL practice as well as the largest audiology and speech/language department in New England.
  • Application procedure: Send email request to: Christopher_hartnick@meei.harvard.edu or call 617-573-4206 for additional information.

Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital
Fellowship director and contact:
David R. White, MD
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
135 Rutledge Avenue
Charleston, SC  29425
Phone 843-792-7343
Fax 843-792-5271
      * Application Deadline: February 1
    * Starting Date: July 1
    * Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
    * University Affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina
    * Licensing Requirement: South Carolina Licensure Required
    * Appointment Level: Fellow and Instructor
    * Operating Privileges: Instructor level
    * Clinic Responsibilities: Weekly fellow clinic, instructing residents in general clinics
    * Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology.  Areas of emphasis include cleft lip and palate repair, open and endoscopic airway management, otologic surgery including cochlear implantation, head and neck surgery, facial plastic surgery and microtia repair, endoscopic sinus surgery, and other pediatric problems.
    * Research: Clinical, with optional additional year of research
    * Resident Supervision: Yes
    * Case Load: Over 2,500 operative cases and 7,000 clinic visits per year
    * Benefits: Medical, dental, liability, life and disability insurance
    * Additional Information: This fellowship encompasses all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology and incorporates complex cases from three pediatric otolaryngologists as well as faculty in the divisions of neurotology, facial plastics, rhinology, and head and neck surgery. The fellow will be expected to attend all major cases and participate in daily rounds, teaching sessions, weekly conferences, and research activities.  Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in an overseas trip focused on pediatric otolaryngology.
    * Application Procedure: Send letter of intent, universal ASPO fellowship application, CV, and 3 letters of recommendation to David R. White, MD, Dept of Otolaryngology-HNS, 135 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29425

Minneapolis Children’s Hospital / University of Minnesota

Directors: James Sidman, M.D

Pediatric ENT Associates
910 E 26th St, Suite 323
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-874-1292
Fax: 612-874-0985
Email: James Sidman: jsidman@pedsent.com

 

Application Deadline: February 1

  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
  • University Affiliation: University of Minnesota
  • Licensing Requirement: Minnesota Licensure Required
  • Appointment Level: Fellow and Instructor – Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota
  • Operating Privileges: Instructor level
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Instructing residents in operating room and clinic.
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology problems with emphasis on cleft lip and palate repair, pediatric airway problems, head and neck surgery, facial plastic surgery, vascular malformations, surgical endoscopic sinus surgery, and strong emphasis on otology and cochlear implants.
  • Research: Clinic and basic science
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Approximately 7,000 cases per year seen in the clinic between Minneapolis Children’s Hospital and the University of Minnesota and approximately 1,500 operative cases per year
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, liability, life and disability insurance
  • Additional Information: This is a fellowship that encompasses all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology with emphasis on cleft lip and palate. The fellow will be expected to attend all major cases and participate in daily rounds, teaching sessions, weekly conferences, and research activities.
  • Application Procedure: Letter of intent, CV, letter of recommendation from Program Director and two other letters of reference. Interview will take place the Spring of the year prior to fellowship.

Nemours / duPont Hospital for Children

Director: Udayan Shah, MD 
Contacts: Udayan Shah, MD or Gary D. Josephson, M.D.
Nemours Children’s Clinic

Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19899
Gary D. Josephson, M.D.

Nemours Children's Clinic - Jacksonville
807 Children's Way
Jacksonville, Florida 32207

Phone 302-651-5829
Email: ushah@nemours.org or gjosephs@nemours.org
Website: www.Nemours.org

  Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
  • Starting Date: July 1, 2010
  • Duration of Fellowship: One year
  • Number of Fellows per year: one or two / year (12 months)
  • University Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson Medical University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Primary institutions: AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
  • Affiliated Institutions: Nemours Children’s Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
  • Licensing Requirements: Medical License State of Delaware, Medical License for Training, Florida (optional)
  • Appointment Level: Fellow (PGY 6)
  • Operating Privileges: Complete spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology – head and neck surgery, including pediatric airway, cochlear implantation, vestibular disorders, cleft lip and palate.
  • Research: Clinical and/or basic science encouraged, presentations / publications of 2 or more papers.
  • Resident supervision: Yes -- 2 residents PGY 2 & PGY 4
  • Case Load: Out Patient Activity: 21,000 / year (duPont Hospital Nemours Children Clinic – Wilmington, DE 10,000 visits / year + 2) Nemours Children’s Clinic—Jacksonville, FL 11,000 visit /year
  • Benefits: Medical, Dental and Liability Insurance: travel stipend
  • Salary: PGY 6- or higher for level of training

Additional Information:

Candidates will have the option of rotations at both the Jacksonville, Florida campus and the Wilmington, Delaware site - duPont Hospital for Children.

9/2009 


Pittsburgh - The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

University Health Center of Pittsburgh Pediatric Otolaryngology Program
Director: Dr. Cuneyt M. Alper, MD

Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: (412) 692-8577
Fax: (412) 692-6074
Email: marsha.clark@chp.edu
 
  • Application Deadline: February 15
  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship Program: 1 Year
  • University Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Medical Education Program
  • Accreditation: ACGME Accredited
  • Licensing Requirements: PA License Required
  • Number of Fellows per Year: 2
  • Appointment Level: Fellow, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing Required
  • Operative Experience: Wide exposure to all areas of routine, as well as more complex pediatric otolaryngological procedures including cochlear implants, airway management, laryngotracheal reconstruction, neck masses, head and neck and sinus surgery.
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Staffing Required
  • Research: Dedicated Time Available
  • Case Load: Approximately 22,000 outpatient visits at main campus; approximately 7000 surgical procedures inpatient and outpatient main campus
  • Call Responsibilities: On average, every 4th day as resident back up; faculty on call as well
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Salary Range: Appropriate for level of training
  • Benefits: Commensurate with the University Graduate Medical Education Policy

Additional Information: Our Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program was established in 1975 and is one of only five pediatric hospitals accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Education (ACGME). The faculty provides education and training in clinical and laboratory research.   This program includes a strong didactic program with weekly clinical and research conference.

Application:   We participate in the the Pediatric Otolaryngology SF Match Program. Please download the unified application form.


Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Director: Kathleen C. Y. Sie, MD

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
4800 Sand Point Way NE, W-7729
Seattle, WA 98105

Phone: 206-987-3468
Fax: 206-987-3925
Email: kathleen.beaudry@seattlechildrens.org

 
  • Application Deadline: December 31st
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 or 2 years
  • # Fellows per Year: One fellow taken every year
  • University Affiliation: University of Washington
  • Licensing Requirement: Washington Licensure Required
  • Appointment Level: Acting Instructor
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing frequent, but not required.
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Personal clinics as well as participating in staff clinics.
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of surgical pediatric otolaryngology including pediatric otology and cochlear implantation, airway endoscopy and open airway reconstructive surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, pediatric head and neck surgery including vascular malformations, and VPI/speech surgery
  • Research: Clinical research expected during first year. Optional 2nd year of research on training grant.
  • Resident Supervision: Otolaryngology head and neck residents and medical students.
  • Case Load: Extensive - both in clinic and in the operating room
  • Benefits: Commensurate with University and Departmental policy
  • Salary: Appropriate for level of training

St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Director: David Molter, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology
(314) 454-6162 Appointments
(314) 454-2136 Academic Office
MolterD@wustl.edu
St Louis Children's Hospital
Suite 3S35
One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
 

 

  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 or 2 years (recently most often 1) 

  • # Fellows per Year: One

  • University Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine

  • Licensing Requirement: Missouri Licensure Required

  • Appointment Level: Fellow/Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University

  • Operating Privileges: Supervised by staf, some independence in the second half

  • Clinic Responsibilities: Both outpatient and inpatient clinical, as well as OR

  • Operative Experience: Broad spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology/otology cases with emphasis on cochlear implants, endoscopic surgery, and airway abnormalities

  • Research: Clinical research supported, if 2 year then more research expected  

  • Resident Supervision: Yes

  • Case Load: Approximately 2800 surgical cases and 14,000 outpatient visits annually within the department

  • Benefits: Medical and liability insurance, travel

  • Salary: Appropriate for PGY level

  • Additional information:  Active participation in the cleft and craniofacial team, ventilator dependent team, vascular concerns team, and Down syndrome team

Stanford University

Director: Anna Messner MD,

The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Stanford University School of Medicine

Lucille Packard Children's Hopsital at Stanford 

801 Welch Rd.

Palo Alto,CA 94305

Phone: 650-725-6500 FAX: 650-725-6685
Email: amessner@ohns.stanford.edu

 
  • Application Deadline: March 1st, 2010
  • Interview Date: April 19 , 20, 2010
  • Start Date: July 1, 2011
  • Program Duration: 1 year
  • Salary Range: PGY VI or VII
  • Licensing Requirements: California License required.
  • Accreditation: Application for ACGME accreditation submitted. 
  • Fellows/Positions per year: 1
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Operative Experience: Full spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology with emphasis on complex airway management, pediatric head and neck surgery, otology, microtia repair, cochlear implantation, neonatal otolaryngology and rhinosinusitis.
  • Clinic Responsibilities: running the pediatric otolaryngology service
  • Research: Clinical or basic science research. Dedicated time available (approximately 1 day/week).
  • Case Load: 6000 clinic visits and 1800 cases/year.
  • Call Responsibilities:  Back-up of residents (with attending back-up) approximately every 3rd week
  • Benefits: Per Stanford University Medical Center policy.
  • Additional information: The fellowship is centered at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford where the fellow will be in charge of the inpatient and consult services. He/she will be responsible for two case review conferences each month, 1 grand round presentation during the year, and participate in the resident education program. He/she will be actively involved in all upper level pediatric otolaryngology cases. Optional rotations with other related services are available. Funds for meeting attendance are available.
  • Application procedure::Please send email indicating interest then go to the SF match website to download the application.  Send application with attached CV to Anna Messner, MD.  Two letters of recommendation will be needed.We are participating in the fellowship match. Please register with www.sfmatch.org in order to complete your application process.

The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Director:  Audie L. Woolley, M.D.
PENTA
1940 Elmer Bissell Road
Birmingham, AL  35243
 
Phone: 205-824-4949
Fax: 205-824-4983
email: cathy.cobb@chsys.org
 
  • Application deadline: March 1st
  • Starting date: July 1st
  • Duration of fellowship: one year
  • Number of fellows per year: one
  • University affiliation: University of Alabama Birmingham
  • Eligibility: Individuals must have completed an ACGME or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada accredited Otolaryngology residency and are eligible by the American Board of Otolaryngology. Alabama State license also required.
  • Case load: 13,000 patient encounters each year through clinic and yearly 5000 operative cases are performed.
  • Operative experience: Wide exposure to pediatric otolaryngology problems with emphasis on cochlear implant experience, pediatric airway problems, head and neck surgery, complex otologic surgery including BAHA, microtia repair, endoscopic sinus surgery, evaluation and surgical treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency, and cleft palate repair.
  • Benefits: medical, dental, liability, life, travel stipend and disability insurance.
  • Salary: competitive.
  • Additional information: this is a extremely busy clinical fellowship which encompasses all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology with a strong emphasis on pediatric cochlear implantation. The fellow will be expected to attend all major cases and participate in daily rounds, manage the consult service, attend teaching sessions, and participate in weekly conferences. In addition two peer reviewed papers will be expected and submitted for publication during that year.
  • Application procedure: Letter of intent, CV, letter of recommendation from Program Director, and two other letters of reference.
    Please download the unified application form:
    http://www.aspo.us/fellowships.php,
    http://www.sfmatch.org

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Program Director:

Ralph F. Wetmore, M.D.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Richard D. Wood Center, First Floor

34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA  19104-4399

 

Program Coordinator:

Beth Ann B. McCullough

Children's Surgical Associates, Ltd.

34th St. & Civic Center Blvd., 1 Wood

Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Philadelphia, PA  19104

215-590-1582; fax:  215-590-3986

mccullough@email.chop.edu

 
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Separate clinic
  • Operative Experience: Extensive exposure to all aspects of pediatric otolaryngological surgery with emphasis upon otology, endoscopic sinus surgery, bronchoesophagology, and laryngeal reconstruction.
  • Research: Opportunities are available to participate in clinical and basic science research projects.
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Total departmental cases include 8000+ operative cases and approximately 34,000 outpatient office visits per year.
  • Call Responsibilities: Shared
  • Benefits: Medical and dental insurance.
  • Salary:  appropriate for PGY level.
  • Application: http://www.aspo.us/files/pdf/FellowApplication.pdf

Additional Information:

  • Application Deadline: December 31
  • Start Date: July 1
  • Program Duration: One or Two Years
  • Accreditation: Yes
  • Fellows/Positions per year: Two

Please include the following with your application and mail all to program coordinator.

  1. CV
  2. Match #
  3. Three reference letters addressed to Dr. Ralph Wetmore
  4. MD license copy, if applicable
  5. Exam score report copies (USLME Steps I-III, FLEX Parts I-III, NBME Parts I-III or ECFMG equivalent)
  6. Photo (optional but very helpful)

The Children’s Hospital/ University of Colorado School of Medicine
Kenny H. Chan, MD, Fellowship Director

Professor and Chairman of Pediatric Otolaryngology
The Children’s Hospital
13123 East 16th Avenue, B455
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: 720-777-8520
Fax: 720-777-7269
Email: chan.kennyh@tchden.org or Stephanie Beling beling.stephanie@tchden.org
      * Application Deadline: April 5th, 2010
    * Starting Date: July 1
    * Duration of Fellowship: 1 year
    * #Fellows per year: 1
    * University Affiliation: University of Colorado at Denver Health Science Center
    * Accreditation: ACGME pending
    * Licensing Requirement: Colorado Medical License
    * Appointment Level: Fellow, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
    * Operating Privileges: Staffing Required
    * Clinic Responsibilities: Staffing Required
    * Operative Experience: Wide exposure to all areas of routine, as well as more complex pediatric otolaryngological procedures including otology, cochlear implantation, airway management, head and neck, sinus surgery and cleft lip/palate
    * Research: Required – Dedicated time available
    * Resident Supervision: Yes – active both OR and outpatient clinic (otolaryngology, and pediatric residents, as well as medical students)
    * Case Load: Over 2,700 operative cases and over 11,000 clinic visits per year
    * Call Responsibilities: Every fourth week as resident back-up; staff on call as well
    * Benefits: Medical, Dental, Professional Liability Coverage, Life, Long Disability Insurance, Vision, Reimbursement Account, Tax Deferred Annuity Program, Leave and Vacation
    * Salary: PGY 6
    * Additional Information: This is a new fellowship program with 6 full-time faculty members with unique clinical niches such as vascular malformation, sleep medicine, cleft lip/palate and cranio-facial surgery.
    * Application Procedure: Applicant should send CV, Personal statement and three letters of references
    * Please include a color photo.

Toronto Hospital for Sick Children

Director: paolo Campisi MSC, MD, FRCSC, FAAP

Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
6th Floor, Elm Wing
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 1X8

Phone: 416-813-4938
Fax: 416-813-5036
Email: paolo.campisi@sickkids.ca

 
  • Application Deadline: January 31
  • Starting Date: July 1 of the following year
  • Duration of Fellowship: 2 years
  • # of Fellows per Year: one
  • University Affiliation: University of Toronto
  • Licensing Requirement: Educational
  • Appointment Level: Fellow
  • Operating Privileges: Staffing required
  • Clinic Responsibilities: Personal clinic and participation in special interest clinics, such as cleft palate
  • Operative Experience: All types of cases seen
  • Research: First six months to twelve months
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Total department figures are 12,000 outpatient visits and 2,500 cases per year
  • Benefits: Liability insurance paid, funding for meetings/courses, four weeks vacation per year.
  • Additional Information: One fellow is selected annually for this two year fellowship. the clinical fellow is responsible for consultations, neonatal airway management input to neonatology and all cases evolving from above. The fellow will also be expected to attend all major cases unique to pediatric otolaryngology, participate in teaching sessions (endoscopy, temporal bone lab, undergraduate lectures), daily rounds, weekly service rounds and weekly staff teaching rounds.
  • Application Procedure: CV, letter of recommendation from program director, three letters of reference and a photograph. Interviews will be held in mid-April.

University of Iowa

Director: Richard J.H. Smith, MD

Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, E230 GH
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Phone: 319-356-3612
Email: richard-smith@uiowa.edu

 
  • Application Deadline: January
  • Starting Date: July 1
  • Duration of Fellowship: 2 years
  • # Fellows per Year: One
  • University Affiliation: University of Iowa
  • Licensing Requirement: Iowa license required
  • Appointment Level: Fellow Associate within the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Operating Privileges: Yes
  • Operative Experience: Entire spectrum of pediatric problems, with emphasis on airway, bronchoesophagology, otology and sinus endoscopy. Experience with cleft cases.
  • Research: Required
  • Resident Supervision: Yes
  • Case Load: Extensive
  • Call Responsibilities: Rotates with Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery staff
  • Benefits: University of Iowa Fellow Associate, medical dental and malpractice insurance
  • Salary: PGY 6, 7
  • Additional Information: This is an intensive two-year fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology. 50% of the time is devoted to clinical activities and 50% to research. Clinical activities include the entire spectrum of Pediatric Otolaryngology ranging from cochlear implantation to cleft surgery. Research opportunities are available in molecular genetics, cochlear implantation and cleft surgery.

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Director: Marci M. Lesperance, MD, FACS, FAAP
C. S. Mott Hospital
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
F6866 Mott SPC 5241
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5241
Phone: 734 936-9816
Fax: 734 763-7802
Email: lesperan@umich.edu
 

Application Deadline: February 1
Starting Date: July 1st
Duration of Fellowship: One year with optional 2nd year of research
Number of Fellows per Year: One
Accreditation: No
University Affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School
Eligibility: Completion of ACGME or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada accredited Otolaryngology residency.  Eligible or certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. Michigan medical license required.
Case Load: Pediatric Otolaryngology has over 5,000 patient encounters each year (includes outpatient and inpatient visits).  Over1800 operative cases are performed annually including airway reconstruction, cochlear implantation, BAHA, and chronic ear surgery, head and neck tumors, and rhinology.
Specialty Clinics: Airway and Voice clinics, Pediatric Genetics clinics, Skull Base Clinic
Conferences/Didactics: Weekly pediatric otolaryngology conferences, weekly grand rounds; monthly morbidity and mortality conferences and Vascular Anomalies Conference; quarterly pathology conferences and Airway Journal club (with PICU and anesthesiology).
Research Year: Optional year, funded by T32 grant, can take place either before or after clinical fellowship. See http://www.med.umich.edu/oto/research/artop/index.htm
Call Responsibility/Resident supervision: Attending call, approximately 6 weeks/ year
Salary: Commensurate with house officer rank.
Benefits: Full University benefits
Application Form: Please download the unified application form

http://www.aspo.us/fellowships.php, or http://www.sfmatch.org/
Other Requirements: Three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, personal statement.
Send Application to:
Marci M. Lesperance, MD
F6866 Mott SPC 5241
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5241


University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Director:  Austin S. Rose, MD
Contacts:  Austin S. Rose, MD
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
CB#7070
Chapel Hill, NC  27599

Phone:  919-966-3342
Fax:  919-966-7941
Email:  Dr. Rose:  Austin_Rose@med.unc.edu
 

Application Deadline:   January 15, 2010
Starting Date:  July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
Duration of Fellowship: 1 year.
University Affiliation:  University of North Carolina.
Licensing Requirement:  NC Licensure Required.
Appointment Level:  Fellow - Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina
Operating Privileges:  Yes
Clinic Responsibilities:  Weekly fellow clinic, and instructing residents in general clinics.  
Operative Experience:  Entire spectrum of pediatric otolaryngology problems, pediatric airway problems, head and neck surgery, facial plastics surgery and microtia repair, surgical and laser treatment of vascular lesions, endoscopic sinus surgery, and other pediatric problems.  
Research:  Clinic and basic science opportunities available.  
Resident Supervision:  Yes.  
Case Load:  Approximately 2,000 operative cases per year.
Benefits:  Medical, liability, life and disability insurance, travel and educational expenses.  
Additional Information:  The University is home to a free-standing Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Airway Center, Craniofacial Center and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program.  There would also be opportunities for research as well as rotations in pediatric anesthesia, pediatric pulmonary medicine and pediatric genetics.  
Application Procedure:  Cover letter, CV or Resume, and 2 letters of reference sent to:  


Austin S. Rose, MD
Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program
Dept. of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, CB#7070
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7070
(919) 966-3342

Candidates must also register with the San Francisco Matching Program – www.sfmatch.org


Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Director/Contact: Steven Goudy  steven.goudy@vanderbilt.edu
Phone 615-343-0662
Department of Otolaryngology
7209 Medical Center East South Tower
1215 21st Ave South
Nashville, TN 37232
 
  • Application Deadline: February 1st
  • Start Date: July 1st
  • Duration of Fellowship: 1 year clinical with optional second year (1st year clinical and 2nd year research) 1 fellow per year
  • 4 options for the optional second year:

       1. MPH during the 2nd year
       2. MSCi during the 2nd year
       3. International mission work 2nd year
       4. Basic science 2nd year clinical
  • Appointment Level: Fellow
  • Licensing Requirement: TN Licensure required  must have completed ACGME/Royal College Canadian accredited Otolaryngology residency
  • University Affiliation: Vanderbilt University
  • Benefits: standard salary and benefits commensurate with PGY level (Vanderbilt was ranked in top 100 companies to work for)
  • Operative Privileges: Yes
  • Operative Experience: 5 active pediatric ENT staff.  Breadth and depth of pediatric ENT cases including cleft lip/palate, microtia, vascular malformations, VPI surgery, airway reconstruction, congenital and chronic ear disease including cochlear implant,  sinus surgery, and head and neck masses.  Opportunities to participate in international mission work.
  • Research: completion of at least one publication quality project each year of fellowship
  • Responsibility: resident supervision, inpatient consults, participate in call schedule, and  preparation for Airway/Swallowing clinic, Vascular malformation clinic, VPI/Cleft Clinic, Cochlear implant team.
  • To Apply: 3 letters of reference, CV, personal statement and application through www.sfmatch.org



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