Specialty Training Positions in Areas of Pediatric Surgery
--Revised December 17, 2007
The Association of Pediatric Surgery Training Program Directors (APSTPD) has reviewed the process for optimizing and protecting identification of possible applicants for specialty training positions in pediatric surgery. There is concern among the pediatric surgery program directors that the current process of recruitment for these specialty training positions may not be best for the applicants. These positions include critical care, ECMO and laparoscopic fellowships as well as other similar positions. Some of these positions have been approved by the ACGME and some are not accredited. None of these specialty fellowships can apply credit toward, or substitute for, any portion of an ACGME accredited pediatric surgery residency. Many of the candidates for these positions come from the unmatched pool of applicants for residency training in ACGME approved pediatric surgery training programs.
At the 2006 fall meeting of the APSTPD, it was resolved that a list of all available specialty training programs will be posted on the APSA web site. Candidates who are interested in one of these positions should review this list of programs. By agreement among the pediatric surgery training program directors, there will be a moratorium on contact initiated by the training programs with potential candidates for these specialty training positions until noon (EDT) the Monday following the release of the NRMP match results.
Specialty Training Positions in Areas of Pediatric Surgery
Institution |
Type of Specialty Training |
ACGME Accredited? |
Program Director |
Children’s Hospital of Alabama (Birmingham) |
Endosurgery Fellowship |
No |
Keith Georgeson |
Children’s Hospital, Boston (2 positions) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Jay Wilson |
Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Marleta Reynolds |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
Colorectal Fellowship |
No |
Marc Levitt |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
Fetal Fellowship |
No |
Tim Cromblehome |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
Trauma Fellowship |
No |
Vic Garcia |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
Vascular Malformation Fellowship |
No |
Roshni Dasgupta |
Columbus Children’s Hospital |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Brian Kenney kenneyb@chi.osu.edu |
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (Denver) |
Endosurgery Fellowship |
No |
Steven S. Rothenberg, MD |
Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Detroit) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Marc Cullen |
Emory Univ/ Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Egleston) |
Endosurgery Fellowship |
No |
Mark Wulkan, MD |
Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Daniel Ostlie |
Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City) |
Surgical Scholars Residency |
No |
George W. Holcomb, III |
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital |
Endosurgery Fellowship |
No |
Max Langham mlangham@utmem.edu |
Children’s Hospital (Los Angeles) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Henri Ford |
Mott Children’s Hospital (Ann Arbor) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Ron Hirschl |
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Barbara Gaines |
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
Yes |
Marjorie Arca |
Children’s National Medical Center (Washington DC) |
Critical Care Fellowship |
No |
Marty Eichelberger |