Job Description: The Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is currently welcoming applications for a one year fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine. There will be two positions available for the 2024 - 2025 year. The ideal candidate will be board certified in pediatrics and will have completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine or Pediatric Cardiology.
The Heart Institute at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has over 1,000 admissions each year to our 24 bed CTICU, of which over 800 are major cardiac surgical cases. We also care for one of the largest single ventricle patient populations in the country. The 4th year trainees will have exposure to ventricular assist devices, ECMO, transplantation, cardiac failure management, as well as pre-operative and post-operative care of pediatric congenital heart disease.
Our training program is tailored to the individual's prior experience and skills. For those with prior cardiology experience we emphasize critical care knowledge. For those with critical care experience we emphasize cardiology knowledge. All fellows have elective time in addition to time in the CTICU. Electives include but are not limited to echocardiography, cardiac anesthesia, cardiac ORs, cardiac catheterization lab, heart failure and transplantation, general anesthesia, electrophysiology, and international cardiac mission opportunities. Fellows are also enrolled in our Excellence in Leadership in Healthcare program. This yearlong program emphasizes the development of leadership skills through readings, small group work, assessment tools, and self-reflection. Fellows will have one-on-one teaching and journal article discussions with faculty. Finally, the 4th year fellows are responsible for a CTICU educational curriculum for junior fellows. This is consistent with our mission to develop physician leaders and educators.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles is in the top 10 ranked children's hospital in the country on the US News & World Report Honor Roll and #1 on the west coast. These positions reflect the extreme dedication to quality care, education and research that characterizes CHLA and our Heart Institute.
We are welcoming applications now. Interested individuals should email the following to the fellowship director, Shilpa Shah, DO, email: shishah@chla.usc.edu
1. Common Application Form (available on PCICS website https://pcics.org/programs/ )
2. A letter of interest or personal statement
3. An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV)
4. Three letters of recommendation
5. Copy of Medical Diploma
The interview process is on a rolling basis and offers will begin to be extended in October of 2023.
Please see our website or email me for more details:
https://www.chla.org/fellowship/cardiac-critical-care-medicine-fellowship
Last Updated: August 2, 2023