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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Clinical Training

The clinical training component of our fellowship is based primarily in the Pediatric Emergency Department & Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, which serves acutely ill and injured children from Cleveland’s neighborhoods as well as throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond. Our dedicated team of board-certified PEM physicians, PEM fellows, pediatric and emergency medicine residents, specialized pediatric emergency nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics, social workers, clinical pharmacists, and child life specialists are committed to providing our patients with the highest quality pediatric emergency care.

The Pediatric Emergency Department is an integral part of the clinical services offered at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, with an annual patient volume exceeding 32,000 visits at our main campus facility. The emergency care provided in our department is supported by our large state-of-the-art tertiary children’s hospital that includes a 23-bed PICU and Pediatric CICU staffed by pediatric critical care specialists, along with a Pediatric Sedation Unit. We have the privilege of working closely with a diverse and incredibly talented group of pediatric medical and surgical specialists. UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital has been an American College of Surgeons-accredited Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center for more than 3 decades.

Our fellowship meets all requirements set forth by the American Board of Pediatrics/American Board of Emergency Medicine and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Our curriculum offers flexibility in order to foster the unique elective experiences and scholarly projects that will enhance each individual fellow’s training experience. Fellows collaborate with the program’s leadership and all faculty within the division to create a PEM fellowship experience that is tailored to meet their unique goals for careers within the dynamic subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine. Fellows spend clinical time in the Pediatric Emergency Department developing and refining the diagnostic, therapeutic, procedural, teaching, and administrative skills required to provide exceptional care to acutely ill and injured children in the emergency department setting.

We offer a curriculum tailored to meet the learning needs and training requirements for physicians who have completed residency training in both Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. For Emergency Medicine-trained physicians, we offer both 2 and 3 year training curriculum options.

Program Curriculum for Emergency Medicine-Trained Physicians
(Program offers both 2-year and 3-year curriculum options)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 (optional)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (28 weeks)
  • Pediatric Sedation Service (2 weeks)
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology (4 weeks)
  • Outpatient Community Pediatric Care (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric hospital medicine (2 weeks)
  • Neonatal ICU and Newborn Nursery Care (6 weeks)
  • Subspecialty Pediatric Electives (6 weeks)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (28 weeks)
  • Pediatric Critical Care/ICU (4 weeks)
  • Outpatient Community Pediatric Care (2 weeks)
  • Subspecialty Pediatric Rotations (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric-Focused Electives/Research (6 weeks)
  • EMS/Pediatric Transports (4 weeks)
  • Introduction to Clinical Research Course at CWRU School of Medicine (4 weeks)
 Customized elective & research/training experiences based on fellows’ specific learning/career goals.
Program Curriculum for Pediatric-Trained Physicians
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 (optional)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (28 weeks)
  • Pediatric Sedation Service (2 weeks)
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology (4 weeks)
  • ED Trauma Rotation (4 weeks)
  • EM/Point-of-Care Ultrasound @ Metrohealth (4 weeks)
  • Adult EM @ UH (4 weeks)
  • Electives/Research (6 weeks)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (26 weeks)
  • Pediatric Critical Care/ICU (4 weeks)
  • Adult EM @ UH (4 weeks)
  • Toxicology Rotation (2 weeks)
  • Electives/Research (8 weeks)
  • EMS/Pediatric Transports (4 weeks)
  • Introduction to Clinical Research Course at CWRU School of Medicine (4 weeks)
 Customized elective & research/training experiences based on fellows’ specific learning/career goals.

A wide range of elective experiences are available to trainees in our program. Customized electives and tracks may be arranged based on fellows’ specific interests, including off-site experiences that are approved by the program director and Office of Graduate Medical Education in collaboration with the fellow:

MetroHealth Medical Center: A Trauma rotation and Adult ED rotation with focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound are completed at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. MetroHealth is home to a nationally recognized, high-volume general Emergency Department, as well as a busy Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and regional burn center. It hosts a well-regarded EM residency program with a reputation for excellence and commitment to education.

University Hospitals Emergency Department: Two Adult ED blocks are completed in the Adult Emergency Department and Level 1 Trauma Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. University Hospitals also hosts an outstanding EM residency program with clinical EM faculty who are committed to providing outstanding patient care and superb clinical teaching. Our program is incredibly proud to work in partnership with our amazing faculty colleagues and residents in the UH Department of Emergency Medicine.