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Fellowships in Pediatrics

Our faculty members view fellowship education as the first and most important step in transferring our academic mission to the next generation of health care professionals. Currently, more than 90 postdoctoral trainees work in the subspecialty training programs overseen by the various divisions.

Potential career tracks for these young pediatricians include:

  • Clinician-investigators
  • Teachers
  • Subspecialty consultants
  • Contributors in the fields of pediatric medicine and developmental biology
  • Balancing Education and Clinical Service

    The style of postgraduate education changed phenomenally over the past decade, prompted by recognition of some unfortunate facts surrounding the apprenticeship system used for more than a century. Residencies and fellowships often shortchanged education in the interest of clinical service.

    This new understanding resulted in academic institutions developing guidelines to help protect the integrity of the educational environment. Although welcomed by the academic community, these guidelines make it no less difficult to strike a proper balance between clinical responsibility and the demands of learning and research.

  • Goals Build Essential Skills

    Our Department sees great opportunity in these developments. We believe fellowships must accomplish three key goals -- each one focused on building essential skills that benefit residents and fellows:

    • Proficiency – Prepare them both cognitively and technically to practice their new discipline.
    • Capability – Build analytical skills and critical thinking that enables them to successfully to confront new conditions or situations.
    • Curiosity – Stimulate a strong desire to advance knowledge through research and teaching.

    To facilitate the pursuit of these goals, every division in the Department develops a training program that provides clinical experience while also exposing fellows to research and providing the means to translate inquiring into scholarship. All the subspecialty programs are certified by the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education and contain clinical and research experiences as set forth in guidelines from the American Board of Pediatrics for subspecialty training.

  • Additional Educational Opportunities for Fellows

    We also offer a rich array of seminars, conferences, research opportunities, and core facilities to complement the activities specific program.

    We encourage fellows to participate in local and national study programs like these:

    Fellowships from the Pediatric Scientist Training Program Awards and fellowship grants from subspecialty and research societies and the American Academy of Pediatrics UT Southwestern Medical School’s Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP)
    K awards from the NIH or analogous mentored research grants Training curriculum in patient-oriented research (TCPOR) in clinical departments
  • Interdisciplinary Program Enriches Learning

    In 2004, the Department established a unique interdisciplinary program for fellowship education. Its objective: develop a departmental repository of educational and administrative resources for the enrichment of individual fellowships.

    Uses input from the fellows and individual fellowship program directors to:

    • Maintain a bimonthly conference directed toward meeting the core requirements of the ACGME for all training programs.
    • Provides a site for the presentation of fellow and faculty research.
    • Creates an opportunity for social interaction or general discussions between the fellows.

Fellowship Programs by Division

The Department of Pediatrics offers these fellowship programs:

Child Neurology offers these fellowship programs:

Fellow Education Faculty

Pediatric Fellowship Program Directors

David A. Khan, M.D.

David A. Khan, M.D.

Professor

  • Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program
Sonali Patel, M.D., Ph.D.

Sonali Patel, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
Melinda Cory, M.D.

Melinda Cory, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
Michael Green, M.D.

Michael Green, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Samuel Davila, M.D.

Samuel Davila, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Olivia Hoffman, M.D.

Olivia Hoffman, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Anna Silberman, M.D.

Anna Silberman, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Jenny Francis, M.D., M.P.H.

Jenny Francis, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
Suzanne R. Dakil, M.D.

Suzanne R. Dakil, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Child Abuse Fellowship Program
Sari Bar, D.O.

Sari Bar, D.O.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship Program
Jo-Ann Nesiama, M.D.

Jo-Ann Nesiama, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Sing-Yi Feng, M.D.

Sing-Yi Feng, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Geoffrey Lowe, M.D.

Geoffrey Lowe, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Assistant Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Nivedita Patni, M.D.

Nivedita Patni, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
Melissa Ham, M.D.

Melissa Ham, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
Meghana Sathe, M.D.

Meghana Sathe, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Charina Ramirez, M.D.

Charina Ramirez, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Garrett K. Gotway, M.D., Ph.D.

Garrett K. Gotway, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism Fellowship Program
Tanya C. Watt, M.D.

Tanya C. Watt, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program

Jeffrey Kahn, M.D., Ph.D.

Jeffrey Kahn, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Michael E. Sebert, M.D.

Michael E. Sebert, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Imran N. Mir, M.D.

Imran N. Mir, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
Smitha Vidi, M.D.

Smitha Vidi, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
Tanya Martinez-Fernandez, M.D.

Tanya Martinez-Fernandez, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program
Preeti B. Sharma, M.D.

Preeti B. Sharma, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Associate Director, Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program
Tracey Wright, M.D.

Tracey Wright, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program

 

Child Neurology Fellowship Program Directors

Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.

Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.

Professor

  • Director, Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship Program
Deepa Sirsi, M.D.

Deepa Sirsi, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Epilepsy, Pediatric Track Fellowship Program
  • Director, Advanced Fellowship in Electroencephalography and Epilepsy Fellowship Program
Jennifer Muncy Thomas, M.D.

Jennifer Muncy Thomas, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Fellowship Program
Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Professor

  • Associate Director, Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Fellowship Program
Mathew Stokes, M.D.

Mathew Stokes, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Pediatric Headache Medicine Fellowship Program
Jaya Trivedi, M.D.

Jaya Trivedi, M.D.

Professor

  • Director, Neuromuscular Medicine, Adult Track Fellowship Program
Kaitlin Batley, M.D.

Kaitlin Batley, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Site Director, Neuromuscular Medicine, Pediatric Track Fellowship Program
Ty Shang, M.D.

Ty Shang, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Director, Vascular Neurology, Adult Track Fellowship Program
Michael M. Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.S.

Michael M. Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.S.

Professor

  • Associate Director, Vascular Neurology, Pediatric Track Fellowship Program