Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Advanced Fellowship
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Advanced Fellowship
The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Fellowship is a unique, one-year advanced training program with a mission to create the next generation of leaders in the care of infants with the most severe forms of BPD.
Our comprehensive program, decades of experience, and national and international leadership in this field make us uniquely suited to create the first sustainable, cutting-edge advanced fellowship in BPD Medicine.
This novel fellowship program is housed in the Comprehensive Center for BPD (CCBPD) at Nationwide Children's. The CCBPD was founded in 2004 and provides state-of-the-art care utilizing a multidisciplinary team focused on improving survival and long-term outcomes including cardiopulmonary and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Care within the CCBPD is provided in a first-of-its-kind 24-bed dedicated BPDICU (the only stand-alone BPD unit in the world) and after discharge, in one of the largest BPD outpatients clinics in the country.
Our team consists of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, nutritionists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, music therapists, social workers, care coordinators and psychologists all of whom are experienced and dedicated to caring for patients with moderate and severe BPD.
What You Need to Know
Curriculum
During the fellowship, trainees will be directly involved in both the inpatient and outpatient care of patients with moderate to severe BPD. The fellowship starts with an intensive introduction to the CCBPD program, with on-going didactic learning throughout the fellowship. Fellows will be actively involved in consults, both in-house at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as well as consultations from outside institutions.
A typical rotation schedule would include:
- 4 rotations in the inpatient unit
- 4 rotations in the BPD Clinic
- 2 consult rotations
- 2 research rotations
This schedule can be tailored to fit the individual needs of each fellow. Call for the CCBPD is at-home call, and fellows will take first call with BPD attending back-up up to 7 days a month depending on scheduling and duty hours. Fellows will also be expected to actively participate in the BPD Collaborative, and attendance at the annual 3-day BPD Collaborative meeting is strongly encouraged and funded by the CCBPD.
BPD Advanced Fellowship Faculty
Salary & Benefits
Our Fellows are hospital employees, and as such, they are eligible for the same benefits other full-time staff receive (with the exception of paid time off, which is outlined.) Click here to learn more about Fellowship benefits.
Research
Research education and training are vital to the mission of Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. As a top-ten free-standing pediatric research center and an academic affiliate of The Ohio State University, The Research Institute has an outstanding faculty, dedicated to training and mentoring the next generation of scientists in pediatric research.
Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Advocacy
Advocacy training fosters and encourages interest in child advocacy by early involvement and exposure to its many aspects such as addressing social determinants of health, community collaboration, health finance, health policy and legislative advocacy.
Eligibility & Application
Interested applicants should email the following items to Diana Crenshaw:
- Letter of interest
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of reference
Eligible international physicians will be sponsored with a J-1 visa.
Benefits and competitive base salary determined by PGY year and consistent with the GME-wide pay scale. Additional opportunities to moonlight in the fellow’s board-eligible subspecialty exist (such as front-line providers in the NICU, regional hospitalist shifts, and/or call/service as an attending in subspecialty).
Contact
Edward Shepherd, MD
Program Director
Edward.Shepherd@NationwideChildrens.org
Diana Crenshaw
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Diana.Crenshaw@NationwideChildrens.org
(614) 722-4559
