Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Innovation Fellowship
Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Innovation Fellowship
Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Orthopedic Innovation is excited to offer a one-year Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Innovation Fellowship for MD, DO, or MBBS orthopedic surgeons who wish to pursue focused training in surgical innovation, development, and research.
The Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Innovation Fellowship program is a unique one-year educational opportunity offered by the Center for Orthopedic Innovation within the Department of Orthopedics at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The program is designed to train clinicians in all aspects of medical and surgical innovation through an academic lens. Through a combined clinical and academic schedule, the fellow will gain the skills to effectively apply clinical expertise, research skills, and translational processes toward technology development and transfer.
Through the Nationwide Children's Hospital Surgical Innovation Curriculum, and direct involvement in existing development processes, the fellow will gain a holistic exposure to Total Product Life Cycle. Upon graduation, the fellow will be prepared for a successful career in academic pediatric orthopedics with the expertise necessary to advance and lead surgical innovation initiatives from both clinical and academic perspectives.
What to Know
Curriculum
During the fellowship year, the fellow will fully participate in all activities within the Center of Orthopedic Innovation and the Orthopedic Education Program. The fellow will also have a part-time clinical/surgical responsibility and may tailor this to their area of interest.
The fellow will manage the orthopedic innovation program including project oversight, grant writing, collaboration with engineers, direct interaction with research team, industry specialists, and licensing/regulatory teams. Fellows are expected to produce at least one patent, one publishable manuscript.
The fellow will have direct interaction with several key groups, including:
- Pediatric Orthopedic Clinical Faculty
- Center for Orthopedic Innovation
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Office of Technology and Commercialization
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Innovation Center
- Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium, FDA funded hub
- Orthopedic Research Team
- Pediatric Orthopedic Engineering Fellow
Through this infrastructure, the fellow will gain expertise in:
- Device development
- Needs finding and ideation
- Market and Stakeholder analysis
- Customer discovery
- Funding opportunities
- Engineering, prototyping, and testing
- Intellectual property basics
- Regulatory basics
- Quality management
- Business planning and reimbursement
Graduates from this program will be positioned to work in a large academic pediatric orthopedic practice and will be equipped to lead departmental and institutional efforts related to biomedical development, research, and surgical innovation.
Eligibility
Eligible candidates include MD, DO, MBBS or equivalent who have demonstrated interest in the field of orthopedic innovation and research, and satisfy one of the following criteria:
- Pediatric orthopedic surgeon who has completed residency and pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship
- PGY3+ orthopedic trainee interested in incorporating an innovation gap-year experience to their training
US candidates are required to have an Ohio Training or Full License. Foreign candidates are required to have an ECFMG certificate, appropriate visa, and a Limited Permit to practice medicine in the state of Ohio.
Application Requirements
This program currently accepts one fellow per academic year. Interested applicants are encouraged to send the following items to the program director and program coordinator via email:
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of interest
Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis. The program is currently recruiting for the upcoming academic cycle.
Allen Kadado, MD
Program Director
Allen.Kadado@NationwideChildrens.org
Jennifer Denny
Program Coordinator
Jennifer.Denny@NationwideChildrens.org
Meet Our Faculty
- Allen Kadado, MD
Program Director
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.
The fellow will work directly with the Orthopedic Research Team on projects related to initiatives within the Center for Orthopedic Innovation.
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.
The fellow will gain insight to the innovation gap specific to pediatrics, and learn the history and intricacies of regulatory pathways designed to mitigate the gap for pediatric devices and rare disorders. Through this training, the fellow will be equipped to appropriately advocate for improved pathways and general ecosystem for pediatric innovation.
The fellow will also interact with the Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium (MPDC), centered at Nationwide Children's, and be part of a robust national infrastructure funded by the FDA for pediatric innovation.
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.)
Contact Us
Allen Kadado, MD
Program Director
Allen.Kadado@NationwideChildrens.org
Jennifer Denny
Program Coordinator
Jennifer.Denny@NationwideChildrens.org
(614) 722-3393
