Pediatric Stroke Fellowship
Pediatric Stroke Fellowship
Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers a one-year Pediatric Stroke Fellowship for a post-graduate physician interested in expanding their training and knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric stroke patients.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital's Department of Neurology and The Ohio State University College of Medicine are pleased to announce the Pediatric Stroke Fellowship.
This one-year program will allow trainees to gain extensive knowledge and experience in the diagnosis, care and treatment of pediatric stroke. Trainees will have exposure to the Nationwide Children’s Stroke and Vascular Anomalies Clinic, as well as rotations through various departments within Nationwide Children’s and OSU.
What You Need to Know
Curriculum
- Provide supervised clinical work with responsibility for outpatients and inpatients in vascular neurology with attending pediatric neurologists
- Facilitate the interpretation of clinical research in vascular neurology with the foundation of evidence-based medicine
- Provide basic understanding and familiarity with requesting and interpreting vascular imaging studies
- Gain teaching skills by education and by teaching residents and medical students rotating through Nationwide Children’s and OSU inpatient services, and the outpatient Stroke and Vascular Anomalies Clinic at Nationwide Children’s
- Introduce the trainee to clinical research, research methods and QI methods as the first step toward a career as an attending pediatric stroke neurologist
- A possible option for an additional research year
- Journal club
- Grand Rounds
Faculty
- Warren Lo, MD
Program Director - Melissa Chung, MD
Associate Program Director - Vivien Lee, MD, FAAN
- Jo Ellen Lee, APN
- Jeffrey Leonard, MD
- Amanda Sankar, MD
- Vilmarie Rodriguez, MD
- Michelle Miller, MD
- Patrick Youssef, MD
- Jeremy Jones, MD
- Christine Koterba, PhD
Salary and 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.
Selection Requirements
We will select one fellow per academic year. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Common Application
- Trainees must have completed an ACGME-accredited pediatric neurology residency in North America
- Up-to-date curriculum vitae
- Personal statement
- Provide three letters of reference
Contact
Warren Lo, MD
Program Director
Warren.Lo@NationwideChildrens.org
Melissa Chung, MD
Associate Program Director
Melissa.Chung@NationwideChildrens.org
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