Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship

University of Illinois Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship

We are currently not accepting applications for Pediatric Fellowship.

The University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Anesthesiology offers one-year ACGME-accredited subspecialty training in Pediatric Anesthesiology.  Clinical rotations take place at the University of Illinois Hospital (UIH), Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago, and Advocate Children’s Hospital.  The majority of rotations occur at UIH and Shriners Hospital; complex congenital cardiac rotation occurs at Advocate Children’s.   Currently one fellow is accepted every year through the National Resident Matching Program.

Perioperative Clinical Experience

• Anesthetic management of pediatric patients in general pediatric operating suites and off-site locations such as radiology, gastroenterology and cardiac catheterization lab;
  • management of patients with complex medical and congenital heart disease
  • major orthopedic surgery, including scoliosis repair with instrumentation
  • craniofacial reconstruction
  • urologic surgery
  • interventional vascular and neuroradiology
• Acute pain management:  regional anesthesia as cornerstone of multimodal pain control
• Participation in preoperative consultation and in multidisciplinary meetings.

Clinical Rotations

• Main Operating Rooms and Off-Site Anesthesia – 8 months
• Neonatal Critical Care – 4 weeks
• Cardiac Anesthesia – 4 weeks
• Quality Improvement – 4 weeks

Educational Components

• Twice-weekly conferences covering core topics
• Journal Club every other month
• Departmental morbidity and mortality conference
• Participation in simulation once a month
• Supervision and teaching of residents in the OR