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Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship

Critical Care Track (for Pediatric Intensivists)

  • Electrophysiology: 4 weeks
  • Neurocritical Care Consult Service: 16 weeks
  • Neuroradiology: 3 weeks
  • Interventional Neuroradiology: 2 weeks
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery: 4 weeks
  • Adult Neurocritical Care: 4 weeks
  • Adult Stroke: 2 weeks
  • PICU Optional: 0-2 weeks
  • CVICU Optional: 0-2 weeks
  • Neonatal ICU: 2 weeks
  • Research: 4 weeks
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Course: 1 week
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Interpretation Course: 1 week
  • Pediatric Neurocritical Care Follow-up Clinic: 1 afternoon/month
  • Multidisciplinary Pediatric Stroke Clinic: 6-12 afternoons during the year
  • Neurocritical Care Society Meeting: 1 week
  • Vacation: 4 weeks

Neurology Track (for Pediatric Neurologists) 

  • Electrophysiology: 2 weeks
  • Neurocritical Care Consult Service: 16 weeks
  • Neuroradiology: 2-3 weeks
  • Interventional Neuroradiology: 2 weeks
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery: 2-3 weeks
  • Adult Neurocritical Care: 3 weeks
  • PICU: 4 weeks
  • CVICU: 4 weeks
  • Neonatal ICU: 2 weeks
  • Adult Stroke: 0-2 weeks
  • Research 4 weeks
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Course: 1 week
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Interpretation Course: 1 week
  • Pediatric Neurocritical Care Follow-up Clinic: 1 afternoon/month
  • Multidisciplinary Pediatric Stroke Clinic: 6 afternoons during the year
  • Neurocritical Care Society Meeting: 1 week
  • Vacation: 4 weeks

Neurosurgery Track (for Neurosurgeons)

  • Electrophysiology: 4 weeks
  • Neurocritical Care Consult Service: 16 weeks
  • Neuroradiology: 3 weeks
  • Interventional Neuroradiology: 2 weeks
  • Adult Neurocritical Care: 4 weeks
  • Adult Stroke: 2 weeks
  • PICU: 2-3 weeks
  • CVICU: 2-3 weeks 
  • Neonatal ICU: 2 weeks
  • Research: 4 weeks
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Course: 1 week
  • Wake Forest University Neurovascular Ultrasound Interpretation Course: 1 week
  • Pediatric Neurocritical Care Follow-up Clinic: 1 afternoon/month
  • Multidisciplinary Pediatric Stroke Clinic: 6-12 afternoons during the year
  • Vacation 4 weeks

Didactic Components

The fellow will participate in the monthly neurocritical care education series, monthly pediatric stroke conferences, weekly neuroscience grand rounds, and relevant critical care morbidity and mortality conferences. The fellow may additionally attend weekly neurology and neurosurgical case conferences, educational neurocritical care lectures at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and the advanced ICU nursing neuromonitoring course. The fellow will be supported to attend the Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, the Wake Forest Neurovascular Ultrasound course (beginner) and the Wake Forest Neurovascular Ultrasound Interpretation course (advanced). 

Eligibility

  • Critical Care Track: candidates should have successfully completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric critical care and be board eligible/certified.
  • Neurology Track: candidates should have successfully completed a residency in child neurology and be board-eligible/certified.

Accreditation

This is a non-ACGME accredited position.

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