Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Curriculum and Training
About Our Program
Clinical Experience Heading link
A typical day on-service includes:
- Transition of Care from on-call fellow: 8am
- Rounding: 9:00-12:00 pm
- Morning huddle: 9:00 am
- Conference: 12-1 pm
- Afternoons involve updating parents, attending deliveries, performing procedures, and managing new admissions.
- Transition of Care to the on-call fellow or attending: 4 pm
Clinical teams
The babies in our unit are typically divided into 4 teams. These teams each have a unique structure and make-up. Fellows will rotate through all teams with increasing independence throughout their fellowship experience.
Team info Heading link
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Red team details
This team is composed of an attending, a neonatal nurse practitioner, and a resident caring for a mix of micropreemies and intensive/intermediate care infants.
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Blue team details
A mix of intensive and intermediate care infants with a variety of medical conditions including major congenital heart lesions, congenital diaphragmatic hernias, or pulmonary hypertension. Composition of the team includes an attending, a resident, and a neonatal nurse practitioner.
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Green team details
This team is composed of an attending, a neonatal nurse practitioner, and a resident caring for a mix of micropreemies and intensive/intermediate care infants
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White team details
This team takes care of prenatal consults and primarily intermediate care infants or infants transitioning to home staffed by a neonatologist +/- a resident.
Research Experience Heading link
Current research and quality improvement projects include the following
Projects list
- Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) Mothers and Newborns affected by Opioids (MNO) Neonatal Initiative
- Osteopenia of Prematurity QI
- Intubation rates in the delivery room by Interface QI
- Comparative Screening Criteria for ROP QI
- Post-operative Hypothermia QI Collaborative
- Hypothermia in the Delivery Room QI Collaborative
- Small Baby Transport Team Review
- Provider Handoff in the NICU
- Precision Medicine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Follow-Up Project
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- Improving Growth and Nutrition in the NCCU
- SBU Workgroup QI
- The Impact of Growth Velocity Outcomes in the NCCU
- Utilizing Virtual Reality as a Model for Neonatal Resuscitative Procedures
- Piccolo Procedure for PDA closure QI
- Illinois Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing (rWGS) State Consortium QI
- Nutrition in the SBU QI
- ILPQC Health Disparities in the NICU
- Least Invasive Surfactant QI
- Review of readmission rates for infants administered a single dose of Synagis ™
Fellowship Curriculum Heading link
Our fellowship curriculum is designed to prepare you for life as an academic neonatologist or a neonatologist in private practice. You will have ample time taking care of extremely premature infants, complex congenital diseases, attending deliveries, and mastering the necessary procedures. You will gain expertise in rounding and teaching residents as well as working alongside neonatal nurse practitioners. Additionally, with over 40 subspecialties represented at our institution, you will have the opportunity to participate in electives which further your interests and your career goals.
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First year details
Block 1–Orientation, 100% clinical
Block 2–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 3–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 4–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 5–Neonatal intensive care unit red team
Block 6–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 7–Neonatal intensive care unit green team, 100% clinical
Block 8–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 9–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 10–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 11–Neonatal intensive care unit red team, 100% clinical
Block 12–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 13–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
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Second year details
Block 1–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 2–Neonatal intensive care unit green team, 100% clinical
Block 3–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 4–Research, 100% clinical
Block 5–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 6–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 7–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 8–Elective/research, 50% research and 50% clinical
Block 9–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 10–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 11–Neonatal intensive care unit white team, 100% clinical
Block 12–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 13–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
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Third year details
Block 1–Neonatal intensive care unit red team, 100% clinical
Block 2–Neonatal intensive care unit white team, 100% clinical
Block 3–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 4–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 5–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 6–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 7–Neonatal intensive care unit red team, 100% clinical
Block 8–Vacation/research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 9–Neonatal intensive care unit green team, 100% clinical
Block 10–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 11–Neonatal intensive care unit blue team, 100% clinical
Block 12–Research, 90% research and 10% clinical
Block 13–Vacation/elective, 100% clinical
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Call schedule details
1st year: 60 in-house calls
2nd year: 50 in-house calls
3rd year: 40 in-house calls
Weekday calls: 4 pm – 8 am
Weekend/Holiday calls: 8 am – 8 am
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details
- Required developmental follow-up clinics throughout training to meet requirements for graduation
- Opportunities to operate and lead teams in our neonatal stabilization room resuscitating infant down to 22 weeks EGA.
- Formalized Training in NICU consults
- Pairings with both an academic mentor and research mentor
Didactic Lectures Heading link
Our didactic curriculum is designed to give you a thorough knowledge of development and physiology that you will need to take care of patients as well as eventually pass your boards. Neonatal fellows participate in a dedicated didactic “educational” session each Thursday afternoon between 1-4 pm. During this time, fellows participate in educational activities including ECMO conference, a comprehensive neonatal board review curriculum, and simulation. In addition, fellows participate in a Fellows’ Collaborative along with the Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine and PICU fellows. Topics include wellness/well-being, mentorship, teaching, personal finance, career development, communication training, biostatistics, etc.
Conferences include:
Conferences list
- Pediatric Grand rounds
- Journal Club
- Roundtable
- Morning Report
- Board Review/Board Prep
- Joint Fellows Conference
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- MFM Conference
- VON Conference
- Neo/NNP Staff Meetings
- Daily Huddle
- ECMO Conference
- Point of care ultrasound training