Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship

Our NICU

Faculty and Fellows

Our NICU

As the region’s only top ranked Level IV NICU, we provide the highest level of care every day to more than 80 fragile newborns. We provide advanced treatments like ECMO and therapeutic whole-body cooling that only the leading programs can offer.

Your clinical experience

Fellows train at one Level IV NICU and three metro area Level III NICUs.

Inpatient

Fellows are exposed to a variety of pathophysiology including patients with extreme prematurity, congenital anomalies, surgical conditions, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

ECMO

Our ECMO program launched in 1987, making it one of the highest-volume of neonatal and pediatric programs in the country. The fellow provides primary care to the ECMO patients in the NICU. The neonatal home ventilator program allows fellows to participate in the care of these infants in the NICU and also in the home ventilator clinic as outpatient.

Fetal Health Center

The Fetal Health Center provides experience with fetal therapies and delivery room management of newborns with complex pathology.

Clinic

The Neonatal Follow-Up Clinics consist of extremely low birth weigh clinic; the NEON clinic includes care of patients with congenital heart disease, HIE, CDH and the home ventilator clinic.

More about your clinical experience and rotations

A three-year program

First year

Inpatient = 5 months
Research = 7 months

Second year

Inpatient = 5 months
(includes 1 month MFM)
Research = 7 months

Third year

Inpatient = 4 months
Research = 7 months
Elective = 1 month
(Several options based on individual goals)

Clinic during entire fellowship, two clinics per month.

Didactics series

Fellows participate in divisional conferences and didacts as well as hospital wide educational opportunities.

Weekly NICU education conference
Bi-monthly research
Monthly board review
Monthly case conference
Monthly faculty and fellows conference
Monthly journal club
Monthly neonatology research meeting
Monthly NICU M&M conference
Monthly pathology conference
Monthly perinatal conference
Quarterly NICU/Neuro conference
Quarterly special care conference
Quarterly transport conference
Annual fellow retreat

Simulation exercises

First-year fellows participate in a multidisciplinary "Boot Camp" facilitated by the Children's Mercy simulation center on a wide range of skills.
They also must complete a required, three-day ECMO course, followed by yearly simulations.
Monthly simulations focus on communication and advanced resuscitation.

More about the academic curriculum

Salaries and benefits

2024-25 salaries

PGY 4: $78,540.80
PGY 5: $79,539.20
PGY 6: $81,203.20
PGY 7: $84,468.80
PGY 8: $86,590.40

Benefits for fellows

$1,500 Educational stipend per academic year for books, travel and other educational materials
$2,250 Professional stipend for academic year to present scholarly activity
Health and dental insurance for trainee and dependents with no premiums
$800 a year Lifestyle Spending Account
Hospital-issued Laptop/iPad
Free parking
Moving allowance
20 days of vacation
Paid sick time
Paid board exam
Access to clinical and research librarians, statisticians, scientific writers and learning specialists
Tuition allowance of $5,250 per year
On-site fitness center and wellness center

Research opportunities

Each of our trainees is expected to complete a minimum of one scholarly project during the course of their fellowship, resulting in the submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed publication.

This is done through abundant exposure to clinical, basic science and translational research opportunities.

More about our research