Academic and Research Opportunities
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Required Conferences include
- Tuesday and Wednesday Noon PICU Core Didactic Conferences
- Thursday pm Cardiology Fellow conference
- Tuesday and Friday am Heart Center Surgical Disposition conference
- Monthly Heart Center M&M
Optional Conferences include:
- Hospital-wide opportunities through the Children’s Mercy Berry Institute
- Additional QI and Research Related Didactics common to all fellows.
Research
- While research is not a formal requirement of the training program, time and mentorship provided for the trainee to pursue clinical research or QI project that aligns with their career goals.
- Check out Children’s Mercy’s Critical Care Medicine Publications
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Grand Rounds - Local and national speakers present pertinent pediatrics topics weekly.
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Professor Rounds – Case-based presentations for residents and faculty prepared and presented by a senior resident each week.
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Pediatric Resident Morbidity and Mortality – A monthly conference structured to define ways to improve quality of care through the analysis of recent cases.
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Faculty Development Lecture Series – Fellows are invited to attend lectures and workshops organized by Children’s Mercy’s Office of Faculty Development.
Our Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship leadership team
Andy Ausmus, MD
Program Director
Toni Zaner, BA
Fellowship Coordinator
tmzaner@cmh.edu