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Academic Curriculum

Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship

Fellows are expected to engage in meaningful scholarly activity leading to “the generation of a specific written work product” during the course of their fellowship training. Scholarly activity may include but is not limited to basic, clinical, or translational biomedical research; health services investigation; quality improvement work; the study of bioethics; educational scholarship; and the development of public policy. The fellow begins to formulate a scholarship plan, with a specific plan and intended work product, in the first year of their fellowship. A Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) will be established for each fellow to provide guidance toward successful completion of their project. Specific responsibilities include regular meetings with progress reports, development of a timeline with specific targets for project completion, presentation, and publication of a written work product.

Teaching/Education
Physiology Tutorial Every other month Didactic sessions
Pulmonary Core Curriculum Lecture  Monthly Didactic sessions – faculty present 
Journal Club Every other month Formal presentation
Case Conferences Weekly (every Thursday) Case presentation – informal 
ATS Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Case Series Monthly Case presentations yearly
Multi-Disciplinary Sign Out Meeting Weekly Case discussion
CF Team Meeting Weekly Case discussion
Administrative Responsibilities Monthly Division's business meeting


Other courses and conferences

  • Cincinnati Flexible bronchoscopy Course
    • Funded by Children’s Mercy and offered in September and is mandatory for all first-year fellows.   
  • Annual International Conferences
    • American Thoracic Society
    • North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
    • Annual CHEST Conference
    • PAS, AAP Annual Conferences
      • Fellows are encouraged to prepare and submit cases or projects 

View other GME or hospital conferences.

Our Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship team

Alvin Singh, MD
Program Director
avsingh@cmh.edu

Erin Khan, MD
Associate Program Director
ekhan@cmh.edu

Megan Smith, MSE
Fellowship Coordinator
mrsmith4@cmh.edu