Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship

The mission of Stanford’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship is to improve the care of children and adolescents who enter any emergency department by training outstanding clinicians, educators and scholars in the field of Pediatric Emergency Medicine who will pass on their knowledge and care to others.  

Thank you for your interest in our program.  We offer fellows from both Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine residencies rigorous and diverse training.  Fellows have unique opportunities to become educators, investigators, and administrators, with access to the support and resources of Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and the Department of Emergency Medicine.

The ACGME-accredited fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Stanford is designed to provide structure but has the flexibility to support an individual’s needs and interests.

We strive to offer unique opportunities, including the option to pursue a master’s degree, with tuition support, starting your second year of fellowship, contingent upon:

• Approval by the program director before application to ensure clinical time and scholarly work will not be compromised.

• The fellow independently applies for the Master’s program during the first year of fellowship and is accepted by the winter/early spring.
   

The master's degree option requires a minimum three-year commitment and could extend to four years.

Please contact us at pem-fellowship@stanford.edu if you have questions.

Fellows will develop graduated responsibility over their first year of fellowship. In their second year, fellows are expected to precept residents and “run the board” under the supervision of a faculty member. 

Each year consists of thirteen 4-week blocks, with a sample schedule below.

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

Pediatric Trained Fellows
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 5 blocks
Research - 5 blocks
Adult Emergency Medicine - 1 block
Elective* - 1 block
Vacation - 1 block

* Elective options include

• Ultrasound
• Global Health
• Quality improvement
• All pediatric sub-subspecialty including orthopedics, ophthalmology, radiology, otolaryngology, cardiology

Fellows are also certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support, The Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and Advanced Trauma Life Support.

Education Curriculum

Fellows meet three to four times a month with faculty and participate in:

• Core lectures and workshops
• Board review question discussions
• Journal club
• High acuity case discussions
• Quality improvement topics
• Clinical guidelines and pathways
• Ultrasound education
• Research in progress updates

Fellows build their academic portfolio by teaching residents and medical students during the emergency medicine core conference, pediatrics noon-conference, and high-acuity simulation acuity cases.  There are also opportunities to write peer-reviewed review articles and book chapters.

Research Curriculum

Fellows are given multiple sources of support during the development of their scholarly project including:

• A 1-week Scholarship Bootcamp in the fall by sponsored by the Fellows College
• A faculty mentor with oversight by the fellowship director, research director, and scholarly activity meeting
• Optional research and grant writing clubs each held twice a month to assist fellows develop their project
• Didactics in principles of statistics, study design, evidence based medicine
• Dedicated research blocks every year with additional time available if needed

The Department of Emergency Medicine is currently involved in research in pediatric prehospital care, clinical effectiveness and informatics, trauma, medical education, global health, simulation, and a variety of other projects.

Administrative Curriculum

Administrative responsibilities include participation in continuous quality improvement issues, risk management, policymaking, and especially, the day-to-day operations of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine group.

Stanford University Medical Center

The Stanford University Medical Center is comprised of the

• Stanford Hospital
• The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
• The Stanford University School of Medicine

Valley Children’s Hospital

Fellows will rotate four weeks a year at Valley Children’s Emergency Department in Madera, California.  The Emergency Department at Valley Children’s is a 39-bed Level II Pediatric Trauma Center that sees 120,000+ patient visits annually.  Valley Children’s Hospital is a tertiary care center that serves the vast Central Valley region of California. More than two-thirds of the hospital’s patients are admitted through the Emergency Department.  The department has access to all of the hospital’s pediatric subspecialties and is staffed by board-certified pediatric emergency physicians. Housing will be provided and fellows will also have approximately two anesthesia shifts during the rotation.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Fellows rotate 4-8 weeks of adult emergency medicine rotation at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the second busiest county Emergency Department in California.  The Emergency Department is a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Burn Center, seeing more than 110,000 patients per year. There are approximately 3,000 trauma activations each year with a high proportion of pediatric traumas. The urban population is extremely diverse, including many recent immigrants, and the Emergency Department treats all comers, regardless of ability to pay.

Annual Salary (2024-2025)

• PGY4: $113,276
• PGY5: $119,558
• PGY6 CIR/SEIU: $124,280

Annual stipends:

• Housing Stipend: $12,000
• Cellphone Stipend: $1,000
• Meal allowance $2,000
• GME Education Stipend: $2,000
• PEM Education Stipend: $2,000
  
• PEM Conference Stipend: Up to 4,000
• Moving stipend: $3,500 (new hires and one-time only)

Licensing and certification fees covered:

• Board Examination Fees
• ATLS Certification
• PALS Certification
• NRP Certification
• Medical license and renewals
• DEA license and renewals

Education materials provided:

• American Academy of Pediatrics Membership & Monthly PREP E-Med subscription
• MacBookAir or Dell Laptop (University property)

Other benefits:

• Free Caltrain use
• Full heathcare insurance (medical/dental/vision)

Please refer to the GME website for additional fellow benefit details.

The Stanford Community

Fellows can enjoy use of the extensive Stanford University educational and recreation facilities that include four pools, thirty tennis courts, three fitness centers, an indoor rock climbing facility and a championship golf course. Residents also receive discounted tickets to NCAA sporting events and may even work alongside the Sports Medicine team. 

The Bay Area

The Bay Area, the hub of technology, is considered one of the most beautiful places to live, with adventures in all directions:

• San Francisco (30 minutes)
• Napa and Sonoma valleys (2.5 hours)
• Lake Tahoe skiing and hiking areas (4 hours)
• Yosemite National Park (4 hours)
• Carmel, Monterey and Big Sur (2-3 hours)

Alumni

2024

Shubhi Goyal Goli, MD
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Preeti Panda, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

2023
Aneta Pariaszevski, MD
University of California, San Francisco

2021
Lauren Cantwell, MD
Renown Regional Medical Center & Children’s Hospital; Reno, NV

Sean Curtis, MD
Golisano Children’s Hospital, Fort Myers, FL

2020
Melissa Hersh, MD
Valley Children’s Hospital; Madera, CA

Coordinator

Brenda J. Roth
Program Coordinator, Pediatric Emergency Fellowship
Phone: 650-725-9445
Email: Brenda Roth

Applicants must have satisfactorily completed a Pediatric or Emergency Medicine residency program in North America and be board eligible prior to the start of the fellowship.

Applications are through ERAS and NRMP. The deadline to submit applications is August 31.

Program requirements:

• Personal statement
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of recommendation (including a letter from the current program director)
• Dean's letter
• Medical school transcript
• Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the USMLE, taken within the seven-year time frame, or equivalent scores

Please also refer to the prospective residents page on the GME website for other questions, including information about visas or international medical school graduates.

Please contact pem-fellowship@stanford.edu with any additional application questions.