The fellowship program consists of clinical experiences and formalized instruction, including weekly research conferences, perinatal physiology conference, clinical case conferences and perinatology conferences with faculty from the Division Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Our Fellows are expected to participate actively, very early in their training, in some of the ongoing research programs and are encouraged to develop individual research projects of their own design. For individuals interested in continuing their research beyond three years, there will be an opportunity to remain at Babies and Children's Hospital of New York one or two additional years as junior faculty. The clinical experience during the three-year training program at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center is intense and extensive. The first year is comprised of six months clinical experience, five months of research and one month's vacation.
Clinical service is divided between two separate rotations.
The first rotation is the management of the entire 33-bed NICU and the second is the management of the delivery service, transitional nursery, transport service and consultation service. During the first year, fellows learn the bulk of their clinical skills. By participating in daily work rounds and the didactic lecture series for the residents, the fellows acquire experience in teaching and lecturing. The second and third years are much like the first, but with only four and two months of clinical service, respectively. The fellow, in conjunction with the attending physician, is the primary director of clinical care.