Fellowship Program

• Overview
• Research Program
• Clinical Program
• Clinical Conferences
• Fellows College
• Application Procedure

Overview

The Fellowship Program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) offers supervised training in clinical Neonatology and in research for a period of 3 or 4 years.  Fellows are appointed jointly to the Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute.  The Fellowship program is designed to satisfy the requirements for the Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine of the American Board of Pediatrics.  For more than 25 years, the Fellowship Program has been supported by a Training Grant in Perinatal Biology from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  A unique aspect of the Program, which demonstrates the close relationship between Neonatology and Obstetrics at UCSF, is that the Training Grant is a joint program involving Neonatology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

The Fellowship Program is intended and designed for individuals planning a career in academic medicine.  Since the Program began in 1965, approximately 100 individuals have completed training in Neonatology, and more than 70% of them currently hold full time faculty positions in academic institutions.   These include 31 Division Chiefs, 8 Chairs of Pediatric Departments and 5 who have been awarded endowed professorships.

Training in laboratory or clinical research is conducted under the supervision of a mentor and clinical training in Neonatology is conducted within the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery (ICN).  Two or three first year Fellowships are available each year.  Applicants may be asked to come to UCSF for interviews with members of the Division of Neonatology and with prospective research mentors.  Members of under-represented groups and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.