Office of Medical Education

Program Overview

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship Program is a one-year advanced training program that offers an innovative and collaborative learning environment for physicians interested in becoming leaders in the field of pediatric cardiac critical care.

The fellowship includes robust education and training in all facets of pediatric cardiac critical care needed to develop as an outstanding pediatric cardiac intensive care doctor.

The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute provides comprehensive care to neonates, infants, children and adults with congenital heart disease. Fellows will be involved in all aspects of the spectrum of care including pre- and post-operative management, mechanical circulatory support (ECMO/VAD), heart failure and transplantation, echocardiography and non-invasive imaging modalities, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, PICU, and anesthesia. The curriculum is tailored to the trainee’s background and previously completed fellowship. The fellowship is integrated with other programs including pediatric cardiology, critical care, and neonatology offering the trainee opportunity to take part in collaborative quality improvement projects, scholarly work and research.

Training includes close interaction with faculty, participation in education curriculum, mentored scholarly academic investigation, and performance assessments. Fellows will manage, educate, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including advanced practice providers, resident physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, respiratory therapists, social workers and case managers. Rounds are multidisciplinary, family-centered, and follow a team-science approach.

The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship Program trains one fellow per year.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s At-a-Glance

Licensed beds: 259
Percentage ICU Beds: 63%
Inpatient admissions: 6,900+
Total surgeries: 8,000+
Emergency Center visits: 43,000+
Outpatient Visits: 310,000+
PICU + IMCU Beds: 28
CVICU: 22

Cardiovascular Conditions in the CVICU:

• Congenital heart defects
• Care after cardiac surgery and complex catheter interventions
• Complex arrhythmias, including supraventricular tachycardia
• Heart failure and heart transplantation
• Mechanical circulatory support/VAD
• Myocarditis
• Pulmonary hypertension

Curriculum

The block schedule is representative of the philosophy of graduate medical education underlying the pediatric cardiac critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins All Children's. The training program is grounded in the educational needs of fellows offering great flexibility while ensuring robust exposure to foundational aspects of pediatrics and cardiac critical care. At the completion of the year of training, the fellow will have been rigorously prepared for entering a pediatric CVICU or for pursuing additional advanced training.

All Fellows, regardless of training background:

• 24 weeks (includes weeks of Junior Attending): CICU
• 4 weeks: Cardiac Anesthesia/Surgery/Perfusion
• 6 weeks: Elective
  • Academic Focus
  • Adult Congenital
  • Advanced Imaging
  • If desired, this time can be spent in one of the required rotations
• 4 weeks: Research
• 20 days of vacation

Fellows with prior Pediatric Cardiology training:

• 12 weeks: PICU
• 2 weeks: Anesthesia (Airway Management)

Fellows with prior Pediatric Critical Care Medicine training:

• 8 weeks: Echocardiography
• 4 weeks: Catheterization
• 2 weeks: Electrophysiology

In addition to the core curriculum, fellows will have the opportunity to participate in projects where they develop hypotheses and conduct scholarly exploration and analysis of critical issues in pediatric cardiology. Areas of scholarly activity may include, but are not limited to: basic, clinical or translational biomedicine, health services, quality improvement, bioethics, education and public policy.

The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research includes the Research and Grant Administration Core, Study Design and Analysis Core, the Pediatric Biorepository, the Research Operations Core, the Database Design and Data Management Core, the Investigational Drug-Services Core, the Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Core, and the Investigational New Drug/Investigational Device Exemption Core. Fellows are encouraged to apply for CTRT program.

Learn more about the Center for Pediatric Clinical/Translational Research Training, Education, Engagement and Mentorship.

Academic Conferences

Weekly

• CICU Chronic Care
• Surgical Conference
• Flight Plan and Upcoming Cases
• Fellow Didactics

Monthly

• MM&I
• Hands on Cardiac Morphology
• Research on a Napkin
• CICU Attending didactics
• Heart Institute Journal Club

About our Community

St. Petersburg, Florida, is part of the thriving and diverse Tampa Bay area with easy access to Gulf Coast beaches, big-league sports (Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, Tampa Bay Rays baseball, Tampa Bay Lightning hockey and Tampa Bay Rowdies men’s and Tampa Bay Sun women’s soccer), renowned museums (Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts and Tampa Museum of Art), performing arts (the Mahaffey Theater, Ruth Eckerd Hall, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts), international airports (Tampa International Airport, St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport) and family-friendly theme parks (Busch Gardens Tampa, Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and SeaWorld Orlando). Learn more about the Tampa Bay area.

Application Requirements

Applicants must have completed an ACGME accredited Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship or a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship.

J1 or H1B Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

How to Apply

We are a participant in SF Match.