Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Program Mission Statement
Our mission is to prepare future pediatric hospitalists to provide exemplary family-centered care, to be leaders and teachers of pediatric hospital medicine, and contribute to research and quality efforts within the field of pediatric inpatient medicine.
Program Aims
- To practice patient centered medicine of the highest standard for medically complex pediatric patients.
- To develop an area of specialized skills in one of four domains: clinical research, advocacy, quality improvement or medical education.
- To inspire trainees to incorporate leadership into their professional identity formation.
Where You Belong. Where You’ll Grow.
Shaping the Future of Pediatric Medicine
At Johns Hopkins All Children’s, medical education is about more than training — it’s about mentorship, collaboration, and creating the best environment for children and those who care for them.
Train Where You’ll Belong
Choosing Johns Hopkins All Children’s means world-class faculty, hands-on learning, and a culture that helps you grow into the physician you want to be. See what makes our programs different.
Innovative Learning Environment
Doctors in a medical simulationThe Mission of the PHM fellowship program is to train the next generation of leaders in Pediatric Hospital Medicine within an innovative, collaborative, personalized and learner-centric environment. Fellows will develop superior skills in delivering family-engaged patient care through a systems-based model, advocating for safety, quality and value-based care, and in advancing scientific research and investigation.
Our simulation center will expose fellows to state-of-the-art simulation experiences with the most advanced technology available for simulation-based learning.
A personalized academic structure will allow the fellow to advance individual learning objectives and develop expertise in a specialized area of interest with the following highlights:
- Individualized learning objectives
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Weekly “on-the-job” mentorship meetings
- Opportunities to develop expertise in specific areas of individual interest
- Emphasis on active learning and simulation
Research and Investigation
The Johns Hopkins All Children’s PHM fellowship program provides the fellow a range of opportunities to pursue clinical, integrative basic science and translational research, as well as quality improvement and educational scholarship. The program benefits from research collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Medicine campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
Training Opportunities
Fellow scholarship endeavors are supported by the cores and shared resources offered by the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). Housed within the Research and Education Building, the ICTR strives to engage and support investigators across all levels of experience. Fellows have access to the Center for Pediatric Early-Phase Trials, Clinical Coordinating Center for Pediatric Multicenter Studies, and Data Coordinating Center for Pediatric Multicenter Studies, as well as the shared resources that provide biostatistical and data acquisition support necessary for scholarly activity.
In addition to core research services, we offer two unique resources to fellows. The Program for Pediatric Health Equity Research, led by Dr. Raquel Hernandez M.D., M.P.H., strives to address child health disparities and promotes diverse research efforts to address these disparities across both inpatient and outpatient care settings. Additionally, the Center for Clinical/Translational Research Training, Education, Engagement, and Mentorship (C-TEEM), led by Dr. John Morrison M.D., Ph.D. (PHM fellowship alumni), offers fellows several opportunities to engage with the research organization and serves as a launching pad to assist fellows with taking projects through the research life cycle.
During their training, fellows within our program are provided several opportunities to collaborate with colleagues to develop, execute, and disseminate their scholarly work. The weekly Division of Hospital Medicine Works-in-Progress meetings provide fellows with a platform to receive and provide feedback on projects of all stages while also exposing fellows to a core research and quality improvement methodology curriculum. Fellows also have the opportunity to share their work at the institutional wide Interdisciplinary Research Forum (sponsored by the C-TEEM) and the Pediatric Grand Rounds. Fellows wanting in-depth training in clinical and translational research practices are able to participate in the Clinical and Translational Research Training Track (CTRT), that provides a year-long mentored research experience paired with targeted didactic lectures and offers participants up to $20,000 to fund research-related needs. Additional training in key topics relevant to careers in academia are provide by the monthly Seminar Series in Academia.
Current Research Efforts
The Division of Hospital Medicine prides itself in pursuing a variety of scholarly activities. Faculty are active in grant-funded clinical and translational research relevant to the field of Pediatric Hospital Medicine including: bronchiolitis and other respiratory infections, complex care management, hospital readmissions and sepsis recognition. Additionally, several faculty are active in medical education research including trainee autonomy, simulation-based training, and undergraduate medical education. Supported by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, our pediatric hospitalists have several ongoing quality improvement efforts surrounding sepsis recognition, clinical documentation improvement, care coordination, and addressing unmet social needs. Fellows with interests outside of the aforementioned areas are welcomed and supported to expand their ideas, and are further supported in establishing a team of mentors through the C-TEEM Trainee Mentorship Committee!
Clinical
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital is the primary training site for the PHM fellow. This 259-bed hospital is home to a 56-bed pediatric medicine unit and 28-bed neurosurgery and surgery unit.
Many of the patients on these units are cared for by the hospitalist team, either independently or co-managing with a wide range of surgical and medical subspecialty services.
The fellow will also spend 4 weeks at a community hospital in the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, with the focus in core pediatric hospital medicine skills. 36-40 patients per day are divided amongst three resident teams led by hospitalists.
Current Faculty Scholarly Activities
The Division of Hospital Medicine prides itself in pursuing a variety of scholarly activities. These areas of scholarship represent potential areas where fellows can receive mentorship from faculty with similar interests and become actively involved in related projects. Fellows with interests outside of the areas below are welcomed and supported to expand their ideas, and they are further supported in establishing a team of mentors through the C-TEEM Trainee Mentorship Committee.
Grant-funded clinical and translational research relevant to the field of PHM
- Bronchiolitis and other respiratory infections
- Complex care management
- Hospital readmissions
- Sepsis recognition
- Hospital-acquired conditions
- Biomarker discovery and validation
- Multi-‘omics’ research
Medical Education Research
- Trainee autonomy
- Simulation-based training
- Interprofessional education
- Undergraduate medical education
- Academic coaching
- Faculty development curricula
Quality Improvement Projects
Supported by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, our pediatric hospitalists have several ongoing quality improvement efforts.
- Sepsis recognition
- Clinical documentation improvement
- Care coordination
- Addressing unmet social needs.
Rotations At a Glance
Core Clinical Rotations8 months |
Systems and Scholarship8 months |
Individualized Curriculum8 months |
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Hospital Medicine
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Improvement Science
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Child Abuse and Neglect
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Complex Care
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Clinical and Translational Research
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Additional time in pediatric subspecialties
(i.e. Palliative Care, ID, Pulmonology, Nephrology)
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Surgical Co-management
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Medical Education
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Pain Management
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Critical Care (EM, PICU, NICU, Transport)
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Leadership
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Transport Medicine
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Newborn Care
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Practice Management
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Emergency Medicine
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Patient Safety
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Additional time for scholarship and non-clinical electives
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Advocacy
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Medical informatics
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Program Leadership
Kimberly Collins, M.D.
Program Director of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Kimberly Collins, M.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and serves as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Collins is a graduate of the University of Toledo College of Medicine, where she also completed her pediatric residency and served as chief pediatric resident.
She joined Johns Hopkins All Children's in 2014 as a Pediatric Hospitalist and has served as a core faculty member of the pediatric residency program since that time. In 2017, she co-founded the Johns Hopkins All Children's Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship with Dr. Dudas and has led curriculum development and program expansion since that time. She served as Fellowship Associate Program Director from 2017-2026 and assumed leadership position as Fellowship Program Director in 2026.
Dr. Collins is actively involved in simulation-based medical education, including curriculum development and implementation for pediatric residents and PHM fellows. Her primary area of scholarly interest is medical education research, including exploring novel ways of characterizing clinical learning opportunities and experiences, as well as scholarship around simulation based medical education. She also mentors fellows in a variety of scholarly projects, with special interest in projects involving innovations in medical education.
Robert “Bob” Dudas, M.D.
Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Robert “Bob” Dudas, M.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and serves as the Chair of General Pediatrics, Hospital and Adolescent Medicine for Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.
Dr. Dudas established the Pediatric Hospitalist Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland,, and served as its medical director until joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in 2015. His research interests include medical education with a focus on clinical skills development, simulation and learning technologies. His scholarly activity includes more than 25 peer-reviewed articles and educational materials and 60 national presentations, posters and workshops.
Dr. Dudas has won institutional teaching awards from both medical students and residents, and he received the 2013 Outstanding Achievement in Education Award from the Institute for Excellence in Education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The following year (2014) he was awarded the Teaching and Education Award from the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics. He received the 2015 Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Teaching Program Award for his role in the Harriet Lane Pediatric Medical Education Program as well as the 2015 APA Teaching Award for Faculty. He serves on the editorial teams for American Academy of Pediatrics Journals Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics.
Check out what Dr. Dudas has been working on below!
Fellows
Samantha Melo-Delacruz, M.D.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
Dr. Melo-Delacruz is a second-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Clinical and Scholarly Interests: Pediatric legislative advocacy, medical ethics, inpatient quality improvement, resident education
Personal Interests: Spending time outdoors, hiking and group fitness!
Michael Sider, M.D.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
Dr. Sider is a second-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow. He completed his pediatric residency at Yale University.
Hometown: Syosset, New York
Clinical and Scholarly Interests: Medical Education, and Simulation
Personal Interests: Working out, running, scoping out good local restaurants and cafes, and spending time with his dog!
Braidy Megeff, M.D.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
Dr. Megeff is a first-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow. She completed her pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and served as Chief Resident thereafter.
Hometown: Champaign, Illinois
Clinical and Scholarly Interests: Research on escalation of care in bronchitis, anything falling at the intersection of pediatric hospital medicine and critical care
Personal Interests: Running, reading, cats, Harry Potter and making dinner at home with her boyfriend!
Emma Milne, M.D.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
Dr. Milne is a first-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
Hometown: Andover, Maine
Clinical and Scholarly Interests: EPIC secure chat messaging, pneumonia and high-value care
Personal Interests: Cycling, national parks, and hanging out with her husband and daughter
Alumni
John Morrison, M.D., Ph.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Morrison practices hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Director for Center for Training, Education, Engagement, and Mentorship at Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Florida Chapter Co-Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Early Career Physician Committee. Dr. Morrison is board certified in pediatric hospital medicine.
Click the Bio link to see what Dr. Morrison has been up to since completing the Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship in 2019:
Brittany Casey, M.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Casey completed her fellowship training in 2021 and now practices pediatric hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She is also a member of the Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Team as an Inpatient and Outpatient Pediatrician. Her academic interests during fellowship focused on quality improvement, specifically in hospital readmissions and the care of the medically complex child. See Dr. Casey's scholarly activity below!
Maddie Mier, M.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Mier completed her fellowship training in 2022 and was the recipient of the Janet G. Root Award for Outstanding Research by a Fellow. She is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the Southern Illinois University of Medicine. Her academic interest during fellowship focused primarily on Provider Handoffs of Pediatric Unmet Social Needs at Hospital Discharge.
Aaron Samide, M.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Samide graduated from the pediatric hospital medicine fellowship in 2023. He completed his Pediatric Residency Training at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and served as a Chief Resident. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Samide now serves as Pediatric Hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Nortons Children's Hospital. He has actively pursued quality improvement projects, including early recognition and communication of clinical deterioration as well as ensuring safe and effective discharge communication.
Kristen Calhoun, M.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Calhoun is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins All Children's Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program. She graduated from Texas A&M University College of Medicine and then completed her pediatric residency training at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Originally from Houston, Texas, she returned to Dallas after fellowship as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Her clinical interests include culinary medicine, GI disorders and evidence-based medicine.
Morgan Smith, M.D.
Academic Pediatric Hospitalist
Dr. Smith practices Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She completed her Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship and her Pediatric Residency training at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, where she also served as chief resident. Dr. Smith’s clinical and scholarly interests include care of the medically complex child, medical education, and curriculum design.
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Timeline and Process
The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship is a two-year fellowship program.
Two fellows per year will be accepted for fellowship training.
Candidates must have completed an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and be eligible for a State of Florida Medical Training License.
The program accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and interviews will be conducted from August-November.
Our fellowship enrolls with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Pediatric and Medical Specialties Match.