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Brian K. Alverson, MD
- Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
- Professor (PAR) of Pediatrics
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Ben Bodnar, MD
- Director of Quality and Safety, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program
The mission of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program is to produce academic leaders in the field of pediatric hospital medicine who will contribute to advancements in the care of hospitalized children.
Program Goals
Our ACGME-accredited, two-year fellowship specifically aims to:
- Enhance the expertise of already excellent clinicians in the care of hospitalized children across the spectrum of medical acuity and complexity in both tertiary and community settings.
- Promote the practice of evidence-based, high-value, patient- and family-centered care.
- Cultivate an environment in which diversity, inclusion and equity are valued and prioritized.
- Provide a flexible curriculum that allows fellows to tailor their training and experiences to their clinical and academic goals and interests.
- Foster the development of fellows as quality improvement and patient safety champions through formal training and leadership experience.
- Support and mentor the development of fellows’ individual scholarship interests, so they are well-positioned for success as academic faculty members post-graduation.
Current Fellows
Year 2 Fellow
Varsha Sarma, M.D.
Hometown: South Brunswick, NJ
Undergraduate: Kean University, Union, NJ
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Why I Chose Hopkins: I chose Hopkins because of all the opportunities it has available to explore multiple facets of working at a major children's hospital in a large health system with lots of resources. It has a strong focus in QI but also has mentorship in various other areas within hospital medicine that I am interested in exploring.
Academic Interests: quality improvement to aid in providing high-value care, DEI, gender affirming care
Non-academic Interests: cooking and baking, crocheting (i own way too much yarn), watching theater specifically musicals, going to the beach, traveling
Undergraduate: Kean University, Union, NJ
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Why I Chose Hopkins: I chose Hopkins because of all the opportunities it has available to explore multiple facets of working at a major children's hospital in a large health system with lots of resources. It has a strong focus in QI but also has mentorship in various other areas within hospital medicine that I am interested in exploring.
Academic Interests: quality improvement to aid in providing high-value care, DEI, gender affirming care
Non-academic Interests: cooking and baking, crocheting (i own way too much yarn), watching theater specifically musicals, going to the beach, traveling
Year 1 Fellow
Emma Close
Hometown: Hollis, NH
Undergraduate: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Residency: Yale, New Haven, CT
Why I Chose Hopkins: I chose Hopkins for the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population within a large and collaborative system. I was impressed by the variety of academic interests of the faculty here, and am eager to find my niche here.
Academic Interests: Medical education, coordination/transitions of care for medically complex children, adolescent medicine
Non-Academic Interests: Running, hiking, reading, and going on adventures!
About the Hospital Medicine Program
Meet the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Director
Meet a Pediatric Hospital Medicine First-Year Fellow
Meet a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Graduated Fellow
Core Faculty
Virtual Tours
Virtual Tour of Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country in our state-of-the-art Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center building.
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Clinical Training Sites
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, within The Johns Hopkins Hospital, offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country. Each general pediatric floor is supported by case managers, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists and dieticians.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center contains a 15-bed combined pediatric emergency department/inpatient unit as well as a newborn nursery overseen by pediatric hospital medicine faculty. Fellows will rotate at this site for their community hospital medicine experience.
