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Careers in A/I: Training Programs - Pennsylvania
Address
Allergy Immunology Fellowship Program
c/o Robin Cassidy Wood Center, 5th Floor The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399 Phone: (215) 590-1997 Fax: (215) 590-4529 Email: Cassidy@email.chop.edu Director
Kathleen Sullivan, MD PhD
Major Goals of Training Program
The Program's goal is to provide the depth of training experience in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology required to pursue any career goal in academic Pediatrics. The clinical training component derives its depth and balance through the experience at The Children's Hospital (inpatient and outpatient Pediatric Allergy and Immunology) and the adult program at the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Andrea Apter, acting Director). While Adult-Pediatric crossover is maintained to meet board requirements, we seek to provide a unique Pediatric focus. This program offers a balanced approach to immunology and allergy and fellows actively manage complex patients to gain expertise in both realms. Within the growing Division of Allergy and Immunology, there is a high level of exposure to faculty members committed to the clinical and research aspects of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. The resources for training are broad and extend beyond the Division. There are courses in statistics and molecular biology and the potential for extended epidemiology and translational research training. The entire University campus, including the Medical Center, is in the immediate surroundings so that access to faculty and programs in the Immunology Graduate group and other centers is readily available. This is a three year program to enable crystallization of clinical skills with a junior attending elective and a strong emphasis on research.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
2 Pediatrician
Duration of Fellowship
3 years (Pediatric Fellowship Training Standard)
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
10 Pediatricians (4 Academic, 6 Private)
Application Deadline
December 31
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
Not currently
Electives for Residents and Students
Available for pediatric resident or medical students. Call for information.
Special Requirements
Pediatric training in an approved U.S. or Canadian program or its equivalent
Address
Timothy Craig
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Department of Medicine, Penn State University 500 University Drive, Box H041 Hershey, PA 17033 Phone: (717) 531-6525 Fax: (717) 531-5785 Email: tcraig@psu.edu Director
coordinator
Major Goals of Training Program
The aim of our program is to train high quality clinicians with a firm background in clinical research. We wish to attract applicants from those with a research background and with the urge to enter academics or perform clinical research in addition to practicing Allergy and Immunology. Our medical center is safe and located in a beautiful rural setting. Despite being located in a rural setting the arts, music, entertainment and access to large metro centers are available. Our faculty is varied and we encourage diversity. The stress will be on case based and problem based learning instead of straight didactic; however traditional didactics will be used as a learning tool as well. Pediatric and Adult training are both stressed and competency in both is necessary for graduation. Our belief is that education should be challenging, exciting and fun.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
2-3
Duration of Fellowship
2 to 3 years
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
9 with 100% ABAI pass
Application Deadline
01 Jan
Electives for Residents and Students
Pulmonary Function, Dermatology, Otolaryngology, HIV, ID, Rheumatology, Clinical Research, Pulmonary, ICU-Pediatric, ICU- Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Transplant, Laboratory, Respiratory, Bio Statistics, Sleep, Immunology
Special Requirements
Research experience is desirable.
Address
Thomas Jefferson University
Allergy/Immunology Department 833 Chestnut St. East Philadelphia, PA 19107-5541 Phone: (302) 651-4343 Fax: (302) 651-6558 Director
Stephen J. McGeady, MD
Major Goals of Training Program
The major goals of this training program are to develop the pediatricians and internists into excellent allergists and clinical immunologists. This goal is seen as requiring the development of diversified skills which include clinical competence, recognition of the need to treat the entire patient, and competence in application of the experimental method of clinical problems. To achieve this goal, the trainee is provided experience in a university hospital, a children's hospital and an affiliated practice. A research project which may be either clinical or basic is expected to be completed by the trainee, presented at a national meeting and reported in a manuscript.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
2 per year
Duration of Fellowship
2 years
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
7 have gone into private practice and 3 are in academic medicine
Application Deadline
December 31
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
No
Electives for Residents and Students
Yes
Special Requirements
Board eligible/certified in Pediatrics
Address
Allergy and Immunology Division
c/o Franceleen Pierce Administrative Assistant 421 Curie Blvd-BRBII-Suite 1016 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160 Phone: (215) 662-3251 Fax: (215) 662-3226 Email: franceleen.pierce@uhps.upenn.edu Director
Major Goals of Training Program
The aim of this program is to train individuals in clinical and investigative aspects of a broad-spectrum of immunologic disorders including allergy, immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. There is formal cross-training in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology in the adjacent Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. All Fellows are trained in investigative approaches with opportunity for exposure to cutting edge technology in cellular and molecular biology, epidemiology and disease outcomes research. Fellows participate in at least one basic or clinical research project and are expected to present their research findings at national meetings. Besides our clinical conference program there are combined conferences with our Pulmonary and Rheumatology Divisions and the extensive lecture program of the Immunology Graduate Group (over 150 biomedical faculty). There is also close research and clinical collaboration with the Neurology, Pathology and Dermatology Departments. An NIH-sponsored Immunology Training Grant provides funding for the research component in the third year.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
1 or 2
Duration of Fellowship
2 to 4 years
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
6 (2 academic, 4 clinical)
Application Deadline
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
Yes
Electives for Residents and Students
Pulmonary Function, Dermatology, Otolaryngology, extra Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Diagnostic Immunology Lab
Special Requirements
Residency training in Internal Medicine or combined Med-Peds programs. Prior research experience in desirable.
Address
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program
c/o Barbara Persichetti, Program Coordinator Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 3705 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Email: Barbara.persichetti@chp.edu Director
Andrew J. MacGinnitie, MD PhD
Major Goals of Training Program
The main goal of the program is to provide a broad training experience that prepares physicians to enter academics as either clinician/educators or researchers. The program is based at the only pediatric hospital in the region, and consequently trainees are exposed to a wide range of both allergic and immunologic disease states in children. The adult experience is obtained at the University Hospital which also provides a wide variety of clinical cases in adult patients. One of the strengths of the program is that there is a broad clinical experience in pediatric and adult clinical care, inpatient and outpatient cases, and both allergic and immunologic disease states. The research experience is obtained in NIH funded laboratories. Laboratory opportunities exist throughout the university. Each fellow has a mentoring committee to facilitate the selection and progress of research projects. The goal is to both present a research project at a national meeting and to prepare a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal by the completion of the training period. There is an extensive educational curriculum that includes four conferences per week for the fellows.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
2 (1 pediatrician, 1 internist)
Duration of Fellowship
2-3 years
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
6 (4 private, 2 academic)
Application Deadline
December 15, 2008
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
None
Electives for Residents and Students
Yes
Special Requirements
ABP or ABIM eligibility
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