Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

The Newborn Hospitalist Fellowship Program will be a one-year, non-ACGME accredited training program that will educate pediatricians to provide care in a NICU, Special Care Nursery, or Newborn Nursery setting. This program is intended to train providers who will work alongside or in place of advanced practice providers or who will oversee the care provided in a community Special Care Nursery and / or Newborn Nursery.

Through supervised rotations in Level II, III and IV NICUs, Newborn Nurseries, community sites, and delivery room resuscitation teams, the fellow will acquire the medical knowledge and procedural skills needed to care for infants in these settings. The fellow will also be educated on billing and coding requirements, quality improvement methodology, and the use of telemedicine. The fellow will be expected to complete a quality improvement project.

The fellow must have completed a Pediatric residency program and be board-eligible or board-certified in Pediatrics. Once the fellow is deemed competent in basic resuscitation skills and standard NICU procedures, they will be expected to bill for delivery room attendance and any procedure performed that is not included in a daily (bundled) billing code.

Proposed Schedule

• One month on a Level IV NICU Team at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• One month on a Level III NICU Team at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Four months on the Triage Team (delivery room resuscitation team) at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• One month on a Level II NICU Team at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Two months on the Newborn Nursery Team at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Two months at a community site (e.g., UPMC Horizon)
• One month of vacation

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