Hospitalist Fellowships as of September 2008

Program

Director

Contact

Status

Duration

Clinical duties

Research training

Internal Medicine Fellowships

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Christopher Whinney,  MD

Ms. Laura Greene
Fellowship Coordinator
General Internal Medicine / S-70
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone : 216/444-0933
Fax: 216/445-6420
Email:  greenel@ccf.org
Website: cms.clevelandclinic.org

1 fellow/year

1 year

3-4  months/yr

Course work in research methods and biostatistics required.

Cooper University Hospital
Camden, NJ

Eric Kupersmith, MD

Ami Joshi, DO

Eric Kupersmith, MD / Ami Joshi, DO
Program Director
One Cooper Plaza
Dorrance Building Suite 222
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone : 856/342-3150

1 fellow/year

1 year

Cooper University Hospital; is a major teaching hospital of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The curriculum will provide trainees with experience in medical education, patient safety, medical ethics, provision of care to inpatients, the business of medicine, and involvement in quality improvement for inpatient care consistent with national standards.
Find out more about this fellowship.

Grant Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Rohit Uppal, MD

Matthew Jones, MD

Sandi Miller
Program Administrator
Grant Medical Center
111 S. Grant Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-566-8270
Fax: (614) 566-8073
Email: smiller9@ohiohealth.com  

4 fellows/year

1 year

8 months/yr

None (primarily clinical)

HealthPartners Medical Group
Minneapolis, MN

Jerome Siy, MD

Laura Gaylord
Hospitalist Fellowship Coordinator
21110W
HealthPartners
8100 34th Avenue S
PO Box 1309
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Fax: (952) 883-5395
Website: ime.healthpartners.com

1-2 fellows/year

1 year

6 months/yr

Available, primarily a clinical/QI oriented fellowship.

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Jeanne Clark, MD, M.P.H.

Daniel J. Brotman, MD
Director, Hospitalist Program Johns Hopkins Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
600 North Wolfe St. / Park 307
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: (443) 287-3631
Fax: (410) 502-0923
Email: brotman@jhmi.edu
Website: www.hopkinsmedicine.org

3-5  fellows/year

2-3 years

2 months/yr

Fellows are appointed to an NIH-funded training grant and are required to complete a Master's program in clinical research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Johns Hopkins Fellowship Program does not sponsor visas.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH

Eric Howell, MD

Tiffani Panek
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
5200 Eastern Avenue, MFL West, 6th Floor Baltimore, MD, 21224
Tel: 410-550-5018
Email: tpanek@jhmi.edu

1-2
fellows/year

2 years

4 months/yr

Course work in introductory statistics and epidemiology required -QI or research project required -dedicated research mentorship -training in teaching skills and curriculum development For additional information: www.hopkinsbayview.org.

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

M. Caroline Burton, MD

M. Caroline Burton, MD
Hospital Medicine
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Email: Burton.MCaroline@mayo.edu
Website: www.mayo.edu

2 fellows/year

1-2 years

3-5 months/yr

Certificate or Master’s Degree in Clinical Research through the NIH-funded Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP).

Opportunities for other advanced degrees also are available.

Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Miami, Florida

Jessica Zuleta, MD

Jessica Zuleta, MD
Miller School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
1120 NW 14th Street, Suite CRB 935
Miami, Florida 33136
Phone: 305-243-1960
Fax: 305-243-1538
Email: jzuleta@med.miami.edu

2 fellows/year

2 years

12 months over 2 years

1. Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) thru the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
2. Foundations for Translational Science Bootcamp Training
3. Fellows have a 2 year research requirement

Northwestern University/Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Mark V. Williams, MD

Mark V. Williams, MD
Northwestern University/Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Email: mark-williams@northwestern.edu

2 fellows/year

2 years

3-4 months/yr

Advanced degree (Masters degree or certificate in Quality Improvement or Masters in Clinical Research) expected through an AHRQ funded Training in Clinical Research program.

Thomas P. Marnejon, DO

Gwendolyn Brown  
Program Coordinator, General Internal Medicine Fellowship in Hospital Medicine
St. Elizabeth Health Center  
1044 Belmont Ave  PO Box 1790
Youngstown, Ohio 44501-1790
Phone: (330) 480-3344
E-mail: Gwendolyn_Brown@hmis.org
Website: www.hmpartners.org    

1-2 fellows/year

1 years

9 months

Clinical/QI research required

St. Mary's Medical Center
Evansville, IN

Rhonda Eubanks, M.D.

Dr. Rhonda Eubanks
St. Mary's Medical Center
3700 Washington Ave.
Evansville, IN 47750
Phone - (812)485-7040
Fax - (812)485-7042
Email- reubanks@stmarys.org
Website - www.stmarys.org/hospitalistfellowship

2 fellows/year

1 year

11 months/year

Program is primarily clinical, but quality improvement
projects encouraged.

Sunnybrook and Women's Health Science Centre
Toronto, Ontario Canada

Khalil Sivjee, MD-(Education Director)

Mireille Norris MD, MHSc- (Administrative Director)

Meera Chail
Program Coordinator 
Hospitalist Training Program
Phone: (416) 480-6100 x7341
Email: meera.chail@sunnybrook.ca 

5-6
fellows/year

1 year

10 Months with 2 months Selective

Mentorship in Health Services Research, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Sutter Health Hospitalist Fellowship Program
Sacramento, CA

Ingvild Lane, M.D., Hospitalist Fellowship Director

Kristin Walter
Physician Recruitment
2750 Gateway Oaks
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: 916-643-6681
email: walterkl@sutterhealth.org

4 Fellows per Year

1 year

Core rotations include adult medicine (6 months) and critical care medicine (2 months). With 4 months of
selectives, there is significant opportunity to tailor the curriculum to personal career objectives. Options may
include pediatrics, obstetrics, internal medicine subspecialty rotations, and hospital procedures.

University of California San Francisco
Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship
San Francisco, CA

Sumant Ranji, MD

Sumant Ranji, MD
Director, UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship
533 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0131
San Francisco, CA 94143-0131
E-mail: sumantr@medicine.ucsf.edu
Website: http://medicine.ucsf.edu/hospitalists/fellowship.html#academic

1 fellow/year

1 year

2-month clinical research seminar; fellows complete QI or educational project.

University of California San Francisco
General Medicine and Primary Care Research Fellowship
San Francisco, CA

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH
E-mail: ada@medicine.ucsf.edu
Website: http://medicine.ucsf.edu/hospitalists/fellowship.html#clinicianinvestigator

1-2 fellows/year

2 year

Fellowship intended for internists interested in research careers in general medicine (primary care or hospital-based).  Fellows are appointed to an NIH funded training grant and complete research training with the option to pursue an advanced degree.

University of Chicago Hospitals
General Internal Medicine Fellowship – Hospitalist Track
Chicago, IL

Deborah Burnet, MD, MA

Deborah Burnet, MD, MA
Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine
University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2007
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-3045
Email:
dburnet@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

2 fellows/year

2 years

½ day/week outpatient clinic; option for medical consult and ward attending

Advanced degree (Masters degree in Public Policy or Health Studies) available through University of Chicago graduate schools.

University of Chicago Hospitals
Hospitalist Scholars Training Program
Chicago, IL

David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD 

Chad T. Whelan, MD

Chad Whelan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2007
Chicago, IL 60637
Fax (773) 834-2238
Phone (773) 834-5931
Email:
cwhelan@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Website: medicine.uchicago.edu

2-3 fellows/year

2 yrs with option for 3rd

3 months clinical service in 1 week blocks per year

Course work and research seminar participation required. Masters degree in relevant program (health studies, public policy, etc.) strongly encouraged. Read More about the Hospitalist Scholars Training Program.

UCSF Fresno
Fresno, CA

Steven Stoltz, MD, FACP

Steven Stoltz, MD, FACP
Director, Hospitalist Fellowship Program
UCSF Fresno Center
155 North Fresno Street, Suite #307
Fresno, CA 93701
Phone: (559) 499-6500
Fax: (559) 499-6501
Email: sstoltz@fresno.ucsf.edu
Website: www.fresno.ucsf.edu/internal

2 fellows/year

1 year

5 months of ward and consult attending; numerous clinical electives available

QI project; research workshop available

David McAdams, MD, MS

David McAdams, MD, MS
Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship in Hospital Medicine
Montefiore University Hospital
Suite 825E
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-4888
Fax: (412) 692-9440
E-mail: leema@upmc.edu
Website: http://www.dom.pitt.edu/dgim/hospitalist_fellowship/

2 fellows/year

1-2 years

7-8 months for one-year program; 5-6 months/yr for two-year program

Certificate or Master’s Degree in Clinical Research through the NIH-funded Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP).

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc

Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc
Director, Section of Hospital Medicine
Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research
1215 21st Ave S, Suite 6000 MCE
Nashville, TN 37232
Email:  sunil.kripalani@vanderbilt.edu

1-2 fellows/year

2 years

 20% effort

Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars Program, MPH, mentored QI research

Family Practice Fellowships

Central Maine Medical Center
Lewiston, Maine

Claudia K. Geyer, MD

Dr. Claudia K. Geyer
Program Director
Central Maine Hospitalists (CMH)/Fellowship Director Central Maine Medical Center
Lewiston, ME 04240
Email: geyercla@cmhc.org
Website: www.cmmcfmrp.org/hospitalist.html

1 fellow/year

1 year

Inpatient adult medicine including critical care, working primarily with the CMH team as well as subspecialty rotations and intensives including cardiology, pulmonology, critical care, nephrology, neurology, hematology/oncology and gastroenterology. Also leadership and academic role within the Central Maine Family Medicine Residency Program.

Completion, presentation and, if applicable, publication of a longitudinal research, quality, safety, guideline or development project.

San Jacinto Methodist Hospitalist Fellowship
Baytown, Texas

Rebecca H. Gladu, MD

LuAnne Graves
San Jacinto Methodist Hospitalist
4401 Garth Road
Baytown, Texas 77521
Phone: (281) 420-8747
Email:

2 fellow/year

12 months

7 months hospitalist service, 2 mos ICU, 2 mos subspecialty, 1 month research

Required  year long research project to be presented and submitted for publication.

Shands at AGH
Hospital University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

David Quillen, MD

David M. Quillen, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Hospitalist/Leadership Fellowship Director
Assistant Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Community Health and Family Medicine University of Florida
625 SW 4th Ave Gainesville, FL, 32601

1 fellow/year

1 year

Major emphasis on leadership development with opportunities for research/quality improvement.

Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Jennifer Ashley, MD

Jennifer Ashley, MD
Program Director
Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122-4307
Phone 206-215-2370
Email jennifer.ashley@swedish.org

2 fellows/year

1 year

12 month clinical experience in general medicine, intensive care, procedures, and professional development.  Optional Palliative Care/OB time.

QI project or other research required.

Swedish Medical Center
Columbus, GA

Vincent M. Nicolais, MD

Vincent M. Nicolais, MD
Chief of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Critical Care
Governor, Georgia Chapter American College of Physicians
The Medical Center
710 Center Street, Box 81
Columbus, GA 31901
E-mail:  vincent.nicolais@crhs.net
E-mail:  sandy.cox@crhs.net (Sandy Cox)
Phone: 706-571-1454
Fax: 706-660-2750
Website: www.columbusregional.com/medicaleducation

2 fellow/year

1 year

12 months clinical per year

Research/QI training available; Primarily multi-disciplinary clinical orientation with emphasis on clinical skills and procedures, certificate at completion.

Umass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Jasen W. Gundersen, MD

Jasen W. Gundersen, MD
UMass Memorial Medical Center
119 Belmont Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Phone: (508) 334-8515
Email: jasen.gundersen@umassmemorial.org

1 fellow/year

1 year

1 year

Clinical fellowship with experience in intensive care medicine, procedures, clinical quality improvements, research and faculty development.

WVU Rural Hospital Medicine Fellowship Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Mark Cucuzzella, MD

Mark Cucuzzella, MD
WVU Department of Family Medicine-Eastern Division
171 Taylor Street
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Phone: 304-535-6343 x268
Email: cucuzellam@rcbhsc.wvu.edu
Website: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/eastern/som/fellowships.asp

1 fellow/year

1 year

12 months rural hospital adult & peds

Rural hospital patient safety, PI/QI projects; telemedicine, teaching, and research skills with required scholarly submission.

Pediatric Fellowships

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio

Wendy Van Ittersum, MD

Wendy Van Ittersum, MD
Fellowship Director
Center for Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
9500 Euclid Ave, M73, Cleveland, OH 44195
vanittw@ccf.org
Office: 216-444-4998
Fax: 216-636-3363

1 fellow/year

2 years

6 months during Year 1, 5 1/2 months during Year 2

Research training:  Course work and research seminar participation required.

Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH

Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH
Email:
clandrigan@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

1 fellow/year

2-3 years

6 months during 1st year, 3 months during 2nd year

Course work (Harvard School of Public Health Clinical Effectiveness Program) required, advanced degree (MPH) possible.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer Maniscalco, MD, MPH

Reyna Allende
Fellowship Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd, MS #94
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Office: 323-361-6927
Fax: 323-361-8566
Email: rallende@chla.usc.edu

1 fellow/year

2 years

6 months during first year (general inpatient pediatrics and specialty rotations), 4+ months during second year (general inpatient pediatrics and specialty/elective rotations)

Course work and seminar participation required.

Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC

Paul E. Manicone, MD

Paul E. Manicone, MD
Division of Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, International Program Children's National Medical Center
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington DC, 20010
Office: 202-476-3602
Fax: 202-476-3732
Email: pmanicon@cnmc.org

Active

2-3 years

6 months per year

Course work required, advanced degree training (MPH) possible through George Washington University.

Janet Weis Children's Hospital at the Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA

Paul J. Bellino, MD, FAAP

MaryAnne Wesner
Fellowship Coordinator
100 N. Academy Avenue
Danville, PA  17822-2701
Phone: (570) 271-5606
Website: www.geisinger.edu
Email: mwesner@geisinger.edu

1 fellow/year

2 years

Year 1: 38 weeks (Inpatient Service, Sedation Service, LVL 2 Nursery, PICU)

Year 2: 27 weeks (Inpatient Service, Community Hospital Inpatient Service, Sedation Service, Newborn Nursery)

Formal research training through on-campus Center for Health Research.  Advanced degree (MPH) possible through Johns Hopkins University program - may require additional time in training program.

The University of California San Diego Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Rady Children's Hospital
San Diego, CA

Erin Stucky, MD, FAA, FHM

Children's Specialists of San Diego Hospitalists
Dr Erin Stucky
c/o Administrative Assistant
Billye Ingle
Email: bingle@rhcsd.org
Phone:(858) 966-5841 
Website: http://www-pediatrics.ucsd.edu/News/Document%20Library/UCSD.Pediatrics.HospMedFellowship.Presentation.ppt#268,8,Academics

1-2 fellows/year

1, 2, 3 years

22 weeks in a year

18 weeks in 2/3 years

Course work through UCSD Clinical Research Enhancement through Supplemental Training program. Research Degree Option: Masters in Academic Science (MAS).

Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Charles Macias, MD, MPH

Geeta Singhal, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship
Texas Children’s Hospital
6621 Fannin St
A165, MC 1-1481
Houston, TX 77030-2399
Phone: 832-824-2289
Fax: 832-825-5424
Email: gsinghal@bcm.edu

1 fellow/year

2 years

4 months (plus up to 4 months additional as elective time)

Formal research training available; advanced degree possible.

University of South Florida/All Children’s Hospital
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL

Rani S Gereige, MD, MPH

Rani Gereige, MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Academic Hospitalist Fellowship
University of South Florida/All Children’s Hospital
2 Tampa General Circle, 5th Floor
Tampa, FL 33606
Phone: (813) 259-8752
Fax: (813) 259-8804
Email: rgereige@health.usf.edu

Active

2 years

4-5 months per year

Course work required, advanced degree training (MSc) NIH-Funded K-30 in Patient-Oriented Clinical Outcome Research from USF.

Psychiatry Fellowships

The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Vansh Sharma, MD

Vansh Sharma, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Department of Psychiatry
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1230
New York, NY  10027
Tel: 212-659-8773
Fax: 212 987 4031
Email: vansh.sharma@mssm.edu

1 fellow/year

1 year

12 months on inpatient units, the psychiatric emergency room, consultation/ liaison service and the electroconvulsive therapy service.  Selectives in pain management and neuroradiology. 

In addition to advanced clinical training in the care of the hospitalized psychiatric patient, the fellowship will focus on the administrative issues that are integral to hospital- based care, including regulatory standards, quality improvement, program development and incident review.  Classes will be offered in health policy, management and economics.  Research projects will be encouraged.