ECMO Fellowships

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1	Program Name/Institution	Location	Types of fellows accepted	Number of current fellows/year	Open to fellows outside of institution	Goals	Curriculum	Research required	Duration	Funding	Moonlighting or work as intensivist allowed	Notes	Advice for others developing a program
2	Emory University/CHOA	Atlanta, GA. USA.	Medical (PICU, NICU, PCICU) alternating with surgical fellow	1	Yes	Additional ECMO training. Involvement in research	Still being established. Tailored to goals of the fellow.	Yes	1 year	Grant funded by institution and program leader funds	Yes (at least for PICU person)		Determine who fellow will work for (university vs hospital) since non-ACGME program and details of role (PGY vs junior attending). Can you use attending billing to offset cost of fellowship? Ask for advice from a program that has put together a non-ACGME fellowship.
3	Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children/NHS	London, UK	Medical - CVICU Fellowship (PICU, PCICU, cardiac anesthesia)	2	Yes	Management of all pediatric cardiac ICU patients with focus on ECMO	Functions as a senior CICU fellow and supervises junior physicians. Didatic component with ECMO course, ECMO modules, frequent case presentations, maintenance of a case log book, working with ECMO specialists.	No (but encouraged)	1 year but may be extended	Through NHS/GOSH	Yes in CICU	Large amount of paperwork for international applicants to complete (Visa, medical board clearance, passing English test, etc) which takes time. GOSH has housing for fellows. There is an intensive care assessment with immediate feeback at the end of the fellowship.	Encourage teams to incoporate fellows into pump training/skills regularly. Recommend a training structure/curriculum.
4	Boston Children's Hospital	Boston, MA. USA.	Medical	2	Yes	Acts as an additional year after intensive care training that can be tailored to fit fellows goals. A focus on ECMO is just one possibility.	2 weeks at beginning with ECMO Specialists to be signed off on core curriculum. Total of 10 weeks of clinical service. Function as a part of the ECMO consult service rounding on ECMO patients. Participate in ECMO simulations for mobile transport.	Yes - projects are usually small and can be completed in the year	1	Service time helps to fund salary, the rest is through institutional funding		Paid per PGY level	Having an ECMO consult service is helpful to provide curriculum support
5	Seattle Children's Hospital	Seattle, WA. USA.	Surgical		Yes	Fellows should have mastered understanding of the indications for ECMO, understanding of the circuit, its components, and troubleshooting circuit problems, thorough knowledge of clinical management of ECMO patients, and successful completion of at least one research project.	Fellows are involved in all cannulations, daily ECMO patient management, and research.	Yes		Donations
6	Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor	Houston, TX. USA.	Medical or Surgical		Yes	prepare the graduate to join a high-functioning ECMO team at a tertiary medical center or join an institution contemplating the creation of a new ECMO program.	https://www.texaschildrens.org/departments/ecmo-extracorporeal-membrane-oxygenation/ecls-fellowship-2021	No	1 year	Function as an attending the unit helps fund position	Yes (required)	Must be board eligible to work as intensivist in unit
7	SickKids	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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