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  • Graduate Medical Education Programs

    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has nearly 90 fellowships, more than a third of which are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

    The Graduate Medical Education (GME) office provides oversight of all residencies and clinical fellowships.  We are responsible for ensuring continued accreditation of Cincinnati Children’s as a sponsoring institution of GME by the ACGME. We ensure that programs are compliant with the common, institutional and program-specific requirements.
     

    PROGRAM

     

    LENGTH OF PROGRAM IN YEARS

    ACCREDITATION

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Adolescent Medicine 

    3

    ACGME

       Lea Widdice, MD

    Allergy / Immunology 

    2-3

    ACGME*

       Amal Assa’ad, MD

    Anesthesia, Pediatric 

    1

    ACGME

       Paul Samuels, MD

         ABA Alternate Pathway

    2

     

       C. Dean Kurth, MD

         Advanced Fellowship in Quality
         Improvement & Safety

    1

     

       Anna Varughese, MD

         Advanced Pediatric Hospice &
         Palliative Care

    1

     

       Norbert Weidner, MD

         Chronic Pediatric Pain

    1

     

       Alexandra Szabova, MD

         Intra-operative 
         Neurophysiological
         Monitoring

    6 month
    clinical track
    or
    1 year
    fellowship

     

       John McAuliffe, MD, MBA

         Neuroanesthesia

    1

     

       Paul Samuels, MD

         Palliative Care, Pediatric
         (Rotators)

     

     

       Mark Meyer, MD

         Pain Management (Rotators)

     

     

       Kenneth Goldschneider, MD

    Cardiology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Robert Spicer, MD

         Cardiac Electrophysiology,
         Pediatric

    1

     

       Erik Michelfelder, MD

         Cardiac Imaging, Pediatric

    1

     

       Timothy Knilans, MD

         Cardiac Intensive Care,
         Pediatric

    1

     

       David Nelson, MD, PhD

         Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy/
         Cardiac Transplantation

    1

     

       John Jefferies, MD

         Interventional Cardiac
         Catheterization,
         Pediatric

    1

     

       Thomas Kimball, MD

         Cardiovascular Genetics,
         Pediatric

    1

     

       Russel Hirsch, MD

         Fetal Cardiology

    1

     

       D. Woodrow Benson, MD

         Preventive Cardiology

    1

     

       Elaine Urbina, MD

    Child Abuse Pediatrics   

    3

    ACGME

       Kathi Makoroff, MD

    Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Lesley Doughty, MD

    Dentistry, Pediatric

    2

    CODA

       Erwin Turner, DMD

    Dermatology, Pediatric

    1

    ABD

       Kara Shah, MD, PhD

    Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 

    3

    ACGME

       Susan Wiley, MD

         Transitional Care of Adults
         and Adolescents with
         Developmental Disabilities

    1

     

      

    Emergency Medicine, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Constance McAneney, MD, MS

    Endocrinology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Phillipe Backeljauw, MD

        Combined Adult / Peds  
        Endocrinology

    4

     

       Phillipe Backeljauw, MD

        Neuroendocrinology, Pediatric

    1

     

       Phillipe Backeljauw, MD

    Gastroenterology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Mike Leonis, MD, PhD

        Motility Disorders

    1

     

       Ajay Kaul, MD

        Transplant Hepatology, Pediatric

    1

    ACGME

       William Balistreri, MD

    Div. of General & Community pediatrics

     

     

     

         Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine 

    2-3

     

       Jeffrey Simmons, MD, MS

         Pediatric Primary Care Research 

    2

     

       Kristen Copeland, MD

         Pediatric Primary Care Master 
         Educator

     

     

       Melissa Klein, MD

    Genetics, Medical Biochemical

    1

    ACGME

       Nancy Leslie, MD

    Genetics, Medical 

    2

    ACGME

       Robert Hopkin, MD

        Clinical Biochemical Genetics

    1-2

    ABMG

       Nancy Leslie, MD

        Clinical Cytogenetics

    1-2

    ABMG

       Nancy Leslie, MD /
       Teresa Smolarek, PhD

        Clinical Molecular Genetics

    1-2

    ABMG

       Nancy Leslie, MD /
       Brad Tinkle, MD

    Hematology / Oncology, Pediatric

    3

    ACGME

       Denise Adams, MD

        Blood and Marrow 
        Transplantation

    1

     

       Stella Davies, MBBS, PhD

        Cancer Developmental
        Therapeutics,
        Clinical Pharmacology and
        Predictive Medicine

    1

     

       John Perentesis, MD

        Clinical Immunodeficiency 

    1

     

       Lisa Filipovich, MD

        Hemophilia and Thrombosis

    1

     

       Ralph Gruppo, MD

        Neuro-Oncology, Pediatric

    1

     

       Maryam Fouladi, MD, MSc

    Infectious Diseases, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Beverly Connelly, MD

    Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 

    3

    ACGME

       Ward Rice, mD, PhD

    Nephrology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       John Bissler, MD

        Acute Care Nephrology and Dialysis, Pediatric

    1-2

     

       Stuart Goldstein, MD

    Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

    4

    ACGME

       Donald Gilbert, MD, MS

    Neurology, Child 

    2

    ACGME

       Donald Gilbert, MD, MS

        Clinical Neuroscience, Pediatric

    3

        Donald Gilbert, MD, MS

        Headache 

    1

    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties

       Hope O’Brien, MD

        Epilepsy, Pediatric 

    1

     

       Katherine Holland, MD, PhD

        Magnetoencephalography (“MEG”)

    1

     

       Douglas Rose, MD

        Movement Disorders

    1

     

       Donald Gilbert, MD, MS

        Neuromuscular, Pediatric

    1

     

       Brenda Wong, MBBS, MRCP

        Neuropharmacology / Epilepsy

    1

     

       Tracy Glauser, MD

    Neurophysiology, Clinical 

    1

    ACGME

       Katherine Holland, MD, PhD

    Neurosurgery, Pediatric

    1

    AANS

       Kerry Crone, MD

    Ophthalmology, Pediatric 

    1

     

       W. Walker Motley III, MD, MS

         Optometry, Pediatric

    1

     

       Daniele Saltarelli, OD

    Orthopedics, Pediatric

    1

    ACGME

       Eric Wall, MD

         Hand and Upper Extremity
         Surgery, Pediatric

    Half year

     

       Roger Cornwall, MD

    Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine

    1

    ACGME

       Peter Sturm, MD

    Otolaryngology, Pediatric 

    1-2

    ACGME

       J. Paul Willging, MD

    Pathology, Pediatric

    1-2

    ACGME

       Lili Miles, MD

    Pediatric Residency Program

    3

    ACGME

       Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd

       Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
       (combined program with UC)

    4

    ACGME*

       J. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd /
       Caroline Mueller, MD (at UH)

        Pediatrics / Genetics (combined
        program)

    5

    **

       J. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd /
       Robert Hopkin, MD

        Pediatrics / Neurology (combined
        program)

    5

    **

       J. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd /
       Donald Gilbert, MD, MS

        Pediatrics / PM & R* (combined
        program with UC)

    5

    **

       J. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd /
       Mary McMahon, MD

    Pediatrics / Psychiatry / Child and Adolescent / Psychiatry, “Triple Board” (combined program)

    5

    **

       J. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd / 
       Carol Engel, MD

    Pharmacology, Clinical Pediatric

    1

     

       Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD

    Plastic Surgery, Pediatric

    1

     

       David Billmire, MD

    Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent 

    2

    ACGME

       Suzanne Sampang, MD

    Psychology Fellowship

    1-2

     

       Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD

    Psychology O’Grady Residency

    1

    APA

       Carrie Piazza-Waggoner, PhD

    Pulmonology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Barbara Chini, MD

    Quality Scholars in Transforming Health Care

    3

     

       Evaline Alessandrini, MD, MSCE

    Radiology, Pediatric 

    1

    ACGME

       Eric Crotty, MD

        Body MRI, Pediatric

    1

     

       Eric Crotty, MD

        Neuroradiology, Pediatric

    1

     

       Blaise Jones, MD

    Rehabilitation Medicine, Pediatric 

    1-2

    ACGME

       David Pruitt, MD

    Rheumatology, Pediatric 

    3

    ACGME

       Jennifer Huggins, MD

    Sleep Medicine 

    1

    ACGME

       Narong Simakajornboon, MD

    Sports Medicine, Pediatric 

    1

    ACGME

       Michael Shaffer, DO

    Surgery, Pediatric 

    2

    ACGME

       Daniel von Allmen, MD

        Colorectal Surgery, Pediatric

    1

     

       Marc Levitt, MD

        ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane
        Oxygenation)

    1-2

     

       Jason Frischer, MD

        Fetal Surgery

    1

     

       Foong-Yen Lim, MD

        Gynecology, Pediatric & Adolescent  

    1-2

     

       Jill Huppert, MD, MPH

        International Pediatric Surgery

    1

     

       Daniel von Allmen, MD

        Trauma, Pediatric

    1

     

       Rebeccah Brown, MD

        Vascular Anomalies

    1

     

       Richard Azizkhan, MD /
       Denise Adams, MD

    Transition Medicine

    2

     

       Frank Biro, MD

    Urology, Pediatric 

    1-2

    ACGME

       Pramod Reddy, MD

    Urology, International Pediatric

    1

     

       Pramod Reddy, MD

    Notes

    *ACGME accreditation through University Hospital / University of Cincinnati.

    **With the exception of Med / Peds, combined programs are not accredited by the ACGME.  Each combined specialty program is made up of two to three programs accredited separately by the ACGME. 

    Acronyms

    AANS − American Association of Neurologic Surgeons

    ABD – American Board of Dermatology

    ABMG − American Board of Medical Genetics

    APA − American Psychological Association

    CODA − Commission on Dental Accreditation