Adolescent Medicine

Fellows complete various clinical rotations at Cincinnati Children’s. Fellows work closely with the interdisciplinary eating disorder team in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Fellows provide outpatient care in a busy primary care practice serving primarily a Medicaid population. They also have the opportunity to work closely with the multidisciplinary transgender team. Fellows complete a rotation in the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)–certified medicine department of the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Youth Center. Interested fellows are encouraged to seek training in focused areas of clinical interests such as gynecology, psychiatry, endocrinology, and sports medicine.

Fellows engage in a curriculum that covers the basics of clinical research design and implementation, biostatistics, ethics in research, grant writing, and scientific writing, among other scholarly topics. They also participate in the Divisional Research in Progress seminars and Journal Clubs.

Cincinnati Children’s is ranked among the top pediatric medical centers nationwide receiving research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Many opportunities for research are available. Fellows work closely with research mentors to develop their scholarly work.

The Division of Adolescent Medicine runs the Adolescent and Transition Medicine Learning Series. Fellows have an active role in organizing and planning the series.

The Graduate Medical Education office of Cincinnati Children’s provides a year-long curriculum that encompasses the ACGME fellowship core competencies as well as the American Board of Pediatrics core curriculum for scholarly activities. It was developed by education specialists at Cincinnati Children’s and is taught by faculty who are noted for their teaching abilities. In addition, attendance is an opportunity to network with fellows from other specialties.