The Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, is a one- to two-year program in which the research fellow will develop and conduct a variety of clinical and translational research projects. Johns Hopkins All Children’s is a 259-bed freestanding children’s hospital and tertiary referral center for west-central and southwest Florida.

Ongoing projects include clinical trials, prospective observational studies, multicenter research with regional/national research consortia, and outcomes research using large databases encompassing pediatric surgery, education and trauma.

The surgical research program is supported by a dedicated clinical research nurse. The fellow will participate in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Clinical and Translational Research training program, which provides didactic instruction, structured mentorship, and robust core research resources. These resources include study startup teams, biostatisticians, database managers, and experts in predictive analytics and machine learning.

Clinical Call Required?: No
Clinical Call Requirements: Opportunities for optional clinical call will depend on experience and performance.
Program length: 1-2 years
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Program Director: Christopher Snyder, M.D., MSPH
Source of Support: Institutional Grants

The program includes tuition funding toward a Master of Public Health or similar advanced research-related degree. Degree program options include the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of South Florida College of Public Health.

From a clinical standpoint, the research fellow is a welcomed member of the Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery and will participate with the clinical fellows and general surgery residents in weekly academic conferences and operative cases. Depending on clinical performance and interest, the fellow will have unique opportunities to assist the Esophageal & Airway Treatment and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia teams in the OR, ICU and outpatient clinic.

Our institution also offers a separate ACGME-accredited one-year Surgical Critical Care (SCC) fellowship. Options exist for a combined track that involves completing the SCC fellowship before or after the one- to two-year research fellowship. This combined track is highly selective due to the rigorous workload and is only recommended for applicants with strong interest in pursuing future careers in pediatric surgery.

Application Requirements

At minimum, fellowship applicants must have completed two clinical years of general surgery residency training (three years if interested in combined SCC-research track) in an ACGME-accredited program by the start of fellowship.

Interested applicants should send their CV, a one-page personal statement describing their career goals, and two letters of recommendation to Carrie Moreland, Program Coordinator at [email protected].