Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship

Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship
Curriculum
Faculty and Staff

The Pediatric Pelvic Reconstruction Fellowship is a one-year program intended for candidates who have received prior training in pediatric surgery but seek additional training in complex colorectal procedures, as well as pediatric urology and pediatric gynecology.

The Division of Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstruction at Children’s National Hospital formally integrates all specialties involved in providing complete care of the colon, rectum and pelvis in kids. This environment provides a unique experience for Pelvic Reconstruction fellows, providing access to a large number of pediatric reconstruction cases: particularly reoperations and collaborative operations involving colorectal, urology and gynecology.

The large patient volumes and number of colorectal, urologic, gynecologic and reconstructive cases at Children's National Hospital make it an ideal location to receive advanced pelvic reconstruction training. In addition, we have tremendous basic science, clinical, translational and outcomes research opportunities with unique clinical services.

Clinical Components and Supervisory Responsibilities

Didactic Sessions and Teaching Methods

The fellow will participate in the robust teaching conferences offered in the pediatric surgery, urology and gynecology programs, including the morbidity and mortality conference, all teaching conferences and the complex case planning meetings. The fellow will participate in weekly meetings with the reconstructive teams, in which case presentations and discussion will be utilized to demonstrate case selection, operative planning, medical management and identification of complications and pitfalls in order to identify optimal approaches to solving colorectal problems.

Research and Scholarly Activity

In addition to clinical duties, the fellow will spend time conducting research. Research includes:

Developing and studying surgical techniques and evaluating outcomes
Developing training modalities to determine best practices in colorectal surgical education
Basic science work in this field, if this is of interest to the fellow

The fellow will have dedicated research time, ongoing participation in data collection and QI projects focused on pelvic reconstruction surgery in pediatric patients, as well as involvement in a study of optimal curriculum development for pediatric surgical education in the area of pelvic reconstruction. If there is interest, collaboration with our basic science colleagues in the area of tissue engineering would be encouraged and fostered. The trainee is expected to submit at least three papers for publication.

Fellow Evaluation

Curriculum, Faculty and Staff, and Other Training Opportunities

Current Fellows

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Eligibility

Eligible candidates should have completed at least three years of general surgery or urology, or four years of gynecological training at an ACGME-approved (or equivalent) residency.

Applicants should:

Be fully licensed physicians in good standing in their home country
Have current clinical responsibilities in the field that would be enhanced by the additional Children’s National Hospital training
Commit to returning to their home country to practice to develop a colorectal program there
Demonstrate a need in their home country for the clinical services for which this program will train
Possess the knowledge, skills and academic achievements to be successful
Possess the support of their home institution and demonstrate that they will be able to implement program development upon return
Have the potential for ongoing collaboration and engagement of fellow/institution with Children’s National Hospital

International applicants must have completed or been in the process of completing their pediatric surgery training and obtain ABSA surgical assistant credentialing. Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the Program Director, Marc A. Levitt, M.D.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit their curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation from pediatric surgeons with whom they have worked with via email or mail to:

Marc A. Levitt, M.D.
Division Chief, Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction
Children’s National Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington DC 20010
202-476-2151