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The Division of Newborn Medicine at Floating Hospital for Children welcomes your interest in our Fellowship Program. Our three-year program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. We emphasize a scholarly approach to medicine and encourage personal and professional growth in a cohesive, collegial environment.
Fellows who successfully complete our program are eligible for the subspecialty certifying examination in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine administered by the American Board of Pediatrics.
The Division of Newborn Medicine has longstanding partnerships in perinatal care and collaborative research with Tufts Medical Center's Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Division of Medical Genetics. The obstetrical service at Tufts Medical Center has a strong emphasis on prenatal diagnosis and high-risk obstetrics, and delivers approximately 1,600 babies each year. The close professional ties between the fellows and faculty of the three divisions allow for innovative research, diagnosis, and therapy of the fetus and newborn at the Floating Hospital, resulting in a superb multidisciplinary training environment for our fellows.
A full spectrum of follow-up services for high-risk NICU graduates is provided at Floating Hospital's Center for Children with Special Needs under the direction of Dr. Ellen Perrin, former president of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Our NICU's High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic provides comprehensive developmental evaluation services and follow-up assessments for randomized trials.
National Institutes of Health - funded research facilities in molecular and developmental biology associated with the Division of Newborn Medicine include the Newborn Medicine Developmental Cell Biology Research Laboratories, under the direction of Dr. Heber Nielsen, and the Genetics Research Laboratory, directed by Dr. Diana Bianchi.
In addition, fellows have the opportunity to work in any of the laboratories associated with the Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, offered through the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and headed by John Castellot, PhD. Faculty and fellows in the Division of Newborn Medicine are also members of other major research facilities in surrounding Divisions and medical institutions, including the Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown NIH Center for AIDS Research, the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine.
The Floating Hospital's Division of Newborn Medicine has a longstanding history of participation in multicenter clinical trials and NIH-funded clinical investigation. In addition, structured training in study design, epidemiology, clinical investigation, and health policy research is available for fellows interested in systematic pursuit of a career in clinical research through Tufts Medical Center’s Research Division.
The fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine may be combined with a Master of Science in Clinical Care Research, a Master's Degree in Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine or Boston University School of Public Health, or training in clinical nutrition at the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Frances Stern Nutrition Center. Fellows enjoy access to extensive reference, computer, and multimedia resources within the Division of Newborn Medicine and at the Tufts University Health Sciences Library, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Tufts University School of Medicine.
The fellowship program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine may be combined with subspecialty training in either Medical Genetics or in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the Floating Hospital for Children. Fellows successfully completing these training programs are eligible for certifying examination in both subspecialties.
Members of the Division of Newborn Medicine are involved in collaborative research and training efforts with colleagues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo. Members of the Floating Hospital's Division of Newborn Medicine, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, coordinate teaching programs that provide training in neonatal resuscitation and neonatal intensive care to several hospitals in these countries.
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