Fellowship

The Department of Pediatrics and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital have 84 postdoctoral trainees in 16 subspecialty training programs, with multiple NIH T32 grants. Fellows have extensive clinical responsibilities and are encouraged to participate in local and national activities including conferences, journal clubs, and seminars to complement the activities of their specific programs.

The focus of all programs is clinical, translational, and basic investigative endeavors, and we ensure that mentorship and scholarly oversight of fellows is a high priority. The subspecialty training programs in endocrinology, gastroenterology, and infectious disease are supported by Institutional National Service Awards (NIH T32), and some fellows have pursued research training in anesthesiology, bioinformatics, genetics, and patient safety through additional T32 training grants.

Fellows Academy

Through the Fellows Academy, fellows attend monthly hybrid professional development workshops. Discussions cover a variety of topics in career planning including negotiation, writing a CV and cover letter, building a career and finding your first job, and networking, as well as clinical topics such as implicit bias and health care finances.

Fellows Research Symposium and Oberfield Prizes

In the spring of 2023 the department held its 25th annual Pediatric Fellows Research Symposium. This event includes postdoctoral fellows in basic science and graduate students within Pediatrics. Thirty posters were on display and each of the five prizewinners, below, gave research talks.

Fellow Awards

• Basic and Translational Science: Anshu Paul, Neonatology. “Microbiome Associated with Staphylococcus aureus Colonization.” Mentors: Lisa Saiman and Anne-Catrin Uhlemann
• Clinical Science: Sinead Brady, Neonatology. “Assessment of a Hemodynamic PDA with Objective Measures.” Mentor: Tina Leone
• Clinical Science: Cara Tillotson, Endocrinology. “Real-World Pediatric Outcomes of Hybrid Closed Loop Systems at a Large Urban Academic Center.” Mentor: Rachelle Gandica
• Health Services Science: Senayit Demie, Hospital Medicine. “Impact of Minority Race/Ethnicity, Language, and Public Payor Status on Pediatric Adverse Events.” Mentors: Jennifer Lee, Snezana Nena Osorio

Graduate Student Awards

• Predoctoral Science: Everardo Hegewisch-Solloa, Allergy / Immunology / Rheumatology. “Mapping human natural killer cell development in pediatric tonsil by imaging mass cytometry and high-resolution microscopy.” Mentor: Emily Mace
• Predoctoral Science: Camilla Predella, Critical Care. “Targeting and Depletion of alveolar epithelial type 2 cells in a surfactant disease model.” Mentor: N. Valerio Dorrello

Babies Hospital Alumni Association Honors and Awards

Rustin McIntosh Fellow Award

This award honors a pediatric postgraduate fellow who best exemplifies the attributes of Dr. Rustin McIntosh, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Service from 1933-1960. 2023 recipient Amanda Esteves, MD, completed her academic pediatrics, primary care research, and patient safety fellowship at NYP/Columbia, and will be staying on as a faculty member at Columbia.

Milton Singer Memorial Fellowship

This fellowship is awarded to a talented graduating pediatric fellow planning a career in research in the children’s conditions that held a special interest for Dr. Singer, particularly cerebral palsy and prematurity. Anshu Paul, MD, who received the prize in 2023, completed her pediatrics residency at Baylor/Texas Children's and neonatal-perinatal medicine training at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Dr. Paul will join Albany Medical Center as a neonatologist.

Metropolitan Fellowship

The Metropolitan Fellowship is awarded annually to a fellow demonstrating excellence in the field of hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation. Maegan Ford, MD, 2023 awardee, conducted clinical research in pediatrics and adult post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. She is joining the RWJ health care system as an assistant professor.

Jen Tien Wung, MD, Award for Clinical Excellence

This award was established in 2020 in the Division of Neonatology in honor of Dr. Jen Tien Wung. The award is presented annually to a graduating neonatology fellow who has demonstrated excellence in the clinical care of neonates that Dr. Wung so manifestly displayed during his long and distinguished career. Sinead Brady, MD, 2023 award recipient, completed pediatrics residency training and neonatal-perinatal training at Columbia/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, and will be staying on as a faculty member.

Lawrence R. Stanberry Research Grants 

In 2022 the department launched The Lawrence R. Stanberry Fellowship Research Grants Program, which honors Dr. Lawrence Stanberry, who was chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 2008-2018. These grants are intended to support research projects that are not otherwise funded in the areas of clinical research, basic science, medical education, quality improvement, health services research, or translational research. Projects that are funded are expected to be completed under the supervision of a faculty research mentor.

• Dr. Elise Kang (Gastroenterology; mentor Dr. Mercedes Martinez): Impact of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic on the pathogenesis and treatment of biliary atresia
• Dr. Danielle LoRe (Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine; mentor Dr. Kathleen Brennan): Parental perspectives on quality of life of infants born extremely preterm: a mixed methods study
• Dr. Jonathan Steinman (Endocrinology; mentor Dr. Utpal Pajvani): Dissecting the opposing roles of the Notch1 and Notch2 receptor in NASH
• Dr. Anjali Vora (Primary Care Research; mentor Dr. Marina Catallozzi): PHAM-C: Implementing and Evaluating A Public Health and Medicine Curriculum