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Fellowship In Pediatric Surgery

The Division of Pediatric Surgery offers a 2-year residency (fellowship) in pediatric surgery. One new resident is chosen each year through the National Resident Matching Program after completion of a general surgery chief residency. To date, almost 40 pediatric surgery residents have been trained in the Division. The pediatric surgery residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital is one of the more renowned programs in the United States. During the training period, the resident assumes graded responsibility and is exposed to the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery, including trauma, neonatal surgery, transplantation, bariatric surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, fetal intervention, and advanced anorectal reconstruction.

University of Cincinnati Surgery: Pediatric

The Division of Pediatric Surgery includes thirteen full-time pediatric surgeons, one PhD researcher, eight pediatric nurse practitioners, pediatric residents, general surgery residents from three different programs in Cincinnati, and medical students. The operating room is one of the busiest in the country with over 25,000 cases performed annually. The emergency department evaluates roughly 80,000 patients each year. Each resident completes approximately 1,400 pediatric surgery cases during the residency. The pediatric surgery residency was recently reviewed by the ACGME and received full accreditation for the next five years.

In addition to training the categorical pediatric surgery fellows (residents), the Division offers year-long advanced training experiences in Trauma/Critical Care, Fetal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Vascular Malformations, Pediatric Transplantation and Basic Science Research.

Program Administration
Frederick C. Ryckman, M.D., Program Director

For more information, contact:
Julie Ludwig, Program Coordinator
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229
513-636-7365
Julie.Ludwig@cchmc.org

Visit the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Web site.