Our Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

• While on a hospital medicine team, you will be responsible for a team of patients, leading rounds that includes medical students, residents, APPs and/or APP students, while under the supervision (direct and indirect) of a PHM faculty member.
• Assignments to the various coverage roles will include pager triage, staffing patients during times of daily peak volume, and coordinating care during handoffs.
• During selected rotations, call will include some overnight hospitalist inpatient shifts or night call in the PICU.
• Clinical experiences in other required rotations will find you rounding with board certified/eligible specialists and becoming a part of their team for 2 weeks.
• Research blocks will allow you to focus on your research topic either at the hospital or off site. Regularly scheduled meetings with your mentorship team will ensure that you stay on target.

The curriculum includes:

• Inpatient hospital medicine rotations at Children’s Wisconsin. Fellows will rotate on of our academic hospitalist inpatient services and gain experience managing common pediatric conditions, rare diseases, and medically complex children. The inpatient experience will include time working on the resident service, the APP team, and night/call shifts. Triage, complex care coordination, and surgical co-management will be emphasized throughout the rotations. Bedside and didactic teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, APPs, NP students, and PA students will occur during these rotations.
• Community hospital medicine rotations. Fellows will rotate at Children’s Wisconsin Fox Valley, gaining experience with providing care outside of an academic center. Emphasis will be placed on evidence-based community practice, triage and level-of-care decisions, and delivery experience.
• Required key clinical rotations. Fellows will rotate though other clinical services in the Department of Pediatrics to gain essential experiences and skill that are central to a career in hospital medicine. Rotations will include newborn nursery, special needs/complex care, sedation, palliative care, and others.
• Elective rotations. Fellows will have the opportunity to select clinical and non-clinical electives that align with their individual interests and career goals.
• Longitudinal experiences. Throughout fellowship, teaching and medical education, leadership/administration, quality-improvement, co-management, and other areas will be built upon as part of rotations and clinical experiences.
• Research and scholarly activities. Fellows will have significant time dedicated to a research/scholarly project, with the expectation of a scholarly product by the end of fellowship. We will work with you to identify a project and mentorship early in fellowship and partner with you to meet this goal.
• PHM fellows’ conference series. A fellows-centered didactic curriculum will complement the clinical and other educational experiences to ensure a well-rounded educational experience.

See the Clinical Schedule and Elective Offerings

Our 2-year fellowship program is ACGME accredited and begins on July 1 each year. We accept two fellows every year through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Applicants must have completed a US-accredited residency program. Applications from prospective applicants are accepted from July through October via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). We will access your application and contact you to make interview arrangements.

Complete applications should include the following:

• ERAS application form
• At least 3 letters of reference including Program Director letter
• Medical Student Performance Evaluation/Dean's Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal statement
• MD Applicants: USMLE scores - Steps 1, 2, and 3 or
• DO Applicants: COMLEX scores – Levels 1, 2 and 3
• ECFMG certificate for foreign medical school graduates (see visa information below)

Our program currently accepts the following visas:

• Permanent Resident Visa
• Visitor Exchange Visa sponsored by ECFMG (J-1)
• Temporary Professional Workers (H-1B)

For additional visa information please visit MCW’s office of Graduate Medical Education.

What do you enjoy about the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine?

What do you enjoy about working at MCW and CW?

What do you enjoy about working with the fellows?

What do you love about Milwaukee?

As a fellow in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Program you will have the opportunity to gain extensive clinical experience at both Children's Wisconsin Main Campus and Fox Valley. Patient care activities include extensive inpatient service experience, including rotations in hospital medicine, newborn nursery, pulmonary consults, procedural sedation, special needs/complex care, and palliative medicine. Elective options include transport medicine, emergency medicine, multiple subspecialty electives, infectious disease, behavioral health, and more!

At MCW and within the Department of Pediatrics, we have several programs and resources focused on fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. Our departmental and institutional focus is confronting negative perceptions and welcoming our community. Below is just a sampling of the efforts across our institutions to embed the principles of diversity and inclusion into our culture.

• DOP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council | Our Diversity Council, led by Dr. Mike Levas, the DOP Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, and comprised of faculty, staff, administration, and trainees, is focused on connecting with partners across our system and within the community to ensure the DOP is a diverse, equitable and inclusive employer.
• DOP Fellowship and Residency Diversity and Inclusion Committees | In a city filled with its own diversity and rich cultural history, our fellows and residents recognize the importance of addressing diversity, health equity, and inclusion within our programs. As such, the program is proud to recognize the presence and work of its Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• DOP Unconscious Bias Training | The AAMC has partnered with Cook Ross, Inc., a leading consulting firm, to create training focused on the science behind unconscious bias to help academic medical staff and faculty mitigate disparities. Seven members of our team have earned a certification as unconscious bias trainers through Cook Ross. These trainers have translated what they’ve learned into a two-hour training for our faculty and staff. By learning how to identify and confront unconscious bias, it is possible to mitigate the impact and promote respect for all groups.
• Trauma-Informed Workplace Training | This committee has undertaken actions including a department-wide survey and the creation of four online training modules sharing the principles of trauma-informed approach and how to recognize signs and symptoms of trauma in ourselves and others. This group started as part of Fostering Futures, a state-wide initiative aimed at infusing a trauma-informed approach into all the systems and organizations that touch the lives of Wisconsin citizens with the goal of expanding across the state to make Wisconsin the first trauma-informed state in the nation.
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Established in March 2016, the MCW Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) partners within MCW and with community partners to foster and drive inclusion excellence as an effective, empowering enabler of MCW mission and strategic goals.
• Spring Festival of Cultures | The annual Spring Festival of Cultures encourages an increased awareness and celebration of the visible and non-visible identities among our MCW community. This three-day event is an opportunity to promote the fostering of diversity, inclusion and unity at MCW.
• President’s Diversity and Inclusion Award | MCW’s President's Diversity and Inclusion Award recognizes the accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, residents, trainees, and community members in contributing to diversity and inclusion through exemplary leadership.
• Institute of Health and Equity | The Institute for Health & Equity is focused on researching the root causes of health disparities in our communities, and advancing the best ideas to foster health equity throughout the world. We target populations with abnormally high rates of disease and injury – urban and rural alike – and then we find out why. Partnering with community health collaborators who live and work closest to the most vulnerable populations, we are making an impact on reducing those disparities, one community at a time.
• GMF-MCW Partnership | Through their overall partnership, MCW and GMF will bring complementary expertise on a range of strategies to invest in the health, equity and economic well-being of people across Milwaukee, beginning with the neighborhoods adjacent to the new development. Guided by community priorities and data, the GMF-MCW Partnership will be a catalyst for additional investment and community impact. Together, the partners will:
  • Engage resident and community partnerships
  • Improve social determinants of health
  • Catalyze change that leverages resources and investment

Learn More about MCW's Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Eligible candidates must have completed an ACGME-accredited Pediatric residency and be board-eligible in pediatrics at the start of fellowship training. Candidates must be able to be licensed in the State of Wisconsin.

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals does accept visas, as per their policy. Please see the MCWAH visa information site for further details.

Current Fellows

Danielle Owerko

Scholarly & QI Project: “Driving Down the Bilirubin: Using quality improvement methodology to improve the care of infants admitted for phototherapy after the birth hospitalization.” 

Supplemental Training: Kern Kinetic3 Excellence in Teaching (EIT) Track (completed 6/2023) - Excellence in Quality Improvement Principles (EQuIP) Program (completed 3/2024) – Epic Physician Builder Certification (completed 12/2023) Leadership (Committees, etc): - PHM Section Quality Improvement Sub-Committee – Member - Children’s Wisconsin Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia System-Wide Pathway Development Team – Member, PHM Representative for Literature Review -AAP SOHM Emerging Leaders Conference 

Peer Reviewed Presentations:

1. Owerko D, Nelson A, Preloger E. A Curious Trend: Prolonged Length of Stay for Infants with Hyperbilirubinemia During the Viral Surge, Poster Presenter, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition (Washington D.C.), 10/23/2024.
2. Owerko D, Burek A, Hadjiev J. All in His HEADSS: A Teenager with New Onset Focal Seizures, Super Conundrum Oral Presenter, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA),08/05/2023.
3. Owerko D, McCarthy P, Muriello M. Apnea, lactic acidosis, and hypoglycemia…Oh my! A neonate’s journey down the mysterious diagnostic yellow brick road, Oral Presenter, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting (Lake Buena Vista, FL), 07/30/2022.
4. Owerko D, Ryan K, Cabacungan E, Yan K, Saudek K. Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia: Variability in Knowledge and Practice Habits, Poster Presenter, Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting, (Denver, CO), 04/25/2022.
5. Owerko D, Ryan K, Cabacungan E, Yan K, Saudek K. Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia: Variability in Knowledge and Practice Habits, Virtual Poster Presenter, American Pediatric Association Regions 5 and 6 Joint Conference (Virtual), 03/04/2022. 

Peer Reviewed Publications: 

1. Owerko D. Crystal, Cake, and K2: What teens are smoking, snorting, shooting, and swallowing. PHM National Conference Session Summary for The Hospitalist, published 11/01/2023
2. Owerko D, Ryan K, Cabacungan E, Yan K, Saudek K. Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Assessing variation in knowledge and practice. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 28;18(2):e0282413.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282413. PMID: 36854033; PMCID: PMC9974112. 

Chrissy McKinney

Scholarly Project: Impact of COVID-19 and MIS-C on Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Common Bacterial Infections

QI Project: Eliminating Monitor Overuse Study, Rhabdomyolysis Clinical Pathway Guideline

Supplemental Training: Kinetic3 Excellence in Teaching Program

Publications:

1. Scott MW, Metcalf C, Bhadury S, Feygin Y, Neal AE. Impact ofCOVID-19 pandemic healthcare restrictions on utilisation and diagnostic yield of outpatient transthoracic echocardiograms. Cardiol Young. 2022 Nov16:1-6. doi: 10.1017/S1047951122003535. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36380489.
2. Qureshi AM, Goldstein BH, Glatz AC, Agrawal H, Aggarwal V, Ligon RA, McCracken C, McDonnell A, Buckey TM, Whiteside W, Metcalf CM, Petit CJ. Classification Scheme for Ductal Morphology in Cyanotic Patients with Ductal Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow and Association with Outcomes of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Apr1;93(5):933-943. PMID:30790426
3. Glatz AC, Petit CJ, Goldstein BH, Kelleman MS, McCracken CE, McDonnell A, Buckey T, Mascio CE, Shashidharan S,Ligon RA, Ao J, Whiteside W, Wallen WJ, Metcalf CM, Aggarwal V, Agrawal H, Qureshi AM. Comparison Between Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stent and Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt as Palliation for Infants with Ductal Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow: Insights from the Congenital Catheterization Research Collaborative. Circulation. 2018 Feb 6; 137(6): 589-601. PMID: 29042354
4. Whiteside W, Tretter JT, Aboulhosn J, Aldoss O, Armstrong AK, Bocks ML, Gillespie MJ, Jones TK, Martin MH, Meadows JJ, Metcalf CM, Turner ME, Zellers T, Goldstein BH. Acute and Midterm Outcomes of Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement for Treatment of Dysfunctional Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Conduits in Patients with Aortopulmonary Transposition and a Systemic Right Ventricle. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Sep;10(9). PMID: 2885171
5. Kaddourah A, Basu RK, Bagshaw SM, GoldsteinSL, [and AWARE Study Investigators, including Metcalf C]. Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults.

Presentations:

1. McKinney CM, Patterson A. Development of a Pediatrics Medical Education Elective Using the Six Step Approach to Curriculum Development. Poster Presentation at the Gradating Resident Research Symposium, Norton Children’s Hospital, June 2022.
2. Metcalf CM, Scott MW, Maqsood S, Holland B, Neal A. Native Mitral Valve Thrombus in a Teenager with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Poster Presentation at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions, June 2021.
3. Metcalf CM, Patel AK, Schwenk KM. An Atypical Presentation of an Atypical Bacteria: Mycoplasma Pneumonia – Induced Erythema Nodosum and Mucositis in a Teenage Female. Poster Presentation at the Heartland Hospital Medicine Poster Conference Virtual Poster Contest, August 2020.
4. Patel AK, Metcalf CM, Schwenk KM. The Deteriorating Teenager: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Adolescent Female. Poster Presentation at the Heartland Hospital Medicine Poster Conference Virtual Poster Contest, August 2020.
5. Metcalf CM, Veldtman G, Goldstein SL, Bennett M, Seckeler MD, Cooper D, Pitner HE, Radomsky A, Goldstein BH. Subclinical Chronic Kidney Injury is Common in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Fontan Circulation: Results of a Urinary Biomarker Study. Oral Presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, Nov 2018.
6. Metcalf CM, Veldtman G, Goldstein SL, Goldstein BH. AKI in Fontan-Palliated Patients: Incidence and Risk Factors. Poster Presentation at the Clinical Research Professionals State of the Union. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, April 2015.

Past Fellows

Riley Boland

Scholarly Project: Creation of a Needs-Focused Supplemental Teaching Didactic for the Pediatric Clerkship

QI Projects:

• REVISE II
• Discharge Delay Prevention
• Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC)
• Pediatric Clerkship Needs Assessment

Publications and Presentations:

• Boland R, Lauck S. Creation of a Needs-Focused Supplemental Teaching Didactic for the Pediatric Clerkship. University of Southern California Innovations in Medical Education Conference. Poster Session. 2022, Feb. Los Angeles, California
• Boland RS, Kelly MM. Characteristic Differences in Hospitalized Children with Complicated and Community-Acquired Pneumonia. AAP News. February 2021.

Leann Madion

Scholarly Project: Overweight Infants Hospitalized with Bronchiolitis at Risk for More Severe Disease

QI Project: AAP Bronchiolitis Workgroup

Supplemental Training: Kinetic 3 Excellence in Teaching Program

Leadership: Children’s Wisconsin Patient Experience Committee Representative

Publications and Presentations:

• Madion L. Overweight infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis at risk for more severe disease. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition. Virtual. Oct 8-11, 2021.
• Madion L, Rogers, A. A Virtual Solution to Teaching Communication Skills to Pediatric Residents. Pediatric Academic Society. Poster Presentation. Apr 21-25, 2022.
  Swartz S. Madion L, Corbin B. Tired of Missing the Tap? Using Ultrasound to Improve Lumbar Puncture Success. Pediatric Academic Society. Workshop Facilitator. Apr 21-25, 2022.

Bethany Corbin

Scholarly Project: Needs Assessment of Children with Medical Complexity to Identify Barriers for Transitional Care in the Inpatient Setting

QI Project: Antibiotic De-sensitization and de-escalation of low risk Penicillin Allergies

Supplemental Training: Kinetic3 Medical Educator program

Publications and Presentations:

• Swartz S, Madion L, Corbin B, Tired of Missing the Tap? Using Ultrasound to Improve Lumbar Puncture Success. Pediatric Academic Society Conference 2022. Denver, CO. Workshop Facilitator. Apr 21-25, 2022.
• Corbin B, McCarthy P. Crushing Back Pain with a Crushing Diagnosis. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference 2022. Orlando, FL. Clinical Conundrum Poster Presentation. July 2022.

Lauren Titus

Scholarly Project: Creating a Curriculum of LGBTQ+ Liberation and Inclusion for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Providers Informed by Qualitative Research with LGBTQ+ Youth

QI Project: Impact of implicit bias on racial disparities in patient & family interactions with hospital security

Supplemental Training: Kinetic3 Medical Educator Research Track

Publications and Presentations:

• Titus L, Stephany A, Porada K, McFadden V. Intent, Substance, and Care: Characteristics of Adolescent Ingestion Hospitalizations. Hosp Pediatr 2021 02;11(2):160-166 PMID: 33468552 01/21/2021.
• Hall JM, Havens PL, Mitchell EA, De Vela GN, Titus LL, Dasgupta M, Simpson PM, Kehl SC, Willoughby RE, Henrickson KJ, Mitchell ML, Huppler AR, Chusid MJ. Blastomycosis in 64 Wisconsin Children: Unanticipated Infection Risk and Severity in Urban Residents. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2021 09 01;40(9):802-807 PMID: 33990518 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112752993 05/16/2021.
• Christianson K, Kalinowski A, Bauer S, Liu Y, Titus L, Havas M, Lynch K, Rogers A. Using Quality Improvement Methodology to Increase Communication of Discharge Criteria on Rounds. Hosp Pediatr 2022 02 01;12(2):156-164 PMID: 34988584 01/07/2022.
• Titus L. That “Gnawing” Feeling that You’re Missing Something: A Case of Transaminitis Initially Attributed to an Ingestion. Accepted for poster presentation at PHM 2022.
• Titus L. Hints Gleaned from the Spleen: An Unusual Cause of Neonatal Sepsis. Accepted for oral presentation at PHM 2022.
• Titus L, Kosasih M, Liegl M, Pan A, Porada K, McFadden V. Characteristics of Adolescent Drug Ingestions Requiring Intensive Care Unit Stay. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022. Online Clinical Investigation. 2022 Dec 26; 34(3):1-9.
• Syed A, Bryant A, Titus L, Aggarwhal P, Zetley L, Bauer S, Willie C, Dowell J. A Retrospective Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Security Activations at Children’s Wisconsin. Poster presentation. Presented at: MCW’s 2022 Community Engagement Poster Session. Milwaukee, WI. November 3, 2022.
• Bryant A, Syed A, Titus L, Aggarwhal P, Zetley L, Bauer S, Willie C, Dowell J. A Retrospective Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Security Activations at Children’s Wisconsin. Poster presentation. Presented at: Best Practices in Pediatrics 2023 Hybrid Conference. Baraboo, WI. March 3-4, 2023.
• Titus L, Bryant A, Syed A, Zetley L, Bauer S, Willie C, Dowell J. A Retrospective Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Security Activations at Children’s Wisconsin. Poster presentation. Accepted for presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies 2023. Washington, D.C. April 27-May 1, 2023.
• Titus L, Porada K, Liegl M, Pan A, McFadden V. Declines in Diagnosing Adolescent Chlamydia Infections During COVID-19. Poster presentation. Accepted for presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies 2023. Washington, D.C. April 27-May 1, 2023.

Bethany Corbin, MD
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Hospitalist
University of Rochester Medical Center
Strong Memorial, Rochester, NY

Lauren Titus, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI

Leann Madion, MD
Staff Hospitalist
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN

Riley Boland, MD
Clinical Associate
Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL

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After successful recruitment, rising fellows will be contacted to identify an area of interest, such as clinical research, quality improvement/safety, or educational scholarship. We will work with you to connect you with a faculty mentor/coach to help you select a project and support you throughout your fellowship so you can meet the ACGME requirements for scholarly productivity.  The Joint Fellowship Curriculum and Hospital Medicine Fellows’ Curriculum will help fellows develop skills in study design and research methodology, grant writing, statistical analysis, and other fundamentals.

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