Our Program at Stanford University

The Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (LPCH) is an ACGME accredited 3-year training program designed to prepare physicians who are board eligible in pediatrics to become leaders in the field of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes in academic or clinical medicine.

Spread over the three-year program, the fellow completes one year of clinical training and two years of either basic science, clinical or translational research and participates in grant writing and a quality improvement project. Clinical training is performed both on Stanford campus at the Mary L. Johnson Pediatric Ambulatory Care clinic and at Stanford Children’s Health endocrinology clinics located in neighboring communities, Los Gatos and Sunnyvale.
 

Environment

The fellows interact closely, in a friendly and supportive environment, with each other and division faculty who supervise fellow care of patients, education, scholarly activity, and career development. They are encourage to participate and take leadership roles in the many inclusive, social, and educational opportunities available through the division, department of pediatrics, pediatrics education office, graduate medical education office, School of Medicine (SOM), Housestaff activities, BeWell and wellness initiatives, University events, office of community health at SOM, Stanford Arts, pediatrics Fellows Council, University-wide student organizations/interest groups, and Bechtel International Center just to name a few!
 

Scholarly Activity

In keeping with guidelines established by the American Board of Pediatrics and the vision of Stanford School of Medicine to fuel innovation and transform patient care, all fellows are required to pursue hypothesis-driven research during their fellowship and participate in a quality improvement project. Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of the unique breadth of multidisciplinary research opportunities available within Stanford University’s Seven Schools. With assistance from Dr. Aye, fellows identify a research mentor and project early in their first year.

This is a clinically, front-loaded program, however, research time is allocated throughout the three years with much of the third year dedicated to scholarly activity. In the first year, fellows will commence research and develop and submit a grant proposal for internal review and funding with the Child Health Research Institute (CHRI). The process mirrors that of external, competitive grants to better prepare fellows for transition to future careers. Individualized scholarship oversight committees (SOC) are formed once a project is identified and they meet semi-annually oversee the fellow’s progress. Fellows regularly present to the faculty, are encouraged to present at local and national conferences and to submit a scholarly manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal by the completion of their third year.

The program and department facilitate the development of fellows' research and grant writing skills in manys including the enrollment of fellows in Spectrum, a one-week Intensive Course in Clinical Research (ICCR), built into the rotation, regular Research Club meetings, CHRI Grant Writing Club meetings, and ongoing mentorship.

Funding

The School of Medicine offers a very competitive pay and benefits package to fellows. The program guarantees funding for all three years. Fellows are required to participate in the internal, Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) grant writing and application process to seek research funding for the 2nd and 3rd year. External funding may also be pursued.
 

Clinical Training and Rotations

The fellow's office and rest areas areas are on campus at the main hospital as is the primary pediatric endocrinology clinical site and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The brand new children's hospital set to open by the end of 2017 is adjacent. However, there are numerous satelite, partner clinics in the region where fellows are able to rotate either for convenience or to gain wider exposure to diverse populations and cases. Currently, call is taken from home. 

Education

In addition to clinic-based learning and delivering resident lectures, fellows are required to attend weekly didactic sessions where they present journal articles, case conferences, research, and physiology talks to division members and affiliates. Fellows conduct their own, weekly board review series. The Pediatrics Fellows' College series, monthly division faculty lectures, weekly adult endocrinology conferences, and pediatrics grand rounds also comprise the curriculum.

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