Holtz Children’s Hospital one of the largest children’s hospitals in the southeast United States and has one of the largest neonatal care units in North America. Located at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, it is known worldwide for their team of pediatric specialists experienced in treating children with all types of needs through collaborative success between Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami Health System.
Within the Pediatric Cardiac surgery program, the pediatric anesthesia fellow focuses on the anesthetic requirements and support for surgical and interventional correction of congenital heart diseases in newborns, children and adults. The Holtz Children’s Hospital Children’s Heart Center utilizes advanced technologies along with the specialized pediatric teams approach to maximize survival and quality of life for these children.
The Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is established as a leader in the care of pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery patients. They offer the most up-to-date facilities, surgical methods and technology. At Nicklaus Children’s, the pediatric cardiac surgical program performs more than 200 open-heart cases each year. The fellow will also gain experience in the perioperative care of children undergoing a variety of sub-specialty surgeries including neurosurgery, facial-maxillary reconstruction, ENT and general surgery.
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately 800 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 309-bed hospital, known as Miami Children’s Hospital from 1983 through 2014, is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor.
The active pediatric solid organ transplant program at JMH is The Miami Transplant Institute at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive transplant institutes where the surgeons and specialized anesthesiologists are known for their expertise in handling multi-organ transplantation. Pediatric fellows participate in these cases and their peri-operative performance, longitudinal learning experience and skills advancements with placement of invasive monitors is measured throughout the year utilizing specific metrics.
The considerable academic support of our complex, multifaceted, integrated teams has enabled this program to continue to reach the highest levels in pediatric anesthesia and perioperative healthcare for our region. The fellowship promotes sub-specialty systems thinking, smooth integration of interdisciplinary linkages along with improved clinical-academic support. At JMH, fellows will gain considerable experience in the anesthetic care of full-term and premature infants.
Requirements
Applicants must have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited program in anesthesiology, be in good standing in the prerequisite program and must have passed step 3 of the USMLE. Applicants must have a current and valid Florida Medical License or must be eligible to be registered upon appointment.
Program Curriculum
The Clinical training in Pediatric Anesthesiology is spent caring for pediatric patients in the operating rooms, other anesthetizing areas and in the intensive care units. This includes experience providing anesthesia for inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures, non-operative procedures outside the operating rooms, pre-anesthesia, post anesthesia care.
The specialty curriculum allows for full participation in the educational and scholarly activities within the training program along with opportunities to develop research projects, foster and track entrust able professional activities and benchmarking performance in achieving independent practice.
The pediatric anesthesia fellows are asked to participate in weekly pediatric anesthesia conferences and present an advanced clinical cardiovascular topic once a month moderated by the pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists. They also participate in pediatric solid organ transplant conferences, pediatric cardiac surgical conferences and pediatric anesthesia simulation activities.
The pediatric anesthesia fellow will have full access to the library, research and computer facilities at UM/JMH Department of Anesthesiology. He or she will be expected to participate in research projects, patient safety initiatives and Quality assessment and improvement activities during their fellowship year where they will have assistance of the full time research staff in the department.
Our Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship program participates in the SF Match/CAS application system. Please click here to apply to our program through the SF Match. Both application and ranking will take place via the SF Match website. This application process is new for the class of 2025. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns regarding our application process.
Joseph Dayan, MD FAAP
Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology / Pediatric Critical Care
Holtz Childrens' Hospital / Jackson Memorial Hospital
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Email: JDayan@med.miami.edu
Carmen D. Manresa, M.D.
Associate Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Email: CManresa@med.miami.edu
Maria-Cristina Wells-Albornoz, MHA, MPH
Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: 305-585-1191, 2-1
Email: mcwells@med.miami.edu