The Division of Neonatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital offers a three year Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship training program.  

Our goal is to train the next generation of physician-scientists and clinician-educators in Neonatology.  

We emphasize the importance of the role of the Neonatologist in scientific investigation to advance knowledge in the field; in education of pediatric trainees; and in family-centered care from the prenatal period, through the intrapartum and neonatal periods and beyond with focus on outcomes.

Our fellowship program curriculum is designed to provide our graduates with exceptional clinical skills in the diagnosis and management of problems of the neonate, a thorough understanding of the physiology and altered function of the fetus and neonate, an appreciation for the outcomes of the patients we treat, experience in the education of health care providers at all levels, and research experience that promotes future involvement and success in research.

This program is fully ACGME accredited and accepts three fellows per year.

We participate in a national match process to fill our fellowship positions. Applicants should submit materials via ERAS and register with NRMP, the program managing the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship match process. Per hospital policy: U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and J1 visa holders will be considered.

The Division of Neonatology at Rainbow is internationally recognized as a leading educator of pediatricians and neonatologists.  Program graduates hold senior positions in Neonatology at leading medical institutions worldwide.  The division has a rich tradition of writing and editing leading textbooks in the field including: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (Fanaroff, Martin, and Walsh), Care of the High Risk Neonate (Klaus and Fanaroff), Yearbook of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (Fanaroff, Maisels, and Stevenson), Procedures in Infants and Children (Walsh and Krug), and Neonatology at a Glance (Fanaroff and Lissauer). 

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Rainbow has nitric oxide, ECMO. and a full complement of pediatric subspecialists and surgeons available for our patients. A brand new, state-of-the-art NICU at Rainbow open its doors in Spring 2009. The NICU has approximately 1200 admissions each year including nearly 200 very-low-birthweight infants and a broad variety of neonates transported to Rainbow from community hospitals and other tertiary units.  

We are a founding member of the National Institutes of Health Neonatal Research Network which has performed landmark clinical trials providing the foundation for the practice of evidence-based medicine.  Dr. Avroy Fanaroff has played a leadership role in the NICHD Neonatal Research Network since its inception and is ably supported in this endeavor by Dr. Michele Walsh.  Dr. Maureen Hack is a pioneer in studying the long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of low birth weight infants.  Dr. Richard Martin is a leader in the field of the neurobiology of breathing, focusing on the control of breathing and airway maturation in neonates.  In addition to diverse NIH-supported research, many faculty members in the division are performing creative clinical studies with the potential for significant impact in understanding pathophysiology and management of neonates.  

 

Ranked #2 in the U.S. for neonatal care, Rainbow now has the facilities to match the outstanding care that our most fragile patients receive.

The Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Rainbow Babies opened in the spring of 2009.

The new, 38-bed NICU will bring together advanced technology, research and operative services in a homelike environment for newborns and their families.

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 844-3387

Program Director:
Mary L. Nock, M.D. mary.nock@uhhospitals.org

Program Co-Director:
Anna Maria Hibbs, M.D. annamaria.hibbs@case.edu

Program Coordinator:
Rebecca Dunsworth Rebecca.dunsworth@uhhospitals.org