Allergy and Immunology Fellowship question

[jae01]

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Hi all,

I have a quick question about the allergy/immunology fellowship, and hope someone can help answer it. I plan on applying to pediatrics soon, and am really interested in allergy/immunology. If I did my residency in peds, am I restricted to the just working with kids if I'm an allergist/immunologist? I know the question seems kind of stupid but it's so hard to find things about the allergy/immunology fellowship!

 

[Stitch]

Hi all,

I have a quick question about the allergy/immunology fellowship, and hope someone can help answer it. I plan on applying to pediatrics soon, and am really interested in allergy/immunology. If I did my residency in peds, am I restricted to the just working with kids if I'm an allergist/immunologist? I know the question seems kind of stupid but it's so hard to find things about the allergy/immunology fellowship!

I think allergy/immunology fellowship is a mix of peds and adults, but I don't know whether pediatricians who do an AI fellowship treat both consistently. Most of the ones I know don't see adults when they're done, but I've only been at academic medical centers.

 

[McGillGrad]

It depends on the setting. If you are the only A/I specialist in a region, then you can easily see kids and adults. If you work at a children's hospital then you will spend most of your time with kids. You train for both in many fellowships, though.

 

[J-Rad]

You train for kids and adults in all straight A/I fellowship trained and boarded through ABAI; it is within the scope of their training. There are "Formal special pathways exist for individuals wishing to qualify for dual certification in allergy/immunology and:
Pediatric Pulmonology
Adult Rheumatology
Pediatric Rheumatology"
One would assume that practice would focus on kids for dual trained folk from the peds subs.

 

[ijn]

From my limited experience, the guys who go internal => allergy are way less likely to be comfortable with children in private practice. It's a lot easier to be comfortable treating adults going peds => allergy. I guess it all depends on what kind of volume you want to have and how much cash you want to rake in.