Neonatology / Neonatal ICU in US.
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ggx12 said:
First, 3 year general pediatrics residency. Afterwards, 3 year fellowship in NICU (Neonatal ICU).
There is also a fellowship in critical care which is typically referred to as PICU (Pediatric ICU) in most hospitals. These docs do not take care of neonates.
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It depends on your interest. I find it very very interesting branch of peds.You will get a lot of info from this site.Remember many times what you see as student on rotation is not what actually the branch is all about. Good luck.
http://www.neonatology.org/career/default.html
we have few practising and teaching neonatologists in forum i guess. "oldbearprofessor" .....search for all his posts and you will get a lot of information you are looking for.
http://www.neonatology.org/career/default.html
we have few practising and teaching neonatologists in forum i guess. "oldbearprofessor" .....search for all his posts and you will get a lot of information you are looking for.
drv said:
you rang? For those who received their training overseas, often they will have done a 6 month or one year "position" there in an NICU as part of their registrar/sr registrar training. This can be more like a clinical fellowship from what I understand than a residency rotation in the US. They then may have to go "backwards" in the US by doing residency again. It used to be that one could do a fellowship, then one year of residency afterwards as a foreign fully-trained pedi, but I BELIEVE (I am not the expert on this), that it requires at least 2 yrs of US pedi residency as well as the 3 yrs of neo now to be board-eligible in pedi and neo. Again, consult a professional on this...
By the way, DRV - I haven't forgotten to get back to you - just been a bit busy writing grants and reading "Half-Blood Prince". I was brutalized by my 11 yr old who started reading it at 12:30 AM Saturday when we picked it up and was done by mid-afternoon the next day with only a brief sleep break in the middle when I forced her to turn off the lights at 3 am. Took me 2 days to read the book. Now I can return to real work.
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OBP
I don't even start med school until this fall and have no idea what I might want to specialize in, but I was wondering how competitive it is to get into a neonatalogy program? Is there a good chance that a person who goes into peds with the intention of becoming a neonatologist won't end up as one? I know that in life, stuff happens and there's always a chance of not getting what we want, but I'm talking about just a regular aspiring neonatalogist who hasn't committed any major transgressions or pissed people off too badly.
I ask because while I think (in my limited experience, which is mainly via television) neonatology is interesting, I wouldn't really want to be a pediatrician.
I ask because while I think (in my limited experience, which is mainly via television) neonatology is interesting, I wouldn't really want to be a pediatrician.
