Mission Statement
We are looking for well-rounded, highly motivated individuals who will enhance our Division both within the emergency department and outside of it. Our intent is to provide a broad foundation clinically, academically, and in research through our support and mentoring. We expect graduates from our program to be the future leaders and role models in our field of pediatric emergency medicine.
Advantages of the program
- Training sites include Seattle Children's Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center.
- Outstanding clinical experiences at Seattle Children’s, a tertiary care pediatric referral center serving the 5 state WWAMI region.
- Great mentorship and foundational learning opportunities from nationally recognized faculty in pediatric emergency medicine.
Overview
- Pediatric and Emergency Medicine resident applications are accepted. Three positions are available per year.
- Advance your academic career through research, publishing, and presentation opportunities
- Seattle Children’s is part of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) as the West/SW Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Node (WPEMR) and participate in multicenter research as well as working groups to expand research collaborations (Fellows may join any PECARN working group! These include emergency medicine topics related to: Health disparities, child abuse, adolescent medicine, anaphylaxis, respiratory illness, analgesia and sedation among others)
- Our PEM faculty participate in local and national research projects and are recognized leaders in emergency medicine. Specific research strengths include quality improvement, simulation, medical education, health disparities and infectious diseases.
- Clinical research is aimed at improving the care and treatment of children and can impact local, national, and international heath care. Your clinical research project is based on your area of interest and will be held to our high standard of research and publishing.
- Enhance your teaching skills as part of the emergency department (ED) team, with bedside teaching and small to large group didactics.
- Superb clinical experience and clinical education with graduated responsibility
- Graduates of our program have successful careers in academic and clinical PEM.
First Year
- Focus on gaining clinical experience, seeing patients in Children's ED as well as in an adult and trauma ED setting.
- Introduction to ED administration and research practices.
- Teach residents, nurses, paramedics and colleagues.
- Begin independent research project.
- Intro to sedation and ultrasound.
Second Year
- Increased responsibility for running the ED with additional adult and trauma ED experience.
- May participate in coursework at UW School of Public Health.
- Expanded administrative and teaching opportunities and responsibilities.
- Work towards completion of research project.
Third Year
- Attain the goal to independently run the ED.
- Complete elective clinical experiences.
- Work to publish and present research findings at local and national meetings.
- May participate in coursework at UW School of Public Health.
Fellow Teaching Opportunities (O) and Responsibilities (R)
- ARNP students (O)
- Teach 2 PALS courses / year (R)
- Paramedic students Pediatric Emergency Training Course (R)
- EM resident conferences (R)
- Pediatric resident conferences (R)
- Urgent Pediatric Problems (annual regional conference put on by ED group) (R)
- Pacific NW PEM Consortium (O)
- Regional ACEP Conference (O)
- Simulation Curriculum (O)
At the University of Washington, diversity is integral to excellence. We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access, opportunity and justice for all.
Please find more information and resources related to the Department’s commitment and work for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Who can apply
Applicants will have completed a minimum of three years of training in an ACGME approved pediatric or emergency medicine residency program. J-1 visas are accepted.
Application Requirements
- Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Register at https://www.aamc.org/services/eras.
- Please submit at minimum your personal statement, 3 letters of recommendation, and your board scores through ERAS.
- This program participates through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Specialties Matching Service. Register at http://www.nrmp.org/fellow/index.html
Timeline
- Applications are accepted 10-12 months before the fellowship begins
- September 1 - ERAS application deadline
- September and November - interviews are held
- December - NRMP Match Day
- July 7 - start of the fellowship
Seattle Children's Hospital Emergency Department
Seattle Children’s Hospital Emergency Department serves as the primary location to learn pediatric emergency medicine.
In April 2013, the Emergency Department (ED) moved to the new wing of the hospital called Building Hope. This state-of-the-art facility nearly doubled the size of the ED and is designed for providing the best possible experience for patients and families.
Emergency Department Facts:
- Yearly census of 45,000 patients
- 24-hour emergency care for children ages 21 years and younger
- Rapid access to the full facilities and staff, including experts in more than 20 pediatric specialties
- Hospital services the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho region.
- View a video about Building Hope.
Each fellow spends an average of 24 months learning pediatric emergency medicine in our department over 3 years.
- As a first year fellow, the first couple months are spent learning primary patient care responsibilities, perfecting suturing and splinting techniques, and learning the essentials of sedation. In the latter part of the year, fellows transition to a preceptor role and begin to focus on flow in addition to clinical care.
- Subsequently, fellows combine primary patient responsibility and supervision of residents and medical students. Residents at Children’s include pediatric, family medicine, and emergency medicine.
- The final year of fellowship emphasizes resident supervision, management of critically ill patients, management of ED patient flow, and direction of ED codes with the guidance of ED faculty. Educational opportunities include weekly fellow and faculty led education sessions, bedside learning, and mock codes with and without Simbaby simulation.
Harborview Medical Center Emergency Department (HMC ED)
Harborview Medical Center provides trauma care to adults and children, and serves as the Washington’s only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center. As the only such facility in a four-state region (Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho), Harborview's Emergency Department sees more than 80,000 patients each year, many of these patients suffering serious trauma.
PEM fellows work exclusively in the emergency department as part of a coordinated trauma team composed of attending trauma surgeon, trauma fellow, and surgical residents in their first and second years. Fellows act in the role of a first year surgical resident and are responsible for evaluating and treating trauma patients, as well as patients with primary surgical complaints. In their third year they may transition to a supervisor role in trauma care.
The experience allows for the development of proficiency in assessment and stabilization based on Advanced Trauma Life Support algorithms, and performing common procedures such as peripheral and central access, complex laceration repair, and thoracotomy tube placement.
University of Washington Emergency Department (UWMC ED)
The University of Washington Department of Emergency Medicine serves as an outstanding site for learning key concepts of adult emergency medicine in a state-of-the-art medical center. Our fellows work alongside adult emergency medicine providers, residents of the UW emergency medicine residency program, and UW medical students.
Fellows experience the full range of adult emergency medicine complaints in both otherwise healthy and medically-complex adult patients. Due to the University’s many specialized diagnostic and treatment centers, the emphasis is on tertiary and quaternary care, and the care of the university community.
Fellowship Leadership
Faculty
Rebekah A. Burns, MD
Associate Professor Pediatric Medical Student Program Director, University of Washington Medical Student Site Director
Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH
Professor Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center Fellowship Director, Bioethics Fellowship Program Chair, Institutional Review Board, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Eileen J. Klein, MD, MPH
Professor Associate PEM Head for Faculty Affairs and Development PECARN, STELAR node PI
Lori Ellen Rutman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor Director, QI Research Chair, AAP Section of Emergency Medicine, Committee on Quality Transformation
Kimberly P Stone, MD, MS, MA
Associate Head, Emergency Medicine Clinical Operations and Process Improvement Clinical Director, Emergency Services Professor
Indi Trehan, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Professor Adjunct Professor, Global Health Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Jessica Wall, MD, MPH, MSCE
Clinical Associate Professor Associate Pediatric Medical Director, Airlift Northwest
George (Tony) A. Woodward, MD, MBA
Professor Division Head, Emergency Medicine Medical Director, Emergency Services
Hiromi Yoshida, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor Assistant Clinical Director, Emergency Services
Current Fellows
 | Samantha Bruno, MD Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, Peds |
 | Mari Grief, MD Residency: University of Hawai`i Pediatric Residency Program |
 | Karina Diaz-Davis, MD. PhD Residency: University of Colorado Pediatrics Residency Program |
 | Lucy Carter, MD Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
 | Haley Huber, MD Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
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 | Dave Vanderhoff, MD Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics |
 | Evins Clauther, MD (2023-2026) Residency: Pediatrics at UNLV |
 | Ayush Sidde Gowda, MD (2023-2026) Residency: Pediatrics at University of Hawaii |
 | Florette Tshiaba, MD (2023-2026) Residency: Pediatrics at WVU |
Alumni
 | Caitlin Crumm, MD (2021-2024) Residency: Baylor College of Medicine |
 | Cale Roberts, MD (2021-2024) Residency: Pediatrics, University of Washington
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| Y. Tina Tan, MD, MBA (2021-2024) Residency: Pediatrics, UC San Francisco |
 | Alexandra Licona- Freudenstein, MD (2022-2025) Position after graduation: NY Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to learn from the entire ED working group at Seattle Children's including attendings, nurses, child life, APPs, admin, nurse techs, MHEs and support staff. It is a high acuity and busy ED and as a fellow, I felt integral to the team. There is ample opportunity to engage in academic pursuits, such as teaching learners at a variety of different levels, be involved in research and facilitate simulations. All that I have learned during my fellowship training is invaluable and I will miss working with such an amazing group of people every day. |
 | Lauren Smith, MD, MPH (2022-2025) Residency in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Position after graduation: Children's Minnesota |
 | Christine Maloney, MD (2022-2025) Residency in Pediatrics at the University of Washington, Pediatrics Position after graduation: UW PEM faculty |
 | Cassandra Koid Jia Shin (2020-2023) Residency in Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Elmhurst Hospital Center Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Children’s Hospital New Orleans |
 | Brian Park (2020-2023) Residency in Pediatrics at Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Rady San Diego |
 | Emine Tunc (2020-2023) Residency in Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Houston Children’s Hospital |
 | Brittany Boswell, MD (2019-2022) Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital/Stanford Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Stanford |
 | Carson Burns, MD (2019-2022) Residency in Pediatrics at University of Washington Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Mary Bridge |
 | Siobhan Thomas-Smith, MD (2019-2020) Residency in Pediatrics at University of Washington Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Children's Hospital Colorado |
 | Kaileen Jafari, MD (2018-2021) Residency in Pediatrics at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center Position after graduation: Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital |
 | Suzanne Seo, MD (2018-2021) Residency in Pediatrics at University of Washington "I feel so lucky to be a PEM fellow in the ED at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Our department is dedicated to excellent patient care and is a fantastic place to learn. As trainees, we are given autonomy to develop our own clinical practice and are supervised by experienced attendings who are eager to teach. The SCH ED is a bustling and collaborative environment that promotes evidence-based patient care and is dedicated to medical education. I love working with the medical students, residents, NPs, nurses and other support staff to care for children in the WWAMI region." Position after graduation: Attending Physician at Houston Children’s Hospital |
 | Tavis Dickerson-Young, MD (2018-2021) Residency in Pediatrics at University of Washington "Training at SCH has been such a great experience. Our hospital serves the 5 state WWAMI region and it is great exposure to care for children from all over the region. Our trauma experience at HMC is also wonderful as it is the only level 1 trauma center in the state so you care for trauma patients that come from afar. The range of expertise among our faculty make it easy to pursue any project you are interested in! Our facilities are up to date and consultants are easily available. I have really enjoyed my training at SCH and feel lucky to have had the opportunity to train here.” Position after graduation: Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital |
For questions regarding the Fellowship Program, please contact: pemfellowship@seattlechildrens.org.
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Derya Caglar, MD
Professor Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Tamar Anderson
Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine
Seattle Children's
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105