The NPM Program equips the fellows with a strong academic and clinical training. Fellows who graduated from the program have successfully found employment working as neonatologists in level 3 NICU hospitals, level 2 hospitals and other academic institutions.
The NPM Fellowship Program participates in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). The program accepts and reviews applications in July and interviews selected applicants from August to November. The NPM Fellowship Program supports H1B and J1 visas.
Prerequisite training/selection criteria:
1 month of clinical orientation, 5 months in direct patient care and supervision of residents and medical students, 5 months in research orientation and 1 month of vacation.
4 months of direct patient care and supervision of junior fellows, residents and medical students, 7 months of research and 1 month of vacation.
3 months of direct patient care and supervision of fellows and residents, 1 month of cardiac surgery rotation at Advocate Christ Medical Center, 1 month at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago level 4 NICU, 6 months of research and 1 month of vacation.
Each fellow is assigned a half-day outpatient Neonatal High Risk Clinic throughout the fellowship.
We have two maternal-fetal medicine attending specialists in the Department of OB/GYN and fellows are encouraged to do an MFM rotation at any time during their 3 years of fellowship.
The comprehensive curriculum provides the fellows with a strong clinical foundation. The fellows participate in a wide variety of clinical, basic science and epidemiology research. The clinical service, including teaching round, neonatal transports and weekly conferences, is joined with weekly multidisciplinary high-risk clinics for a unique opportunity to learn and provide long-term follow up care to the NICU graduates who are at risk for neurodevelopmental disability. The curriculum is designed to ensure protected time for scholarly activities.
Our comprehensive training program strives:
Learning Opportunities
Research Experience
Teaching and research are major focuses throughout the three-year program.
Each fellow must select a choice of research area, either clinical and/or laboratory in nature. Special interests in the Division include:
The Scholarship Oversight Committee aids in research design, protocol submission, IRB and data analysis, as well as manuscript submission for publication. Fellows have protected time throughout their fellowship to participate in various research experiences.
The NPM Program equips the fellows with a strong academic and clinical training. Fellows who graduated from the program have successfully found employment working as neonatologists in level 3-4 NICU hospitals, level 2 neonatal-perinatal centers, and academic institutions.
Class of 2021 & 2022:
John H. Stroger Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (pediatric residency)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, New York, NY (pediatric residency)
Class of 2020:
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oaklawn, Illinois
Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Illinois
Class of 2019:
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (academic appointment)
The UnityPoint Health Methodist Hospital, Peoria, Illinois
Class of 2018:
Ball Memorial Hospital, University of Indiana Health, Muncie, Indiana
The Phoenix Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center, and Maricopa County Hospital
Class of 2017:
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (academic appointment)
Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Illinois
Fellowship Programs