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Division of Endocrinology Phyllis W. Speiser, MD
SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM The fellowship training programs in Pediatric Endocrinology at North Shore University Hospital (whose Pediatric Department is also known as Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore) and Schneider Children's Hospital of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center have recently merged. Both programs have been in existence for several decades and have trained numerous pediatric endocrinologists who are presently in practice or in academic positions. This is a three year program certified by the ACGME (Program #3263521044) leading to board-eligibility for the Sub-Board Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Endocrinology. The program combines a broad inpatient and outpatient clinical experience in childhood disorders of both endocrinology and metabolism, as well as opportunities for both clinical and laboratory research at 2 fine teaching institutions. Some of the types of diseases the fellow encounters include: growth failure, precocious and delayed puberty, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, disorders of electrolyte and fluid balance, pituitary disease, bone and mineral disorders, adrenal disease, parathyroid disease, endocrine consequences of genetic disorders such as Turner's syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome, and neurofibromatosis, and endocrine complications of childhood cancer. Fellows spend approximately 50% of their time in each hospital. The first 18 months are chiefly clinical. All inpatient and outpatient encounters are supervised closely by our staff of five full-time board-certified pediatric endocrinologists. Fellows in turn learn to play an active role in resident and intern education. The fellows' research program, usually pursued in the second half of the 3 year fellowship, has included projects involving clinical drug trials, animal experimentation, hormone immunoassays, and molecular genetics. Fellows need not have prior experience in lab bench work to acquire these skills. They will receive instruction in commonly utilized lab tools as they apply to endocrinology research. The American Sub-Board of Pediatric Endocrinology requires that fellows complete laboratory projects resulting in at least one first authored publication in order to be eligible to take the specialty Sub-Board Examination. Laboratory work is performed under the supervision of a full-time PhD and the physician mentor. The Pediatric Endocrinology Laboratory receives Departmental and extramural support. Fellows are regularly called upon to present clinical cases, reviews of recent articles in the literature, and research-in-progress at regular intervals in rounds and conferences. Fellows also attend one or more annual meetings of medical subspecialty societies pertinent to their fellowship training in endocrinology. They also are expected to attend all regularly scheduled Pediatric Department didactic lectures, and have a special annual 12 week Fellows' Seminar directed at reading the literature, statistics, introduction to molecular biology, and organizing a presentation or writing a paper. Twice yearly fellows' evaluations are prepared by the Program Director and staff. North Shore University Hospital is a 750 bed tertiary care center and teaching affiliate of New York University Medical Center. It is located in Manhasset, New York in a suburban area on the western edge of Long Island, about 20 miles from New York City. Schneider Children's Hospital is a 154 bed tertiary hospital located about 3 miles southwest of NSUH in suburban Queens. The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System encompasses 15 hospitals covering Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. (Fellows do not rotate through the smaller network hospitals). Reasonable housing is accessible in the surrounding communities. Excellent public schools and other resources are available to families. For more information or to request an application contact the Program Director, Phyllis Speiser, MD via email at speiser@nshs.edu. |
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