Fellow - Cardiac Critical Care

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department: 10235 CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE MEDICIN

Pay Range: $40,000.00 - $150,000.00

Pediatric cardiac critical care fellows care for critically ill infants, children, and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease in the Heart Center. Under the supervision of attending physicians, fellows evaluate patients, lead diagnostic workups, and develop and carry out management plans. They also lead resuscitations, perform procedures, coordinate multidisciplinary care, communicate with families, and teach trainees and staff. This training prepares fellows for independent practice as cardiac intensivists.

Prerequisite for training:

• Must have completed 3 years of Cardiac Surgery Residency in an approved training program before August 1, 2026.
• Additional pediatric cardiac surgery experience (preferred).
• Must have three (3) letters of recommendations from training program.
• Must have completed medical school in the U.S. or Canada or be ECFMG certified if an international medical graduate.
• Must be successfully able to obtain a District of Columbia medical license prior to starting fellowship training.
• Must have successfully passed all three steps of the USMLE.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.