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The UAB Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Fellowship Program prepares specialists who will have excellent clinical skills, the ability to perform meaningful scholarship, and the capacity to become leaders in the field of hospital medicine. Our program provides ample clinical experience for fellows to become confident experts in the care of hospitalized children. The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Competencies are addressed through structured seminars, clinical experience, and directed study.

Our PHM Fellowship is typically two years. A competitive salary and fringe benefit package is provided; salaries for physician fellows at UAB are based on year of postgraduate training and are the same across all departments. PHM fellows work with 20 academic, UAB Department of Pediatrics faculty members who are pediatric hospitalists.

We will accept two well-qualified fellows each year. Applicants must complete residency in an ACGME accredited pediatrics or internal medicine/pediatrics program in the U.S. prior to fellowship. Interested candidates are welcome to contact us with any questions regarding our program. Our fellowship supports applications through ERAS

Our Mission and Aims

Our Mission:

The mission of the UAB Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship is to prepare the future leaders in the field of Hospital Medicine as confident experts in the care of the hospitalized child. The Fellowship stresses excellence in Clinical care, Scholarship, and Education.

Program Aims:

Through the Fellowship, graduate fellows are expected to:

  • Develop the clinical and leadership skills to direct care of the hospitalized child comporting with best evidence-based medicine practices while coordinating with subspecialists, health providers, and community partners

  • Actively pursue new discovery and apply this knowledge in the form of novel research and/or qualitative improvement initiatives to their clinical practice

  • Educate patients, families, and the next generation of healthcare providers as active members of the academic community



Why UAB?

We know you have received excellent training throughout your residency. We want to build on that foundation and sharpen those skills to guide you to becoming the next academic leader in PHM. Our breadth in clinical diversity and opportunities for graduated autonomy in leading a healthcare team is unparalleled.

Our Fellowship has a record for success! Our graduates have gone on to become recognized leaders in the field of Pediatric Hospital Medicine with over half of our graduates holding formal leadership positions after their graduation.

UAB named #1 by Forbes as America’s Best Large Employer in 2021.

We look forward to meeting you and are excited to see if we can be your next academic home!


Our Team

Program Director
Chang L. Wu, M.D., MSCR

Chang L. Wu, M.D., MSCR

changwu@uabmc.edu

Associate Program Director
Erinn O. Schmit, M.D., M.Ed.

Erinn O. Schmit, M.D., M.Ed.

eschmit@uabmc.edu

Fellow Advocate
Adolfo Molina, M.D., MSHQS

Adolfo Molina, M.D., MSHQS

amolina@uabmc.edu

For questions about the program, please email phmfellowship@uabmc.edu
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