The Children's Hospital

This 4-month assignment for first year Fellows just began in July, 2000 with Dr. Dan Atkins serving as the attending faculty member responsible for this assignment (Dr. Atkins is the Director of Ambulatory Services and the Pediatric Care Unit at National Jewish, and the Director of Allergy and Asthma Services at The Childrens Hospital). The emphasis during this rotation will be on in-patient Allergy & Immunology consultation by the Fellow and under faculty attending supervision, within a large, full-service academic hospital for children. Also included will be specialty clinics based at Childrens in pediatric asthma, pediatric allergy, pediatric atopic dermatitis, and pediatric sinusitis. However, since the priority for Fellows is the inpatient consults, the clinics will be covered by the attending should the Fellow have consults requiring immediate attention.


Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Continuity Clinic: Outpatient pediatric experience, continued for all 24 months of the Fellowship.

Adult Allergy Continuity Clinic: Outpatient adult experience, for 20 of 24 months of the Fellowship.

* Other scholarly activities include attending one national specialty meeting in the first year.

2nd Year Assignments

Research: A high quality research experience takes the major portion of effort in the 2nd year.

Adult Allergy Consult Service: In-patient adult allergy consult experience, for 2 months in the second year. These consults are sporadic, and they therefore account for ~20% of the time spent during the 2-month period.

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Continuity Clinic, and Adult Allergy Continuity Clinic: are continued throughout the 2nd year.

3rd Year Assignments

Fellows seeking a career in academic medicine may wish to continue their training and research at National Jewish. Some funding opportunities for further training at National Jewish exist. On approval of the faculty, a Fellow entering academic medicine may receive support to continue his research and also gain additional clinical and teaching experience for a third or more years.

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This article is reposted with thanks to National Jewish Medical and Research Center.

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