The mission of our fellowship program is to train caring and competent pediatric intensive care physicians, equipped to work in a demanding pediatric critical care environment as well possess the knowledge and skills to pursue scholarly activity throughout their career.

Our clinical and academic critical care curriculum gives the fellows the tools to become skilled, wellrounded physicians and leaders in our field. This is achieved through a combination of supervised hands-on clinical training and experience, simulation-based training, flipped classrooms, didactic lectures and self-directed learning. Throughout their training, our fellows develop and demonstrate adeptness and proficiency in the knowledge, procedural skills and judgement required for the evaluation and management of critically ill and injured children. Our fellows work in multiple ICU locations and are exposed to all forms of extracorporeal life support modalities. Lastly, we work closely with our surgical colleagues to provide ICU support for an active Level 1 Trauma Center and robust neurosurgical program.

Learn more about UTHSC's critical care medicine fellowship program and apply.

Fellow Awards

• Mohammad Sabobeh – 2024 Neurocritical Care Society Travel Grant Award
• Shyam Popat – 2023 AAP Section on Critical Care Scholarship for POCUS training, AAP National Conference and Exhibition
• Alyssa Smith – 2022 AAP Section on Critical Care Best Quality Improvement Award
• Timothy Flerlage – 2019 PALISI Fellow Presentation, Spring Meeting 2019
• Karan Karki – 2019 Outstanding Fellow Abstract Award, UTHSC Pediatric Research Day
• Madhura Hallman – 2018 Outstanding Fellow Abstract Award, UTHSC Pediatric Research Day

Research Interests

• Severe Sepsis/Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome
• Pediatric Neurocritical Care
• Global Onco-Critical Care (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)
• Social Determinants of Health/Adverse Childhood Experiences in PICU
• ECMO and CRRT-related Research
• Palliative Care/End of Life Care
• ARDS
• Quality Improvement