Pediatrics Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program
The Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program provides clinical and scholarly training with the goal of developing future hospitalists and academic leaders in the field. The clinical and research opportunities are unparalleled, and San Diego is an exciting city with an inviting year-round climate.
Clinical training occurs predominantly at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. Outstanding possibilities for research training are available under the guidance of Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty, as well as world-class collaborators at UCSD.
Our Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program is accepting applications. Candidates must be BC/BE in pediatrics by the beginning of the fellowship.
The UCSD-Rady Children's PHM Fellowship Program participates in ERAS . Applications are accepted per the ERAS timeline and will continue to be accepted through the fall. We will start offering interview invitations per the ERAS timeline and strongly encourage applicants to submit their materials prior to this date. Applicants must register for NRMP and submit their rank list by the NRMP deadline each year. For exact dates, please access the NRMP website at www.nrmp.org and review the upcoming deadlines for the "Pediatrics Specialties Fall Match." The fellowship begins the following July (specific date set by UCSD School of Medicine, typically July 5-8th to allow for moving days).
If you have any questions about the program, please contact us via the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Coordinator at phmfellowship@rchsd.org.
Leadership
Aarti Patel, MD, MEd – Fellowship Director
Begem Lee, MD – Associate Fellowship Director
Current Fellows
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Anahita Emamian, MD is one of our two 2nd year Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows! She studied health promotion and disease prevention at USC, worked as a research coordinator before earning her medical degree at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, and worked as a billing/coding instructor. Most recently, she trained in pediatrics at Valley Children’s where she also served as a chief resident; her projects included orienting outside rotators to FCR and improving suicide screening by school nurses with funding from a CATCH grant. She has also received a conference travel grant and a resident teaching award. Her current interests include medical education and communication. Her current fellowship projects include evaluation of the impact of a family-focused non-medical communication board called “All About Us,” as well as a QI project to increase usage of a medical written communication bedside board. |
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Katherine Tygart, MD is one of our two 2nd year Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows! She studied history and molecular-cellular biology at Vanderbilt and worked as a clinical trials associate before earning her medical degree at U of Alabama Birmingham. Most recently, she trained in pediatrics at UCSD; her project work included improving rates of gender identity screening inpatient. She has also received a resident of the month and PHM resident of the year award. Her current interests include medical education, palliative care, complex care, advocacy, and LGBTQ+ health. Her current fellowship projects include a retrospective chart review investigating the workup and management of children with medical complexity and G-tubes who are admitted for feeding intolerance, as well as continuation of her residency QI project. |
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Zainab Khan, MD is one of our two new 1st year Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows! She studied biology at The Honors College at Arizona State University and did molecular endocrinology research before earning her medical degree at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Most recently, she trained in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Her projects included a QI project on family-directed interpretation to improve communication equity in clinic; being a member of VIP LIGHT hyperbili project; effect of COVID-19 on FCR I-PASS study; survey project to evaluate MS1 perspective on interprofessional communication. She also worked at a rural health center on a Navajo reservation. She has received a travel award to attend the American Muslim Health Proof Conference in 2019, AAP SOPT health equity grant, and a QI grant. Her current interests are QI and communication equity. |
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Caitlin Toney, MD is one of our two new 1st year Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows! She studied biology and history at Stanford University, completed a post-bac at UCSD, and worked as a children’s ski instructor before earning her medical degree at UCSD. Most recently, she trained in pediatrics at UCSD, where she also served as a chief resident; her projects included surveys and educational videos w HS and college athletic trainers and athletes on relative energy deficiency and maintaining adequate caloric intake. She has received Gold Humanism, a humanitarian service award, a dept of peds senior award, a humanism in medicine resident award in pediatrics, and a RAP symposium award for her project. Her current interests are medical education and QI. |
