California, University of California, Davis Medical Center-Informatics

Sacramento, California
Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Unexpected Opening for 2021-2023

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Radiology at UC Davis Health seeks a Fellow for its Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program.

This trans-disciplinary ACGME-accredited program provides the fellow will unique opportunities to:
• Engage with clinical and informatics faculty in multiple specialties throughout UC Davis Health.
• Work directly with Chief Medical Information Officer Jeffery Wajda (Program Director).
• Pursue learning projects in collaboration with industry and UC Davis Health.
• Participate in course work from UC Davis Health’s highly regarded Health Informatics Graduate Program: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/informatics/
• Leverage programs and resources at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Health and Technology, Center for Virtual Care, and the Center for Population Health Improvement.

Length of fellowship is two years.

Minimum Qualifications:
• MD or DO degree from an appropriately accredited institution.
• AP/CP, AP-only, or CP-only residency training or completion of another ACGME-accredited residency program, and eligibility/certification in the area of training from the American Board of Medical Specialties.

To initiate the application process: Please submit CV/Resume/CAP Standardized Form, Personal Statement, and three letters of recommendation (one must be from your Residency Program Director). Please address to: Jeffery Wajda, DO, Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship, and letter of interest to Program Coordinator, Mayra Hernandez: hs-pathfellowships@ucdavis.edu.

Questions: Contact Ms. Hernandez at (916) 734-2350.

For more details on program and application process, please visit our website: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pathology/education/fellowship_program/clinical-informatics.html

[#10517, exp. 9 March 2022]

Illinois, Northwestern University-Informatics

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Opening for 2023-25

Institution Name: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Fellowship Title: Clinical Informatics

Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center offers a two-year Clinical Informatics fellowship program starting July 1, 2023.

Fellowship Length: 2 years

Number of positions: 1

Education & Research:
  •  Participation in innovative data analytic research programs
  •  Experience with all aspects of information science used in healthcare
  •  Strong academic program covers principles of leadership, change management, and all components of data systems used in hospital systems

Program Objectives:
  •  Provide exceptional training in Clinical Informatics
  •  Committed to improving the specialty of Clinical Informatics through impassioned teaching instruction in all aspects of the specialty

Highlights:
  •  New two-year program open to board eligible graduates of ACGME accredited residency programs
  •  Preparation for careers in Clinical Informatics, all critical to the transformative era that Medicine is undergoing
  •  Thorough preparation for the board examination (administered by the American Board of Pathology for pathologists)

Application:
Apply via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS):
  •  Current CV
  •  Personal Statement (including career goals)
  •  USMLE Scores 1,2,3
  •  3 Letters of recommendation

Stipend: The stipend is commensurate with the fellow’s PGY year of training. Find stipend information via the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University site.

Program Director: Michael Miller, MD

Program Coordinator: Susan Christmas

Contact: clinicalinformatics@northwestern.edu

For more information, please visit our website at https://www.pathology.northwestern.edu/education/fellowships/clinical-informatics.html.

[#10437, exp. 18 February 2022]

Texas, Baylor Scott and White Health-Informatics

Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Openings for 2022 and 2023

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Baylor Scott and White Health seeks candidates for its Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program located in Round Rock, Texas, a suburb of Austin. This two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship program is designed to provide practical experience in clinical informatics, accompanied by excellent didactics and by strong faculty and administrative support. Baylor Scott and White Health is the largest non-profit health system in Texas, operating 52 hospitals, more than 800 patient care sites, and including more than 7,300 active physicians.

Program highlights:
  •  Gain experience with clinical informatics practice in the complex clinical and business environment of a large health care system
  •  Work directly with physician informaticists in pathology, laboratory medicine, and other specialties throughout Baylor Scott and White Health
  •  Tailor a flexible rotation curriculum, informatics projects, and academic work to your individual professional goals
  •  Complete a comprehensive didactic curriculum via fully funded enrollment in the OHSU Clinical Informatics Graduate Certificate Program
  •  Remain active in your primary specialty, up to 20% of the time, by arrangement
  •  Combine fellowship training with programs from other specialties, by arrangement

Requirements
  •  Board eligibility or board certification in any primary specialty, prior to beginning fellowship training
  •  Strong interest in and aptitude for clinical informatics

Application process
Applications are accepted through ERAS. Applicants interested in the 2022 academic year are encouraged to also directly contact the Program Director. Required application documents include:
  •  Medical school transcript (certified English translation if from non-US institution)
  •  Three letters of recommendation
  •  Personal statement describing the applicant’s interest, experience and career goals in clinical informatics
  •  Curriculum vitae
  •  USMLE transcript

Contact information
For more information, please contact us via email or visit our website. Key personnel include:
  •  Kenneth Youens, MD (Program Director, kenneth.youens@bswhealth.org)
  •  Taylor Chadwick, MBA (Program Coordinator, taylor.chadwick@bswhealth.org)

[#11117, exp. 21 July 2022]

Texas, Texas Children’s Hospital-Informatics

Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Openings for 2022-2024 and 2023-2025

Program Description

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Immunology, and Texas Children’s Hospital are offering a fellowship position in Clinical Informatics starting July 2021. The two-year ACGME-accredited program provides comprehensive training to become a leader in clinical and laboratory informatics, in informatics research and education. The fellow will gain training and experience in fundamental informatics concepts, technology, application, and management. Fellowship rotations provide experience and project opportunities in electronic health records, laboratory information systems, data analytics, clinical decision support, database architecture, quality and utilization improvement, interoperability, cybersecurity, and lab management. The fellow will have opportunities in research and digital pathology initiatives. The fellowship experience is flexible to match the trainee's interests and goals.

Fellow Responsibilities
  • Active participation in rotations, projects, education, and research
  • Up to 20% time in the fellow's primary specialty
  • Completion of Epic Physician Builder courses and AMIA 10x10 Introduction to Biomedical & Health Informatics course, or equivalent
  • Service to local and national informatics communities

Fellow Candidate Requirements
  • Board certified/eligible in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, or both. All ABMS specialties considered
  • Must have or be eligible for Texas medical licensure
  • Demonstrate strong interest and aptitude in clinical/pathology informatics

Interested applicants for the 2022-2024 and 2023-2025 openings, should write to:

Program Director: Ila Singh, MD, PhD, irsingh@texaschildrens.org
Program Coordinator: Rosario Guzman, rsguzman@texaschildrens.org
Website: https://www.bcm.edu/departments/pathology-and-immunology/education/clinical-informatics-fellowship

Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) is a HIMSS Stage 7 organization and continues to receive the "Most Wired" designation for outstanding health care-based technology from Hospital & Health Networks Magazine. TCH is the nation's largest children's hospital and is ranked third in U.S. News and World Report's Best Children's Hospitals.

[#10565, exp. 30 April 2022]

Texas, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio-Informatics

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Pathology
Clinical Informatics (CI) Fellowship
Opening for 2024-2026 and 2025-2027

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) has one opening for the Clinical Informatics (CI) fellowship for the 2024-2026 and 2025-2027 academic years.

Description: This is a two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in clinical informatics (CI). The CI fellowship includes cross-disciplinary learning for physicians from different medical specialties. Training includes specialized coursework in foundational CI as well as healthcare analytics, cybersecurity, and data science. Fellows will work with the program director and selected faculty to develop an individualized learning plan including foundational knowledge as well as elective learning opportunities (e.g., healthcare business intelligence, machine learning/artificial intelligence, population/community health, bioinformatics for large scale-nucleic acid sequencing and clinical metabolomics, sensor data/internet of things). Each fellow will actively participate in healthcare analytics and process improvement projects with selected CI faculty mentors. These projects enable fellows to analyze data from different large data sources (clinical, operational, financial, community, etc.). In addition, projects provide an environment for fellows to lead and carry out effective healthcare analytics and process improvements. Fellows are also encouraged to participate in CI research activities leading to publication of manuscripts and/or presentation of research findings at professional meetings. Fellows with pathology specialty training are strongly recommended to apply concurrently to another pathology subspecialty program, at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), to coordinate clinical activities required for the CI fellowship.

The program includes collaborative faculty from multiple clinical departments at UTHSCSA and University Health System (UHS). In addition, the program includes outside faculty with considerable experience in data science, applied analytics, predictive modeling, and machine learning/artificial intelligence, based at: 1) the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 2) the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a large non-profit engineering center, and 3) Health Access San Antonio (HASA), a large multi-regional health information exchange.

Requirements: Successful completion of ACGME-accredited or RCPSC-accredited residency program. Must have, or be eligible for, a Texas Medical Board Physician-in-training permit or have a full Texas medical license.

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 1 appointment per academic year. This fellowship is eligible to be combined with the UTHSCSA Transfusion Medicine fellowship, which will count towards one year of Clinical Informatics training. Interested candidates should review the UTHSCSA Transfusion Medicine fellowship page for additional information.

Facilities: University Hospital System, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, University of Texas at San Antonio

Community: The purpose of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals to provide excellent patient care and research applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows effective July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $62,703.14; PGY-6 = $66,785.30; PGY-7 = $66,785.30.

Staff: Brad Brimhall, MD, MPH (Pathology) Program Director; Philip Beckett, PhD (CEO HASA); David Chambers, MS (SwRI Intelligent Systems Division); Marjorie David, MD (Pathology); Liem Du, MD (Internal Medicine); Leslie Greebon, MD (Pathology); Russell Higgins, MD (Pathology); Max Kilger, PhD (UTSA Data Security/Data Analytics); Edward Medina, MD, PhD (Pathology); Frank Rosinia, MD (Anesthesiology); Paula Shireman, MD, MBA (Surgery); Michael Shoffeitt, MD (Internal Medicine)

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:

Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pathology, MSC 7750
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Brimhall (Brimhallb@uthscsa.edu)
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/clinical_informatics/

[#10875-5, exp. 28 May 2022]