Thank you for your interest in the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital.
We are an ACGME accredited, nationally recognized training program with a strong record of developing leaders in the field of pediatric critical care.
Stead Family Children's Hospital is the major referral center for a population of more than 3 million people, offering our fellows the full spectrum of pediatric critical care.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit was the 2018 recipient of the prestigious ICU Design Citation Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the American Institute of Architects. The UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is considered one of the Best Children’s Hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report and has multiple sub-specialties ranked annually.
Quick Facts
Number of fellows accepted each year: 3
Total number of fellows in the program: 6, expanding to 8 for '26/27 academic year
- Bone marrow and solid organ transplant
- 20 ECMO cases/year
- CRRT: Prismaflex and CARPEDIEMTM
- Ventricular assist device
- >1600 admissions/year
- State-of-the-art facilities
- Only Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center in the state
I feel that our PICU fellowship at Iowa is vastly underrated. I have had a great experience in training with excellent divisional role models and mentors, variety of clinical cases and acuity, and good clinical volume. Our center is big enough to see it all yet not too big where one becomes lost in a sea of trainees.
The Iowa Difference
As a fellow physician, you play a key role in managing patients, spending time on both of our daytime teams as well as getting valuable experience in various electives. Our clinical unit is a 28-bed combined medical/surgical and congenital cardiac unit within University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital. As a regional quaternary referral center, we serve a large swatch of the rural Midwest. Our unit cares for an astounding variety of "bread-and-butter" patients as well as fascinating patients with rare disorders or illnesses. We are a level 1 pediatric trauma center and our ECMO program is one of only approximately 30 around the world to achieve an ELSO "Platinum" distinction.
We pride ourselves in helping fellows become well-rounded and insightful pediatric intensivists who excel in clinical medicine and research. Above all, our goal is to equip you to succeed in any career path through clinical experience and personalized mentorship, while embracing the unique humanity that allows each of us to provide exemplary and compassionate care for our patients.
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Department Honors/Recognition
2024 U.S. News and World Report rankings:
- No.1 children's hospital in Iowa
- Highly ranked in nine pediatric specialties
Winner of 2018 ICU Design Citation Award presented from the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the American Institute of Architects.
View some of our other distinctions and designations.
Pediatric researchers at the University of Iowa have a long history of breakthrough discoveries in both the clinical and laboratory setting. Explore our research.
