
Qualifications
- Applicants must have completed a 4-year ACGME-approved anesthesia residency.
- Must be able to apply successfully for an Iowa state medical license.
- Board eligible or board certified in Anesthesia.
Application Process
- For the 2022 appointment year (fellowship begins on July 1, 2022), applicants should submit their application through ERAS – ERAS for Fellowship Applicants. Applicants can begin applying to December cycle ACGME fellowship programs, which applies to Pediatric Anesthesia, beginning on November 17, 2020. Thru ERAS, you will submit your:
- Curriculum vitae/resume
- In place of a personal statement on the ERAS application, applicants should answer question #1 as well as any two (2) of the questions #2a-2d. Please identify the question you intend to answer at the top of each answer.
Question 1:
What particular personal qualifications and characteristics will allow you to become an effective consultant in pediatric anesthesiology, and why is it important to you to become a pediatric anesthesiologist?
Question 2:
Please choose two of the following questions to answer.
2a. How will completion of a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship allow you to further your goals?
2b. Describe what you consider to be your most significant contribution or achievement, including the impact you made.
2c. Being a part of hospital leadership should be important to anesthesiologists. What role do you think you might take within the leadership structure of your future hospital?
2d. Describe a challenging situation in your life or career and what you learned from it. - ERAS application
- Letter of reference from Anesthesia residency program director
- Two additional letters of reference from either pediatric anesthesia faculty, other anesthesia faculty, or the Anesthesia Chair.
- USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3
- Copy of ECFMG certificate (applies to international medical graduates only)
- Medical school Dean’s letter (MSPE-medical school performance evaluation)
- Fellowship applicants must register with the NRMP starting in June 2020. Match day occurs in mid-October 2021, with the fellowship beginning on July 1, 2022.
- Applicants should email their ABA Basic Exam report and ABA In-Training Exam scores as a CA-1. Once the CA-2 ITE report is available, please email that to the fellowship coordinator as well.
- Following review of a completed application and all supplemental documents, applicants may be offered an interview. Note: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all interviews for the 2021-2022 recruiting cycle will be conducted online.
- Deadline for submitting applications is May 31, 2021. Late applications may be considered.
- For additional information about the fellowship program, contact:
Tammi Steffen, BS
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive, 6-JCP
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1079
1-319-356-7205
tammi-steffen@uiowa.edu