Program at a Glance

The Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowship is a relatively new ACGME-accredited fellowship based within the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. It is designed for graduates of either pediatrics or emergency medicine residencies who desire advanced training in pediatric acute care, trauma, resuscitation, research, and academic emergency medicine.

Program structure

The fellowship has two entry pathways:

  • 3 years for pediatrics-trained physicians
  • 2 years for emergency medicine-trained physicians 

The program currently recruits 1 fellow per year with a total complement of 3 fellows.

Clinical environment

A major strength of the fellowship is the clinical exposure at Stony Brook’s pediatric ED:

  • Suffolk County’s only ACS-verified Level 1 pediatric trauma center
  • Regional pediatric burn referral center
  • More than 26,000 pediatric ED visits annually
  • Transfers from multiple Long Island hospitals, including helicopter transport cases 

The pediatric ED itself is a dedicated children’s emergency department with:

  • 17 pediatric care spaces
  • bedside ultrasound capability
  • pediatric-trained nursing and ancillary staff
  • separate child-centered treatment areas and waiting rooms 

Curriculum and training experience

The curriculum combines:

  • high-volume pediatric emergency medicine
  • trauma and resuscitation
  • ICU experience
  • ultrasound
  • toxicology
  • EMS
  • simulation
  • child abuse medicine
  • scholarly/research training 

For pediatrics-trained fellows, the progression is:

  1. Early emphasis on supervised PEM clinical work and research
  2. Mid-training leadership and resuscitation responsibility
  3. Senior fellow “junior attending” role with increasing autonomy 

Emergency medicine-trained fellows spend more time on pediatric inpatient and outpatient rotations to deepen pediatric-specific expertise.

Electives include:

  • pediatric cardiology
  • pulmonology
  • neurology
  • sports medicine
  • ophthalmology
  • ENT
  • simulation
  • critical care 

Research and academics

The fellowship emphasizes scholarly work, with fellows expected to complete and present a research project nationally. Areas mentioned by the department include:

  • bedside ultrasound
  • simulation-based education
  • pediatric emergency diagnostics and procedures 

Because the fellowship is housed within a large academic medical center, fellows also work closely with pediatric and emergency medicine residents and participate heavily in teaching.

Faculty and mentorship

The division includes:

  • 12 PEM board-certified physicians
  • dedicated fellowship leadership
  • pediatric emergency NPs and academic staff 

Applicant considerations

The fellowship may appeal particularly to applicants seeking:

  • strong trauma and tertiary-care exposure
  • an academic/community hybrid setting
  • high pediatric acuity without being in Manhattan
  • close faculty interaction due to small class size
  • opportunities to help shape a newer fellowship program

The program accepts applicants from ACGME-accredited residency training programs in Emergency Medicine or Pediatrics and be board eligible by ABEM or ABP, respectively. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applicants with H1B Visas or those from residencies outside of the parameters previously listed. 

 

 

Pediatric Department Chair                                                                            Kaplan, Carl, MD, Program Director

Department Chair, Carolyn Milana, MD, FAAP                                              Fellowship Program Director, Carl Kaplan, MD, FAAP 

 

Bober, Jacqueline, DO                                                                        Chen, Jeffrey, MD, Assisant Program Director

Assistant Program Director, Jacqueline Bober, DO                                      Assistant Program Director, Jeffrey Chen, MD