To develop outstanding academic neonatologists who both excel at clinical medicine and who will advance the field of neonatal-perinatal medicine through their scholarly endeavors. We aim to prepare broadly trained candidates that will be successful in becoming subspecialists by taking CPSP subspecialty exams while fostering a lifelong interest in academic neonatology. We would continue to improve the clinical and educational opportunities provided within the fellowship while optimizing the wellness of the individual fellow and community of fellows as a whole.

Is to train outstanding fellows who are equipped to pursue their long-term career objectives. We will recruit fellows interested in an academic career who can best take advantage of the many resources currently available and develop systems to promote the discipline of Neonatology and Pediatrics in general and help improve the current level and standard of care available to our newborns.

We expect and promote excellence in academic fields like patient care, medical education, and research. Through autonomy in our high acuity units, the extension of our catchment area and the spectrum of diseases that are continuously being referred to our tertiary care center our trainees will become comfortable with all aspects of clinical care, patient management of all neonatal clinical entities, procedures, interactions with consultants and members of the care team, family counseling, ethics, and follow-up care. In addition, as communication is a key aspect of providing care and passing on knowledge, fellows will have the opportunity to teach multiple levels of learners including parents, residents, colleagues, medical students, house officers, and faculty. Finally, each fellow will graduate with an area of expertise, centered on an individualized research project. This area of expertise is intended to serve as a starting point for a long-term academic career trajectory.

• Program Director
• Associate Program Director 
• Chief Resident
• Program Coordinator

In addition to a very strong Neonatology team consisting of five consultants, one assistant consultant and four SMO’s our Pediatric department currently has the following in-house disciplines available to promote, educate and train our fellows:

Infectious diseases, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Urology, Dermatology

Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric surgery, and a dedicated Pediatric emergency.

Outline of Training:

The training is going to be a combination of didactic lectures from curriculum topics, ward rounds, clinical case discussions and supervised procedural experience.

1. Fellows lectures and journal club: The fellows will present lectures from the core curriculum on a weekly basis. This will be followed by a case discussion of patients with similar problems. Once a week in the journal club recent articles published in the premier journal of the specialty will be discussed.
2. Clinical Cases: Each fellow will assess patients in clinics and discuss their management with the supervisors. He/she will assist in patient’s management and will follow the disease process to gain maximum experience in that condition.
3. Procedural Skills: Fellows will review the patients pre-procedure and discuss their management with Supervisors. They will then assist or perform the procedure under supervision. They will review the patient post-procedure to learn about the disease process.
4. CPCs and Morbidity and Mortality Meetings: Participation in CPCs are mandatory for all fellows and consultants in the department of Paediatrics. In the monthly M&M meetings all serious complications and deaths are discussed and strategies made to improve protocol and prevent, if possible such complications in the future.
5. Perinatal meetings: Perinatal meetings in conjunction with OB/GYN department are held every month. Fellows will collect data, and conduct perinatal meetings with the help of Paediatric and OB/GYN residents and consultants.
6. Interdepartmental and National meetings: The fellows will participate and present case in inter departmental meeting on every Monday. They will also attend and present in National & International Paediatric critical care conferences.

Our morning rounds are joined by clinical pharmacists, Speech therapists, Physio therapists, Respiratory therapists, medical students, house officers, Pediatric residents and NICU SMO’s on daily basis. We currently have twenty-two beds for admissions that would be increased to thirty-nine beds in the near future. We enjoy the privilege of having the state of the art equipment in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Our statistics reflect outcome results that are comparable to the best and most reputable hospitals around the world. Our research helps pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists around the country and around the world to treat children’s diseases, conditions and disorders. Our fellows once trained are going to bring a good name to our institution and in the long run will help to change the face of Neonatology in Pakistan.

Residents are evaluated by faculty every month, based on their rotation. Feedback is provided by the Programme Director and Coordinator, every 3 months.
Annual TOACS and Year end PGME exams are conducted. In addition, formative assessments based on assorted topics may be arranged every 2-3 months.

Candidates are required to fill on-line application form. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Register yourself by defining user name and password.
2. After your account is created, you will need to login to fill the Application Form. Programs offered will be displayed after registration.
3. A candidate can apply for only one program at a time.
4. Candidate may partially fill the form and save it on-line for resuming filling out the form later using login credentials.
5.Once the on-line application form is filled and submitted, candidate would be able to take a printout.
6. The hard copy of the on-line application form along with the required documents mentioned in the Application Form must be submitted to the PGME Office, Medical Staff Affairs either personally, through friends/relatives or through reliable courier service.
7. Check your junk emails (in case of email not received).

The fellow is encouraged to do one original research project leading to a published paper and/or present a scientific paper at any national/ international meeting. Fellows should attend at least one national meeting related to radiological imaging while in training.

We are planning to have three to four fellows per year. The candidates should have cleared their FCPS Part II in Paediatrics. Applicants will be selected from all over the country. They would be short listed after a written exam and would be finally selected through an interview held with all members of faculty and Chief of Paediatrics, and CME director.