Curriculum | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship | Academic Programs | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

Weekly conference presented by Faculty from neonatology, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, etc. The chosen topics provide a foundation to understanding and managing newborn diseases.

Monthly conference where ongoing research is presented by faculty or fellows. This conference serves as an opportunity for fellows to present their research and receive feedback from the division. Faculty present ongoing research where fellows may often become involved.

Monthly conference by fellows presenting an in-depth review of a neonatal clinical topic with emphasis on board material and practice questions.

Monthly conference which reviews selected patient cases for purpose of quality assurance and education.

Monthly conference which addresses administrative and clinical items related to the conduct of care in the NICU.

Monthly conference where fellows present a review and evaluation of up-to-date literature pertinent to neonatal diseases, their pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy.

Divisional meeting where the group reviews the latest evidence for a variety of practices with the goal of establishing a consensus approach to clinical problems such as neonatal abstinence, feeding protocols, lipid use, etc.

Monthly conference where a fellow leads discussion on diagnosis and/or management discussions related to current patients.

Weekly conference where complex and/or chronic patients are discussed with the group to help assist with continuity of care and to discuss the management of complex patients.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Lecture

One of the cardiothoracic surgeons meets with the neonatology fellows monthly to review physiology and management of cardiac disease.

Weekly conference with Neonatology, MFM, Pediatric Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesia, Neurosurgery, and other surgical subspecialties to discuss ongoing care of fetuses with congenital anomalies. Candidates for fetal surgery and plans for delivery of high risk patients are discussed.

Sessions held throughout the year for neonatology fellows with emphasis on advanced procedures such as pericardiocentesis, chest tube placement, exchange transfusion, etc. These sessions also include exposure to simulation scenarios such as delivery of extremely preterm infants, infants with arrhythmias, and other neonatal resuscitations.