The Division of Neonatology, in affiliation with the
Jean & George Brumley, Jr., Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI), offers fellowship training for pediatricians who wish to practice neonatology at the highest level. Our goal is to train the next generation of investigators and clinicians to improve the lives of sick newborns.
The program focuses its research efforts on the basic and clinical investigation of brain and lung injury and repair, including stem cell biology, developmental biology of the heart, brain and lungs, neonatal follow-up, health care policy, informatic biomedical engineering, and medical economics. The fellowship program strongly emphasizes individual goals and provides strong training in both the basic and clinical sciences as well as other important areas of study. The clinical curriculum takes place at Duke University Medical Center and Duke affiliated hospitals which encompass approximately 7000 deliveries per year. Duke faculty are affiliated with Duke University Medical Center, Durham Regional Hospital, and Alamance Regional Hospital, which include approximately 80 level III and IV neonatal intensive care beds and have a combined admission rate of over 1000 patients per year. The ICU at Duke will expand to 65 beds in 2008.
Individualized research training begins during the first year and may be conducted in one of the three research tracks:
Physician Scientist, Clinical Scientist, and
Clinical Scholar/Educator. Training can be continued as a junior faculty member in order to properly prepare fellows for successful careers as independent investigators.
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