Our fellowship program recruits individuals interested in outstanding clinical care and multidisciplinary research. We offer a wide variety of research and training opportunities that are tailored to each incoming fellow. Our program is as diverse as the many applicants who come to interview at Duke.
Clinical Training
Our new 74-bed unit (soon to be expanded to 81 beds) is directly adjacent to the labor and delivery service. The NICU services approximately 4,000 deliveries per year. This environment fosters excellent clinical training in a wide variety of neonatal conditions. Duke offers both primary and sub-specialty care to North Carolina and much of the Southeast United States. We also have an active Neonatal Life Flight Transport that services the surrounding communities and states. Fellows participate in the transport of critically ill neonates.
When our outcomes of mortality (<1000g) & bronchopulmonary dysplasia are benchmarked against the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Neonatal Research, Duke ranks consistently in the lower quarter, even after risk adjustment.
Research Training
The Duke Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship program is based on the premise that neonatologists carry out important functions in neonatal research that include:
- Describing and categorizing disease,
- Elucidating basic disease mechanisms,
- Developing potential therapies, testing these therapies in clinical trials, and
- Educating practitioners in the implementation of new therapies.
Research Tracks
It is our belief that outstanding physicians, depending on their aspirations and interests, can make significant contributions to health care policy, medical ethics, medical informatics and medical education in the context of a medical research career. Accordingly, we have developed scholarship pathways for research training during fellowship. Each pathway is aligned with a specific curriculum, faculty mentors and educational opportunities through the Duke School of Medicine.
Master's Level Training
A number of our fellows have chosen alternative academic pursuits during their training. NPRI sponsors master's-level programs are available in Clinical Research and Genomics as well as disciplines as varied as Biomedical Engineering, Medical Informatics, Medical Economics and Public Policy. Approximately 50% of our fellows have availed themselves of this opportunity.
Program Overview
- Positions offered per year: Three
- Current number of fellows: Nine
- Program duration: Three years
- Accrediting body: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Match participation?: Yes
We invite you to discover your own future potential for growth, achievement, and professional satisfaction by investigating the possibilities at Duke.
