Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Arkansas Children’s Hospital is among the largest standalone pediatric hospitals in the United States, treating patients from birth to age 21. The hospital is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the state of Arkansas and is Magnet Recognized from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and is a teaching hospital with the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics.
Overview
The Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences offers a one-year advanced fellowship in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology. Currently, one (1) fellow is accepted per year through our application process.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital is a full-service, state-of-the-art facility, offering a complete array of clinical services ranging from well-baby, child, and adolescent care to the medical management of critically ill children requiring such sophisticated procedures as heart or kidney transplantation and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation. It is the teaching hospital of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is dedicated to the clinical care of children regardless of their ability to pay, medical and community education, and research. Essentially all of the physicians on the Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus are UAMS faculty.
The Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine provides approximately 18,000 anesthetics each year. These occur either in the operating rooms or in various sedation sites throughout the hospital. The Pediatric Anesthesia Division currently has 35 anesthesiologists, and a majority of anesthetics are provided by a faculty anesthesiologist with no resident or fellow in attendance.
About Our Program
Contact Us
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Dr. Destiny Chau, Program Director
Email: DChau@uams.edu
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
1 Children’s Way, Slot 203
Little Rock, AR 72202
Telephone: 501-364-3933
Fax: 501-364-2939