Advanced Clinical Experience (ACE) in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia

SUPRA is proud to offer an advanced clinical experience in pediatric regional anesthesia.

• This is a 50% Clinical Instructor position as an attending pediatric anesthesiologist and 50% Clinical Scholar position for the advance clinical experience.
• Regional attending-led block placement and follow-up with active fellow participation in block placement and follow-up

Benefits:

• NO required call commitment for general OR or Regional team (may take call if desired)
• Regularly scheduled non-clinical days to pursue academic interests
• Minimal overlap with pediatric anesthesia fellows on regional service
• Improved marketability after clinical experience

Overall Goals of Clinical Experience:

• Develop an in-depth knowledge of pediatric anatomy relevant to regional anesthesia.
• Become technically proficient in the performance of regional techniques in children.
• Become knowledgeable about pediatric regional anesthesia literature.
• Stretch goal: complete a regional anesthesia academic project
• Present an abstract at a national meeting

Application Requirements:

• Application Form: download pdf here
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal Statement
• 3 letters of recommendation including one from your residency program director. At least one of the remaining letters should be written by a pediatric anesthesia faculty or staff member
• Copy of medical school diploma
• If residency has been completed, please submit your residency completion certificate and your competency-based summative evaluation written by your program director
• Must be American Board of Anesthesiology certified or eligible to practice pediatric anesthesiology in the United States

Application Process

Please submit your application with the following documents preferably electronically or by mail to the Program Administrator:

Advanced Clinical Scholar in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Selection Committee
c/o Esperanza Magallanes
espermag@stanford.edu
Center for Academic Medicine (CAM)
Pediatric Anesthesia + Mail Code: 5663
Stanford University School of Medicine
453 Quarry Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: 650-723-5728

Application Timeline

• For August 1st start dates, applications are accepted through March 31st

Our prior ACE graduates:

• 2017-2018 – Carole Lin
• 2018-2019 – Curtis Darling
• 2019-2020 – Mo Esfahanian
• 2020-2021 – Lauren Smith
• 2021-2022 – Steven Abboud
• 2022-2023 – Veronica Zoghbi
• 2023-2024 – Lilinete Polsunas