Pediatric Anesthesiology

About 

UT Southwestern offers four positions per year in our one-year, ACGME-accredited Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship.  Our goal is to provide an exceptional year of training which will lead to Board Certification in Pediatric Anesthesia from the American Board of Anesthesiology.   
 
UT Southwestern and Children’s Health System of Texas is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best children’s hospitals in the United States.  Our free-standing pediatric hospital is the eighth largest pediatric healthcare provider in the nation. Our 487-bed hospital houses the first Level 1 pediatric trauma center in North Texas, a premier referral Level 4 NICU in North Texas, and a Level 1 PICU and CVICU.  Our Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology provides more than 43,000 anesthetics a year and services all surgical subspecialties. 
 
Fellowship Application and Match Applications are accepted through ERAS at the start of the calendar year, with interviews beginning in March/April. All interviews will be scheduled virtually using Thalamus. 

Fellowship Objectives

Our fellowship goals are as follows: 

• To acquire the specialized fund of knowledge, clinical judgment, and technical skills required to independently provide safe, evidence-based anesthetic care for a wide variety of pediatric patients. This includes children of all ages with and without associated medical comorbidities, undergoing surgical or diagnostic procedures, both simple and complex.
• To gain familiarity with research methodology and help carry out a research project.
• To create an environment that encourages and instructs the fellow to become a life-long learner. 
• To achieve board certification in pediatric anesthesiology through the American Board of Anesthesiology. 

Benefits  

• 20 Hour of PTO/Discretionary days per ABA
• $1750 in Educational funds (use for conferences, travel, lap tops, lead aprons, books, exam fees, board exam fees, etc) 
• $1300 additional Presentational Funds if approved when accepted to present an abstract at a conference 

For more information on trainee benefits, please visit our Graduate Medical Education website.

GME Benefits

Our People

Leadership Team

Faculty

Current and Recent Fellows

• 2024-2025 Fellows

  Allison Murphy, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Kentucky, School of Medicine
  Residency: University of Kentucky
  Current Position: Academics, University of Kentucky

  Lauren Negoslawski, D.O.
  Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center
  Residency: Vanderbilt University
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Winfred Sardar, M.D.
  Medical School: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
  Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Richard Trey Wells, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine
  Residency: University of California, Irvine
  Current Position: Academics, Texas Children's Hospital

  John Raymond Williams, M.D.
  Medical School: Texas A & M Health Science Center
  Residency: Baylor Scott and White
  Current Position: Academics, McLane Children's Hospital

• 2023-2024 Fellows

  Paul Ryan Hoffmann, M.D.
  Medical School: Texas A & M Health Science Center
  Residency: University of Michigan

  Ashlin Mathew, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Tennessee, College of Medicine
  Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Cole Sievers, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Residency: University of Nebraska
  Current Position: Boys Town National Research Hospital

• 2022-2023 Fellows

  Zhaohui Hu, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
  Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Joohi Khan, M.D..
  Medical School: University of Tennessee, College of Medicine
  Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Claudia Lorente, M.D
  Medical School: Texas A & M Health Science Center
  Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas
  

  Amanda Motomochi, M.D.
  Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Science Center
  Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Madeline Vernon, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

• 2021-2022 Fellows

  Maranatha McLean, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  Residency: Westchester Medical Center
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Daniel Ruiz, M.D.
  Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  Current Position: Driscoll Children's Hospital

  Angela Shields, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  Residency: University of Nebraska
  Current Position: Academics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

  Pauline Wong, D.O.
  Medical School: University of Tennessee, College of Osteopathic Medicine
  Residency: Riverside University Health System
  Current Position: Fellowship in Pain Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Curriculum:

Program Design Annual Rotation Schedule includes: 

• Operating Room: (6 Months)
• Main Operating Room 
• Ambulatory Surgery Center 
• Non-OR Anesthetizing Locations 
• Cardiac Rotation: (2 Months) 
• Cardiac Operating Room 
• Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• Spine/Orthopedics/Regional (1 Month)
• Pain management and Regional Anesthesia (1 Month) 
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (1 Month) 
• Elective (1 Month) 

Clinical Practice 

UTSW division of Pediatric Anesthesia boasts one of the largest faculties in the country. We provide pediatric coverage to the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Children's Health System and Texas Health Resources.  Located in the Dallas Fort Worth area, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, we care for a very social, economically, and ethnically diverse patient population. As part of a multidisciplinary team, we work closely with our colleagues in Pediatrics (and its subspecialties), surgery and radiology. Our close-knit team consists of nationally recognized experts in a variety of areas, including clinical care, research, and quality. Fellows are provided a supportive environment in which they develop in-depth clinical, consultant, and research expertise. 
 
With over 40,000 cases a year, yet only four fellows, our fellowship program has all the advantages of a small program with the resources and patient acuity of one of the largest programs in the country.  Boasting a level 1 trauma center and a level 4 NICU, we offer all facets of pediatric anesthesia: 

• Cardiac/Thoracic surgery 
• Neonatal emergencies 
• Low birth weight and extremely low birth weight infants 
• Neurosurgery 
• Trauma 
• ENT/airway surgery 
• Plastics/craniofacial 
• Orthopedic/Spines 
• Pediatric regional anesthesia 
• General pediatric surgery 
• Urological surgery 
• Solid organ transplantation 
• Pediatric pain management 
• Dental surgery 
• Ophthalmological surgery
• Pediatric critical care 

Our program operates on an educational philosophy that fellowship is a choice; accordingly, we work to ensure that your year is worth the time investment.  Pediatric anesthesiology fellows are given the highest priority for daily assignments, and they are free to mold their year in the way that best suits their professional goals, all while exceeding the minimum requirements expected by the ACGME.   

We support our fellows by: 

• Provision of superb clinical experience with a diverse faculty team comprised of 55 board-certified pediatric anesthesiologists. 
• A dedicated faculty mentor, specifically selected to suit each fellow’s personality and professional goals 
• Faculty-mentored research and quality improvement opportunities 
• Dedicated national conference days 
• Nonclinical time for scholarly activities 
• Didactic lectures 
• Patient Safety Simulations 
• Departmental and divisional conferences 
• Grand Rounds/Morbidity & Mortality Conferences 
• Mock Oral Exams led by current ABA applied examiners 
• Quarterly Journal Clubs  
• Access to all departmental resources