Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis
About the Program
Texas Children’s Hospital offers a one-year, advanced fellowship in Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis for graduates of pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship programs. This training is designed to address the growing need for expertise in bleeding and clotting disorders in children, including hemophilia, rare bleeding disorders, VTE, stroke, inherited thrombophilia, ECMO-associated coagulopathy, and vascular anomalies. The Texas Children's Hematology Center includes a comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC), multi-disciplinary Adolescent Hematology & Gynecology clinic, multi-disciplinary Kawasaki/Hematology clinic and works collaboratively with Transfusion Medicine and the TCH Coagulation laboratory.
Fellows will gain comprehensive clinical and procedural training, participate in weekly multidisciplinary meetings, and complete a mentored research project with protected time.
Curriculum Overview
- Outpatient Hemostasis & Thrombosis Clinics (12 weeks)
- Inpatient Consult Service – ICU & Non-ICU (12 weeks)
- Lab & Transfusion Rotations – Coagulation lab, ECMO/VAD, transfusion medicine (8 weeks)
- Electives & Research (14 weeks total, including 20% protected time throughout all other rotations)
- Interventional Radiology & Pharmacy Rotations (3 weeks)
- Vacation (3 weeks)
Educational activities include HTC rounds, Hematology & Coagulation conference, Regional Hemophilia network meetings, multi-disciplinary post-thrombotic syndrome clinic, collaborative portal vein thrombosis program and specialty case conferences.
Eligibility
- Completion of ACGME-accredited pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship (or equivalent)
- Board eligibility in pediatric hematology-oncology
- J-1 visa holders accepted (Non-Standard Training (NST) Program recognition by ACGME)
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