PCC’s Maternal Child Health Fellowship program attracts top family medicine physicians from around the country with a demonstrated commitment to the underserved maternal/child population. The program gives practitioners a public health approach, training them to not only provide care to high-risk mothers and babies in underserved communities, but also to serve as leaders in community health organizations. The program produces six highly trained family practitioners each year. Graduates of the Fellowship include medical directors and assistant medical directors of community health centers across Chicago and the nation.

Fellowship Directors: Alex Wu, MD; Antoinette (Toni) Lullo, DO; Tamajah Gibson, MD
Fellowship Location: Inner-city
Type of Fellowship: Full-time
Year Started: 1993
Graduates: Over 60 in US and international practices
Number of fellows per year: 6-8
Number of cesarean deliveries per year: About 450-500, divided among the fellows
Length of Fellowship: 12 months
Annual Stipend: $65,000.00
Benefits: 15 days’ vacation/CME, 3 days PTO, 7 days sick leave, $1500 CME reimbursement, hospital parking, insurance - health, liability, disability, and life
Prerequisites for Acceptance: Board certified or board eligible in family practice, demonstrated commitment to underserved maternal/child population.
Applications: Accepted year-round, rolling selection policy, March deadline (4 months prior to the July start date)

Comments:
Graduates will be prepared to provide direct clinical services to women and children at high psychosocial, obstetric, or medical risk. Fellowship includes training in operative obstetrics, ultrasound, high-risk OB, Level II Neonatology, and outpatient MCH services. Faculty includes 10 fellowship-trained family physicians as well as OB, Peds, and Neonatology. Outpatient clinics are held in one of our comprehensive community health centers that serve Chicago area Latino and African American underserved populations with an MCH-focused Family Medicine model. Fellows are directly involved in supervising Family Medicine Residents and medical students on Labor and Delivery, Postpartum Unit, and the Nursery. We have successfully piloted a monthly international MCH conference and currently have plans to staff a sustainable international site for our MCH attendings and fellows in the future.

If you are interested in applying for PCC's Maternal Child Health Fellowship program please complete the pre-application and mail or email it along with your CV, personal statement, and three letters of recommendation to:

PCC Community Wellness Center
c/o Simon Swartzman, Interim Administrative Assistant
14 West Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60302
Phone Number: (708) 406-3940
Fax Number: (708) 383-1378
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