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The Children's Hospital and
Kempe
Center for the
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Director:
Andrew Sirotnak, MD
Phone: 303/861-6919 Fax: 303/837-2791
Two - three year post-residency Child
Abuse and Neglect Fellowship available for board certified or eligible
pediatricians. CO medical license is required. The
University
of Colorado’s
Kempe Child Protection Team is one of the first three and oldest in the country,
founded in 1958 by C. Henry Kempe, MD.
Busy
clinical service with 1200 patients a year (with approximately 40% sexual abuse
and 60% physical abuse or neglect, inpatient and outpatient). Weekly child
protection team clinic for sexual abuse consultations with colposcopy
examination, follow up inpatient care, and community DHS referrals.
MDT case
review meeting is held each week. Team psychologist has local and national
reputation for treating severely traumatized children, in particular, those who
have witnessed violence.
The new
Children’s Hospital (TCH) is on the Anshutz medical campus, where the integrated
clinical, educational and research enterprise of the
University
of Colorado
now reside.
We are a major referral center for consultation through the
Kempe
Center
for Wyoming,
Idaho,
Nebraska,
Kansas.
TCH is Colorado’s
only Level One pediatric trauma center with a busy emergency department and a
growing network of care, with close to 50,000 ED annual visits on main campus.
First year is primarily clinical and
second year can be designed around research with total time approximately 60%
clinical, 20% research, and 20% time involvement in outside activity such as
court, lectures and outreach. Civil and criminal court testimony in cases is
required training.
All
University of
Colorado
pediatrics fellows are required to complete an educational curriculum that
includes basic research, biostatistics training as well as career development
sessions. In addition to this educational series, fellows are encouraged to
explore MPH,
PhD, and other advanced degrees through the
University
of Colorado Clinical Sciences
Program.
Scholarly oversight committee will be in place for fellow with a required
scholarly product.
Our funding primarily through private and foundation grants,
and departmental support with clinical earnings. The program can have 1 or 2
positions yearly depending upon funding availability. Past graduates now lead
multidisciplinary teams, or hold academic positions in child abuse pediatrics.
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