Skip to main content

Press

NEW for 2024-2025-PEDIATRIC NEURO-ONCOLOGY APPLICATION GUIDELINES!


The Society for Neuro-Oncology’s Pediatric Fellowship Working Group is launching a pilot program for the 2024-2025 Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship application process (those starting fellowships in 2025). Based on a recent survey that was sent to Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program Directors, there is a consensus that a standardized document of application guidelines would be helpful for both applicants and participating programs in navigating and clarifying the process. Please click here to view the guidelines to be implemented. 

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Institutions


The scope of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology is vast and tailored training in the field is encouraged to provide optimal care for this special population. Below is a compilation of programs that have established Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowships in the USA and Canada.

Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fellowship Director: Lucie Lafay-Cousin
Fellowship Coordinator: Karen Fandrey
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago & Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Fellowship Director: Alicia (Lish) Lenzen
Fellowship Coordinator: Melissa Ortiz
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Fellowship Director: Murali Chintagumpala
Fellowship Coordinator: Deanna Cuello
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Children’s Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado School of Medicine 
Fellowship Director: Adam Green
Fellowship Coordinator: Tanya Bennett 
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles  
Fellowship Director: Ashley Margol
Fellowship Coordinator: Annie Aguilar
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Children's National Hospital
Fellowship Director: Luca Szalontay
Fellowship Coordinator: Sandy Damadzic
Length of program: 1 year
For more details, click here.

CHU Sainte-Justine-University of Montréal
Fellowship Director: Sébastien Perreault
Fellowship Coordinator: Karine Tardif
Length of program: 1 or 2 years 
For more details, click here.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Fellowship Director: Trent Hummel
Fellowship Coordinator: Michelle Seither
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital/University of Michigan Medical School
Fellowship Director: Andrea Franson
Fellowship Coordinator: Kristin Jensen
Length of program: 1-2 years 
For more details, click here.

Dana-Farber / Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Fellowship Director: Kee Kiat Yeo
Fellowship Coordinator: Mayra Mollinedo
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Duke University, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke
Fellowship Director: Katherine Peters
Fellowship Coordinator: Sherolyn Patterson
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Emory University
Fellowship Director: Robert Craig Castellino  
Fellowship Coordinator: India Harrison
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Fellowship Director: Stacie Stapleton  
Fellowship Coordinator: Ashley Taylor
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Fellowship Director: Yasmin Khakoo
Fellowship Coordinator: Evelyn Clarke
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Fellowship Director: Ralph Salloum
Fellowship Coordinator: Amber Crabtree
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

NYU Langone
Fellowship Director: Jessica Clymer
Fellowship Coordinator: Czarina Judan
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA
Fellowship Director: Jennifer Elster
Fellowship Coordinator: Jennifer Elster 
Length of program:1 - 2 years 
For more details, click here.

Seattle Children’s Hospital
Fellowship Director: Rebecca Ronsley
Fellowship Coordinator: Sara Baltz 
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.  

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Fellowship Director: Amar Gajjar
Fellowship Coordinator: Teresa Losert
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Fellowship Director: Sonia Partap
Fellowship Coordinator: Jackie Loesch
Length of program: 12-24 months 
For more details, click here.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  
Fellowship Director: Amish C. Shah
Fellowship Coordinator: Aliya Burroughs
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

The Hospital for Sick Children
Fellowship Director: Suzan WilliamsVinay Ramaswamy
Fellowship Coordinator: Caoimhe Gallagher
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's of Alabama
Fellowship Director: Laura "Katie" Metrock
Fellowship Coordinator: April Rice 
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

University of Florida
Fellowship Director: Ashley P. Ghiaseddin
Fellowship Coordinator: Jamie Dow
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fellowship Director: Christopher Moertel
Fellowship Coordinator: Gina Finical
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Fellowship Director: Mohamed Shebl Abdelbaki
Fellowship Coordinator: Crystal Cooper
Length of program: 1 year 
For more details, click here.

If you would like for your program to be listed, please contact Carolyn Loch at [email protected]