Education

The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship is committed to training the next generation of neonatologists to advance clinical care and scientific knowledge to improve outcomes for neonates worldwide.
About the Program
Our program is intended for individuals planning a career in academic medicine, with a focus on protected time for scholarly work and career development. Fellows receive comprehensive training in clinical Neonatology and their chosen area of scholarly concentration.
UCSF and the Department of Pediatrics is committed to advancing health equity by upholding the values of Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Excellence (PRIDE). Our fellowship program values the importance of a diverse clinical and research workforce as reflected by the intersecting identities, lived experiences, and academic interests of our current fellows and faculty.
How to Apply
Each year the program accepts 3 new fellows through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Medicine and Pediatrics Specialties Match.
Interested candidates should apply via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) starting in July of each year. In addition to the standard application requirements, candidates should include a research statement describing their current and anticipated future research interests, as well as relevant previous experiences. The research statement should also outline potential mentors and specific programs of study available at UCSF that will advance the applicant's career goals.
UCSF and the Department of Pediatrics is committed to training a diverse healthcare and research workforce.
Program Leadership
Luke Judge, MD, PhD
Fellowship Director
Email: [email protected]
Adam Detora, MD, MBE
Associate Program Director
Email: [email protected]
Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Email: [email protected]
Kaitlin Zazueta, MS-HCA
Program Fellowship Manager
Email: [email protected]
Curriculum
Clinical Curriculum
Required clinical rotations are scheduled in one of our inpatient teams in our Level IV Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco. The ICN is adjacent to the Birth Center in the UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital where fellows will attend high-risk deliveries and resuscitation of premature infants and those with antepartum diagnosis of congenital anomalies, including patients followed in the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center.
Elective rotations are available in our Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Unit, in the Neurological-Intensive Care Nursery consulting service, the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Consulting service, and in our community level III NICU at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Fellows participate regularly in the ICN Follow-Up Program for long-term neurodevelopmental assessment of high-risk infants. The clinic is staffed by attending neonatologists, nurses, practitioners, psychologists, and physical therapists.
Didactic and Core Conference Curriculum
Weekly Neonatal-Perinatal Conferences:
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Fellow core educational conference (includes didactics, case presentations, simulation, point of care ultrasound)
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Interdisciplinary perinatal conference
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Interdisciplinary Fetal Treatment conference
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Neonatology Division conferences: rotating schedule of morbidity and mortality, journal club, research, clinical consensus, and long-term follow-up conferences.
Fellows College:
The Department of Pediatrics sponsors quarterly meetings for all Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows as part of the Fellows College. The purpose of these meetings is to orient the fellows to UCSF, assist in the transition to Fellowship, and prepare the fellows for future careers in academic medicine. These half-day workshops also address issues of common concern to all trainees (e.g., preparing a manuscript, applying for grants, giving presentations, career planning, and job searching) and constitute part of a core curriculum designed especially for all Pediatric sub-specialty fellows.
Research Scholarly Curriculum
Individualized training and mentorship are provided in the desired area of scholarly work, which may include laboratory research, clinical research, health services research, or medical education. Formal coursework is available through affiliated programs such as the Master’s and Certificate Programs in Clinical & Epidemiological Research and the Master’s Program in Education.
We support customized schedules for candidates who are participating in the Accelerated Research Pathway of the American Board of Pediatrics and/or the Pediatric Scientist Development Program to provide an additional year of dedicated research training during fellowship. Alternatively, senior fellows may be selected for the Tooley Neonatal Research Fellowship, a division-funded non-ACGME 4th-year program designed to support research and career development in preparation for an academic faculty position.
Current Fellows
First Years
Neha Anand, MD, MPH
Training Period: 2025-2028
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Boston Medical Center
Camille Fonseca, MD, MPH
Training Period: 2025-2028
Medical School: Emory University
Residency: University of Chicago
Christine “Connell” Studenmund, MD
Training Period: 2025-2028
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Boston Medical Center
Second Years
Sabreen Aulakh, MD
Training Period: 2024-2027
Medical School: University of South Florida College of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Caitlin Royse, MD
Training Period: 2024-2027
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Celia Cheung, MD
Training Period: 2024-2027
Medical School: UC Irvine
Residency: UC Irvine
Third Years
Cheryl Hawkins, MD
Training Period: 2023-2026
Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Jacqueline Kading, MD
Training Period: 2023-2026
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: UCLA
Rebecca Webb, MD
Training Period: 2023-2026
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Fourth Years
Martin Grana Bascuro, MD
Training Period: 2022-2026
Medical School: Universidad de San Martin de Porres Facultad de Medicina Humana
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Lauren Harasymiw, MD, PhD, MPH
Training Period: 2022-2026
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota
Recent Past Trainees
Katharine “Griffin” Gorsky, MD, MPH
Training Period: 2022-2025
Medical School: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program
Benjamin Rodrigues, MD
Training Period: 2021-2024
Medical School: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital