Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Train in broad and diverse techniques across pediatric and fetal surgery
Our highly competitive ACGME-accredited, two-year clinical fellowship provides comprehensive and robust pediatric surgical training. We offer specialized training not available in many fellowships and are national leaders in developing fellowship education techniques.
Our program rotates between two major Portland hospitals: OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. We offer:
- Opportunities not found in many fellowships, including fetal surgery and chest wall reconstruction training
- A unique leadership structure across our fellowship sites
- Faculty with a wide range of skills to help you best develop yours
- Flexibility in choosing your fellowship path
- A caseload well over the required 800 total cases
Why train with us?
You will be trained by faculty with exceptionally diverse expertise. Our 10 faculty members represent eight different training programs. You will learn multiple ways to treat conditions and extensively build your clinical skills.
We focus on education over service, and our fellows do not stay in-house to take calls. Each is the chief fellow while at their site, either Doernbecher Children’s Hospital or Randall Children’s Hospital. You will have your own team and schedules and manage your own practice.
You can tailor your fellowship to your individual goals. Past fellows have chosen a clinical-only fellowship. Others have opted for a clinical fellowship that includes a research component in global health, basic science or translational research. Two have held joint appointments with our group and the OHSU Division of Neonatology.
Fellowship objectives
You will:
- Gain experience in academic practice at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and in private practice through clinics at Randall Children’s Hospital
- Receive training in the full breadth of pediatric surgery techniques and in highly specialized programs such as fetal surgery and chest wall reconstruction
- Be part of the surgical team and instruct medical students and residents through the daily care of surgical patients
- Attend clinic according to faculty schedules and assume primary responsibility for diagnostic workup and treatment plans
Curriculum
You will attend weekly educational meetings, including:
- SCORE textbook modules
- Morbidity and mortality conferences
- Radiology-pathology joint conferences
- Neonatology joint conferences
- Journal Club
- Trauma conferences
- Preoperative conferences
- Fellow quality improvement project updates
- Subspecialty speaker presentations
We do not require outside rotations, a research year or a research paper in this fellowship.
How to apply
Apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
We interview about 20 fellowship applicants after an extensive screening process. Full-day interviews with our faculty typically occur in February and March. We have a get-together for the applicants the night before the interview.
Learn more about how to apply to OHSU residencies and fellowships.
Fellowship leaders
Mubeen Jafri, M.D., FACS, FAAP, is an associate professor, head of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and director of the ACGME-accredited Pediatric Surgery Fellowship program. He has special research expertise in biliary atresia, the most common cause of liver failure requiring transplant in children.
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Appointments and titles
- Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine
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Meet our fellows
Maria Tecos, M.D., went to medical school at Michigan State University. She completed her general surgery residency training at University of Nebraska Medical Center, with a two-year research stint at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her dog, Toast.
Walker Short, M.D., joins us from his hometown of Houston, Texas. He earned his medical degree and completed his general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He enjoys exploring Oregon with his wife, their young son and two dogs. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, visiting local breweries and spending time with friends and family.
Recent fellowship alumni
2025
Danny Labuz, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
2024
Devin Halleran, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon specializing in colorectal surgery at UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2023
Michael Arnold, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon at Golisano Children’s Hospital in Port Charlotte and Fort Myers, Florida.
2022
Wesley Barry III, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage.
2021
Colin Gause, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon with Providence Medical Group in Oregon City, Oregon.
Frequently asked questions
Q: What kind of institutional support does OHSU provide for fellows?
A: OHSU has a large and robust Graduate Medical Education office that provides exceptional resources for trainees in ACGME-accredited training programs. Visit the website for more details.
Q: What kind of medical license will I need for the fellowship?
A: The program requires an Oregon M.D./D.O. Limited License (postgraduate).
Q: I’m not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Can you sponsor my visa?
A: We can sponsor J-1 visas, but we cannot currently sponsor any new H-1B visas.
Q: How many cases do graduating fellows complete?
A: Over the past five years, our graduating fellows completed an average of 1,175 major cases, well over the ACGME requirement of 800.
Apply now
Apply through ERAS.
Questions?
Email us at manelis@ohsu.edu.
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“I feel incredibly lucky to have done my fellowship at OHSU. I woke up in the morning genuinely excited to go to work, not just for the cool cases and the awesome patients, but to be around attendings and APPs and residents and nurses who all truly cared for the children and each other.”
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