(inspirational music)
- [Narrator] This is OHSU.
Shaped by leaders, pioneers,
and those brave enough to take that first step.
We carry the torch and shine a light on what is possible.
We are a collaboration of disciplines,
listening to one another, learning from each other.
The OHSU Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
is more than an opportunity to gain experience.
It's your time to serve with a community
of trailblazers and groundbreakers.
- I can't imagine a better job in the world
than being a pediatrician.
We are here for four things.
We're here for clinical care, for sure,
but we're also here for research.
We are here for education,
and we are certainly here for advocacy.
And fellows that come that are excited
about that four-legged stool
that really supports all of pediatrics.
We're going to be excited about them.
- The learning environment here and the camaraderie
within the department of pediatrics
is why I chose OHSU in the first place.
And then I stayed here for a chief year and then fellowship
because of the people and this department
that really works together and supports each other.
- The camaraderie is fantastic
within all the different departments,
and the faculty really make us stay in charge
and have the ownership of our patients.
And my preceptor is there to supervise.
I, as an oncologist, feel proud and comfortable
having these discussions,
and that's primarily due to the freedom
that that is being given to our fellows.
- I have mentors from all different parts of the department
and across the institution as well.
(laughing) Dana Braner is an amazing cheerleader
for our whole department.
In the last few months, he's been sending out these emails
during times of COVID
that sort of elevate and work to unite us against this force
and reminding us what our mission is,
which is to take the best care of our patients
and families here at Doernbecher.
- We are very big on communicating,
and we're very big on transparency.
Nothing will happen to our faculty or our trainees,
or the nurses or the therapists or the dieticians,
or the 2,000 people who work here to support children
without them knowing about it,
and without them being a part of it.
And I love the fact that the fellows push me
to be a better physician
in literally every interaction I have with them.
One of the benefits of being in a smaller program
is that you really do get to know everybody here,
and they in turn get to know you.
And so when I'm on the phone
with prospective jobs for these fellows,
I'm able to speak in a way
that a lot of fellowship directors or a lot of chairs
at other larger programs, really can't.
- Most fellowship programs
have a very set curriculum and how a program is developed.
So it really comes down to the people and the opportunities.
And it's very, very important for the applicants
to really know the people that they'll be working with.
- What I would say is different about OHSU
is that it will value whatever you want to value as well.
It doesn't have to feel like fellowship
is one more stepping stone,
where then you might go forward and do something different.
You can start doing that different thing now.
- We have created a community of people here
who are very much for children and families,
but also are incredibly able to get the work done,
to learn from each other, and to have a good time doing it.
And even though it's a cliche that, you know,
we say our faculty is like a family.
Our faculty is very much like a family,
and I think that really helps.
And when our fellows emerge from this program,
they will be able to go anywhere in the world
and do amazing things, and that's what we're all about.
- Pediatric cardiology, I think, is special.
You develop a relationship with the family
under very high acuity, intense circumstances,
and then you continue that relationship,
and the combination of the high intensity,
and then this bond that you've created
is really unique to our field and really gratifying.
We hope to find an applicant who wants to work
in a medium sized program with faculty who love to teach,
who love to mentor, and an environment in which
the fellow is the center of the patient care experience.
I trained in a very high-volume fellowship program.
When I came to Oregon, I recognized right away
that the advantage of a lower volume program
is that you spend more time with every patient.
You can have deeper discussions with the faculty
and with each other about each lesion,
and you can spend some time reading and thinking about them.
I think getting more out of each patient experience.
How are we setting this child up for their life
in terms of the neurodevelopment, the other organ systems?
What sort of quality of life will the child have?
And that's a big part of our field now.
- [Narrator] At some point,
it's about the why you do what you do, as much as the how.
We do it because we are bold.
We do it because someone needs to make the difference,
and we know we can make the difference
because we already have.
We welcome the curious, inspired,
and those willing to be bold.
This is OHSU.