Fellowship Alumni
Since 2009, the Center for Simulation and Research has offered an informal training experience for subspecialty fellows in the divisions of critical care, emergency medicine and neonatology. This grew out of a combined interest from the individual fellows and the educators and directors at the CSR. Additionally, one practicing pediatric emergency medicine physician from Brazil spent one year with us on a Proctor Scholarship to further develop his expertise in medical simulation, including the development, completion and publication of a research project.
Joanne Somerville, RN
In 2022-2023, instead of a formal fellowship we hosted Joanne Somerville, RN for a sabbatical. Joanne is a pediatric intensive care nurses clinically but spends most of her time as a Medical Educator and simulation director in Perth, Western Australia. Her area of interest during the sabbatical with us was scenario-based virtual reality simulation.
Preston Dean, MD
Our 2021-2022 simulation fellow was Preston Dean, MD, who is an Emergency Medicine physician here at Cincinnati Children's. Preston developed a rapid cycle deliberate practice course for EM fellows during his fellowship, which has now been expanded to faculty in the division.
Ryan Fredericks, MD
Our 2020-2021 simulation fellow was Ryan Fredericks, MD, who is a pediatric Critical Care Medicine attending at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. During fellowship the developed a simulation-based program to enhance their rapid response team process at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
Victoria Hartwell, MD
Our 2019-2020 simulation fellow was Victoria Hartwell, MD, who is an Emergency Medicine physician here at Cincinnati Children's and has 10% FTE as our Physician Lead – Fellow Simulation. During fellowship, she developed and studied a virtual reality-based platform to train physicians and APRNs on digital block anesthesia.
Sang Lee, MD
Starting in 2018, we began offering this formal 1-year fellowship in medical simulation. Over this time, we have trained one fellow per year. Our 2018-2019 simulation fellow was Sang Lee, MD, who currently is an Emergency Medicine physician here at Cincinnati Children's and has 10% FTE as our Physician Lead – Resident Simulation. He has now received two grants focused on procedural training for prehospital emergency providers. He is also a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator.
