Post Pediatric Portal Fellowship
The Post Pediatric Portal to Psychiatry Program is a three-year combined fellowship training program in adult psychiatry (18 months) and child and adolescent psychiatry (18 months) available to graduations of ACGME approved pediatric residency programs. This is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology approved program, and the successful graduate will be board eligible in both General Adult and CAP Psychiatry. The PPP fellow does rotations at the same ACGME approved sites as the CAP fellows.
Applicants
To apply for the Post Pediatric Portal program, please submit the following:
- Medical School Transcript or ECFMG Certificate
- Previous GME training
- USMLE/COMLEX Scores official transcript(s)
- Personal Statement describing the applicant's pursuit of a career in child and adolescent psychiatry
- A Summary of Clinical Performance,
- If pediatrics residency has been completed, a copy of the training completion certificate
- Letters of Recommendation to include letters from any prior GME training, including one from the Pediatric
- Training Director
- A copy of medical license
- A copy of a current CV
Applications can be emailed to Tia Coleman, fellowship coordinator, at tcolem18@uthsc.edu
Faculty
The Post Pediatric Portal Fellowship program incorporates faculty from both the Child and Adolescent Fellowship program and the Psychiatry Residency program.
Allison Ford, MD
Program Director of Post Pediatric Portal Fellowship (interim)
Current Fellows
Ryan Murphy, MD
Medical School: University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine
Undergraduate: BS in Biochemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Certification: Board Certified Pediatrician
Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Hobbies/Interests: Digital Media Production, including graphic design, photography, podcast production and filmmaking
Honors and Awards: Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; Gold Humanism Honor Society
Research Interests: Medical Education and the impact of social media on adolescents. Delivered poster presentations at both regional and national conferences
Future Interests: Practice both outpatient general pediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry in a collaborative care model in the Southeastern United States
Favorite Quote: "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Winnie the Pooh
Salman Zahid, MBBS
Residency: Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Postgraduate: Pediatrics, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan
Medical School: MBBS in Medicine and Surgery, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi Pakistan
Certification: Board Certified in Pediatrics
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Hobbies/Interests: Playing guitar and listening to music. Learning about science, technology and emerging
areas of medicine.
Research Interests: Presented four posters at the 10th SEHA International Pediatric Conference in Abu
Dhabi in 2016, covering neonatal sepsis, outcomes of very-low-birth-weight infants,
neonatal audits, and a dermatologic case. Completed a research dissertation examining
delays in children reaching the emergency department after developing IMNCI danger
signs.
Favorite Quote: “Whoever saves a life, it is as though he has saved all of humanity.”
Future Goals: Develop a career in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, with a particular interest
in understanding and treating psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. I
am especially interested in interventional psychiatry, including emerging treatments
for treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions, as well as the role of genetics, biomarkers,
and precision medicine in understanding psychiatric disorders and guiding individualized
treatment.
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