Fellowship Details & Requirements

Candidates should be board certified in General Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics or equivalent and eligible for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine certification by the American Board of Pediatrics or should have received equivalent training as judged by the program directors. Only individuals who have successfully completed an ACGME accredited fellowship or equivalent training are eligible for this advanced training opportunity.

12 months, July 1st – June 30th

• Compensation: GME Stipend Levels
• Vacation: 4 weeks per year with flexibility on choice of vacation time.
• Travel Funds: Fellows are awarded conference travel, books/educational material, and workshop allowances. In addition, fellows are sponsored by the program for one or two conferences annually.
• Fitness Facilities: Free access to the 16,000 square foot institutional fitness center with strength-training cardiovascular equipment, yoga, spin and group exercise rooms. Additionally, online classes and pre-recorded programs are offered. Free group classes are available to MD Anderson employees. Personal trainers are normally available for a fee.
• Benefits: Complete benefits package that includes medical, dental and disability insurance, a parking subsidy, institutional cell phone and laptop. Please see Graduate Medical Education Trainee Manual for full details.
• Parental/Family Leave: In concordance with ACGME requirements, we provide up to six weeks of paid parental and family leave during training.
• Tobacco restrictions: MD Anderson is committed to encouraging good health and staying true to our mission to end cancer. If you are applying for a GME fellowship or residency program, please be advised that MD Anderson has instituted a tobacco-free hiring process as part of its efforts to achieve these goals. Read more on the Information for GME Applicants page.
• More information for applicants is available here. 

MD Anderson is located in the world’s largest medical complex, the Texas Medical Center. In addition, Houston is the fourth-largest and most diverse city in the United States, with something to offer for everyone. Read more about why you should choose Houston.

Facts about Houston

• Fourth most populous city in the United States with an estimated 2.3 million residents in the city limits and more than 6 million living in the Greater Houston metro area.
• Houston has the fourth-largest economy in the country with a nominal gross area product of $522.9 billion.
• The Greater Houston area boasts the third-lowest cost of living among the top 20 most populous metro areas in the country.
• Two major award-winning airports serve the Houston area: George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). Together they provide nonstop service to 190 domestic and international destinations on 25 airlines.
• Houston ranked #11 in America’s Best Cities in 2020, list.
• Houston has a vibrant visual art and performance arts culture and is a mecca with hundreds of institutions that showcase artistic expression, history, culture, nature, and science including:
  • Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science
  • Houston Ballet
  • Houston Symphony
  • Houston Grand Opera
  • Alley Theatre
  • Asia Society Texas Center
  • Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
  • Children’s Museum of Houston
  • Holocaust Museum Houston
  • Houston Zoo
  • Menil Collection
  • Houston Museum of African American Culture
  • And many others.
• Houston has many prized sports teams with world-class teams including:
  • Houston Astros baseball
  • Houston Rockets basketball
  • Houston Texans football
  • Houston Dynamo men’s soccer
  • Houston Dash women’s soccer
• Education
  • 14 major institutions of higher learning (and others)
• Business
  • The fourth most populous city in the country also has the fourth-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Twenty-two companies in the Houston area are on the 2020 Fortune 500 list. 
• Parks and Recreation
  • Hermann Park
  • Memorial Park
  • Buffalo Bayou Park
  • Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
  • Houston Bikeways
  • Brazos Bend State Park (less than one hour away)
  • Stephen F. Austin State Park (less than one hour away)
  • Big Thicket National Preserve (1.5 hours away)
• Culinary capital of the world! Eat your way through Houston.

Facts about the Texas Medical Center

• Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex. About 106,000 people work within its facilities including close to 22,000 at MD Anderson alone. TMC is also building a new world-class life science campus called TMC3, a first-of-its-kind translational research initiative.
• Altogether, 7.2 million patients visit Texas Medical Center institutions each year, with MD Anderson recording more than 1.3 million outpatient clinical visits, treatments and procedures.

Read more about why Houston is a great place to live and work.

In addition to gaining unparalleled education and training experience, MD Anderson trainees have access to exceptional resources and benefits to help them build meaningful careers and lead fulfilling lives.

Institutional benefits and support

GME trainees’ salary stipends are updated every year based on the ACGME’s recommendations, and because our trainees are considered workforce members, they also enjoy MD Anderson’s employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement planning, disability insurance and six weeks of parental leave.

Our GME House Staff Senate offers trainees the opportunity to experience a leadership role in a medical field career, and the institution’s Academic Mentoring Council provides avenues to secure tailored academic mentoring from faculty. Our GME trainees benefit from the extensive support offered to our research trainees, too; they are invited to participate in grant application workshops, apply for pilot grants to support their research ideas and receive monetary awards for securing extramural grant funding.

Trainee wellness is also of utmost importance at MD Anderson.

Our trainees have access to MD Anderson’s employee networks, fitness center and other wellness resources provided by the institution. Additionally, our Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC), which provides oversight of our accredited programs, regularly assess our trainees’ needs and implements various initiatives, such as providing free call meals and discounted parking to GME House Staff, to address those gaps. The committee even has a subcommittee entirely dedicated to supporting the wellness of our trainees.

Our efforts to ensure a welcoming and supportive education and training experience have been commended nationally. In 2023, the Office of Graduate Medical Education received the DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award, a prestigious national award that recognizes our institution for its respectful and supportive environment for delivering medical education and patient care.

Beyond MD Anderson

MD Anderson’s location has many benefits, too. Our main campus is nestled inside the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical center which boasts about 10 million patient encounters each year. Many of our faculty are involved in interorganizational research collaborations, both within the TMC and across the nation, exposing trainees to groundbreaking advancements in medical care in real time.

Most importantly, the city of Houston is a great place to call home and raise a family. We are one of the most culturally diverse cities in the nation. More than 145 different languages are spoken across the city, placing us behind only New York and Los Angeles. In fact, about 30% of the city’s population speaks a language other than English at home. And, paychecks here stretch farther than most U.S. metro areas, thanks to our low cost of living.

Learn more about our city’s affordable housing, fine dining, entertainment scene, nationally renowned museums and other great attributes.