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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Pediatric Surgery

Fellowship · Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Director Donald Lucas

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Class size
1
Visas
J-1
PGY-6 salary
$98k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • The fellowship is for residents who have completed training and are board eligible in general surgery, and one fellow is chosen each year.

Who started, by class

Started 20252 on record of 1 seat · 2 published before starting
  • Celia ShortLouisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans11 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report
  • Alexandra MoultonUniversity of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)4 papers · 1 first author

Training

Graduates on record most often went on to surgical critical care.

Months at each site

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles24 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship3
  • Research Fellowship2
  • Fellowship1
  • Health Services And Outcomes Fellowship1
  • Surgical Innovations Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group Inc4
  • Univ of Utah Sch of Med3
  • University of California-San Francisco3
  • Children's Health Andrews Institute2
  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California2
  • University of Washington School of Medicine2

Research

67% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

2 of 3, 14 papers between them

  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

People

Leadership

  • Donald LucasProgram Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
  • Christopher GayerChief, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Find someone

Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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ProgramPositions
  • Surgical Critical CarePositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 49°.

Weather by month

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Commute

4.4M people live within 20 minutes of Children's Hospital Los Angeles by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,050 a month within 10 miles of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • Wildfire
  • Lightning