Levels: PhD, Post Doc
Tuition: Full coverage
Finaid max: 63726  USD

This is an innovative new program. Informatics is a broad field encompassing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science, and social science. The goal of this fellowship is to train physicians in informatics so they can be leaders in this growing field. One application for example is the use of Web 2.0 information technologies to improve education, research, and patient care. No experience in computer programming is required for this fellowship.

Finaid max: 63726  USD

Quota:

Salary for next academic year is $63,726 (based on PGY V level). To pay this salary, fellows work in the Stanford operating rooms. This requirement is fulfilled by working as an attending for 40 days, and take 32 calls. Of the 32 calls, 16 are “first” call sessions, 8 during weeknights (5pm – 7 am) and 8 taken on weekend or holiday days (8 am – 8 am). The remaining 16 calls will be second calls, taken only on weeknights (5pm – 7am). Vacation: 5 weeks not including meeting time.

The Fellow will be based in the Stanford Anesthesia Informatics and Media Lab under the direction of Dr. Larry Chu. The lab’s objectves are to:

  1. Innovate new uses of internet- and media-based technologies for research, clinical care and medical education;
  2. Develop and test new informatics approaches to support the broad missions of the Department of Anesthesia at Stanford. Develop new researchers to innovate the field of anesthesia informatics;
  3. Conduct and publish research to generate new knowlege in the area of anesthesia informatics and produce a new generation of anesthesia informatics researchers;
  4. Promote use of informatics and media technology in medicine and teach other clinicians and researchers how to implement these techniques in their own work.

The application requires a Curriculum Vitae, three letters of recommendation (one from your residency director), Medical School Transcript and Dean’s Letter (you may request your anesthesia program director/coordinator to send this for you), and a one-page essay describing your career plans. Please keep in mind that to take the position at Stanford, you would need a California medical license.

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