The Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Medicine Global Health Fellowship prepares physicians to become pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians and leaders in global health and international emergency systems. Fellows develop a broad range of clinical, research, teaching, and administrative skills in program design, implementation science, humanitarian aid and disaster response, emergency systems development, health program administration, funding, cross-cultural collaboration, international public health, and human rights.
This fellowship is designed for pediatricians or emergency medicine physicians who are interested in careers in global health and/or humanitarian response, academic international pediatric emergency medicine, and/or medical leadership and research in international health.
After finishing her undergraduate degree in Political Science (International Relations concentration) and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California Berkeley with a certificate in Human Rights, Dr. Leff completed medical school at Ben Gurion University School of Medicine in Israel and Emergency Medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic. She completed a research year with the Yale Emergency Medicine Global Health Section. She was the resident representative to the Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and has served as co-chair of GEMA’s humanitarian and pediatric emergency medicine task forces. She received the 2023 GEMA Young Physician Award. During residency and her first year as a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Boston Children’s, she has been instrumental in the development of a novel Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Critical Care training program as well as an innovative trauma activation and training program in Kumasi, Ghana. She has contributed to emergency medicine training and research in Israel, the Palestinian West Bank, and Bolivia. Building off her work with multiple non-governmental organizations in the human rights and humanitarian sectors in the Middle East while completing her education, she plans to continue working to improve pediatric emergency care in regions of conflict during her fellowship.
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Dr. Jarjour received her undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Global Health Technologies from Rice University in Houston, Texas. As a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), she completed the Care of the Underserved and Global Health Tracks, spending time in Gaborone, Botswana, with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and Global Hematology Oncology Program of Excellence. Dr. Jarjour completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Colorado. She earned a Diploma of Tropical Medicine at BCM and obtained the Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. Following residency, Dr. Jarjour spent 2 years in Texas working as an urgent care pediatrician, while teaching at the BCM National School of Tropical Medicine. She started her Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in July of 2023. She is currently conducting a research study on the use of point-of-care lung ultrasound as a tool to improve the diagnosis of pneumonia in children in the Emergency Department. During the upcoming academic year, Dr. Jarjour will be working with the Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program to help develop global health partnerships in graduate medical education and pediatric emergency medicine readiness.
After finishing his combined Medical Doctorate at Texas Tech El Paso and Master of Public Health at University of Texas Health,Dr. Dodderer entered pediatric residency at Boston Children’s Hospital. While in residency, he continued global health work by serving as the pilot resident rotator of the newly launched Indian Health Services collaboration with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Eagle Butte, SD. He also worked clinically and taught pediatric residents at John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia,which houses Liberia’s only pediatric residency program. Now as one of the combined pediatric emergency medicine & global health fellows at Boston Children’s Hospital, Joshua has focused his research in investigating differences in pediatric mortality rates and health outcomes for children in conflict-affected and socially/institutionally fragile countries. He has also collaborated with the International Medical Corps in Amman, Jordan to provide pediatric emergency-focused training and education to local hospital providers serving the Syrian refugee population.
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After finishing her undergraduate degree in International Health at Georgetown University, Dr. Mottla completed medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and pediatric residency within the global health track at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Mottla completed a Masters in Public Health in Humanitarian Health at George Washington University. During her first year as a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Boston Children’s, she has contributed to developing a novel two-day pediatric trauma training course for healthcare providers in Ukraine. She looks forward to further growth of the training initiative as it transitions to a locally run program for sustainability, as well as expansion of the training to other humanitarian settings.
Dr. Niescierenko is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Public Health physician and founding Chair of the Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. The Boston Children's Global Health Program is partnership-based, working to improve child health through research, program implementation and education globally. She has experience in pediatric care, public health and health systems building with host country governments in more than 30 countries, on 5 continents as well as with the WHO, the World Bank, US CDC, USAID and various global non-governmental organizations. Her career focus is on building sustainable systems in fragile economic, humanitarian and conflict settings. Most recent work includes Liberia, Nigeria, Ukraine, Iraq, Palestine, Indonesia and India.
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