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.
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Amundam Mancho grew up in Mount Olive, NJ. Throughout her educational journey, her global health interests and experience includes systems strengthening and capacity building in resource limited environments, diabetes prevention in Southeast Asian populations, vaccine advocacy for communicable diseases including malaria in pediatric patients, and educational advocacy for elementary school children through her non-profit Footprints'. She aspires to be a clinical expert at the intersection of advocacy, health equity, and global health. As a pediatric resident in the BCRP in the global health pathway, her clinical work primarily focused in Western Africa, specifically in Cameroon and Ghana.
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Sidney is an Emergency Medicine fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. She grew up in Vermont and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in Global Health and Health Policy from Harvard University in 2014. As an undergraduate, Sidney conducted qualitative research in Rwanda and Tanzania on the effectiveness of NGO Government partnerships in healthcare systems. She then worked as a management consultant for Bain & Company, which included time working on strategy for the University for Global Health Equity in Rwanda. She attended medical school at the University of Vermont where she served as a member of the University of Board of Trustees. As a pediatric resident and chief resident in the BCRP, she was in the global health pathway and conducted research on effectiveness of telemedicine in remote critical care settings.
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.
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.
Robert M. Hoffmann, MD, Dr. med., is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He completed pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
His academic work focuses on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), pediatric resuscitation, medical education, and clinical research. His research includes cardiac and lung ultrasound applications in acutely ill children, pediatric sepsis, and the development of artificial intelligence approaches for ultrasound quality assurance and diagnostic support.
Dr. Hoffmann serves as Ultrasound Lead for the Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and directs its Global Health POCUS educational efforts. He has taught pediatric emergency medicine and POCUS internationally, including at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia. He is currently working with global health partner institutions to establish sustainable, locally adapted ultrasound programs that combine structured training, longitudinal mentorship, quality assurance, and ongoing clinical integration.
Dr. Mary Mottla is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and public health practitioner. She co-directs the Boston Combined Residency Program Global Health Scholar’s Pathway & Global Health Academy, as well as the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Global Health Pathway. Dr. Mottla is also a member of the Children in Crisis program, which works to address critical health needs of crisis affected children and youth in humanitarian contexts in collaboration with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. During undergraduate and medical school at Georgetown University, and residency at Children’s National Hospital in DC, she contributed to several research, health advocacy, and medical education projects through partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa, Central & South America,and South Asia. Her global health career focuses on the development of evidence based knowledge and practices in order to effectively deploy sustainable, high quality pediatric care to meet the needs of children in humanitarian crises.
Dr. David Mills is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and public health practitioner. He is the co-Director of the Children in Crisis working group at the Boston Children's Global Health Program and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Mills is also the co-Director of the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, a joint program between the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the Institute of Community and Public Health at Birzeit University in Palestine. He is an Assistant Professor in pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and a faculty affiliate in the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at the Harvard Divinity School. Dr. Mills' research, educational, and academic interests focus on the intersections between health and human rights, utilizing critical frameworks to elucidate the social and structural determinants of health, and health program implementation to improve access to health education, improve clinical care, and promote health equity.
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