• Health, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Annual & Sick Leave
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Backup Child and Elder Care

A detailed summary of all benefits can be found in our Benefits Guide.

Year of graduation: 2010

Length of Fellowship: 3 years

Track: Initially Traditional Fellow, transitioned to Faculty Fellow

Fellowship Accomplishments:

1.       During my 2nd year of fellowship I transitioned to a Faculty Fellow and was in charge of running rounds on the pediatric inpatient ward as an attending.

2.       I was involved in patient safety as a trained safety coach for the hospitalist division.

3.       My Quality improvement project: I studied the turnaround time for parenteral antibiotics ordered STAT at Children’s National Medical Center, and found it to be longer than the ideal hospital’s goal time.

4.       I received a health generalist’s graduate certificate in public health at the George Washington University.

Fellowship Publications/Presentations: 2010 PAS poster presentation: STAT IV Antibiotic Turnaround Time: Perceptions versus Reality (also presented at 2010 CNMC Research day)

Current Employment/Interests/Administrative Titles/duties

Employment: Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Memorial

Interests: Patient safety, resident and medical student education, family centered rounds, communication with community primary care pediatricians.

Testimonial: This fellowship was, by far, the best experience during my medical career. I did my pediatric training at a large, urban, academic medical center, but felt my inpatient clinical acumen needed improvement. I also felt unprepared to work in an academic setting but did not want to work in a small, non-academic community hospital. During my PHM fellowship, I started out seeing simple cases on my own but also shadowed amazing, experienced hospital pediatricians during family centered rounds on the general inpatient wards. I was able glean knowledge and style from each one of them as well as from my wonderful fellowship directors until I was ready to practice on my own. The hospitalist department at Children’s National Medical Center is a large and well-organized one- an example of a perfectly functioning hospitalist department and the way many hospitals are headed. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching and getting to know the residents and medical students. I was able to become involved in hospital policy and administration, understanding the innerworkings of a hospital- things a busy resident usually does not get to experience. When I started looking for jobs, I was heavily recruited by my future employer solely based upon the work and administrative experience these three years had given me. DC is a wonderful city and CNMC is an awesome place to train- would definitely have stayed if it weren’t for family living far away!

1. During my 2nd year of fellowship I served as interim Medical Unit Co-Director for the Respiratory Care Unit at CNMC.
2. My committee work included the Respiratory Care Unit Care Delivery Team, The Resident Education Committee and the Resident Selection Committee.
3. My Quality improvement project focused on updating the inpatient obesity management pathway. I also assisted in creating the Top Safety Goals for the Respiratory Care Unit.
4. I completed public health graduate coursework at GWU and will receive a graduate certificate in public health on 12/2009.

1. During 3rd year of fellowship, I was appointed the medical director of the International Program Office.
2. My committee work included the Medical Care Unit Care Delivery Team, The Curriculum Committee and the Resident Selection Committee.
3. My Quality improvement project: I instituted a multidisciplinary afternoon rounds to demonstrate that post rounding communication would have a positive impact on discharge planning.
4. I completed 17 credits of graduate coursework at GWU and am will receive a graduate certificate in public health.
5. Upon graduation, I was appointed fellowship director of the PHM fellowship at CNMC. I served in this role from 2008-2009.

1. During the second year of the fellowship, I was the chairperson for the Hospitalist Division Resident Education Committee; I also participated in the Curriculum Committee, HSC Pediatric Palliative Care Committee and the HSC Medical Executive Committee
2. My Quality improvement project: I was the physician leader for the Acute Gastroenteritis Clinical Pathway committee and participated in the rapid-cycle implementation of the pathway.
3. Developed and co-led a Global Health Curriculum for Pediatric Residents
4. I completed 20+ credits of graduate coursework at GWU and received a graduate certificate in public health.
5. I spear-headed the development of a Hospitalist Fellows Orientation Guide/Handbook

1. Physician Leader of Bronchiolitis Pathway Committee
2. Involvement in medical student and resident education, including participation on the Residency Selection Committee
3. Completed graduate coursework towards an MPH (Epidemiology), special project completed and degree awarded in following year
4. Upon graduation, I was appointed the CNMC PHM Fellowship Director. I served in this role from 2005 to 2008. During this time, I formalized the PHM fellowship curriculum and participated in the development of the Hospital-Based Specialties Fellowship Core Curriculum.

1. Dhanireddy KK, Maniscalco J, Kirk AD. Is tolerance induction the answer to adolescent non-adherence? Pediatr Transplant. 9(3): 357-63, 2005.
2. Maniscalco J, Ottolini M, Turenne W, Chavanu K, Slonim AD. Long stay patients in academic children’s hospitals. J Clin Outcomes Management. 13(5): 270-278, 2006.
3. Maniscalco J, Ottolini MC, Turenne W, Kerzner B, Pastor W, Chavanu K, Slonim AD: Outliers for length of stay during pediatric hospitalization. Ped Res 55:315A, 2004. Platform presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2004.
4. Ottolini MC, Maniscalco J. Educational Scholarship: Sharing Resources and Developing research. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Denver, CO, July 28-31, 2005.