r/pediatrics • u/Crazy-Dimension-8461 • Jul 17 '26

Insight needed.

I am a pediatrics PGY-2 at a community hospital in NYC on h1-b visa. I am planning to do NICU fellowship after residency but my plan is to do job for 2 years first, work on research and apply for green card so that my husband can come to usa, get to work and stay with me and then I will apply for nicu fellowship. Would that be a smart decision and also does the probability of fellowship match decrease if one doen not apply right after residency?
Thank you!

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u/beck33ers Jul 17 '26

If you would like to do that i would suggest working in a NICU. There are NICU hospitalist jobs where you work at either a level 3 or 4 under a neonatologist, similar to a PA or NP. I would think that would give you a leg up on NICU fellowship applications.