CMCF has created partnerships with  specialty-specific pediatric societies to create Fellowship Selection Committees to review and recommend candidates for CMCF training. These Committees also provide a vehicle for ongoing country relations to develop and implement joint training programs to support the overall country pediatric medical needs.

Polish Association of Neonatology Fellowship Selection Committee

In 2011, a new Polish Neonatology Fellowship Selection Committee was established to facilitate the selection of new Polish Fellows to train at leading medical institutions in Western Europe, United States and Australia.  The Committee is chaired by Professor Maria Kornacka, Warsaw Medical University.  Other members include Professor Smeeta Sardesai, USC /CMCF Board member, Professor Ryszard Lauterbach, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Professor Marta Szymankiewicz-Breborowicz, Medical University of Wroclaw, Dr. Renata Bokiniec, University of Warsaw.

Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Selection Committee

In 2012, a new Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Selection Committee was established to facilitate the selection of new Polish Fellows to train at leading medical institutions in Western Europe and United States.  The committee is chaired by Professor Piotr Czauderna, President of Polish Association of Pediatrics Surgeons (PAPS) and also includes Professor Andrzej Jankowski, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan and Professor Dariusz Patkowski, Medical University, Wroclaw.

In 2013, the  7th Congress on International Pediatric Transplant Association, (IPTA), Warsaw, was organized under the leadership of Professor Piotr Kalicinski, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, a former CMCF Fellow and now one of the leading experts on Pediatric Transplantation.  The IPTA was hailed as the most important congress that highlighted recent advances in clinical and basic sciences related to pediatric transplantation ever to be held in Poland.  CMCF supported 12 pediatric specialists from Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to attend this conference.  Supporting conferences is also an example of new and different ways CMCF supports dissemination of medical knowledge and best practices.

The CMCF Board and Fellowship Selection Committees rely on Anna Bodzak, CMCF Country Managing Director in Poland to assist with the administrative process for reviewing the Fellow applications and ensuring that all requirements have been met.