Pediatric residency programs in the United States
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Physicians that diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children are called pediatricians. There are many specialties in Pediatrics and general pediatricians may refer patients to specialists for further diagnosis or treatment, as needed. Training in the field of Pediatrics involves residency program after completion of medical school. Here is a list of residency programs by country.
In the United States, pediatric residency programs serve as the essential bridge between medical school and becoming a practicing pediatrician. These programs offer intensive training focused on the healthcare of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Upon completion of a pediatric residency program, physicians are eligible to sit for the American Board of Pediatrics certification exam.
Structure of Pediatric Residency Programs[edit | edit source]
Typically, a pediatric residency lasts three years and is composed of rotations in general pediatrics and subspecialties, including but not limited to:
- Neonatology
- Pediatric cardiology
- Pediatric endocrinology
- Pediatric gastroenterology
- Pediatric hematology-oncology
- Pediatric infectious diseases
- Pediatric nephrology
- Pediatric pulmonology
Residents gain experience in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, emergency departments, and specialty clinics.
Accreditation[edit | edit source]
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is responsible for the accreditation of post-MD medical training programs within the United States. Pediatric residency programs must adhere to the standards set by ACGME to achieve and maintain accredited status[1].
List of Pediatric Residency Programs[edit | edit source]
Top 10 pediatric residency programs
- Pediatric Residency Program at University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
- Pediatrics-Medical Genetics Residency Training Program at Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
- Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- Core Paediatric Resident Program at University of Toronto
- General Pediatric Residency Training Program at University of British Columbia
- Pediatric Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Pediatric Residency Program (MacPeds) at McMaster University
- The Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- General Pediatrics Core Residency Program at McGill University
- Pediatric Residency Program at University of California San Francisco
Pediatric residency programs with most 1st year positions[edit | edit source]
- Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) Program – 63 positions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program – 59 positions
- University of Washington Program – 45 positions
- Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center Program – 45 positions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Program – 41 positions
- Children's National Medical Center Program – 41 positions
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program – 39 positions
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles Program – 38 positions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University Program – 38 positions
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program – 36 positions
Comprehensive list of pediatric residency programs[edit | edit source]
| State | Pediatric residency program |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Univ of Alabama |
| Univ of South Alabama | |
| Arkansas | Univ of Arkansas |
| Arizona | Phoenix Children's Hospital |
| Tucson Medical Center | |
| Univ of Arizona - Tucson | |
| California | Children's Hospital - Oakland |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | |
| Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Kaiser Permanente Southern California (LA) | |
| Loma Linda University | |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA | |
| Stanford | |
| UC Irvine/Children's Hosp of Orange County | |
| UCLA David Geffen/UCLA | |
| UCSF | |
| Univ of California (San Diego) | |
| Univ of California (San Fran) Fresno | |
| Univ of California Davis | |
| Univ of Southern Ca/LAC+USC | |
| Valley Children's | |
| Colorado | Univ of Colorado |
| Connecticut | Univ of Connecticut |
| Yale | |
| DC | Children's National |
| MedStar/Georgetown | |
| Delaware | Sidney Kimmel/AI DuPont |
| Broward Health | |
| Florida | AdventHealth Orlando |
| Baycare Pediatrics Tampa | |
| Jackson Memorial | |
| Johns Hopkins All Children's | |
| Memorial Healthcare (Hollywood, FL) | |
| Miami Children's/Nicklaus | |
| Nemours Children's Hospital | |
| Palm Beach Consortium | |
| Univ of Florida Gainesville | |
| Univ of Florida Jacksonville | |
| Univ of Florida Orlando | |
| Univ of Florida Pensacola | |
| Univ of South Florida Morsani | |
| Georgia | Emory Univ |
| Medical Center of Central GA/Mercer Univ (Macon) | |
| Medical College of Georgia | |
| Memorial Health/Mercer Univ (Savannah) | |
| Morehouse SOM | |
| Hawaii | Univ of Hawaii |
| Iowa | Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist) |
| Univ of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | |
| Illinois | Advocate (Advocate Childrens/Oak Lawn) |
| Advocate (Advocate Childrens/Park Ridge) | |
| Cook County Health and Hospitals | |
| Loyola | |
| Lurie Children's at Northwestern | |
| Rush Univ | |
| Southern Illinois Univ | |
| Univ of Chicago | |
| Univ of Illinois COM at Chicago | |
| Univ of Illinois COM at Peoria | |
| Indiana | Indiana Univ SOM |
| St. Vincent | |
| Kansas | Univ of Kansas (Wichita) |
| Kentucky | Univ of Kentucky COM |
| Univ of Louisville SOM | |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Univ (New Orleans) |
| Louisiana State Univ (Shreveport) | |
| Our Lady of the Lake | |
| Tulane | |
| Massachusetts | BCRP/Boston Childrens/BMC |
| Mass Gen/Harvard Med School | |
| Tufts Medical Center | |
| UMMS-Baystate | |
| Univ of Massachusetts | |
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins Univ |
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore | |
| Univ of Maryland | |
| Maine | Maine Medical Center |
| Michigan | Ascension St John Hospital |
| Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) | |
| Children's Hospital of Michigan | |
| Authority Health GME Consortium | |
| Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State Univ | |
| Michigan State Univ | |
| Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ/Helen DeVos Children's Hosp | |
| Univ of Michigan Health System | |
| Western Michigan Univ Homer Stryker MD SOM | |
| Minnesota | Mayo Clinic COM and Science (Rochester) |
| Univ of Minnesota | |
| Missouri | Children's Mercy Hospital |
| St Louis Univ SOM | |
| Univ of Missouri-Columbia | |
| Washington Univ/B-JH/SLCH Consortium | |
| Mississippi | Univ of Mississippi |
| North Carolina | Carolinas Medical Center |
| Duke Univ | |
| Univ of North Carolina | |
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina Univ | |
| Wake Forest Univ | |
| Nebraska | Univ of Nebraska Medical Center COM |
| New Hampshire | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hosp/Dartmouth-Hitchcock |
| New Jersey | Atlantic Health Program |
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan Univ | |
| Hackensack Univ | |
| Jersey Shore Univ | |
| Monmouth Medical Center | |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | |
| Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson | |
| Saint Peter's Univ | |
| St Joseph's Regional | |
| New Mexico | Univ of New Mexico |
| Nevada | Univ of Nevada Las Vegas |
| New York | Albany Medical Center |
| Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center | |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center | |
| Columbia | |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center | |
| Good Samaritan Hosp Med Center | |
| Harlem Hospital Center | |
| Icahn SOM at Mt Sinai (NY, NY) | |
| Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein COM | |
| Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program | |
| Maimonides Med Center/Infants and Children's Hosp of Brooklyn | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein COM | |
| Nassau Univ Medical Center | |
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) | |
| Cornell | |
| New York Univ SOM | |
| New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist | |
| NYU Winthrop Hospital (langone health- long island SOM) | |
| Richmond Univ Medical Center | |
| St Barnabas Hospital Program | |
| Stony Brook Med | |
| SUNY Health Science at Brooklyn | |
| SUNY Upstate Medical Univ | |
| Univ at Buffalo | |
| Univ of Rochester | |
| Westchester Medical Center | |
| Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's | |
| Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island Univ | |
| Ohio | Akron Childrens |
| Case Western Reserve Univ (MetroHealth) | |
| Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital | |
| Cincinnati Children's Hosp | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | |
| Nationwide Children's Hosp/Ohio State Univ | |
| Univ of Toledo | |
| Wright State Univ | |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Univ Center |
| Osteopathic Med Ed Consortium of Oklahoma (OMECO) | |
| Univ of Oklahoma Health Sciences (Oklahoma City) | |
| Univ of Oklahoma School of Community Med (Tulsa) | |
| Oregon | Oregon Health & Science Univ |
| Pennsylvania | Albert Einstein Healthcare Network |
| CHOP | |
| Geisinger Health System | |
| Lehigh Valley Health Network/Univ of South Florida COM | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey | |
| St Christopher's Hosp for Children | |
| UPMC Med Ed | |
| Puerto Rico | Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce SOM |
| Puerto Rico Children's Hosp | |
| Univ of Puerto Rico | |
| Rhode Island | Brown Univ |
| South Carolina | Greenville Health/Univ of South Carolina |
| Medical Univ of South Carolina | |
| Palmetto Health/Univ of South Carolina | |
| South Dakota | Univ of South Dakota |
| Tennessee | East Tennessee State Univ |
| Univ of Tennessee (Memphis) | |
| Univ of Tennessee at Chattanooga | |
| Vanderbilt Univ | |
| Texas | Baylor COM (Houston) |
| Baylor COM (San Antonio) | |
| Driscoll Children's Hosp/Texas A&M COM | |
| Texas A&M COM- Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) | |
| Texas Tech Univ (Amarillo) | |
| Texas Tech Univ at Lubbock | |
| Texas Tech Univ-PLFSOM (Paso) | |
| Univ of Texas at Austin Dell Med School | |
| Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | |
| Univ of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long SOM | |
| Univ of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals | |
| Univ of Texas Southwestern Med School | |
| Utah | Univ of Utah |
| Virginia | Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion SOM |
| Eastern Virginia Med School | |
| Inova Fairfax Med Campus/Inova Children's | |
| Univ of Virginia | |
| Virginia Commonwealth Univ | |
| Vermont | Univ of Vermont Medical Center |
| Washington | Univ of Washington |
| Wisconsin | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Univ of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics | |
| Marshfield Clinic | |
| West Virginia | Charleston Area Med Center/West Virginia Univ (Charleston) |
| Marshall Univ SOM | |
| West Virginia Univ (Morgantown) |
United States[edit | edit source]
- ↑ ACGME. (2020). ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Pediatrics. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
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