Pediatric residency programs in the United States

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

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

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.

List of Pediatric Residency Programs

Top 10 pediatric residency programs

1. Pediatric Residency Program at University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
2. Pediatrics-Medical Genetics Residency Training Program at Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
3. Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
4. Core Paediatric Resident Program at University of Toronto
5. General Pediatric Residency Training Program at University of British Columbia
6. Pediatric Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
7. Pediatric Residency Program (MacPeds) at McMaster University
8. The Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9. General Pediatrics Core Residency Program at McGill University
10. Pediatric Residency Program at University of California San Francisco

Pediatric residency programs with most 1st year positions

1. Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) Program – 63 positions
2. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program – 59 positions
3. University of Washington Program – 45 positions
4. Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center Program – 45 positions
5. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Program – 41 positions
6. Children's National Medical Center Program – 41 positions
7. Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program – 39 positions
8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles Program – 38 positions
9. Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University Program – 38 positions
10. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program – 36 positions

Comprehensive list of pediatric residency programs

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

• H1 sponsoring programs
• J1 sponsoring programs