Pediatric Residency

The Department of Pediatrics

The Pediatric Residency Program offers the physician-in-training a wide spectrum of opportunities to learn child health care. The Department believes that primary care is the essential foundation to prepare the resident to enter pediatric practice either as a generalist or sub specialist. The department includes 34 faculty members and is growing. Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Radiology and Pathology are covered by members of other departments within The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC). The pediatric residency program is an integrated program with Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. TBHC and the Department of Pediatrics are affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and faculty members have teaching appointments with Weill Cornell.

Inpatient Pediatric Training

Inpatient teaching takes place primarily at TBHC, with additional time spent at Wyckoff Heights Hospital Center. The inpatient experience takes place in block rotations in different areas. The pediatric floor at the hospital consists of a 22-bed unit, with a 5-bed pediatric intensive care unit next door.  A brand new state-of-the-art six-bed PICU is expected to open in September 2010.  The residents also spend time in the 48 bassinet term nursery, and in the 18-bassinet neonatal intensive care unit. The obstetrical service oversees 2,500 deliveries per year. Additional time is spent working at Wyckoff Heights Hospital Center on the inpatient pediatric service, which has 40 level II pediatric beds.

The TBHC Department of Pediatrics operates a transport service for sick neonates and children requiring intensive or tertiary care. These transfers and referrals from our multiple outreach projects—as well as admissions from our own Emergency Department and outpatient areas—yield a rich patient mix that encompasses all aspects of child and adolescent pathology.

During the impatient experience each resident has the opportunity to care for newborns, infants, children and adolescents. Patients hospitalized at TBHC include those with common pediatric problems as well as those requiring tertiary and/or intensive care. Patients hospitalized at Wyckoff Heights Hospital tend to have more common and less complicated pediatric illnesses.

Outpatient Primary Care Experiences

Every resident spends one half day a week in their continuity care clinic at TBHC. The residents are the primary physicians for the patients and families in their continuity care clinic. Residents are expected to provide patients with their contact information and to follow up all pertinent labs and studies for their panel of patients.  Residents also rotate through a one month block outpatient pediatric experience, as well as a one month block of community pediatrics.

Subspecialty Experiences

In addition to caring for subspecialty patients during inpatient and outpatient rotations, structured subspecialty rotations are offered in Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology and Genetics. Residents also rotate through a month of Adolescent Medicine during their first year and a month of Child Behavior and Development in their second year.  In their PL-2 year, residents have a one month elective during which they can choose a subspecialty experience at TBHC or rotate through an outside institution. We also have a Pediatric Radiologist and a Dermatologist who can supervise additional month long experiences.

Rotations by Year

Sample Daily Schedule

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Frequently Asked Questions

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