Pediatric Residency

The Pediatric Residency Program offers the resident-in-training a wide spectrum of opportunities to learn child health care. The Department believes in the premise that primary care is the essential foundation to prepare the resident to enter pediatric practice either as a generalist or sub specialist. The department, 26 full-time and four part-time faculty, is growing. Pediatric surgery, radiology and pathology are covered by members of other departments within the Hospital Center. The Brooklyn Hospital Center pediatric residency program is an integrated program with Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. The hospital and department are affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University and faculty members have teaching appointments with Weill Cornell.

Residency Program

Outpatient Primary Care Residents spend one-half day a week in their continuity care clinic at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, where they are the primary physicians for the patients and families.. The families are expected to contact the residents for all health care problems. Residents also rotate through a one-month block out-patient pediatric experience, as well as a one-month block of community pediatrics.

Primary Care Track In addition to the categorical residency program, the Department of Pediatrics also offers a primary care track for two residents in each year of training. This program is an option for residents who are interested in primary care pediatrics as a career. Residents in this track spend an additional half day a week in a continuity care setting and in their continuity care experience.

In-patient Pediatric Training The pediatric floor at the hospital consists of a 22-bed unit, with a 5 bed pediatric intensive care unit next door. 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 in-patient pediatric service that has 40 level II pediatric beds. Transfers of sick neonates and children requiring intensive or tertiary care, from our multiple outreach projects, as well as admissions from our own Emergency Department and out-patient areas yield a rich patient mix that encompasses all aspects of child and adolescent pathology.

Subspecialty Experiences Structured subspecialty rotations are offered in hematology/oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, nephrology, neurology, infectious disease 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.

Rotations by Year

Sample Daily Schedule

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Frequently Asked Questions

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