The Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate

Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s College of Medicine and its Pediatric training programs. Our department has a long history of leadership in pediatric care, education and research. Each year tens of thousands of children are brought to the Children’s Hospital at Downstate for their healthcare. Through the ambulatory and community service programs, pediatric emergency room and inpatient facility, our extensive faculty of pediatric medical and surgical sub-specialists are here to improve the health care and quality of life for Brooklyn children and their families. The physicians of the Children’s Hospital at Downstate encompass virtually every pediatric medical and surgical sub-specialty. We provide the most sophisticated, state of the art medical care available in Brooklyn for the children who suffer from acute or chronic medical and surgical problems. We are the pediatric faculty of Brooklyn’s only medical school. We take pride in our role as pediatric caregivers for all the children of Brooklyn and also as teachers of medical students, supervisors of pediatric trainees and referral resources for our physician colleagues in the community.

The faculty of the Department of Pediatrics are leaders in education and research in general pediatrics and many pediatric subspecialties. Our principal site for education and research is on the campus of the Downstate Medical Center (DMC). The DMC consists of five colleges (including the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine) and the University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB). The Children’s Hospital at Downstate (with application pending for National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) certification) is situated within UHB. The Children’s Hospital at Downstate is where the majority of our pediatric subspecialty patients are admitted and where most of our subspecialty outpatient activities take place. In addition, immediately across the street from The Children’s Hospital at Downstate is Kings County Hospital Center, a major hub of New York City’s municipal hospital system. Recently reconstructed, this facility houses a large inpatient service and outpatient facility for pediatrics. Both hospitals are very busy with active pediatric emergency departments. The residents and faculty of the SUNY Downstate Medical Center manage all pediatric healthcare activities at the two principal teaching hospitals of the College of Medicine.

The Department of Pediatrics has the important responsibility of providing the required experience in pediatrics for students of the College of Medicine. Under the direction of Dr. Stephen Wadowski, the Department has an outstanding training program with five year accreditation for physicians seeking to be pediatricians or pediatric subspecialists. Trainees and students benefit from the distinctive resources and the many active and specialized programs at University Hospital, as well as the rich pathology at Kings County Hospital Center. The Department of Pediatrics and our entire faculty throughout both facilities are enthusiastically involved in ensuring the success of these important educational services. The faculty of the Department of Pediatrics are also actively involved in research aimed at improving health care for infants and children.

The Department is proud to announce that in 2008, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) became an integrated part of our residency training program, providing additional and complementary training experiences. LICH was already a training site for our pediatric GI fellowship and an important teaching affiliate for the education of Downstate medical students. The Department is also pleased to announce that the Department of Pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center and its faculty have recently become affiliated with SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. In addition to the existing integrated fellowship program in Pediatric Endocrinology, we look forward to other close interactions with Maimonides in the near future.

Sincerely yours,

Stanley E. Fisher, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine