Residency Training Program in General Pediatrics
The Pediatrics Residency Program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides residents with diverse clinical experiences across affiliated institutions throughout Brooklyn and New York City. These experiences allow residents to care for children from a wide range of backgrounds while developing expertise in inpatient pediatrics, newborn medicine, ambulatory care, pediatric subspecialties, and complex medical conditions.
Our training sites reflect the mission of our program: to provide outstanding pediatric education within a diverse urban healthcare environment while preparing residents to become skilled, compassionate, and adaptable pediatricians.
University Hospital at Downstate and the Children’s Hospital at Downstate
University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) serves as the primary academic home for the Pediatrics Residency Program. As a university teaching hospital, UHD provides residents with exposure to comprehensive pediatric care, including inpatient pediatrics, newborn medicine, critical care, ambulatory pediatrics, and pediatric subspecialty services.
The Children’s Hospital at Downstate provides care for children with a broad range of medical conditions, including complex illnesses requiring tertiary-level evaluation and management. Residents work closely with pediatric faculty, subspecialists, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams while caring for patients across the continuum of pediatric care.
The hospital provides exposure to:
- General inpatient pediatrics
- Neonatal intensive care and newborn medicine
- Pediatric intensive care
- Pediatric subspecialty services
- Complex medical and chronic conditions
- Ambulatory and preventive pediatric care
- Emergency and Acute Care
The close integration between the hospital and the medical school provides residents with opportunities for teaching, scholarly activity, and collaboration with faculty and learners across multiple healthcare disciplines.
South Brooklyn Health
South Brooklyn Health provides residents with a comprehensive community-based pediatric experience serving a diverse population of children and families.
Residents gain exposure to multiple areas of pediatric care at South Brooklyn Health, including newborn medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, and outpatient pediatrics. These experiences allow residents to develop skills in evaluating and managing acute and chronic conditions across the continuum of care, from newborns to patients seen in ambulatory settings.
Working alongside pediatric faculty and multidisciplinary healthcare teams, residents participate in the care of children with a broad range of medical needs while strengthening their clinical decision-making, communication skills, and ability to provide family-centered care.
The South Brooklyn Health experience complements the academic and tertiary care training at University Hospital at Downstate by providing residents with valuable exposure to community-based pediatrics and the delivery of comprehensive pediatric care within a diverse urban healthcare system.
Maimonides Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center provides residents with additional inpatient pediatric experiences within a large community-based teaching hospital.
Through this experience, residents gain exposure to the care of hospitalized children with a broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Residents work with pediatric faculty and multidisciplinary teams while developing skills in inpatient management, clinical decision-making, communication with families, and coordination of care.
The Maimonides experience complements the academic and tertiary care training at University Hospital at Downstate by providing residents with additional exposure to community-based inpatient pediatrics.
Kings County Hospital Center
Kings County Hospital Center provides pediatric subspecialty experiences for residents. As a major academic-affiliated hospital serving a diverse Brooklyn population, Kings County offers exposure to specialized pediatric care and complex medical conditions.
Residents participating in subspecialty experiences at Kings County benefit from working with experienced faculty and caring for children from diverse communities. These rotations enhance residents’ understanding of specialty care, multidisciplinary management, and the healthcare needs of urban populations.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is an internationally recognized institution dedicated to the care of children and adults with cancer and complex hematologic disorders.
Through this affiliation, residents gain exposure to pediatric oncology care, including the evaluation and management of children with malignancies, complex treatment plans, and complications of cancer therapy. Residents work alongside pediatric oncology faculty and multidisciplinary teams dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art, compassionate care.
This experience provides residents with insight into the management of complex pediatric disease and opportunities to learn from leaders in pediatric oncology and clinical research.
A Diverse Learning Environment
Together, these clinical sites provide residents with a comprehensive pediatric training experience that combines academic medicine, community-based care, subspecialty education, and exposure to diverse patient populations.
Through these experiences, residents develop the clinical knowledge, skills, and professionalism needed to provide excellent care to children and families in a variety of healthcare settings.