Pediatrics
The Pediatric Residency program is a three-year program sponsored by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on teaching and research. Our facility was one of the first Children’s Hospitals in the State and includes a 38 bed General Pediatric service, a 10 bed Adolescent service, a 13 bed Pediatric ICU, a 30 bed Regional Perinatal Center, a 20 bed Intermediate Nursery, and a 30 bassinet full term nursery. The faculty comprises every medical and surgical subspecialty and all rotations may be done on-site.

The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology department is affiliated with both the Morgan-Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York and St. Jude’s Research Center in Memphis. Being a primary referral center for most of the regional hospitals, we have a wide variety of pathology and diagnostic challenges available for the residents to learn. There is a strong emphasis on self directed hands-on teaching and learning. Staffed by friendly attending physicians, the Children’s Hospital presents a very conducive atmosphere for learning. All educational goals and objectives have been structured to foster development of the six competencies that the ACGME has advocated for life-long learning as physicians.

Scheduled conferences and rounds include: Morning Report, Bedside Teaching Rounds, Resident Seminars, Grand Rounds, Noon Conferences, Subspecialty Conferences, Journal Club, Radiology Conferences, The Emergency Pediatrics Series, A Board Review Series, and Research Methods Course.

Research is an integral part of our residency program. Each first year resident is required to attend the Research Methods Course taught by Dr. Vincent DeBari, PhD. Subsequently, each resident develops a project with a faculty member under the auspices of Dr. Vincent DeBari, PhD and Mark Kosinski, MD, PhD, Director of Pediatric Research. It is the expectation that each resident complete a research project over the course of his or her training.

At the recent Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) conference in Toronto, Canada, three resident research initiatives were accepted for presentation. Two were for posters and one was a platform presentation.

Rotations

ROTATION
PL 1
PL 2
PL 3
PEDIATRIC INPATIENT
3 months
2 months
1 month
AMBULATORY
2 months
2 months
2 months
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL
1 months
0
0
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
1 month
0
0
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
1 month
0
1 month
NEWBORN NURSERY
1 month
0
0
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
1 month
0
1 month
NEONATAL I.C.U
1 month
2 months
1 month
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
0
1 month
1 month
NEUROLOGY
0
1 month
0
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
0
1 month
0
ENDOCRINOLOGY
0
1 month
0
CARDIOLOGY
0
1 month
0
MULTISPECIALTY
0
0
1 month
SUBSPECIALTY
0
0
2 months
ELECTIVE
0
0
1 month
VACATION
1 month
1 month
1 month

Resident Recognition/Awards

  • Neonatology-The Miranda Award: awarded to an outstanding resident in Neonatology.
  • Continuity Clinic-The James Morrill continuity clinic award awarded to an outstanding resident that exemplifies the spirit of continuity.
  • Pediatric Department-The Best Teaching resident: awarded to a senior resident as voted by other residents.
Other Programs Operated by the Children’s Hospital
  • Early Intervention Program: funded by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Education. The EIP provides comprehensive educational and therapeutic intervention for handicapped children and their families.
  • Teen Obstetrical program: operated jointly with the Department of Obstetrics and provides quality obstetrical care to adolescents.
  • WIC Program: This federal program for Women, Infants and Children provides nutritional assessment, counseling, nutrition education and specified food supplements. It is often the entry point into systematic health care for children in our community. The main office is located on the SJHMC campus and 14 satellite sites located among three northern New Jersey counties.
  • Regional Craniofacial Center: A multi–disciplinary team of specialists provides education, consultation, diagnosis and treatment to pediatric patients with craniofacial disorders including cleft lip and palate, velo–pharangeal abnormalities and feeding disorders.
  • Feeding and Swallowing Center: also utilizes a multi-disciplinary team of specialists to analyze and propose remediation strategies for children who have significant feeding and swallowing issues of diverse etiologies.
For Pediatric Residency Program application criteria, please contact us: 973.754.2565.