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Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics is one of the first in the country to train pediatricians dating back to the 1860s in New York City. As such, it was the first to incorporate bedside teaching rounds in the training of physicians. This fine tradition continues today at New York Medical College’s major clinical affiliates – NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York. Tertiary and quaternary services include the NICU, PICU, transplant services, Metabolic Center, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Oncology Center, surgical, and all subspecialty services. 

The Department encompasses the following divisions:

Research

The faculty of outstanding physicians have significant research funding from the NIH as well as major foundations and have published extensively on a range of topics in the field, including cancer treatment of children, cystic fibrosis, asthma, cardiac disease, and childhood rheumatologic disorders. Medical students also collaborate with faculty and residents on studies that often lead to publications in major journals and presentations at national conferences.

Medical Student Education

Faculty in pediatrics teach during the preclinical years as part of the foundational introduction to medicine course involving various organ systems.

The Department’s third-year clerkship introduces students to the challenging field of medicine that deals with issues unique to the neonate, infant, toddler, child, adolescent, and young adult, focusing on not only the diagnosis and treatment of disease but prevention, a cornerstone of pediatrics, encompassing immunizations, screening tests, and developmentally appropriate safety discussions. During the intense six-week clerkship, students develop their clinical skills in inpatient and outpatient pediatric settings, with a specific focus on newborn medicine and pediatric emergency medicine.

To further develop their skills in the field of pediatrics, third- and fourth-year students can choose to pursue electives focused on a wide range of pediatrics subspecialties, including child abuse pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric hematology/oncology, pediatric infectious disease, pediatric neurology, and neonatal intensive care.

Pediatrics Residency Programs

The NYMC Pediatric Residency Program educates physicians who are prepared at the end of their training to become leaders in the field of pediatrics as healers, teachers, researchers, and advocates. This is accomplished by stimulating and developing excellence and responsibility in patient care, critical thinking and questioning, technical competence, sound medical judgment and professional integrity, and commitment to self-directed and lifelong learning. The philosophy of the Pediatric Residency Program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is to teach pediatric medicine by providing broad-based exposure to the field through an optimal balance between general pediatrics, critical care, and pediatric subspecialties.

Learn more about the NYMC Pediatrics Residency Program.

NYMC’s major clinical affiliate, Westchester Medical Center, also offers a Residency Program in Pediatrics.

Meet the Team

Department of Pediatrics
New York Medical College
Skyline 1N-C26
(914) 594-2102

Erika Berman Rosenzweig, M.D.
Chair of the Department of Pediatrics

Annette Ecke
Administrator
annette_ecke@nymc.edu