Program Director's Statement
"Welcome to our program! Allow me to introduce you to
the opportunities for Pediatric Training awaiting you at The
Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, a free-standing
children’s hospital founded in 1892, which has a long history of
affiliation with the State University of New York (SUNY) at
Buffalo as a primary teaching site for medical students and
residents.
The goal of our Pediatric
Residency Program, whose curriculum has always been looked on
favorably by the ACGME, and will continue to have full
accreditation through at least 2010, is to educate the
outstanding pediatricians of tomorrow. This is achieved by
exposure to a balance of tertiary care and academic general
pediatrics. Crucial to the residency experience are subspecialty
rotations that work to provide the general pediatrician a broad
yet in-depth exposure to all areas of pediatrics. Subspecialty
rotations span two modules, and include weekly clinic sessions
and didactic encounters in each of two subspecialties. This
format allows for a uniquely longitudinal subspecialty
experience, and each resident will experience
four two-module rotations during the three-year training
program.
Pediatric residents also rotate
through our state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and
newly renovated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, which provides
critical care (including ECMO) for infants, children and
adolescents. There is a full
complement of critical care faculty as well as pediatric
subspecialty consultants and pediatric surgical subspecialties.
Our Continuity Clinic Program
includes experiences in 1 of 8 locations. The main continuity
care clinic is located on the hospital campus, and is run by the
Division of General Pediatrics. There are also four private
pediatric practices, along with a community hospital practice,
which embrace Pediatric Residents as an integral part of their
staff. Residents attend these sessions regularly one half-day
per week, and during a four-week Continuity Clinic rotation each
year.
Our program focuses heavily on
Evidence-Based Medicine and critical thinking, demonstrated
regularly during journal club and resident research projects,
and throughout our faculty-led lecture series and
Evidence-Based Medicine workshop.
The goal is to produce excellent
pediatricians who are able to use the fundamentals of
Evidence-Based Medicine to guide their clinical decision-making.
Our
University faculty, comprised of
approximately 85 physicians, and including subspecialists in all
areas of pediatrics, are fundamental to
resident education. They are
complemented by the dedication of the Division of General
Pediatrics to academics, as well as four pediatric surgeons and
a full complement of pediatric surgical subspecialists.
Additionally, our on-site pediatric radiologists
participate greatly in resident
education. Beyond our focus on
teaching and patient care, our internationally-recognized
faculty has generated over eleven million dollars in grant
funding and contributed to a wealth of publications
with their pediatric research.
We are very
proud of the residents we train here at The Women &
Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Our residents have had
tremendous success matching with subspecialty fellowships, and
excellent placement in well-respected pediatric practices across
the country. At the end of their
extensive pediatric training, each resident is self-sufficient,
fully prepared to begin their next journey."
