The University Department of Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences includes the Division of Child Psychiatry of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. It is a major mental health service in Western New York, providing highly diversified diagnostic and therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and their parents. The staff is composed of more than 20 professionals from the areas of psychiatry, psychology, behavioral pediatrics, social work, nursing, vocational counseling, and education.

Internal Medicine

The Department of Internal Medicine at Children’s Hospital handles medical complications of pregnancy, including diabetes, gestational diabetes, endocrine disorders, congenital heart defects, and neurological disorders. The department treats women from all over the world.

Neurology

The Department of Pediatric Neurology at Children’s Hospital, a division of the Department of Neurology at the University of Buffalo, consists of five full-time neurologists. The large caseload includes 6,600 clinic visits annually, with approximately 55 inpatients monthly. The department has strong research interests in neuro-oncology, neuropharmacology, and neurobiology, and is also responsible for the clinical neurodiagnostic laboratory, which includes neonatal, children’s EEG, and apnea monitoring. Lab services include polysomnography and auditory, visual, and somasensory-evoked responses.

Pediatric Pathology

The Department of Pediatric Pathology consists of surgical pathology, cytopathology, and autopsy pathology. As a major care facility for surgery of infants and children, Children’s Hospital offers a wide spectrum of pediatric pathology.

Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

The Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine has long been committed to providing the best in diagnostic radiological services to the community while maintaining a high-quality learning center for medical students, residents, and fellows. The department has the rare advantage of having nuclear medicine, ultrasound with Doppler capabilities, and interventional radiology all in one central location.

Staffed by 11 pediatric radiologists who are capable of diagnosticians and prolific researchers, the department has rotations for pediatric residents, radiological residents, and medical students (with whom research collaboration is encouraged). All inpatient and ER radiologic examinations are reviewed daily with house staff, and radiology department staff actively participates in various pediatric teaching conferences.