The Pediatric Residency Training Program of Mount Sinai School of Medicine is dedicated to both the delivery of care to children and the study of children in all states of health and disease. In 1995, we converted from a categorical to a primary care-designated training program. Our revamped ambulatory curriculum, coupled with our traditional strengths in inpatient and subspecialty care, allows us to train primary care physicians able to practice high quality General Pediatrics, as well as the next generation of teachers and scientists. In addition, these changes allow our residents to participate in New York State loan forgiveness programs.

Pediatric Level-1 (PL-1) house officers are chosen exclusively through the National Intern and Resident Matching Program (NRMP). There are 15 PL-1 house officers in the program. Two additional PL-1 positions are reserved for the combined five-year Pediatric Psychiatry Training Program. There are four additional PL-1 residents from the combined Medicine-Pediatrics Training Program. Residents in the new residency program in Medical Genetics spend two and a half years in Pediatrics. There is no "pyramid"; all PL-1 and PL-2 house officers whose work is satisfactory will be offered positions in the next year's program. There are two chief residents at the PL-4 level.

The Department of Pediatrics also offers postresidency fellowships in virtually every pediatric subpecialty area.

The Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics was started in 1878 by Dr. Abraham Jacobi, the nation's first pediatrician. This was the first pediatric department in New York City, and the second in the United States. It comprises 20 divisions, representing all aspects of pediatric medicine. There are also attendings in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Surgery, Pathology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and Urology.