Pediatric Residency Teaching Facilities

The Pediatric Residency Training Program at Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center is centered at Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) which is one of the largest maternal-child teaching units in the United States. All neonatal and pediatric inpatient services are located within WCH including a 100 bed normal nursery, 48 bed NICU, 70 bed pediatric inpatient unit and 8 bed PICU. In addition, the pediatric emergency room is located just inside the entrance to WCH. There are 35,000 pediatric emergency room visits per year including acute emergencies, urgent care and minor trauma. Additional experience with major and minor trauma is provided within the trauma unit in General Hospital.

The outpatient facility is adjacent to WCH and accommodates 50,000 continuity and specialty clinic visits per year. We have additional units for our internationally acclaimed Center for the Vulnerable Child Program which is the referral unit for victims of abuse. Our unique maternal-child HIV program is located in a separate structure, the Health Research Association Building, across the street from the Medical Center. Another two story building houses the extensive research program for the Department.

WCH is the pediatric referral unit for Los Angeles County's Northeast Healthcare Network. The Department of Pediatrics provides primary care, specialty care and continuing education in the health centers providing our residents with an opportunity for extensive community outreach. The required adolescent medicine rotation is supervised by the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and provides added experience with community based services such as Job Corps and free clinics. Residents also rotate through the mobile asthma van program which provides preventive care and education at schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

There is a library in WCH and additional libraries in General Hospital and at the USC School of Medicine. Computer access and a large residency lounge offer additional references. Index reference books are located adjacent all patient care areas.

The curriculum is designed to take advantage of these excellent resources with a sensitivity to maximizing opportunities for learning and minimizing travel time.