Social Pediatrics

Our program is designed for individuals who see their future as primary care pediatricians interested in clinical practice and the process of health care delivery in the community. The Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore provides excellent hospital-based pediatrics training. This is well-complemented by an intensive outpatient experience in a community-based health center.

Social Pediatrics is a three-year training program leading to board eligibility in pediatrics.

The training emphasizes:

The first year of social pediatrics training bears a close resemblance to the first year of training in any regular program. Notable exceptions are:
1-  The development of a continuity practice at the clinical site begins in July;
2-  Each social pediatrics intern attends the month-long orientation to community oriented primary care with the interns from Family Practice and Social Internal Medicine.

In the second and third years of training the unique partnership system allows each resident to share their continuity practice while together being fully responsible for the inpatient duties of a supervising resident. At each level the residents are expected to participate in RPSM activities.

The Montefiore/Einstein pediatric training is a general pediatric residency program with an excellent attending staff and a national reputation. It is an affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Graduates of Social Pediatrics continue to fulfill their training mandate by practicing in inner city health centers, community hospitals and large, urban medical centers. Several of them serve as health policy makers and health administrators. A few serve in rural health facilities.

Social Pediatrics Schedule & Practice Sites
Comprehensive Health Care Center
Our pediatrics continuity ambulatory training site is the Montefiore Comprehensive Health Care Center (CHCC), a federally- funded community health center. CHCC is located in the South Bronx and serves about 12,000 registered patients who make more than 65,000 visits to its physicians, dentists, nurses, nutritionists, and social workers. The center has2 a WIC program, Pediatrics Resource Center, and a team dedicated to the prevention and care of HIV-infection. This facility serves a predominantly African-American and Latino community of the South Bronx.

Children's Hospital at Montefiore
A brand new $125 million dollar regional childcare hospital with all the innovations and facilities of a modern children's hospital.  This is a 105-bed non-profit institution, part of the University Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

NOTE: Social Pediatrics is not listed separately in the Directory of Residency Training Programs, but it does have a separate matching number (listed under Montefiore programs as Pediatrics Primary Care with a "C" prefix). Please call to make sure you receive the correct application form and NRMP number as they are different from those of the general Montefiore/Einstein pediatrics residency. Our NRMP number is: 315329C