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Pediatric Residency

Training Future Leaders in Pediatric Medicine

The Pediatric Residency program at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin trains physicians who graduate well-prepared to provide health care in all settings, from primary care pediatrics to highly subspecialized care. The program features an individualized curriculum tailored to the resident’s educational and career goals and provides comprehensive exposure to both general pediatrics and subspecialty medicine.

Residents rotate primarily at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, which provides highly specialized care to the children of Central Texas.

The Pediatric Residency program is affiliated with Dell Med’s Department of Pediatrics. Learn more in a welcome letter from the program director.

Training Facilities

Residents receive their training at a number of unique sites that emphasize pediatric care. Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas is the primary teaching site, and the CommUnityCare East Austin Health Center serves as the main site for the resident continuity clinic and ambulatory experience.

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas.

Dell Children’s, a Level 1 trauma center and a Level IV NICU, provides inpatient, PICU, NICU and ER sites as well as required subspecialty and elective experiences. Dell Children’s provides general and highly subspecialized pediatric care to a 46-county referral area.

CommUnity Care East Austin Health Center.

Resident continuity clinic and some ambulatory experiences take place in a CommUnity Care Health Center, a federally qualified health center providing outpatient primary care for people facing the greatest obstacles to care. Residents are supervised by general pediatrics faculty while they perform both well child and outpatient acute care.

Ascension Seton Medical Center.

Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin is the site for the newborn nursery as well as a Level III NICU site. It boasts one of the busiest delivery services in Austin.

Specially For Children OR at Dell Childrens Medical Group.
Dell Children’s Medical Group

Dell Children’s Medical Group provides pediatric subspecialty care. It is also the main clinic site for the program’s required adolescent medicine and development and behavior block rotations.

Learn More & Apply: Pediatric Residency

Application Process

The program recruits 22 pediatric residents each year. Applicants submit materials through the Electronic Residency Application Service and are selected through the National Resident Matching Program.

A Personalized Training Experience

The curriculum emphasizes development of skills and competencies needed by all residents, wherever their career paths lead them.

Meet Our Residents

It’s an exciting time to be a part of medical education and research in Austin. Dell Med residents and fellows are talented physicians working to become leaders in their fields.

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