The Department of Pediatrics’ mission is to train outstanding physicians knowledgeable in the health care needs of children.
The Department of Pediatrics sponsors a highly selective, nationally recognized three-year residency program, welcoming a cohort of 13 residents each year. With 39 total residents, the program trains pediatricians to be physician leaders in both their communities and profession.
Our ACGME-accredited allergy and immunology fellowship is a two-year program that prepares fellows to provide medical care for adult and pediatric patients with allergic and immunologic disorders in academic settings, private practices or larger healthcare systems.
Our ACGME-accredited fellowship is a three-year program designed to train physician leaders who understand the developmental, behavioral and psychosocial needs of children and families; are skilled in collaborating across disciplines and systems; and who advance knowledge of this subspecialty through research and teaching.
Our ACGME-accredited three-year fellowship prepares individuals to become independent and competent practitioners of neonatal-perinatal medicine, as well as scholars in the field. Our goal is to train physicians who will go on to successful careers in academic and/or clinical medicine.
This Non-ACGME-accredited, one-year fellowship prepares individuals to become pediatric advanced interventional cardiologist.
This ACGME-accredited three-year fellowship program seeks to train leaders in the field of pediatric critical care.
Our ACGME-accredited fellowship is a three-year program for physicians who have completed their pediatric residency with distinction and who intend to develop a career in academic pediatric endocrinology. Fellows receive training in clinical care, research and teaching from a nationally ranked pediatric endocrinology team.
Our ACGME-accredited two-year residency program provides physicians exposure to clinical, laboratory, and research experiences to prepare them to become effective, independent medical geneticists.
Our ACGME-accredited five-year categorical pediatrics and child neurology program is a combined residency program where residents spend two years in pediatrics followed by three years in child neurology.
The program in global child health provides education and training opportunities both local and abroad as well as scholarly research projects for pediatric residents interested in a career in global health.
The Department of Pediatrics provides opportunities for medical students who have an interest in pediatrics to explore and learn in pediatric primary care and specialty care settings. We offer a pediatric clerkship to UC Davis School of Medicine students and electives and acting internships for local and visiting medical students.
A core part of our mission is to increase the health of the community. We have many programs which work to increase the safety net of health care services for all patients.
Our faculty physicians are research leaders in neonatology, infectious diseases, endocrinology and pediatric telemedicine, to name a few.
UC Davis Health is a hub of innovation where students, trainees, faculty and staff from nearly 100 postgraduate majors bring unique and creative approaches to providing the highest quality patient care.