Program AIMS

• To train critically thinking general pediatricians who, through comprehensive clinical training, leave our program: feeling prepared to enter a variety of career fields; with ownership of their life-long learning; and with skills to lead at the institutional, community, and national level
• To provide residents with the skills to advocate for their patients at all levels: the individual patient, the hospital or clinic, the community, the population
• Create a culture with emphasis on patient safety, personal accountability, and the willingness to continuously and objectively evaluate our practices to improve our quality of care
• To promote a scholarly approach to clinical, teaching, and research activities and provide role modeling, mentoring, and basic skills that prepare our residents for a future in medicine
• To recruit, retain, and engage a diverse workforce that represents the population we serve and to foster a nurturing and supportive environment that values diverse perspectives

Program Leadership

Sara Multerer, M.D.

Program Director
Professor of Pediatrics

After graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Multerer received her medical degree from Indiana University and then moved to Louisville for her pediatric residency training at University of Louisville. Upon completion of her residency, Sara was elected Richard S. Wolf Chief Resident and Lecturer for the program. At the end of her tenure as Chief Resident, Sara stayed on the faculty at the University of Louisville as a pediatric hospitalist with special interests in patient safety and quality improvement as well as resident education.

Dr. Multerer is beginning her fifth year as Program Director of the Pediatric residency after spending eight years in the role of Associate Program Director. She was also recently appointed Vice Chair for Medical Education for the Department of Pediatrics and promoted to Professor.

On a personal note, Sara is married to her high school sweetheart, Matt, and they are proud parents of twin girls.

Erin Owen, M.D.

Associate Program Director
Director of Pediatric Fellowships
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Originally from Miamisburg, Ohio, Dr. Owen completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Erin then went on to attend medical school at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.  She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Louisville in 2007 served as the Pediatric Chief Resident for the 2008-2009 academic year and completed a Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship in 2011.  She is currently a member of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.  Dr. Owen became an Associate Program Director in 2017 and the Director of Pediatric Fellowships in 2021.

Dr. Owen has been the Chair of the Pediatric Residency Clinical Competency Committee at the University of Louisville since 2012.  In 2021, Erin became the Director of Pediatric Fellowships helping to develop and oversee Common Fellow Curriculum (Research, Teaching, Quality Improvement, Professional Development, etc.) and Fellow Wellness.

In addition to her ICU responsibilities, Erin’s clinical interests primarily focus of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.  She leads multiple hospital committees aimed at improving patient outcomes including hospital-acquired pressure injuries reduction and septic shock recognition, She helped to create a hospital-wide initiative called SHERLOCK (Systematic Harm Evaluation Review and Learning to Optimize Care for Kids).  Dr. Owen also participates in Quality Improvement efforts at a national level through the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and Solutions for Patient Safety – a collaborative organization of over 100 Children’s Hospitals.  Dr. Owen is the director of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement curriculum.

Erin is married to her husband, Christopher, and together they are raising their daughter and two English Mastiffs.

Adam Patterson, M.D., M.Sc.

Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Patterson was born and raised in Louisville.  He received his Bachelor of Science from Centre College in Danville, KY in 2006.  He then returned home for his medical training: Medical School, Pediatric Residency, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship.  Upon completion of Fellowship in 2017, he joined the faculty at the University of Louisville in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and as Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency.

Dr. Patterson has a background in athletics as a varsity basketball player for Centre College and an assistant coach for DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, which greatly influences his passion for coaching and mentorship in medical education.  He enjoys creating innovative educational experiences for trainees and guiding residents to find their own passions by leading programs such as pediatric career exploration and the Medical Education Track. 

He enjoys spending time with his wife, Marilyn, and their three sons, James, Alex, and Quentin.

Becca Hart, M.D., M.Sc.

Associate Program Director
Director of Scholarly Activity
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Hart is an Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program at the University of Louisville. Originally from New Albany, Indiana, Dr. Hart completed her undergraduate degree at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana before attending medical school at University of Louisville. She completed her pediatric residency at University of Louisville in 2015 and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship in 2018. She has been a member of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine as faculty since 2018 and also served as Director of Scholarly Activity for the Pediatric Residency since that time. Dr. Hart became an Associate Program Director in 2021. 

Dr. Hart serves as the chair of the Pediatric Resident and Faculty Wellness Committee and also directs the Pediatric Emergency Medicine resident and student rotation. As Scholarly Activity Director she also leads the resident distinction track in research. In addition to her ED clinical work, Becca is also interested in medical education initiatives, public health, advocacy, and vaccinology research. with special interest in vaccination in non-traditional health settings.

Becca enjoys spending time outdoors, running, traveling, reading, gymnastics, Hoosier basketball, and most of all spending time with her husband, Daniel, and their twins, Rowan and Maren. 

Kimberly Boland, M.D.

Dr. Billy F. Andrews Endowed Chair of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean of Resident Education
Chief of Staff, Norton Children's Hospital

Dr. Boland was raised in Louisville. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and returned home to earn her medical degree from the University of Louisville. She then moved to St. Louis where she completed her residency and chief residency in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at Washington University. After finishing her chief residency, she worked as a hospitalist for two years in a community hospital in St. Louis and then went on to complete a Pediatric Critical Care fellowship at Washington University. Dr. Boland again returned home to Louisville, where she spent five and a half years as a Pediatric Intensivist and filled the roles of Director of Resident Education for the Critical Care Division and Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Director for one year at the University of Louisville. She left to pursue a career in general pediatrics for three years but was drawn back to the academic world to be part of the excitement and energy of the educational realm. She returned to the University of Louisville as Division Chief of General Inpatient Medicine and Director of the Pediatric Hospitalist Program at Norton Children’s Hospital and quickly became involved in resident education with subsequent appointment to an Associate Program Director role and then the Program Director role which she filled for nine years.

Dr. Boland currently serves as the Billy F. Andrews, M.D. Endowed Chair of Pediatrics.  She also serves the broader GME community as the Associate Dean for Resident Education.  She is the Past President for the Kentucky Chapter of the AAP and enjoys working in advocacy including with the the resident driven advocacy program PUSH (Pediatricians Urging Safety and Health). She is involved with many task forces and committees within the University and hospital.  Dr. Boland is focusing on growing our pediatric academic medical center to accomplish our four-pronged mission of excellence in clinical care, outstanding teaching, especially of the pediatric work force of tomorrow; research leading toward innovative and cutting-edge care; and community engagement, advocacy and promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusiveness.

Dr. Boland is married to an Irishman, and they have one red-headed daughter.

Program Curriculum and Requirements

Our program is structured to permit the physician to develop broad clinical expertise in general and primary care pediatrics as well as in-depth competence in the pediatric sub-specialties. We accomplish this by offering three progressive levels of training characterized by increasing complexity of clinical problems, increasing responsibility for patient care and increasing availability of elective time. The program mixes hands-on, bedside training, didactic sessions, one-on-one consultations, small group sessions and online learning that strives to meet all learning styles of our residents as well as getting broad exposure to specific areas that might be of interest as formal career paths.

Pediatric Level 1 (PGY-1)

This year is designed to provide a comprehensive experience in inpatient and outpatient pediatrics, a basic fund of knowledge of human growth and development and pediatrics diseases, and an opportunity to develop the basic clinical and technical skills involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of infants, children and adolescents. There is an emphasis on learning the pathophysiology of diseases in children and developing clinical judgment in caring for sick children.

All rotations are located at Norton Children's Hospital except for rotations on the newborn and neonatal intensive care units at University of Louisville Hospital.

Pediatric Level 2 (PGY-2)

Physicians who have completed one year of pediatric training and have fulfilled the requirements for medical licensure in the state of Kentucky are advanced to the second year of training. This year provides an opportunity for the physicians to improve clinical skills acquired during the first year, assume increasing levels of responsibility and patient care, and develop knowledge and skills in subspecialty areas. In addition to subspecialty rotations, PGY-2s rotate through the pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit assuming an increasing responsibility in patient care and in PGY-1s and medical student supervision and education.

Pediatric Level 3 (PGY-3)

Physicians in their third year of training assume maximum responsibility both for patient care and the supervision of junior house officers and medical students on the inpatient and outpatient services of Norton Children's Hospital and University of Louisville Hospital.

It is a year devoted to improving clinical judgment and preparation for practice or further sub-specialty training. In addition, the senior resident is expected to review medical literature pertinent to the problems of patients under their supervision and present this material to other house officers and students on rounds.

Sample Resident Annual Schedule

Disclaimer:  The following table is a general schedule only. There will be variability from resident to resident, year to year, but each resident over their three years will meet all ACGME training requirements.

PGY - 1		PGY - 2		PGY - 3
Rotation	# blocks	Rotation	# blocks	Rotation	# blocks
UL NICU	1	NCH NICU	1	NCH NICU	1
Hem/Onc	1	PICU	1	PICU	1
ED	1.5	ED	1	ED	1.5
Wards	3	Wards	2	Wards	2
Night Team	0.5	Night Team	1	Hem/Onc Nights	0.5
Outpatient Block*	3	Outpatient Block*	3	Outpatient Block*	1.5
Core Elective	1	Cardiology	1	Core Elective	1
Individualized Curriculum Elective	0.5	Individualized Curriculum Elective	2	Individualized Curriculum Elective	3.5
Procedure	0.5	Vacation	1	Vacation	1
Vacation	1
Overall Total	13	Overall Total	13	Overall Total	13

Rotations in italics include elements of the Individualized Curriculum.

* The Outpatient block contains the following experiences:

• PGY-1: Adolescent, Newborn, Career Exploration, Longitudinal Clinic
• PGY-2: Ambulatory with Community Involvement, Behavior and Development, Career Exploration, Longitudinal Clinic
• PGY-3: Ambulatory with Community Involvement, Individualized Curriculum Electives, Career Exploration, Longitudinal Clinic

X+Y and Block Scheduling

Our program is participating in a pilot study looking at an alternative method of resident scheduling called X+Y scheduling.  As part of this study, residents will do their outpatient rotations and longitudinal clinic in multiple two week rotations over the course of each year. This means that residents will not go to their longitudinal clinic on inpatient rotations such as the Wards or ICU.

The goals and anticipated advantages of this method are:

• Minimizing conflict between inpatient and outpatient responsibilities
• Improving resident “presence” on their rotations
• Improving the predictability of clinic schedules to allow for more patient continuity

Sample Resident X/Y Schedule:

Starting with the 2021-2022 Academic year, both the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine have transitioned to Block Scheduling. Now, with thirteen four-week blocks, residents have more elective time each year when compared to the traditional twelve one-month intervals. Rotations are scheduled in two-to four-week blocks with interns and upper levels switching on different days allowing for continuity of care at the beginning and end of rotations. 

Where do I do my Longitudinal Outpatient Clinic? 

At the beginning of training, first-year residents are assigned to one of our three primary continuity sites - Norton Children's Medical Group - Novak Center , Norton Children's Medical Group - Germantown, and Norton Children's Medical Group - Stonestreet for their longitudinal clinic. Residents attend their assigned outpatient clinic for a minimum of 36 half-day clinic experiences per year. Residents are able to watch patients grow and develop over three years and have the opportunity to  develop a strong bond with their patients and their families.

Our ambulatory faculty act as mentors and preceptors and conduct structured clinical observations. Residents also complete an online curriculum on common pediatric outpatient topics and discussions on these modules are facilitated by outpatient clinic faculty.

The longitudinal outpatient experience is designed to provide the house officer with a view of growth and development and disease evolution in the pediatric patient that encompasses the spectrum of birth through adolescence. Residents have the opportunity to recruit patients into their clinic throughout all three years of training. Patients may be recruited during the nursery, wards or emergency department rotations.

Our clinics serve over 50,000 of the most vulnerable patients in our community.

Individualized Curriculum

Distinction Tracks & Additional Opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion 

Benefits/Perks

Online Learning Opportunities

Anytime, anywhere learning comes to the residency program by way of an array of tools and websites for residents. All resident and departmental educational conferences are offered through virtual platforms. Further examples of online educational resources include streaming presentations developed in-house by the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division, Cardiology talks created by current residents, Mount Sinai Keystones of Development curriculum modules, Quality Improvement modules from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, online nutrition seminars from Abbott, and the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Ambulatory Care Curriculum online. From entry into the program to graduation, residents are given resources to help prepare for each stage of their program. 

Blackboard

Our Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, is home to online lectures and quizzes; interactive patient care modules such as SoftChalk; and serves as a repository for important articles, documents, links, and presentations for resident education.  It can be accessed anywhere as long as you have an internet connection. We also stream our live noon conference didactics using Blackboard Collaborate for residents who are working remotely or rotating at off site locations.

Amion

Our chief residents manage the resident schedules online using the web-based tool, Amion. Residents can view the entire house staff schedule as well as create custom views of their own schedule for all rotations by day, month or year.

MedHub

Residents can logon anytime, anywhere to MedHub and enter their work hours and procedure logs, download needed forms and review up-to-date announcements. The management software is also home to rotation goals and objectives and resident evaluations. A one-stop shop!

Adobe Creative Suite

University trainees, faculty, and staff have subscription access to more than 20 Adobe programs, including desktop and mobile apps as well as hundreds of online tutorials. 

Board Review Support

Each resident receives a generous Board Review support package including:

• Text book stipend during intern year
• Free MedStudy during their first and second year
• Free PediaLink access to PREP The Curriculum® all three years
• Free copy of Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards, by Stu Silverstein, MD, as a third year
• Stipend for board review materials at the end of training
• Our noon conference curriculum is created directly from ACGME guidelines and ABP suggested materials

Pediatric Resident Survival Guide App

All incoming residents are given access to an app titled “Pediatric Resident Survival Guide”, a handy reference guide includes charts, guidelines, contact lists and tips useful for everyday patient encounters. This resource was created by a former resident and is maintained through the Office of Medical Education.

Transition Booklet, Your Final Year of Residency Training

Created by our Office of Medical Education for our graduating residents, this booklet will aid your transition to a clinical practice setting, academic position or fellowship training.

Medical Education Conference Curriculum

We have created a diverse, well-rounded learning environment to prepare our residents for superior patient care and impart the knowledge to manage their profession as pediatricians.

Core Conference - Daily noon conferences provide the residents with a rolling, 18-month comprehensive core curriculum of pediatric topics as determined by the chief residents and program director. These are chosen from the ABP, PREP and ACGME core medical knowledge themes. Lectures are given by UofL faculty in the Department of Pediatrics.

Business Side of Medicine - These monthly lectures cover topics such as contract negotiation, what to do if you’ve been subpoenaed, malpractice coverage, and creating your CV.

Child Advocacy (P.U.S.H.) -  Each month, residents meet to discuss issues related to child advocacy within the framework of the resident-led child advocacy program, P.U.S.H. These meetings are a combination of project planning sessions as well as didactic sessions focusing on topics pertinent to child advocacy.

Communication - Delivering difficult news is never easy, but our communication curriculum gives residents the skills necessary to handle this challenging responsibility as well as more routine tasks such as phone consults and patient handoffs. On a monthly basis, residents meet to focus on communication as it relates to patients and their families as well as other healthcare professionals. With a goal of exceeding the ACGME's core competencies of Interpersonal and Communication Skills and Professionalism, the communication curriculum is delivered in a variety of formats through a combination of workshops, video sessions and standardized patient encounters over 18 months.

Grand Rounds - This is a weekly, one-hour conference that is available to all pediatric faculty and residents. A wide variety of topics pertinent to general pediatrics are covered. These sessions are given by a combination of invited speakers and faculty within the department.

Medical Education Business Meetings - During these monthly meetings, resident issues and ideas for program improvement are discussed openly among the residents, chief residents, program director, associate program directors and office staff.

Mentoring program - Each resident chooses a mentor during their intern year. Interns chose faculty who have similar interests both in and out of medicine. Once chosen, residents and mentors meet independently. Topics covered during these meetings include: clinical performance, program engagement and time management, personal wellness, lifelong learning, and planning for the future.

Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) - Each month, faculty, residents, and students participate in this resident-led, multidisciplinary conference aimed at improving patient safety and quality of care. Cases are chosen by the Pediatric M&M Committee, consisting of pediatric residents, chief residents, and faculty.

Morning Report - We kick off each morning with a board-style "question-of-the-day" which is answered in a team environment with learning points discussed by the chief residents. This is followed by morning report, a daily session that offers a format for residents to learn about latest clinical practice in the hospital and relevant pediatric topics, hosted by several speakers from multidisciplinary teams such as subspecialist fellows and attendings, chief residents, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, psychologists, and more.

PREP Party - Based on resident feedback, we implemented a new approach to board study where the residents work through board review questions related  to a "specialty of the month." The conference is led by a Chief Resident and guest faculty member from the selected specialty who helps facilitate discussion and expand on the questions/explanations. PREP Party occurs during noon conference once a month. 

Resident Grand Rounds - All pediatric faculty, residents and students are invited to attend this weekly conference where interesting case-based presentations are made by Pediatric and Med-Peds residents. 

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - Our Quality Improvement (QI) and Patient Safety curriculum consists of monthly sessions with brief didactics on common QI methods/topics. These didactics are followed by working meetings in which residents participate in team-based QI and safety projects both in the hospital and in our clinics. Residents work with faculty and nursing mentors on process evaluation, root cause analysis, and designing and implementing Plan-Do-Study-Act(PDSA) cycles. Residents take turns acting as the "Champion" for their team, moving their projects forward between these noon meetings.

Wellness Curriculum - The wellness curriculum includes quarterly noon sessions focused on topics like nutrition, exercise, coping with grief and stress and other topics related to personal wellness; Fun Friday "free lunch hours" on the fifth Friday of the month; assistance from the OME regarding burnout, stress, depression or other concerns; formation of a spouse/significant other support group; and monthly community events. Additionally, “Resilience Rounds” gives residents the opportunity to debrief and process difficult events in either written or discussion format. These sessions are moderated by our clinical psychology staff who can also provide tips for coping with stress and building resilience. 

Additional Conferences & Workshops

Crisis Management Program with Simulation - Pediatric residents participate in 2-4 simulated crisis management scenarios per academic year as part of our Crisis Management Program. We created numerous emergent scenarios that require residents to demonstrate skills in airway management and intubation, cardiac arrest and CPR, arrhythmia management and defibrillation, shock management, seizure management, needle thoracostomy, and more. These sessions include an orientation, the session itself, and a debriefing period. Assessment of knowledge, patient care, systems based practice, communication and team dynamics are completed by the team about themselves and the experience. The faculty preceptors and nurses involved also complete evaluations that are available to the resident for review.

Residents as Teachers - Residents as Teachers (RATs), first offered in 2007, is a full day workshop for residents in all specialties to teach, discuss, and practice the principles of adult education that will help them in teaching medical students, patients, other residents, and of course faculty and staff. Offered four times during intern year, this interactive curriculum includes small group work supported by clinicians and medical educators as facilitators and standardized patients to help residents practice new instructional skills.

Scholarly Activity

Throughout our program, our residents work with their faculty mentors on scholarly activity in a planned progression, building on ideas formulated during their intern year and culminating in a presentation for the entire Department of Pediatrics during their senior year. Prizes are awarded to the top projects in several categories. Winners are announced during the graduation ceremony among peers, faculty, family and friends.

The learning objectives of the scholarly project are to:

• improve understanding of a particular subject area related to child health;
• improve skills in critical review of the medical literature and understanding of research methods;
• develop personal experience in the advancement of medical knowledge; and
• develop improved foundations in one or more of the following:
  1) advocacy or public health policy for children;
  2) preparation for research requirements for subspecialty fellowships;
  3) patient care quality improvement, and/or;
  4) practice-based continuing medical education.

Throughout their training, residents develop these skills through various avenues, such as lectures, small-group sessions, and individual work with their mentors.  Additionally, residents receive assistance identifying a mentor and project via a series of three Research Oversight Committee (ROC) meetings.  At ROCs, residents initially give a brief overview of their career goals and potential scholarly interests, and peers and faculty are available to provide feedback, generate ideas, and build connections or network.  As residents progress, ROCs provide a chance to give updates, seek guidance, and troubleshoot projects in an informal, non-threatening environment.

Additionally, a Research Track is available for residents interested in research-focused careers or accelerated exposure to research and scholarship.

Exhibit 2021 - click to view

Our graduating residents and fellows presented scholarly activity projects to an esteemed panel of judges as well as University of Louisville and Norton Healthcare faculty, staff and trainees.

Scholarly Activity Award winners:

• Original Research, Resident:
• 1st Place:  Aaron Fletcher Osborne, MD  "Retrospective Study of Lumbar Punctures by Trainees and Practicing Providers in Pediatric Patients."
• 2nd Place:  Ashley Wethall, MD  "Impairment of Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells by Methadone Exposure in the Developing Rat Cerebellum."
• Original Research, Fellow:  Shanna Barton, MD  "Specific Communication Skills Exhibited by Trained Residents in a Standardized Patient Model of Vaccine Hesitancy."
• QI/Curriculum/Case Report:  Grant Turek, MD "Gene Replacement Therapy for SMA Unmasking Occult Hepatitis Infection."

Pediatricians Urging Safety and Health (PUSH) is a resident-led, resident-driven advocacy group that promotes child health at the local, state, and national level through legislative and community outreach. We collaborate with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), State of Kentucky, local schools, and community partners. PUSH leaders host the program’s monthly advocacy conference and help curate the advocacy curriculum and facilitate discussion of relevant topics in children’s health alongside our faculty advisors. Residents with a particular interest in advocacy can join PUSH for more robust advocacy training and experience.

PUSH celebrated a year full of advocacy in 2020-2021!

• Smoketown Community Garden
• Lexi Memorial - 5K for Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
• Tri-Resident Cup
• Mask for Kids Campaign (see photo)
• Family Scholar House Pack-A-Backpack
• Increasing awareness for online reading and book options to families in resident clinics.
• Children's Advocacy Day at the Capitol
• University of Louisville School of Medicine Gun Violence Prevention Week
• Norton Children's & Hospital Week: Building Healthy Superheroes

Though the Covid-19 Pandemic created barriers to being out in the community, we are hopeful to continue many of our other advocacy events this year, including:

• Southwest Kindergarten ReadyFest
• Norton's Splash 'n Dash
• Family Resource & Youth Service Centers Back to School Fest
• Smoketown Family Wellness Neighborhood Celebration
• Smoketown Trunk or Treat

We are looking forward to another great year of advocacy!

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Meet Our Team  

We are proud to have a diverse group of residents and fellows representing 22 states and 2 countries from around the world. Please take the time to meet our house staff.

Pediatric Residents:

First Year Residents | Second Year Residents | Third Year Residents 

Medicine Pediatric Residents

2022-2023 Doctor Richard. S. Wolf Chief Residents

   Meagan Doyle, MD
   Hometown: Cumming, GA
   Undergrad: University of Georgia | Athens, GA
   Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine | Savannah, GA
   Personal Interests: I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, hiking, exploring new places (and eating new foods), and of course watching UGA football -
   Go Dawgs! 
   Future Goals in Medicine: General Pediatrics

   Caitlin Grace, MD
   Hometown : Westerville, OH
   Undergrad : University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN
   Medical School : Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood, IL
   Personal Interests : Running, climbing, lacrosse, card or board games, and spending time with family and friends. 
   Future Goals in Medicine : Combined Med-Peds Hospitalist, Global Health, and Medical Education 

Graduate Job Placement

We’re proud of having 100% placement for our graduates – from prestigious fellowships to private practice, our residents graduate from our program with a successful start in their careers as pediatricians.

2021 Pediatric Residency Alumni

2020 Pediatric Residency Alumni

2019 Pediatric Residency Alumni

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How to Apply

Visiting Student Rotation

We are seeking fourth year medical students from diverse backgrounds for a visiting student rotation opportunity at the University of Louisville, Department of Pediatrics. 

Mentorship/Meetings: Students will be paired with a resident mentor who will meet with them weekly. Additionally, students will be paired with a factor mentor who will meet with the student twice during their visiting rotation. Finally, students will have an introductory meeting with the Pediatric Residency Program Director during their rotation.

Rotation: The rotation will be four weeks in duration. Students would complete two weeks of clinical service at the Norton Children's Medical Group Novak Center in an outpatient general pediatrics clinic and two weeks of clinical service with the Just for Kids Pediatric Hospitalist group. Students may substitute two weeks of an available pediatric subspecialty for one of these two week experiences.

Stipend: The two applicants chosen will each receive a $2500 stipend which can be spent as applicants deem appropriate to cover housing, travel, or other expenses related to the rotation. Students will be required to complete a 1099 form and submit their name, address, and social security number to receive their stipend.

Criteria for Eligible Applicants

• Must be pursuing a medical degree at an LCME or COCA-accredited medical school.
• Maintains good academic standing at their current medical school.
• Have successfully completed a core clerkship in pediatrics.
• Planning to apply for a residency program in Pediatrics, Child Neurology, or Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
• Live outside the Louisville metro area.

This visiting student rotation is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

Application Process

Students may apply through the Visiting Student Learning Opportunity Application Service (VSAS).

Departments will begin reviewing applications on May 2, 2022.

For questions or more information, contact us.

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