Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is Albert Einstein Medical Center's largest and most comprehensive department. It offers Medicine - Pediatrics residents a rich array of educational opportunities in settings ranging from office practices to critical care units to clinical research.

A particularly important feature of the Einstein Medical Center’s medical service is its firm system, which encompasses all of the teaching and patient care activities of the department.

Firm System

• Medicine–Pediatrics residents are assigned to a firm at the beginning of their training and remain on the firm throughout their training.
  
• Each firm is structured as a group practice, with shared responsibility for learning and patient care.
  
• Firms have continuity of care responsibility for their outpatients and inpatients.
  
• Firms encourage an interdisciplinary team approach to learning and patient care.
  
• Firms emphasize collegiality, mutual support, teamwork and camaraderie.
  

Department of Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics has a unique relationship with St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (SCHC), a regional pediatric referral center of international renown. The Pediatrics department at Einstein has its own clinical service at St. Christopher’s. Einstein residents rotate on St. Christopher’s Pediatric floors under the supervision of Einstein ateendings. Einstein residents also obtain their Intensive Care experience at St. Christopher's.

The full-time faculty in pediatrics is composed of both generalists and subspecialists in a mix that ensures an excellent educational environment as well as a diverse mix of patients.

The Department of Pediatrics sponsors a wealth of innovative programs and research projects that reinforce its commitment to the Medicine–Pediatrics residency program. These research programs range in scope from developmental aspects of premature infants to vaccine development, and they provide residents with an opportunity to pursue their interests and to acquire experience in research methodology. Both the Department of Genetics and the Division of Neonatology are recognized nationally for their excellence in teaching, patient care and research.