The Pediatric Specialties Match includes the following subspecialties:

Note. The Pediatric Specialties Match will combine with the Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP) for a new “Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match” for July 2023 appointments. See News post. The NRMP will soon launch a new, combined webpage that contains Match dates and other information.

Academic General Pediatrics

Academic General Pediatrics (AGP) focuses on the optimal health and wellbeing of children, particularly those most vulnerable, primarily in the outpatient general pediatric setting of academic teaching institutions.  Training programs are intently focused on developing  academic skills in research, advocacy, improvement science and educational scholarship related to the field of general pediatrics; programs focus particularly on research training; others focus on training in medical education and scholarship; and others or in combination focus on specific clinical skills development. Many programs include coursework leading to a master’s degree in public health, education, clinical research or a related-field.

Applicants must have completed a residency in pediatrics or combined medicine/pediatrics although some programs also accept applicants who have completed a residency in family medicine or internal medicine.

2-3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Additional information can be found about the field through Council of Pediatrics and through the Academic Pediatric Association.

Child Abuse

Child Abuse focuses on academic careers in child abuse, neglect, and advocacy. Additional information can be found through the Ray E. Helfer Society.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of developmental and behavioral issues in infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents. Additional information can be found through the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine focuses on comprehensive medical care for the newborn infant, particularly the ill or premature infant. Additional information can be found through the Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine  and the Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Training Program Directors, both of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology focuses on the treatment of children who have diseases of the heart and circulatory system. Additional information can be found through the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Cardiology.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Critical Care focuses on managing the overall care of critically ill medical and surgical children. Additional information can be found through the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine program directors.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Anesthesiology.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine focuses on the management of the acutely ill or injured child, in the setting of an emergency department. Additional information can be found through the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Emergency Medicine.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine.

2-3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Endocrinology 

Pediatric Endocrinology focuses on the health of children and adolescents who have hormonal disorders. Additional information can be found through the Pediatric Endocrine Society.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatric Gastroenterology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with gastrointestinal, pancreatic and liver diseases as well as nutritional disorders. Additional information can be found through the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology focuses on the education, research, and treatment of children and adolescents with blood disorders and cancer. Additional information can be found through the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Pediatric Hospital Medicine focuses on the care of children in a hospital setting, including the pediatric ward, labor and delivery, the newborn nursery, the emergency department, the neonatal intensive care unit, and the pediatric intensive care unit.  In addition to clinical care, PHM fellows develop an area of scholarship, typically in clinical research, quality and process improvement, medical education, health services research, or another area that improves the health and systems for hospitalized children. Additional information can be found through the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Directors Group.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

2-3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Pediatric Infectious Diseases focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases in infants, children, and adolescents. Additional information can be found through the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Nephrology

Pediatric Nephrology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with renal and urinary tract disorders and hypertension from all causes. Additional information can be found through the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or equivalent international training in Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Pulmonology 

Pediatric Pulmonology focuses on advancing knowledge of acute and chronic respiratory diseases afflicting infants, children and adolescents. Additional information can be found through the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Pulmonology.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Rheumatology 

Pediatric Rheumatology focuses on the diagnosis and management of children with rheumatic illness and those conditions that may mimic these illnesses. Additional information can be found through the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Rheumatology.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics.

3yr

Typical Fellowship Length

Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Pediatric Transplant Hepatology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with liver disease as well as those requiring liver transplantation. Additional information can be found through the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation.

Applicants must have completed a residency in Pediatrics or Medicine/Pediatrics, as well as a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology.

1yr

Typical Fellowship Length

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