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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Our Program

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s residency program is consistently one of the most sought after in the country. Through the affiliation with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, residents work in one of the major pediatric teaching hospitals in the United States. In 2021, the program received over 1,400 applicants — more than 50 percent of all U.S. applications to pediatric residency programs nationwide. In 2021, 58 percent of the graduating residents chose to pursue additional training within a pediatric fellowship and were accepted at high-ranking programs throughout the country, while the others chose careers in Primary Care or Hospital-Based Medicine.

Nearly 200 housestaff physicians are trained at Lurie Children’s annually; almost half (98 in 2021 are pediatric residents. These residents are part of a team that emphasizes quality teaching and learning, from pediatric subspecialty fellows to the more than 200 medical students who gain pediatric experience by rotating through our institutions. 

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