Duke University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Duke's Medicine-Pediatrics program is a tertiary/quaternary academic combined program embedded within one of the nation's premier research-intensive medical centers, rotating residents through Duke University Hospital, Duke Children's Hospital, the Durham VA, and community sites (Duke Regional, WakeMed). Its identity is built on a large combined-trained faculty base (60+ Med-Peds physicians across Duke Health) and a dedicated four-year continuity clinic staffed exclusively by Med-Peds primary care faculty, reflecting a structural commitment to dual-specialty identity rather than treating pediatrics and medicine as separate tracks. Graduates pursue primary care, hospital medicine, and subspecialty fellowships, and the program offers meaningful access to research and advocacy infrastructure (Comprehensive Introduction to Clinical Research, Advocacy in Clinical Leadership Track, Learning Health Systems/Digital Health Training) alongside chief resident pathways in either parent department. The program values residents drawn to systems-level thinking, health equity, and leadership development rather than purely clinical volume for its own sake.