Emory University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

Emory's Med/Peds program is the only combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency in Georgia, training residents across a distinctive tri-institutional network spanning Emory University Hospital and Midtown, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Egleston and Hughes Spalding), and Grady Memorial Hospital, one of the nation's largest public safety-net hospitals with a Level I trauma center and regional perinatal referral role. The program's mission explicitly foregrounds health equity, advocacy, and service to vulnerable populations across the lifespan, positioning graduates for careers spanning academic medicine, safety-net hospital leadership, and community-based practice rather than a single narrow pathway. Research is structurally supported but not compulsory for Med/Peds trainees, with access to the PRIME mentorship infrastructure (faculty and peer mentorship, lecture series, resource database) shared with the categorical IM program, alongside Emory's broader biomedical research ecosystem. The program explicitly practices "values-oriented recruitment," seeking residents whose experiences and stated goals demonstrably align with its mission of health justice and care for underserved, complex, cross-lifespan patient populations.