University of Colorado School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a highly specialized combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics and Genomics residency at an academic quaternary-care center, anchored at Children's Hospital Colorado with a regional catchment spanning Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico that supports exposure to a broad spectrum of rare and complex genetic disorders. The four-year structure combines twelve months of pediatric genetics/metabolic clinics, six months of University Hospital adult/prenatal/cancer genetics clinics, dedicated laboratory rotations across cytogenetics, molecular, and biochemical genetics labs, and three protected months for a mentored research project, reflecting a curriculum built around comprehensive clinical genetics competency rather than broad general pediatrics. The small size (2 per year), access to an M.S. in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling curriculum, and structured multi-specialty clinic rotations (lysosomal, mitochondrial, skeletal dysplasia, neurogenetics, cancer genetics, etc.) indicate a program built to produce board-eligible clinical medical geneticists comfortable across the lifespan and across diagnostic modalities. The program values trainees drawn to rare disease diagnostics, laboratory-clinical integration, and longitudinal patient/family counseling rather than high-volume general pediatric practice.