Carolinas Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Carolinas Medical Center's pediatric program is built around Levine Children's Hospital, a free-standing quaternary-care children's hospital serving as the region's only pediatric transplant, Level 1 trauma, and dedicated pediatric cardiovascular surgery center between Atlanta and Washington, DC, combined with a 30+ site primary care network that anchors a large continuity clinic base. The absence of subspecialty fellows (apart from Emergency Medicine) means residents work directly with attending subspecialists, and the curriculum's four longitudinal tracks (Office-Based Ambulatory, Office-Based Subspecialty, Inpatient Care, and CARE/Advocacy) let trainees shape their exposure toward either general practice or fellowship preparation. Scholarly activity is supported through the CAPE department and REACH research infrastructure, and graduates have matched into a wide breadth of subspecialty fellowships (cardiology, critical care, neonatology, hematology-oncology, and others) at strong academic centers, indicating the program values residents capable of both general pediatric competence and subspecialty-track ambition. Faculty and resident testimonials emphasize a tight-knit, family-like culture within an urban, community-rooted academic environment.