Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital-Michigan State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated (Michigan State University), free-standing children's hospital program anchored at a nationally ranked (U.S. News, 14 consecutive years) tertiary/quaternary referral center serving West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, with the region's largest neonatal ICU and a Level I pediatric trauma designation. The program is structured around five individualized curriculum tracks (including HEAL scholar, culinary medicine, and global health pathways), a flexible third-year half-day continuity experience that can be tailored to primary care, subspecialty, hospitalist, or critical care interests, and deliberate de-hierarchization (first-name culture, attendings/residents as peers). Scholarly activity is broadly supported (dedicated scholarly activity director, travel reimbursement, Research Day) but framed as individualized and mentorship-driven rather than a mandatory academic output, spanning clinical research, QI, medical education, and advocacy rather than bench science. The program explicitly values advocacy, community impact, inclusivity, and wellness alongside clinical excellence, and produces graduates headed toward both generalist/community practice and fellowship subspecialization (nephrology, hospital medicine, GI, genetics represented among faculty).