Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

Program Identity & Fit

MCW's pediatrics program is a university-affiliated, tertiary/quaternary referral training environment centered at Children's Wisconsin, serving as the primary pediatric hospital for southeastern Wisconsin and the regional referral center for the state and northern Illinois, with subspecialty patients drawn nationally. The program structures training around six named tracks (Career Identification, Global and Community Health, Hospital Medicine, Hybrid, Primary Care, Subspecialty and Research), each with a mentor, elective sequencing, scholarly project, and monthly track day, alongside formal ABP-approved research pathways (Integrated Research Pathway, Accelerated Research Pathway, R38) for residents pursuing physician-scientist careers. Graduate outcomes split heavily between primary care/community practice and fellowship (cardiology, NICU, critical care, hem/onc, GI, endocrinology, etc.), reflecting a program that supports both trajectories rather than privileging one, with continuity clinic split between urban safety-net sites (Midtown Pediatrics, 16th Street Clinic) and suburban practices. The program emphasizes flexible individualization of career path, resident well-being/autonomy progression (PL1 close supervision to PL3 supervisory autonomy), and scholarly output (QI and research day presentations, national conference presentations) as core expectations regardless of ultimate career choice.