Memorial Healthcare System Hollywood, Florida Program

Program Identity & Fit

Memorial Healthcare System's pediatric residency, based at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, is a community-based, university-adjacent program built around a tertiary/quaternary referral center (216 beds, NICU, PICU, cardiovascular ICU, transplant and trauma services) serving South Florida's Gold Coast. The "4+2" block schedule, individualized curricula guided by a physician mentor, and a dedicated community continuity clinic signal a program oriented toward flexible, resident-directed career development rather than a single fixed track. Alumni outcomes split heavily between subspecialty fellowships (hematology/oncology, neonatology, cardiology, critical care, GI, allergy/immunology) at strong academic centers and general/primary care and hospitalist positions, indicating the program supports both fellowship-bound and generalist-bound trainees without a dominant research mandate. As a relatively young but established program (first class 2018) requiring all training to occur on-site with no away rotations or externships, it appears to value residents committed fully to the MHS environment and its mentorship-driven, individualized pathway model.