Nationwide Children's Hospital-Ohio State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

Nationwide Children's Hospital/OSU is a large, university-affiliated, tertiary/quaternary academic pediatric program built around one of the five largest freestanding children's hospitals in the country, with a top-ten NIH-funded pediatric research institute (Abigail Wexner Research Institute) and dedicated OSU-based research infrastructure. The program organizes inpatient care by subspecialty team, gives residents heavy clinical autonomy (residents write over 90% of inpatient orders), and pairs high-acuity/high-volume tertiary exposure with substantial ambulatory training (60% of time) through its Primary Care Network, PECS community-practice rotation, and a dedicated four-slot Primary Care Track. Research is structurally embedded via an ABP-approved Integrated/Accelerated Research Pathway with mentoring committees and a track record of graduates earning K08/R01 funding, while roughly 60% of general graduates pursue fellowship and 40% pursue primary care, reflecting a program that deliberately supports both trajectories rather than forcing one. Distinctive features include advocacy integration (Statehouse Day, Residents in Schools Initiative, Advocacy Advanced Competency), named APD-based career mentorship, and Resident Assistants who offload administrative work—signaling a program that values resident leadership, community engagement, and individualized career development within a large academic structure.