Saint Peter's University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Saint Peter's is a freestanding, community-based pediatric residency in New Brunswick, NJ, affiliated with Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and partnered with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for three months of subspecialty rotation exposure across the three-year program. The identity is explicitly community-focused general pediatrics layered with subspecialty breadth borrowed from a premier academic partner, producing graduates prepared for either general pediatric practice or fellowship. Faculty-supervised, close one-on-one rotational structure, a small class size (eight per year), child advocacy and community service involvement, and a resident role in quality improvement and interdisciplinary teams define the day-to-day training environment. The program values close faculty mentorship for career planning, broad clinical competency across the ACGME core areas, and involvement in scholarly activity, without positioning itself as a research-intensive or quaternary referral center.