Tower Health-St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Program

Program Identity & Fit

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is an urban, academic tertiary care pediatric program in Philadelphia with a defining emphasis on advocacy and education as pillars of training alongside clinical skill-building, evidenced by a dedicated intern advocacy rotation, longitudinal educational/leadership seminars, and a decades-old Teaching Resident rotation considered the culmination of its professional development curriculum. Clinical training spans high-acuity inpatient services, a >30-bed Level III/IV NICU capable of ECMO, and collaboration with Drexel and Temple medical students, reflecting a tertiary referral population with subspecialty depth. Second-year residents select among Primary Care, Inpatient, and Consultative pathways, allowing individualized career preparation, while scholarship is broadly defined to include education, quality improvement, and advocacy projects rather than solely bench research. The program appears to value residents committed to community-oriented, socially conscious pediatrics who also want structured exposure to teaching and leadership roles.