University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham Program

Program Identity & Fit

UAB's Pediatric Residency Program is a large, university-affiliated academic program based at Children's of Alabama, a freestanding tertiary/quaternary pediatric hospital serving as the primary referral center for the state and region. The program trains a sizable cohort (26 categorical pediatrics plus combined Med-Peds, Child Neurology, and Genetics-Pediatrics tracks) across the full breadth of general and subspecialty pediatrics, with the Department of Pediatrics consistently ranking among the top 20 nationally in NIH funding and housing federally-funded research networks in neonatology, infectious diseases, neurology, and pulmonary medicine. Research infrastructure is substantial and embedded across 19 divisions, positioning the program to support residents pursuing subspecialty fellowship or academic research careers alongside those seeking broad clinical training. The program describes itself as resident-driven with a family-oriented culture, emphasizing high-volume, hands-on exposure to acute and chronic pediatric disease as the basis for producing confident general pediatricians and fellowship-bound subspecialists alike.