University of Maryland Program

Program Identity & Fit

University of Maryland's pediatrics program is a university-affiliated tertiary referral center in West Baltimore that balances primary care training with subspecialty exposure, positioning graduates for both general pediatric practice and competitive fellowships. Clinical training spans the University of Maryland Hospital and Mercy Medical Center under an X+Y+Z scheduling model that separates inpatient, subspecialty, and ambulatory experiences, with resident-created individualized units allowing exploration into areas like palliative care, integrative medicine, and ICU procedures. Community engagement is structurally embedded through the T.E.A.M.S. mobile health initiative and a longitudinal Advocacy Track, reflecting a stated institutional commitment to West Baltimore's underserved population and health equity work. A required scholarly project (ranging from bench research to QI and health policy) is supported by a well-funded department, and the program explicitly values residents who engage with community-based care delivery and physician advocacy alongside clinical training.