Pediatrics - Chattanooga
The Pediatrics Residency training program at Children's Hospital at Erlanger (formerly T. C. Thompson Children's Hospital) provides the highest quality education with state-of-the-art facilities.
We are located in Chattanooga, TN, a family-friendly city boasting a variety of outdoor activities, an active downtown riverfront, and Southern hospitality. Our mission is to provide a safe and supportive learning environment that will promote the development of excellent pediatricians prepared for independent practice in a medical world that is in constant evolution.
Residency Program Highlights
- Continuously accredited since 1966
- Sponsoring Institution: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
- Training Sites: Children's Hospital at Erlanger and Siskin Children's Institute
- Program Size: 12 Residents at each PGY level
- Schedule: X+Y (3 weeks in core rotation, 1 week ambulatory)
- Facility: 130 bed regional tertiary care facility, including a 64-bed Level IV NICU with Neonatal
Transport Team and 46 acute care beds
- Level I Pediatric Trauma Center with 18 bed PICU and ECMO services
- State-of-the-art Pediatric Emergency Department open 24/7 and staffed by board certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians with ~40,000 visits/year
- Call: A night float system minimizes overnight call to 2-3 times per year on each inpatient and PICU rotation
- Time Off: Average of 1 day off in 7 and one golden weekend guaranteed every month
- 3 weeks vacation per year
- Up to 3 weeks of sick leave per year
- Up to 6 weeks of maternity/paternity leave per residency
- Up to 5 CME days per year for national or regional conference attendance
- Faculty: 86 hospital-based physicians with faculty members outnumbering residents
- 35+ Subspecialties and Multidisciplinary Clinics
- Approximately 40% of graduating residents enter a fellowship program, 50% enter private practice, and 10% become hospitalists
- Unique Curriculum Options: Rural Health rotations, Global Health rotations, Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification, Lacation Counselor Certification, Residents As Educators Certification, and Medical Spanish Certification
