Graduate Medical Education (GME)
- GME Leadership
- Pediatric Residency
- Pediatric Fellowships
- Fellows' College
- PhD Research Fellows
- Medical Students
- Shadowing and Observerships
The GME Office is the initial contact point for all resident and fellow physicians who train at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. They also house the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) Pediatric Residency Program and are responsible for their schedules, rotations, and training. The Medical Student Office, which coordinates all medical student rotations at Children's Hospital, is also housed in the GME department.
GME Leadership
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD, Chief Academic Officer
- Thomas W. Pendergrass, MD, MSPH, Director of Medical Education
- Maureen Pound, Director, GME and Medical Student Programs
Pediatric Residency
Leadership
- Richard Shugerman, MD, Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- F. Curt Bennett, MD, Director, Pediatric WWAMI Program
- Chief Pediatric Residents:
- Omar Bhutta, MD
- Benjamin Jackson, MD
- Kristina Toncray, MD
Nationally ranked among top pediatric residencies, the UWSOM Pediatric Residency Training Program offers a broad spectrum of learning opportunities in clinical practice, research, and advocacy.
The program is based at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, the region's major pediatric referral center, and is affiliated with a rich network of excellent teaching hospitals and community clinics, each with expertise in multiple subspecialties and patients from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Contact Information
- Telephone:
- Pediatric Residency Program: (206) 987-5080
- Pediatric WWAMI Program: (206) 987-2063
- Fax: (206) 987-3843
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Address: 4800 Sand Point Way NE, P.O. Box 5371/G-0061, Seattle, WA 98105
Additional Information
- University of Washington School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Training Program
- Pediatric WWAMI program
Pediatric Fellowships
A wide array of fellowship programs are based at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, one of the top ten children's hospitals in the United States and the major pediatric referral center in our four-state region — Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI). Fellows in our programs can take advantage of teaching from more than 225 academic faculty and 350 clinical faculty. Research within the Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute encompasses the spectrum of human development and pediatric disease, ranging from molecular and cellular biology to injury prevention and community health. Fellows have the opportunity to meet and learn in the Fellows' College, which offers a core curriculum and career development services.
Pediatric Fellowship Programs
International Students: Please contact the director of each fellowship program for information regarding international students.
Visa information for international students.
Fellows' College
The Fellows' College offers a core educational curriculum and career development services for postgraduate fellows in all pediatric medical and surgical programs at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. Learn more.
PhD Research Fellows
A broad range of postdoctoral training opportunities are available in basic, translational, and clinical research at Children's Hospital Research Institute. To promote and encourage interdisciplinary research, Children's Research Institute is organized around research centers with a common thematic focus and an identifiable core set of programs. The Research Institute is located in the heart of Seattle's biotechnology community close to our key partners, the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
For more information about postdoctoral fellowships at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, please contact the center director, whose name is listed within each research center's page.
Medical Student Program
Leadership
- F. Curt Bennett, MD, Director, Pediatric Medical Student Program
- Sherilyn Smith, MD, Associate Director, Pediatric Medical Student Program
Nationally ranked among top U.S. medical schools, the UWSOM entering class size in 2008 is 216. All students do a six-week pediatric clerkship during their third year of training. This rotation occurs either in Seattle or at one of ten sites in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) region. For those students training in Seattle, three weeks are spent at Children's Hospital and at an affiliated community outpatient clinic.
Contact information
Telephone: 206-987-2008
UW Medicine Education Program
Shadowing and Observerships
Shadowing and observership opportunities are coordinated via the individual departments at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center.