Thank you for your interest in our General Pediatrics Residency Training Program at the Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center. We are excited to share with you what makes our program exceptional and unique.

With a catchment area and patient diversity that is second to none, The Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hosptal is responsible for over 725,000 children as the only tertiary care center for children within the 25 counties of eastern New York and western and southern New England. We are the number one center for the care of complex and chronically ill children in the region. The residents and faculty of the children’s hospital are the safety net for our local and regional community.

Our patients and their families are remarkably diverse. We provide primary and subspecialty care to the children of professionals and executives, migrant workers, and refugees; from rural to suburban to inner city and everywhere in between.

As a medium sized program (11 categorical residents per class, 4 Med-Peds per class, and countless visiting residents), we pride ourselves on our unique educational experiences and our agility and responsiveness to our residents’ personal and professional goals.  Beyond ensuring that every resident gets the personal attention they need, we offer robust and powerful extra-clinical training opportunities including (but not limited to) our PedSTAR™ (Scholarly Track for Advocacy and Research) block. The PedSTAR™ block offers each intern four weeks free from clinical duties during which they receive immersive training in advocacy project development, research design and publication, and quality improvement/patient safety initiatives. 

Each intern will receive longitudinal faculty mentorship to bring their project to fruition by the end of residency. The PedSTAR™ experience also provides a launch pad for our longitudinal professional development and leadership curriculum which includes yearly procedural skills workshops, learning to teach, and fellowship/first job readiness.

Our alumni have a proven track record of success with approximately half of our graduates pursuing General Pediatrics or Hospitalist Medicine, while the other half pursue fellowships at major centers around the country. Our program is seeking 11 applicants who value teamwork, independent critical thinking and are passionate about children’s health.

Please enjoy the rest of our website as you get to know our program, our city, our residents, and the important work that we do at The Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Med.