Advancing Pediatric Excellence through Comprehensive Education and Research
The Department of Pediatrics at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is dedicated to equipping medical students and residents with a thorough understanding of pediatric care, ensuring they become proficient pediatricians and primary care providers for children.
About the Department
The goals of the Department of Pediatrics are to:
- Provide medical students with an education that will enable them to attain broad knowledge of all aspects of the primary care needs of infants, children, and adolescents;
- Provide an environment and faculty for resident education that will produce physicians who can perform competently as pediatricians;
- Prepare residents in family practice, emergency medicine, and other disciplines to meet the primary care needs of children and to recognize those conditions that require referral;
- Provide continuing education of post-graduate physicians; and
- Allow for the development of research excellence and productivity in studies designed to improve health care delivery and attainment of new knowledge of disease causation and treatment.
The department is organized in several divisions, e.g., endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology and general pediatrics.