Colleges Near Kentucky With a Pediatrician Program

University of Kentucky College of Medicine

• University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington has been evolving since its establishment in 1961. Major developments include the 1997 construction of the Kentucky Children's Hospital, which operates at the most advanced levels of pediatric medicine. The college offers a three-year pediatrics residency, four-year combined medicine and pediatrics residency, and a five-year combined child psychiatry and pediatrics residency. The pediatric program also boasts the "Continuity Clinic," where residents regularly visit clinics to work with the community.

  University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  138 Leader Ave.
  Lexington, KY 40506
  859-323-6582
  mc.uky.edu/pediatrics

University of Louisville School of Medicine

• Louisville is home to the University of Louisville School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. The pediatrics program ranks number two in size for clinical departments at the university and has a number of medical research facilities including the Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute. The department offers a three-year pediatrics residency and a four-year combined medicine and pediatrics residency. The university also offers the competitive and highly regarded Summer Pediatric Externship.

  Department of Pediatrics
  University of Louisville
  School of Medicine
  571 S. Floyd St., Ste. 432
  Louisville, KY 40202
  louisville.edu/medschool/pediatrics

University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine

• The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville are the only pediatrician programs in the state; however, just over the border in Ohio, the University of Cincinnati also offers a three-year pediatric residency program. The residency is held at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, which is part of a major medical campus that also includes the University Hospital and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center. The Children's Hospital is the only Level I pediatric trauma center in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana and has been one of the top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health.

  Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 0535
  Cincinnati, OH 45267
  513-636-4315
  med.uc.edu/peds