University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Jaime Pittenger, MD
Program Director
Ashetin Soleimani-Meigooni
Program Coordinator
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Acuity of patients
>25 pediatric subspecialties
5 outpatient pediatric clinic sites
Level 1 Trauma Center and Pediatric Specific ER
63 acute/progressive care beds
81 bed NICU Level IV, ecmo ready, individual rooms
16 bed tertiary level closed unit cards/Med/Surg PICU, approx. 1000 admissions annually, multidisciplinary care teams, ELSO center of excellence for ECMO, joint heart program with Cincinnati Children's
9 bed NACU
26 bed Newborn nursery
New sedation and procedure unit and endoscopy suites
Pediatric Referral center for central and eastern KY
approx. 7370 admissions annually
172,000 outpatient visits per year
DETAILS
12 categorical ped residents per year
2 child neuro per year
2 triple board per year
6 med peds per year
Fellowships in peds ED NICU and ped anesthesia
special tracks: gen peds, subspeciality, hospitalists, and ICU
LOCATION
Population: 341,000 • Keeneland • KY Horse Park • CRAVE Lexington • KY Bourbon Trail • Burger, Pizza, and Restaurant Weeks • Southern Lights • Rolex Games • Battle Axes • Thursday Night Live • Red River Gorge • The Arboretum • Mcconnell Springs • Raven Run • Legacy Trail
CURRICULUM
12 "blocks" per year, rotation changes monthly
Schedule is shift system based
Protected learning time daily: noon conference 12-1pm MTWF, grand rounds every thursday, and Morning report 730-8a TWR
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES
Diversity Engagement Survey
Restorative Justice Program
National Center for Pre-Faculty Engagement
Holistic Application Review
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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