Training Sites

The UC Irvine School of Medicine/CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange County Pediatric Residency Program is a university-sponsored, fully  accredited program. It is the only pediatric residency program in Orange County.

Our residency program is rich in academic opportunity and clinical experience. This diversity is made possible by the close collaboration of three major teaching hospitals: UC Irvine Medical Center, CHOC Children’s Hospital and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach. Each institution contributes to the education of pediatric residents with abundant resources and dedicated faculty.

UC Irvine Medical Center

UC Irvine Medical Center is a fully accredited, comprehensive-care 493-bed hospital in the City of Orange. The medical center offers high-level medical and surgical inpatient services, including a regional burn unit and a county-wide Level I trauma referral center. Designated as a Level III regional perinatal center, the medical center provides the only combined tertiary referral center in the county for high-risk maternal and neonatal care. The center is also home to a full-scope child and adolescent medical-psychiatry unit. UC Irvine-affiliated ambulatory pediatric clinics provide outpatient primary care services. Residents rotate through the nursery, NICU, subspecialty electives, and affiliated outpatient clinics.

CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange County

CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County is a 232-bed, free-standing children's hospital located in Orange. Together with UC Irvine School of Medicine, CHOC is the largest provider of pediatric services in Orange County. As a full-scope children’s hospital, CHOC offers inpatient and outpatient subspecialty care in a state-of-the-art facility, designated a Level 2 trauma center, and also houses a Level 4 neonatal ICU. Residents rotate through CHOC’s ward, NICU, PICU, emergency, primary care and subspecialty services. Residents also rotate through CHOC’s affiliated term nursery.

Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach

Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach is a 200-bed pediatric hospital with a professional staff of more than 200 physicians and 40 full-time faculty. As a dedicated children's hospital, Miller Children's offers training experiences of great depth in fundamental as well as state-of-the-art pediatric medicine. Miller Children’s is home to one of the largest neonatal intensive care units in California and a regional pediatric trauma center. It is nationally recognized for care provided in the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center and the Cystic Fibrosis Center. Residents rotate through MCH’s ward, NICU, PICU, emeregency, primary care and subspecialty services.