Department of Pediatrics

Welcome

Located at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Department is a proud member of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, with 206 full-time faculty. The Department of Pediatrics continues to grow in the:

• Number of faculty members
• Development of new and important research programs
• Strength and extension of its clinical service to an ever-larger area within Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

The Department of Pediatrics is consistently cited among the premier academic pediatric departments in the country and is allied with CHOP, one of the finest children's hospitals in the world. In 2006, the Hospital was ranked number one for pediatrics by U.S.News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, Child magazine has ranked CHOP as the best pediatric hospital in the United States for the third consecutive time. In 2005, three divisions within the Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology, Neonatology and Oncology) were rated #1 in the nation by Child magazine.

In collaboration with the leadership of the Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute, the Department supports key areas of research within CHOP, reflected in the creation of 13 Research Affinity Groups.

Two hundred and six members of the Department of Pediatrics perform basic, translational and clinical research. In addition to other external funding supporting our investigators, members of our department are the recipients of 161 R-series awards, 30 institutional and individual Career Development Awards and seven Training Grants from the National Institutes of Health. We remain second in NIH research grants among children's hospitals and departments of pediatrics.

The Department of Pediatrics is committed to excellence in clinical care, research and education. I hope this Web site will provide you with all of the information you may need and will answer any questions you may have.

Alan R. Cohen, M.D.
Physician-in-Chief and Chair
Department of Pediatrics