The division has an active teaching program for subspecialty fellows, residents, and medical students. Faculty is engaged in both laboratory and clinical research. Perhaps nowhere in medicine is the importance of prevention and intervention as critical as in the care of children with developmental or acquired disabilities. Mini-teams are designed for case management of essential rehab diagnostic, monitoring, and equipment services. Developmental pediatricians are involved in mental retardation, cerebral palsy, or multiple handicaps.
Interdisciplinary teams meet frequently.
The Division of Emergency Medicine at Children's Hospital is responsible for the care of approximately 50,000 patients per year. Pediatric residents are assigned to the emergency department during all three years of their residency, and are given steadily increasing responsibility for patient care. Emergency medicine residents, family practice residents, and medical students are also routinely assigned to this fully supervised rotation. Residents are an integral part of this intense learning experience. Division faculty provide medical input for the pediatric component of paramedics functioning in Western New York and operate a pediatric stabilization and transport program.