The Department of Pediatrics consists of over 35 full time board certified pediatricians, in addition to over 30 medical faculty members with joint appointments in other disciplines including surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, psychology, pathology, and radiology. The hospital-based practice is further complemented by an extensive network of community pediatricians who practice within the Geisinger Health System network through the surrounding counties.
Subspecialty sections add to the diversity of the extensive general pediatric practice.
Like our faculty, our pediatric residents choose to come to Geisinger because of the unique experience that it offers a chance to practice academic, primary and tertiary care pediatrics in a rural setting. Many of our residents enter into the field of primary care, some stay in the area, while other graduates enter into subspecialty training to pursue careers in academics and have been accepted throughout the country in institutions such as Boston Children s, Baylor College of Medicine, Massachusetts General, NIH, and many others. Medical students from the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine rotate through our hospital and clinics as part of their core pediatric rotation. In addition, numerous students from other institutions also chose to do electives here.