Pediatrics Residency – Teaching Sites and Statistics

Vidant Medical CenterThe Pediatric Residency Program was initially accredited in 1978 and has remained fully and continuously accredited since then. The program is administered by the Department of Pediatrics at the Brody School of Medicine, while ECU Health Medical Center (formerly Pitt County Memorial Hospital) employs the residents who train at our joint institutions. ECU Health Medical Center is fully accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The children’s hospital is a member of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). The hospital is a tertiary referral center and provides acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to more than 1.2 million people in 29 counties. In an average year, about 33,000 inpatients and more than 266,000 outpatients are treated in our facilities. More than 3,000 babies are born here in a typical year. Our clinical staff includes more than 500 physicians and 1,200 nurses. Inpatient services are housed at the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center.

Facilities

  • A 12-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with ECMO capabilities
  • A 50-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care unit
  • A 21-bed Convalescent Newborn Nursery (Level II NICU)
  • A 6-bed Kids’ Immunosuppressed Unit (KISU) for children with strict isolation precautions
  • A 42-bed nursery for well and convalescent newborns
  • A 32-bed general inpatient unit
  • A 9-bed pediatric day unit (PDAY)
  • A 16-bed pediatric emergency department
  • An 8-bed pediatric rehabilitation unit
  • Pediatric radiology, surgery, rehabilitation, and subspecialty pediatric care as well as dedicated nursing, educational, Child Life, and other support services are available on site

Outpatient clinics, both general and subspecialty, are held in the adjacent pediatric outpatient clinics associated with the Brody School of Medicine.

Housestaff

  • 31 Pediatric Residents
  • 24 Internal Medicine-Pediatric Residents
  • 6 Neonatology Fellows

Faculty

  • 83 faculty members within the Department of Pediatrics

2017 Annual Admissions

  • 5,925 Inpatient Admissions
  • 3,576 Newborn Nursery
  • 1,167 NICU
  • 828 PICU

Outpatient Visits

  • 73,000

Pediatric Emergency Room Visits

  • 10,000