The Pediatric Residency Program consists of:

• A division of general pediatrics and ambulatory care
• 30 Residents and a Chief Resident
• A division of child abuse assessment
• Fellowships in child development and child abuse
• A division of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
• 32 employed faculty; 32 contracted faculty; many more teaching physicians
• A full compliment of pediatric subspecialty faculty

Each year approximately 3,500 patients are admitted to the pediatric ward. An average of 1,300 patients are admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Of the patients admitted to the PICU in the past 3 years, an average of 250 were cardiology/cardiovascular surgeries. We anticipate that this number will increase to 300 cardiac surgeries this year. In addition, approximately 170 pediatric cardiac catheterizations are performed at the Children's Health Center each year.

There are greater than 5,000 babies delivered at St. Joseph's annually, with an average of 700 of these babies being admitted to the Nursery Intensive Care Unit (NyICU). As a regional perinatal referral center, high-risk pregnancies are admitted for delivery from all across Arizona and the Southwest. Besides the infants born here, sick infants are transported in for a total of approximately 933 annual admissions to the NyICU.

Treatments include extra corporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) and high-frequency jet ventilation. The active participation of highly skilled Neonatal Nurse Practitioners maximizes housestaff education in caring for the sick newborn and in newborn resuscitation.

Through the Pediatric Ambulatory Care Center (PACC), St. Joseph's Hospital Mercy Care Program provides on average 10,000 outpatient visits for children. An additional 50,000 outpatient visits are made to the Children's Rehabilitative Services (CRS) Clinic, a site for coordinated and collaborative care for pediatric patients with multiple handicaps and chronic disabilities. An additional 12,000 pediatric and adolescent patients are seen annually in the Emergency Department.