Department of Pediatrics
Chair
Robert B. Klein, MD, Sylvia Kay Hassenfeld Professor of PediatricsThe Department of Pediatrics encompasses the clinical care, cutting edge research, and academic pursuits of both hospital-based and community pediatricians.
More than half of our two hundred faculty members are located on the Brown campus, at Rhode Island Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Bradley Hospital, and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Our faculty base also includes the community pediatricians who have private practice offices throughout the state of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.
All campus and hospital-based faculty participate in teaching and advising undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, residents, as well as post-doctoral and clinical fellows. The Pediatrics residency program, along with the Medicine/Pediatrics residency and Triple-Board residency programs train a collective total of 96 residents. Fellowships are offered in eight subspecialty areas of pediatrics, including neonatology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, pathology, developmental/behavioral medicine, infectious diseases, and child protection.
Research efforts have recently made headlines in the areas of childhood asthma, facial asymmetry, and eating disorders. Ongoing research collaborations exist with the COBRE Center for Cancer Research, the Department of Orthopaedics Research labs, and the Bradley Hasbro Research Center.
