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Children's Hospital of Michigan Pediatrics

Residency · Detroit, MI

Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Michigan · Director Jacqueline Leja

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Class size
29
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$65k2026 to 2027

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

202226/26
202328/29
202429/29
202529/29
202629/29

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 26 seats · 1 US MD, 1 international
  • Hanan AlfeggiUniversity of Tripoli Faculty of Medicine
  • Shamelle WhiteWayne State University School of Medicine

Training

2 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to pediatric cardiology.

Months at each site

  • Children's Hospital of Michigan33 mo
  • Harper-Hutzel Hospital3 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship22
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship21
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship20
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship19
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship18
  • Fellowship11

Where graduates work now

  • Children's Hospital of Michigan40
  • Corewell Health11
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center9
  • Hurley Medical Center8
  • Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital7
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital6

Research

50% of current residents have a paper since 2023

10 of 20, 29 papers between them

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

People

Leadership

  • Jacqueline LejaProgram Director
  • Andrea WaitAssociate Program Director
  • Rajan AroraAssociate Program Director; Director of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
  • Sarah LelugaAssociate Program Director

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

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ProgramPositions
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  • Neonatal-Perinatal MedicinePositions: 10
  • Pediatric CardiologyPositions: 9
  • Pediatric Critical Care MedicinePositions: 9
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics)Positions: 15
  • Pediatric GastroenterologyPositions: 3
  • Pediatric Hematology/OncologyPositions: 9
  • Pediatric Hospital MedicinePositions: 6
  • Pediatric Infectious DiseasesPositions: 3
  • Pediatric NephrologyPositions: 3

Place

Summers reach 83°, winters fall to 19°. About 29 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

918k people live within 20 minutes of Children's Hospital of Michigan by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $990 a month within 10 miles of Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Hazards

  • Cold waves
  • Strong wind
  • Tornadoes
  • River flooding