About Us
The Pediatric Residency Training Program is based at the freestanding Doernbecher Children's Hospital, on the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) campus. Our residents also rotate at Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente clinics here in Portland. We are one of the very first hospitals in the Northwest to fully implement an electronic medical records system.
There are many rich and valuable experiences gained through a wide variety of learning opportunities at Doernbecher community and outreach pediatric clinics, school-based health centers, and private physicians' offices. Full time faculty members in the Department of Pediatrics supervise residents at all locations.
Patients at Doernbecher come from the primary care base at OHSU, or are referred from urban and rural practices throughout Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and northern California. There are over 8,600 admissions annually to Doernbecher Children's Hospital and 135,791 visits to the ambulatory clinics. In addition, there are over 8,000 Pediatric visits to the dedicated Pediatric ER. Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital is very similar in size to Doernbecher.
