7th in the Nation
Ranked among "Best Pediatrics Programs" in 2022 by U.S. News & World ReportUniversity of Colorado Department of Pediatrics
Our mission is to improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.
24 Sections
The strength of the Department of Pediatrics rests in part on the broad range of our subspecialty sections and related programs.900+ Faculty Members
The Department has over 900 full-time faculty members and more than 500 volunteer clinical faculty to help carry out our mission.Residency Program
The department trains approximately 100 pediatric resident physicians, in addition to medical students and physician assistants.Fellowship Programs
We train over 250 fellows in over 60 subspecialties, 33 of which are ACGME-accredited programs.
Dept. of Pediatrics, Sokol Rank No. 1 in NIH Funding Grants
Department of Pediatrics Jan 3, 2014The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research recently compiled the annual funding data from the National Institutes for Health (NIH).
The Department of Pediatrics ranked No. 1 among medical school departments of pediatrics in total NIH funding for 2013, with $43.2 million. Case Western Reserve University ($30.4 million) Vanderbilt University ($28.5 million) rounded out the top three.
Ronald J. Sokol, MD, professor of pediatrics and director of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), ranked No. 1 as the principal investigator with most funding assigned to a department of pediatrics ($15.5 million).
Department Chair
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pediatrician-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital Colorado