This site will provide you with information about our department and our residency program in Pediatrics. We are very proud of the program which is under the expert leadership of Renuka Verma, MD, our very talented Program Director and Carol Geiss, our equally talented Program Coordinator. Our goal is to train residents to become excellent pediatricians; we base the program on the recommended competencies: patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism and systems-based practice.

Furthermore, we are a Brazelton Touchpoints training center and all of our residents receive this training. Touchpoints is a program developed by T. Berry Brazelton, MD which stresses communication and a developmentally appropriate approach to the child and family that values the child and the skills of the parents and puts the focus on them.

Our hospital and faculty are affiliated with Drexel University College of Medicine and St. George’s University School of Medicine. We have students rotating throughout the year, and our residents are an integral part of the teaching program; we believe that everyone learns more through teaching!

As you navigate our website, you will find information on a variety of topics relating to the Children’s’ Hospital and the Pediatric Residency. We will introduce you to our faculty, the program schedule, our research efforts, the rotations, and paths of our recent graduates. About half of our graduates pursue additional training in a variety of fellowships and about half go into practice throughout the United States and the world. We have a wonderfully diverse group of residents and patients. We hope you find all the information you want. We invite you to call the department at 732-923-7250, email us (mfisher@sbhcs.com or reverma@sbhcs.com) or write a letter.

Sincerely,

Margaret C Fisher, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
Monmouth Medical Center.
Professor of Pediatrics,
Drexel University College of Medicine.