But, they are not the only teachers at Stroger Hospital.  Every day, there are educational opportunities such as Morning Report and Noon Conference which balance didactic knowledge with practical skills. On every rotation, you will interact with experts who have extensive experience in an urban setting. 

At Stroger Hospital, residents are also teachers. Students from three medical schools rotate through Stroger Hospital, and they look to you for teaching and guidance. You have the opportunity and the responsibility to share your knowledge with them. 

INDEX: 
As examples of the teaching and services provided, we have detailed a few highlights of each division in our program.  Read about the divisions that are of most interest to you: 
 

Adolescent Medicine	Gastroenterology
Allergy/Immunology	Genetics and Metabolism
Ambulatory	Hematology/Oncology
Cardiology	Infectious Disease
Child Protective Services	Neonatology
Critical Care	Nephrology
Emergency Medicine	Neurology
Endocrinology

The Adolescent Medicine faculty members are the principal investigators for a multi-centered study on HIV in adolescents. They provide comprehensive care to adolescents and young adults in a variety of settings such as school-based and hospital-based clinics.  Faculty members are excellent resources and role models for residents struggling with how to talk to young people about sensitive issues. 

In response to the increasing morbidity of asthma among urban children, Allergy/Immunology has expanded its scope to school-based clinics as well as providing direct patient care at the hospital for both inpatients and outpatients. 

Our emphasis on primary care necessitates a large and growing Ambulatory Pediatrics team. The faculty is kept very busy supervising the residents' clinic, providing care to their own patients, expanding into the community and coordinating the Child Development program. 

Child Protective Services is a multidisciplinary division providing consultation for patients suspected of being victims of child abuse/neglect. Through interactions with state agencies and the courts, the physicians provide ongoing advocacy for their patients. 

Emergency Medicine provides 24-hour attending supervision in one of the busiest pediatric emergency room in the city. 

Critical Care operates an active transport program and six intensivists staff a 12 bed PICU with over 600 admissions annually. They also provide an on-site sedation service for pediatric patients requiring bedside procedures. 

The Division of Neonatology oversees one of the largest and best equipped NICUs in the region.  They also supervise the high-risk newborn follow-up center using a multi-disciplinary team and home visits. In addition, the division supports a Neonatology Fellowship Program. 

Hematology /Oncology provides care for a large population of patients with sickle cell disease, other hematologic disorders, and oncologic problems of childhood.  With innovative programs to provide comprehensive care, peer support groups, and extensive community outreach, they strive to keep their patients in school and out of the hospital. 

The Division of Pediatric Cardiology provides state-of-the-art diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of congenital and acquired heart disease in conjunction with the section of Pediatric Cardiology at University of Chicago. 

Endocrinology cares for one of the largest pediatric diabetic populations in Chicago and provides family education and expert care in busy clinics.  You will get the opportunity to see and learn from complex Endocrine cases followed in the Pediatric Endocrine clinics. 

In elective rotations with Genetics and Metabolism, you have the opportunity to learn cytogenetic techniques, participate in prenatal counseling, and care for patients with birth defects, inborn errors of metabolism, and familial and hereditary disorders. 

Infectious Disease education is particularly strong as we see problems at Stroger Hospital ranging from common exanthema to unusual and life-threatening infections including tropical diseases and complications of immunodeficiency from cancer therapy and HIV. 

All types of problems in Nephrology are managed from routine outpatient evaluation of hypertension, proteinuria, and hematuria, to acute dialysis.   Residents may choose to do an elective at neighboring centers where dialysis and renal transplantation facilities exist.

Pediatric Gastroenterology provides full service for patients with hepato-biliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal diseases. The section is active in treating lipid disorders & obesity.  Full diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures are performed, including therapeutic ERCP.  Also, the section is active in collaborative efforts in liver & small bowel transplantation. 

Equipped with our own pediatric EEG lab, the Division of Neurology fields a multi-disciplinary staff to provide in-house and outpatient management of children with neurologic disorders including epilepsy, headaches, movement disorders, and a variety of neuromuscular disabilities. In an elective in Pediatric Neurology, you will also be attending the section's Neurology clinics at Rush Medical College.