Dr. Adelle Atkinson
Associate Chair of Paediatrics, Education
Dr. Kevin Weingarten
Director, Postgraduate Medical Education Program - Core Residency Program
The Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto offers complete postgraduate training in paediatrics and all of the related paediatric subspecialties. The Paediatric Residency is fully approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and by the American Board of Pediatrics. Accreditation of subspecialties is as follows:
Cardiology
Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Haematology
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
Clinical Pharmacology
Critical Care Medicine
Developmental Paediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Paediatric Neurology: trainees do one year of paediatrics prior to entering their 4-year neurology program.
Medical Genetics: trainees do approximately 6 months of paediatrics through the first and second year of their training program.
(Neither of these two specialities is certified as paediatricians at the end of their training.)
Brigette O'Leary
Phone: 416 813 7654 ext. 414744