What we offer
Pediatrics and Child Health offers comprehensive undergraduate (clerkship) and postgraduate (residency) programs. We are also actively involved in the education of physician assistants, international medical graduates and nurse practitioners.
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Undergraduate electives
Undergraduates interested in pediatrics can choose from a wide variety of electives, including allergies, cardiology, neonatology, palliative care and more. Explore the full list here.
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Pediatrics residency
As a resident in the Pediatrics program, you’ll gain hands-on experience in the care and treatment of pediatric patients from urban, rural, immigrant, refugee, First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
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Clinical fellowships
- Advanced Care of Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Patients
- Advanced Training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship in Tuberculosis
For more information about these fellowships, please contact us.
Our story
Watch a brief video to learn more about our department and what we offer.
Current student resources
We are proud to educate the next generation of pediatricians, providing a supportive environment in which students learn the unique features of infant, child and adolescent medicine—from undergraduate programs to residencies and graduate studies.
Quiz banks
Find an advisor
You must have an advisor willing to accept you as a student to pursue graduate studies in pediatrics.
Advisors accepting graduate students
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Alex Aregbesola |
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Patricia Birk |
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Allison Dart |
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Richard LeDuc |
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Florencia Ricci |
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Brandy Wicklow |
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Kristy Wittmeier |
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Awards and scholarships
The University of Manitoba issues more than $17 million to students each year in the form of scholarships and bursaries. Find out how you can access funding so you can focus on your studies.
Department Research
We’re committed to developing and supporting world class research and discovery in our province. Research is the key to saving lives, preventing illness and helping sick children get well again.
Our researchers
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- Meghan Azad
- Jared Bullard
- Maryanne Crockett
- Shyamala Dakshinamurti
- Ana Hanlon Dearman
- Brad Doble
- Sergio Fanella
- Cheryl Rockman Greenberg
- Geert ‘t Jong
- Lauren Kelly
- Terry Klassen
- Angela Krutish
- Deepak Louis
- Wael El Matary
- Sapna Oberoi
- Jennifer Protudjer
- Kelly Russell
- Chelsea Ruth
- Michael Salman
- James Strong
Community and partners
Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
Our partnership with the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) allows our residents, fellows and physicians to be a part of collaborative projects—working in the areas of basic science, clinical trials and knowledge translation.
- Each area is crucial to our vision of creating a learning hospital, to integrate our research in the care of our patients—transforming research from the bench to be used directly at the bedside.
- Pediatrics is a uniquely rewarding specialty. We strive to provide excellent training and care for patients and their families, from infancy to adolescence.
- Our research runs in partnership with CHRIM, working together to make kids better and keep them from getting sick.
- With departmental training for undergraduate, postgraduate, nurse practitioner and international medical graduate students available, we're committed to training medical professionals across the spectrum of patient care.
- Affiliated sections include anesthesia, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), radiology, surgery and urology.
Faculty and staff
News and stories
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Contact us
Pediatrics and Child Health
CE-208 Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre
840 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1 Canada
204-787-8020
204-787-4807