PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

General Academic Pediatrics

The Mission of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at UCSD is to continue teaching the current and future generations of physicians by providing excellent primary care to children, youth, and families of all economic backgrounds in San Diego County and surrounding communities.

We accomplish our unique purpose by:

  • Providing a developmental approach to the care of patients and families from infancy through young adulthood, including those with complex or chronic medical, behavioral, and/or psychosocial problems
  • Teaching learners at all levels including patients and families, community groups, medical students, physicians-in-training, other health professionals, community physicians, academic physicians, and physicians in the local community
  • Participation in innovative research studies to benefit learners, the academic community, and society as a whole
  • Reaching out to local communities, including underserved populations, with clinical and teaching program involvement while stressing health promotion and preventive care and respecting local culture and traditions
  • Running programs which provide comprehensive services for well newborns from the moment of birth to the first visit at the permanent medical home
  • Offering special adolescent physician services to teens and young adults
  • Providing leadership to ensure that appropriate quality controlled teaching techniques are being practiced by our faculty and ensuring that community faculty to do the same
  • Being as cost-effective in care delivery as possible and being cost aware at all times

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