The University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics consists entirely of staff members from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading pediatric research and teaching institutions. U.S. News & World Report ranks us No. 2 in the nation in the 2022 list of best medical schools for pediatrics. Within the past decade, the pediatrics program has consistently been ranked among the top five in the nation, but this is the first time ever that the pediatrics program has attained the No. 2 spot.
The department includes Cincinnati Children’s in-house physicians, researchers and other individuals who hold academic appointments at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, is the chair of the Department of Pediatrics and directs the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation. The foundation is the umbrella organization under which the Department of Pediatrics stands.