The Department of Pediatrics of Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) is headquartered at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD). The hospital is the focus of all pediatric undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate training. CHKD and EVMS are part of a thriving medical complex that includes the Department of Pediatrics research facility at E. V. Williams Hall, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital that houses our newborn delivery, the Strelitz Diabetes Institutes at EVMS, the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at EVMS, and the clinical and community health services of the Norfolk Health District headquarters of the Virginia Department of Health. The extensive pediatric faculty includes a widely varied full-time medical staff and numerous community physicians. More than 90 pediatric specialists treat illnesses such as premature birth, sickle cell disease, chronic asthma, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis. The Department of Pediatrics is also home to a fully accredited three-year pediatric residency program that provides a broad educational experience in all aspects of pediatric medicine.
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