2025 FREIDA™ data
In 2025, FREIDA™ users tallied more than 180,000 views of pediatrics residency programs. In this list, we pare the 219 programs down to the 10 pediatric residency programs ranked at the top for user interest.
Rankings are based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2025. FREIDA allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Specialty description
Developmentally oriented and trained in skilled assessment, pediatricians’ patient-care lenses are focused on prevention, detection and management of physical, behavioral, developmental and social problems that affect children. Pediatricians diagnose and treat infections, injuries and many types of organic disease and dysfunction. They work to reduce infant and child mortality, foster healthy lifestyles, and ease the day-to-day difficulties of those with chronic conditions.
With structured evaluation and early intervention, pediatricians identify and address developmental and behavioral problems that result from exposure to psychosocial stressors. They appreciate the vulnerability of childhood and adolescence, and actively advocate for measures to protect their health and safety.
The 10-most viewed pediatrics programs
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program
Children's National Hospital Program
BronxCare Health System Program
Nicklaus Children's Hospital Program
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program
Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn Program
Driscoll Children's Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine Program
University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program
Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center Program
