Contact Information
Jonathan Tolentino, M.D., FAAP, FACP
Mailman Center for Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
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The med-peds training program is comprised of compassionate, diverse, multitalented, and resourceful residents and faculty who are passionate about caring for patients of all ages. Med-peds residents are exposed to a breadth of patients from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The residency training occurs in the Jackson Health System, University, UHealth System, and the Miami Veterans Hospital. Residents of the med-peds program are well trained to deal with common illnesses, specialized problems of transitional care, and the "zebra diagnoses" likely to be found at a world-renowned tertiary and quaternary care center that also serves Latin America and the Caribbean.
Like all trainees at the Mailman Center, med-peds residents participate in the LEND (Leadership Development in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) curriculum, a federally funded interprofessional training program based on family professional partnerships.
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All applications are processed through The Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) and we participate in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®). Please visit the ERAS® and NRMP® websites for further information.
Additional Information
Our inpatient curriculum experiences are located in Tertiary and Quaternary care institutions, with a balance between our 4 hospitals: Jackson Health System (Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Children's Hospital), The University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (UHealth Tower, Sylvester Cancer Center, and Anne Leach Bates Eye Hospital) and the Miami VA Medical Center. Our four different locations provide comprehensive clinical practice experience in public, private, federal and community-based settings. All of our institutions are conveniently located on the same campus.
Our ambulatory curriculum experiences are located in both on-campus and community-based settings. Our Med-Peds continuity practice is housed in our hospital ambulatory care center and residents have community-based ambulatory experiences scheduled annually with a variety of community partners. Additionally, our program has several established sites for training in global health in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Asia and Africa.
We have several special tracks including the Med-Peds Global Health Track, Hospitalist Track, and an Urban Health Track. We tailor the four-year curriculum to meet your specific career goals and the majority of our structured pathways were created in conjunction with resident needs and desires in mind.
Our program provides residents with full access to both the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Ambulatory Care Curriculum from Johns Hopkins University. Residents are expected to complete modules independently throughout the duration of their 4-year residency and are held accountable through monthly check-ins.