Application Information
The Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s offers eight categorical positions per year.
Instructions & Information for Applicants
For the postgraduate year one (first-year medical residency) program, Cedars-Sinai only accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please note that the Cedars-Sinai Pediatric Residency Training Program has opted into accepting supplemental ERAS applications. However, completion of the supplemental ERAS application is optional for applicants. Final acceptance into our program is contingent upon graduation from medical school. For more information on ERAS, contact your medical school. Please see our application requirements below.
Applicants must include the following materials in their ERAS application:
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- Transcript of medical school records
- Personal statement
- MSPE (Dean’s Letter)
- One clinical letter of recommendation from a pediatrics faculty member
- At least two other letters of recommendation from any source are strongly encouraged (May include the Pediatric Department chair’s letter or equivalent)
- USMLE Step 1 and/or COMLEX-USA Level 1 results
- USMLE Step 2 CK and/or COMLEX-USA Level 2 CE results, if available
Interview & Selection Process
All applications will be screened after Oct. 1. Applicants will be contacted via email.
The deadline for accepting your application is Dec. 15. We strongly encourage you to apply as early as possible as interview slots fill quickly.
Cedars-Sinai is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Frequently Asked Questions
We will offer interviews on most weekdays between Nov. 6 and Jan. 31. We will not conduct interviews during the week of Thanksgiving or the last week in December.
All interviews will be conducted via virtual platform. We will not offer any in-person interviews.
No, we do not have minimum USMLE or COMLEX-USA score requirements, but all applicants must pass the USMLE Step 1 and/or COMLEX-USA Level 1 prior to consideration for an interview. We do not require applicants to have USMLE Step 2 CK or COMLEX-USA Level 2 CE scores reported prior to consideration for an interview, though we do encourage it.
Yes. We sponsor our house staff trainees who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents on H-1B visas only. We also accept trainees on J1 visas.
Please refer to the Institutional Graduate Medical Education page in the Compensation Benefits and Policy Information section for details. Comprehensive benefits include but are not limited to: $12,000 per year housing stipend, $2,000 per year educational allowance and a food allowance.
Have Questions or Need Help?
Contact us if you have questions or would like to learn more about the Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's.
8700 Beverly Blvd., North Tower, Suite 4400
Los Angeles, CA 90048