Children’s National Medical Center
Program Contact Information
Residency Program Director: Dewesh Agrawal, MD, FAAP
Address: 111 Michigan Ave, Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202/476-5000 Email: dagrawal@cnmc.org
Web site: www.childrensnational.org
Advocacy Training Coordinator: Eric Rosenthal, MD, MPH, FAAP
Phone: 202/907-3729
Program Facts
 Total Number of Residents: 114
 Average number of residents in advocacy/community health training per year: 38
interns plus 4 Community Health Track residents
 Provides training in community health/advocacy to residents in pediatrics and 4th
year medical students
 Block advocacy/community health training experiences is required for all residents
and offered as an elective
 Community Projects experiences is required for all residents and offered as an
elective
Program Advocacy Information Summary
All interns in the pediatric residency program take an advocacy course based on the
American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Residency Advocacy Training Curriculum. The
course is taught jointly by faculty from Children's National's Child Health Advocacy Institute
and pediatric residency program. In addition, residents in the Community Health Track take
a month-long course called the Health Policy Advocacy Rotation, which teaches them the
skills pediatricians need to be effective advocates for children in the public policy arena. The
course is open to other pediatric residents and fourth year medical students as an elective.
* Information provided to American Academy of Pediatrics; Community Pediatrics
Training Initiative June 2011