University of Southern California LAC+USC
USC Department of Pediatrics

Program Philosophy

Breck Nichols, MD
Breck Nichols, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director


Stephanie Zia, M.D.
Associate Program Director


Guadalupe Del Bosque
Program Coordinator

Our goal is to produce confident, well informed, caring physicians who are more than prepared to meet the challenges of being an outpatient primary care provider or hospitalist for patients of all ages or to go on to subspecialty training in any Pediatric, Internal Medicine, or Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Fellowship training program.

We provide a strong clinical experience and a well- integrated curriculum. The first two years are focused on providing separate strong foundations in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and the last two years focused on integrating those to foundations into one solid Med+Peds foundation. We strongly encourage research and community outreach.

We are looking for applicants with a focus on patient advocacy and interest in serving the underserved.