Our Lady of The Lake Program

Baton Rouge, LA

Community YOG 5 STEP 215 - 253 DO Friendly Research Focused J1

Specialty:Pediatrics

ACGME Code:3202146422

NRMP Code:1421320C0

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Pediatric Residency Program at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge is designed to train exceptional pediatricians within a community-focused environment. Established as part of a vibrant and growing health system in Louisiana, this program is deeply committed to serving vulnerable populations and aims to create a family-oriented atmosphere for both residents and patients.

Curriculum Overview

The curriculum in the Pediatric Residency Program is tailored to meet the individual learning goals of each resident. It features a structured approach that includes inpatient rotations, outpatient services, and opportunities for research and quality improvement projects. The program adopts a block schedule which allows for immersive learning experiences across various pediatric specialties.

Training Structure

The residency is divided into three years, with different responsibilities and experiences expected at each level:

PGY1 (Intern Year): Residents spend 16 weeks on inpatient rotations, along with time in the pediatric emergency department, newborn care, and ambulatory clinics. A significant emphasis is placed on developing fundamental clinical skills.
PGY2: This level includes continuing inpatient responsibilities, increased exposure to critical care settings, and opportunities to select electives according to individual interests.
PGY3: Senior residents further solidify their roles with leadership opportunities, advanced clinical responsibilities, and preparation for board examinations.

Research and Scholarly Activity

Residents are encouraged to engage in research throughout their training. There are initiatives for presenting at conferences and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. The program supports residents through structured mentorship for those wishing to conduct original research or significant case studies.

Unique Aspects of the Program

The program emphasizes a community-oriented approach, incorporating community medicine rotations that teach residents to mobilize resources effectively to improve pediatric health in local populations. In addition, residents participate in diverse community outreach programs addressing public health needs across the region.

Global Health Experiences

Global health initiatives allow residents to engage with healthcare challenges in various regions worldwide, providing exposure to different healthcare systems and practices. Opportunities in international rotation are structured to foster an understanding of cultural sensitivity in pediatric care.

Resident Recruitment and Competitiveness

The program is known for being competitive, yet it maintains a welcoming stance towards DO and IMG candidates. It seeks well-rounded applicants who demonstrate a profound commitment to pediatrics and community service. Specific prerequisites for applicants include letters of recommendation, a personal statement, and completion of USMLE or COMLEX examinations. The program does not specify a maximum number of failed STEP exams, indicating a more holistic review process.

Visa Support

Our Lady of the Lake Program offers visa sponsorship options for international medical graduates (IMGs), including J-1 and H-1B visa types, thus promoting diversity within the residency cohort.

Salary and Benefits

The program offers competitive compensation and a range of benefits to ensure residents' well-being. Current salary scales for residents are as follows:

PGY1: $55,283.19
PGY2: $57,243.28
PGY3: $59,202.34

Additionally, residents receive a moving reimbursement, educational allowance, and meal provisions throughout their training period.

Resident Wellness

The wellness curriculum prioritizes residents' mental, physical, and emotional health and includes retreats, team-building activities, and dedicated wellness programs throughout the academic year.

Living in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, the vibrant capital of Louisiana, is known for its culture, cuisine, and access to outdoor activities. Residents appreciate a community rich in history and recreational opportunities, enhancing their personal and professional growth during their training.

Web sources

1. Our Lady of the Lake Pediatric Residency Overview 2. Curriculum Structure 3. Research Opportunities 4. Community Medicine 5. Global Health Opportunities 6. Application Requirements 7. Visa Sponsorship Details 8. Salary and Benefits 9. Resident Wellness Initiatives 10. Life in Baton Rouge

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued16

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2007 - 2008	Application	--
02	2008 - 2009	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2009
03	2009 - 2010	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2009
04	2010 - 2011	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2009
05	2011 - 2012	Continued	Oct 23, 2011
06	2012 - 2013	Continued	Oct 23, 2011
07	2013 - 2014	Continued	Mar 17, 2014
08	2014 - 2015	Continued	Jan 29, 2015
09	2015 - 2016	Continued	Jan 28, 2016
10	2016 - 2017	Continued	Jan 11, 2017

Program

Program Size

12, 12, 12 (3 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 26, 2026)

Composition

MD · 60%

DO · 23%

U.S. IMG · 17%

Non-U.S. IMG · 1%

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:2.6X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: 21 days

First Year Salary: $56,941

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 13 hours

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 50 hours

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: 215–253

Visa Sponsorship:J1

YOG Cutoff:5

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Match & stats

Roster

Publications

5 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

5 Publications (5 yr)

Critical care explorations2026

Is There Any Dose of Benzodiazepines Safe for Delirium in the PICU? A Secondary Analysis of the PICU Up! Pilot Trial Dataset.

Isabella Blackman,¹Rachel De Armas,¹Sofia Padilla,²Sarah Goldberg,³

PMID: 41915588doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000001389

Ochsner journal2025

HEART Score Agreement Between Attending and Resident Emergency Medicine Physicians for Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Joel C Mosley,¹Greggory R Davis,²Michael H Truax,²

PMID: 40538614doi.org/10.31486/toj.24.0108

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Population

Median income

$41,651Below

Education

33.9%Above

Employment

54.4%Above

Health

7.6%Above

Age

31Below

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Baton Rouge, LA

State - Louisiana

United States

1/31/2015

$970

$1,011

$1,193

2/28/2015

$972

$1,012

$1,199

3/31/2015

$979

$1,013

$1,206

4/30/2015

$988

$1,018

$1,213

5/31/2015

$992

$1,021

$1,228

6/30/2015

$995

$1,025

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,000

$1,028

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,007

$1,026

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,007

$1,027

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,000

$1,024

$1,253

11/30/2015

$994

$1,025

$1,259

12/31/2015

$996

$1,024

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,001

$1,032

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,010

$1,032

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,014

$1,035

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,021

$1,028

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,022

$1,041

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,029

$1,040

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,022

$1,024

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,022

$1,008

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,030

$1,011

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,047

$1,015

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,068

$1,020

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,078

$1,030

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,083

$1,034

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,072

$1,036

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,067

$1,032

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,059

$1,033

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,063

$1,035

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,057

$1,036

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,058

$1,037

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,059

$1,039

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,061

$1,040

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,065

$1,043

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,059

$1,054

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,063

$1,056

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,060

$1,055

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,067

$1,055

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,061

$1,057

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,064

$1,060

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,061

$1,059

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,066

$1,058

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,064

$1,058

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,064

$1,059

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,061

$1,059

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,062

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,063

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,058

$1,062

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,054

$1,061

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,056

$1,063

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,064

$1,067

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,065

$1,067

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,066

$1,071

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,064

$1,073

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,066

$1,076

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,065

$1,077

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,065

$1,078

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,059

$1,076

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,056

$1,075

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,055

$1,077

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,058

$1,080

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,054

$1,081

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,063

$1,084

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,063

$1,084

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,066

$1,085

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,065

$1,086

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,069

$1,092

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,073

$1,097

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,080

$1,105

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,084

$1,108

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,087

$1,119

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,087

$1,127

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,092

$1,140

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,094

$1,142

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,099

$1,149

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,109

$1,159

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,119

$1,172

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,130

$1,186

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,137

$1,202

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,150

$1,219

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,167

$1,238

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,183

$1,256

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,195

$1,268

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,206

$1,274

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,213

$1,253

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,223

$1,262

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,229

$1,271

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,233

$1,288

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,237

$1,268

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,242

$1,270

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,247

$1,275

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,250

$1,265

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,244

$1,261

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,235

$1,261

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,228

$1,259

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,226

$1,264

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,229

$1,266

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,231

$1,270

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,238

$1,232

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,240

$1,243

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,245

$1,232

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,247

$1,240

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,247

$1,238

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,242

$1,238

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,241

$1,240

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,248

$1,273

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,258

$1,276

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,259

$1,261

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,262

$1,274

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,256

$1,277

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,254

$1,291

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,251

$1,295

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,259

$1,300

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,266

$1,305

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,273

$1,312

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,279

$1,314

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,282

$1,323

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,287

$1,330

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,290

$1,332

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,297

$1,320

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,293

$1,350

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,296

$1,358

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,299

$1,370

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,305

$1,375

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,301

$1,381

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,299

$1,392

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,298

$1,400

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,300

$1,393

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,304

$1,409

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,303

$1,399

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,303

$1,390

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,302

$1,397

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,307

$1,410

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,311

$1,432

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Baton Rouge, LA

State - Louisiana

United States

4/1/2021

160

121

5/1/2021

182

134

6/1/2021

164

128

7/1/2021

181

130

8/1/2021

145

120

9/1/2021

149

115

10/1/2021

165

122

11/1/2021

155

110

12/1/2021

152

114

1/1/2022

155

114

2/1/2022

144

103

3/1/2022

167

123

4/1/2022

175

127

5/1/2022

178

130

6/1/2022

159

127

7/1/2022

169

125

8/1/2022

151

119

9/1/2022

165

122

10/1/2022

156

117

11/1/2022

130

104

12/1/2022

141

114

1/1/2023

157

116

2/1/2023

116

100

3/1/2023

151

123

4/1/2023

151

115

5/1/2023

158

126

6/1/2023

144

117

7/1/2023

160

118

8/1/2023

148

114

9/1/2023

138

112

10/1/2023

142

113

11/1/2023

126

101

12/1/2023

126

105

1/1/2024

107

2/1/2024

114

3/1/2024

127

101

4/1/2024

129

105

5/1/2024

163

118

6/1/2024

138

109

7/1/2024

129

108

8/1/2024

141

109

9/1/2024

130

106

10/1/2024

128

104

11/1/2024

115

12/1/2024

130

102

1/1/2025

118

2/1/2025

115

3/1/2025

125

4/1/2025

136

5/1/2025

138

105

6/1/2025

124

100

7/1/2025

145

108

8/1/2025

140

104

9/1/2025

132

101

10/1/2025

126

11/1/2025

119

12/1/2025

105

1/1/2026

111

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Baton Rouge, LA

Crime Rate and Safety

Baton Rouge has a higher crime rate compared to the national average, with certain areas having higher crime rates than others. It is recommended to research specific neighborhoods for safety.

Fun Activities

Baton Rouge offers a mix of cultural attractions, including museums, parks, and a lively food scene. Residents can enjoy outdoor activities along the Mississippi River or explore historical sites like the Old State Capitol.

Climate

Baton Rouge experiences a subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. It is prone to occasional hurricanes and thunderstorms during the rainy season.

Races and Population

Baton Rouge is a diverse city with a mix of races and cultures. The population includes a significant African American community, along with other ethnicities.

Education

Baton Rouge is home to Louisiana State University (LSU) and Southern University, offering various educational opportunities. The city also has a number of public and private schools for K-12 education.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Baton Rouge is lower than the national average, making it relatively affordable for residents. Housing costs, healthcare, and transportation are reasonable compared to other cities.

Proximity to Major Cities

New Orleans is approximately 80 miles away from Baton Rouge, which is about a 1.5-hour drive. New Orleans offers a vibrant music scene, historic landmarks, and unique cultural experiences.

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6. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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