USA Health Names Custodio As Chair Of Pediatric Residency Program

Infectious disease pediatrician Dr. Haidee Custodio, who also serves as an associate professor of pediatrics at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, was recently named director of its pediatric residency program. This summer, the pediatric graduate medical education team at USA Health is to see 12 first-year residents join the program on July 1. By training in teaching hospitals and at medical clinics, new physicians can learn in an environment that integrates education, research and patient care. Custodio joined USA Health in 2011 and previously served as associate director of the USA Health pediatric residency program. She completed medical school in the Philippines before moving to New York to complete a pediatric residency at Nassau University Medical Center. She completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Florida/Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Shands Hospital. Custodio, certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, also serves on the board of the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and as a member of the AAP national committee on continuing medical education.