Finish your pediatric residency first, and then apply for a masters program in public health if you still feel the need.

Check out this link, which I got by going to www.petersons.com then asking for a graduate school with a masters program in public health in New York:

http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/AcdSearchResults.asp?sponsor=1

I did a google search for “pediatric residency program new york” with the following results:

http://www.stbarnabashospital.org/PME/PedsResidency.htm

http://www.nycornell.org/pediatrics/residencies.html

http://www.nymc.edu/GME/residencies.asp

http://www.med.nyu.edu/pediatrics/residency/p://www.downstate.edu/peds/pedresidencyprogram.html

Here’s a site that actually ranks all the available programs:

http://www.residentphysician.com/Pediatrics_rankings.htm

Hope it all works out for you.