Program Director WelcomeThank you for your interest in the Internal Medicine Residency programs.
The University of Rochester's Department of Medicine offers residency positions in Categorical Internal Medicine and Preliminary Internal Medicine. With the Department of Pediatrics, we also share responsibility for the Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program. The Categorical Internal Medicine ProgramOur rich learning environment attracts outstanding residents from across the country. Currently, we have graduates of 35 U.S. medical schools in 22 states. After three years, our residents enter highly competitive subspecialty fellowships or outstanding practice opportunities. Since 2001, 74% of our graduates have entered fellowships; 26% have chosen general internal medicine. Many graduating residents choose University of Rochester fellowships. Others accept outstanding fellowships elsewhere. Twenty-nine residents have secured fellowships in the last two fellowship matches: 9 in Cardiology, 5 in Gastroenterology, 4 in Pulmonary-Critical Care, 3 in Hematology-Oncology, 2 in Endocrinology and one each in Allergy-Immunology, Critical Care Medicine, Geriatrics, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, and Rheumatology. Twelve of the 29 residents chose Rochester for fellowship. The remaining 17 will do their fellowships at: Brown University, Cleveland Clinic, Emory University, Maine Medical Center, New York University, Ohio State University (2), Roswell Park Cancer Center, Stanford University, University of Buffalo, University of Indiana, University on Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Florida, University of Vermont (2), and University of Washington. Details of all fellowship placements since 2001 can be found on our Fellowship Placement Page. Our key faculty members are Associate Program Directors Bilal Ahmed, M.D., Catherine Gracey, M.D., and Alec O'Connor, M.D., M.P.H.; and Assistant Program Directors John Grable, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Mariuz, M.D., and William Novak, M.D. The Program Administrator is Alice Gordon, assisted by Program Coordinator Mary Lou Beagan. The Residency Experience
An equally broad ambulatory curriculum is led by our full-time General Medicine faculty who supervise residents at two continuity practice sites: the faculty-resident practice in the Ambulatory Care Center at Strong, or at the faculty-resident practice at Highland. Core ambulatory experience is also provided with subspecialty faculty from all disciplines and an exceptional group of community-based generalists—many of them graduates of the Rochester residency in internal medicine. To round out the core residency experience, there are clinical rotations in geriatrics, palliative care, and neurology, and a research mentorship in PGY-1. Inpatient and ambulatory elective experiences are offered in all major internal medicine subspecialties, as well in related fields, including dermatology and sports medicine. During elective blocks, residents may also participate in International Health or Community Health programs. Recent InnovationsA curriculum redesign started in 2004 provides early exposure to a range of career opportunities in internal medicine. It also allows an individualized educational program for each resident, based on evolving career objectives. One area of focus has been on diversification of the PGY-1 year. In July 2005, we added the following experiences to the PGY-1 curriculum:
The curriculum redesign also includes new guidelines for PGY-2 and PGY-3 electives. Residents choose electives based on a prefered clinical focus: subspecialty medicine, ambulatory general medicine, or inpatient general medicine. Under the direction of John Grable, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Director for Resident Research, we have expanded programs for resident scholarship. Residents who pursue their residency certificate with Distinction in Research may devote four weeks in their PGY-2 year and eight weeks in their PGY-3 year to a mentored research project. The Preliminary Internal Medicine ProgramThe Preliminary Internal Medicine Program fulfills the one-year training requirement in internal medicine that is necessary for residencies in other fields, including dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, and radiology. The curriculum for preliminary residents is identical to that for categorical PGY-1s, with one exception: Preliminary residents do not have a continuity general medicine experience. The Combined Medicine-Pediatrics ProgramOur Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program, started in 1967, includes eight residents in each year of the four-year curriculum and draws candidates from across the country. Current residents are graduates of 23 different U.S. medical schools. During core medicine rotations and electives, medicine-pediatrics residents work and learn side by side with their internal medicine colleagues. They are considered as much a part of our program as the categorical residents. Floor and ICU teams often include residents from both programs, enriching everyone's learning experience. Medicine-pediatrics residents are welcomed in all clinical components of the medicine program and, on an optional basis, in the research programs. More detailed information about the Medicine-Pediatrics Program is available at the Medicine-Pediatrics Website. I hope this introduction has strengthened your interest in our internal medicine residency programs. Donald R. Bordley, M.D. |
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Our core curriculum is designed to train the contemporary internist in both inpatient and ambulatory settings. Our inpatient "campus" includes
two hospitals: Strong Memorial Hospital (the University Medical Center) and Highland Hospital, our nearby community teaching affiliate. These two hospitals offer the full range
of inpatient experience, from general
medicine to sophisticated quaternary care. Residents
receive most of their inpatient floor and ICU/CCU experience
at Strong, but also complete general
medicine inpatient rotations at Highland.