For more information regarding observership opportunities pleasee refer to the section  Observership Information

INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

I thank you for your interest in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center prides itself in being the largest teaching hospital affiliated with the Catholic Health System in the region. Catholic Healthcare Partners is one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the United States, serving a large population of patients every day in five different states.

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center has been involved in the post graduate medical education of excellent physicians for more than 50 years. Our institution serves to educate physicians from a number of medical specialties. As a major teaching hospital for the Medical University of Ohio, students, residents, and fellows in all specialties are provided a chance to spend a considerable part of their training at St. Vincent. Additionally, our medical center supports free standing residencies in Emergency Medicine, Podiatry, Dual Accredited Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Transitional Year residency, and Osteopathic internship.

Beginning in July, 2006, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center will enter a new phase in our tradition of excellence as we start an Internal Medicine residency on our campus. We have been a major teaching site and affiliate of Medical University of Ohio since 1964 in training internal medicine residents. We will continue this affiliation with the Medical University. This association will offer residents a unique opportunity to train at Medical University Hospital; in addition to instruction at a community based, academic tertiary care medical center.

Our primary aim for the internal medicine residency is a total commitment towards your development as either an internist for the practice of internal medicine or further training as a subspecialist. The program will offer opportunities for growth as a self-dependent internist, while providing the required supervision and mentoring needed in becoming an excellent physician. You will have the opportunity to be completely responsible for the care of your patients while under direct supervision of senior residents and attending physicians. Additionally, you will serve as a mentor for the number of medical students St. Vincent’s educates on a daily basis. Finally, interactions with fellows in various subspecialties such as cardiology, pulmonary/critical care, nephrology, infectious disease, and will be a part of you daily routine at St. Vincent’s. During the three years of training, you also rotate at the Medical University of Ohio for select electives. 

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center is a core teaching site for Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Students of osteopathic schools of medicine will be actively recruited to this program. The faculty  includes highly qualified, scholarly physicians who are superb teachers and practitioners of medicine.

At St. Vincent, you will be working along side excellent clinical faculty, recognized both locally and nationally as the best in their respective fields. The program will be directed by Vijay Mahajan, M.D., and Srinivas Katragadda, M.D. The most important responsibility of these individuals will be the welfare of the residents, ensuring an excellent learning environment, free from unnecessary distractions and/or service obligations. The majority of our clinical faculty are board certified in Internal Medicine in addition to various subspecialties of medicine. Many have been recognized on various levels for their commitment to excellence in teaching and patient care. Dr. Mahajan has been distinguished as the “Best Volunteer Clinical Teacher” in the United States by the American College of Physicians and Academy of Internal Medicine.

In addition to clinical and educational responsibilities, many of our faculty are actively involved in cutting edge research in multiple medical disciplines. The major research areas include infectious diseases, respiratory diseases, and sleep medicine. Residents will have ample opportunity to participate in ongoing research projects in hopes of furthering the practice of medical science.

I greatly appreciate your interest in our program and look forward to meeting you in the very near future.

Observership Information:

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program, is pleased to offer  both 2-week and 4-week observerships within our educational site to qualified applicants.  The purpose of the observership is to evaluate applicants as potential residents within our residency.  It is also an opportunity for applicants to get a "first hand" look at the Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center's educational program.  This is a "non-credit" experience and can not be used as evidence of clinical experience for the purposes of seeking graduate medical education in the United States. 

All requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and will be sent to the program director for approval/denial. The Program Director reviews each application and has final authority. Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center does not offer externships.