I thank you for your interest in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center prides itself in being the largest teaching hospital within Catholic Healthcare Partners. 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 states.
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center has been involved in the postgraduate medical education of excellent physicians for more than 50 years. Our institution serves to educate physicians for a number of medical specialties. As a major teaching hospital for the Toledo University, 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, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Transitional Year residency, an Osteopathic internship and Osteopathic Internal Medicine residency programs.
In July 2006, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center entered a new phase in our tradition
of excellence by starting an Allopathic Internal Medicine residency on our campus.
We have been a major teaching site and affiliate of the University of Toledo since 1964 training internal medicine residents. We will continue this affiliation with the University of Toledo. This association will offer residents a unique opportunity to train at the University Medical Center; in addition to instruction at a community based, academic tertiary care medical center.
Our primary aim for the internal medicine residency is total commitment towards your training as an internist and to prepare you for training as a subspecialist if you desire. The program offers opportunities for independent growth, while providing the required supervision and mentoring needed to become 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 medical students who are an integral part of the training program. Finally, interactions with fellows in various subspecialties such as cardiology, pulmonary/critical care, nephrology, infectious disease, further advance your training in these specialties. During the three years of training, you will also rotate at the University of Toledo, University Medical Center for select electives.
The internal medicine residency program is also designed to prepare residents for dual certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine, (ACGME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). St. Vincent Mercy 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. Our faculty includes highly qualified, scholarly osteopathic physicians who are superb teachers and practitioners of medicine.
At St. Vincent, you will be working with excellent clinical faculty, recognized both locally and nationally as the best in their respective fields. The program is directed by Vijay Mahajan, M.D., along with Doug Cifuentes, D.O., 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 is board certified in Internal Medicine, many of them holding certificates in more than one subspecialty. Many have been recognized 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, 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.
I greatly appreciate your interest in our program and look forward to meeting you in the very near future.
Vijay K. Mahajan, M.D., F.C.C.P., A.C.P., F.A.C.P.
Program Director, Internal Medicine
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