Welcome to the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine at Knoxville
Internal Medicine Residency Program Interview Season
2022
Department of Medicine
Ronald S. Hamrick, M.D. Associate Program Director
Janet Lubas, M.D. Associate Program Director
Daphne M. Norwood, M.D., M.P.H. Interim Program Director & Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Rajiv Dhand, M.D. FCCP, FACP, FAARC Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine
The University of Tennessee
Center,
• 710 bed acute care teaching hospital • Region’s only Academic Medical Center • 19 ACGME accredited specialty & subspecialty programs • Level 1 Trauma Center • Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center • Aeromedical Service Base • Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing • Medical Simulation Center • Preston Medical Library • Clerkships for M3 and M4 students • ECMO • Transcellular Therapy
Medical
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RESIDENTS
Chirag Patel, DO
Zach Drew, MD
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Chief Resident Chief Resident Chief Resident University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Edward-Via Collage of Osteopathic Medicine - Auburn Edward-Via Collage of Osteopathic Medicine - Auburn Marc Oropilla, DO
AND SCHOLARLY
Resident Led Projects/Committees
Annual Scientific Meeting
ACP Scientific Meeting
ACP Annual Scientific Meeting
of critical Care medicine
American thoracic society
American college of Gastroenterology
American Society of Hematology
American Conference of Cardiology
Society of Cardiovascular
Disease Week (Multiple)
Society of General Internal medicine
International Conference on Cytopathology
American society of Echocardiologists
SLEEP 2019
of Nuclear medicine
Southern Hospital Medicine conference
list goes on……
ACADEMIC
ACTIVITY Chest
2022, 2021, 2020 National
(Multiple) TN
(Multiple) Society
Conference
(2020, 2021, 2022)
(2021, 2022)
National
(2020)
Angiography and Interventions Infectious
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Conferences
Patient safety and quality improvement Documentation and EMR input committees Newsletter authorship Recruiting, code blue, falls, ethics, process improvement committees and many more
Residency Program Pass Rates 2019 - 2021
BOARD PASS RATE
This report contains information about the internal medicine certifying examination performance of programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For each residency program listed in the following pages, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) reports the cumulative pass rate for the 2019 to 2021 certifying examinations in internal medicine.
UPDATE! 100% ABIM Pass Rate 2022
Fellowship for Graduates • 1 Cardiology • 2 Allergy • 2 Endocrinology • 1 Heme/Onc 2014 Match • 1 Cardiology 2015 Match • 1 Nephrology • 1 Endocrinology • 1 Cardiology 2013 Match • 1 Endocrinology • 1 Rheumatology • 1 Allergy • 1 Nephrology 2012 Match • 2 Cardiology • 1 Sports Med 2011 Match • 1 Allergy • 1 Palliative Care 2010 Match • 2 Cardiology 2009 Match • 1 Sleep • 1 Pulmonary 2008 Match • 1 Gastroenterology • 1 Allergy/Immunology • 3 Cardiology • 2 Hematology Oncology • 1 Pulm/CCM 2021 Match • 3 Infectious Disease 2020 Match • 1 Cardiology • 1 Pulmonary/CCM 2019 Match • 1 Sleep Medicine • 3 Cardiology • 1 Rheumatology • 1 Infectious Diseases 2018 Match • 3 Pulm/CCM • 1 Cardiology • 1 Global Health • 1 Nephrology • 1 Medical Genetics 2017 Match • 3 Cardiology • 1 Rheumatology 2016 Match
Intern Schedule Template
Divided into 13 2-week blocks (4+2 system) - House Staff Medicine: 5-5.5 Blocks - Ambulatory Care: 4 to 4.5 Blocks - CCM: 2 blocks - Cardiology: 2 blocks - Electives: 2 blocks - EBM: 1 block - Vacation: 15 days (plus holiday schedule)
HOUSE STAFF MEDICINE 3 total HSM teams (2 Faculty Teams, 1 UTH Team) 1 senior, 2-3 interns, 1-2 M3s, 1 M4, and pharmacy resident 2- or 4-week blocks Census 12-15 patients EMR with Dragon voice recognition software No 24-hour shifts—night float rotation embedded in HSM schedule
HOUSE STAFF CONT'D
AMBULATORY BLOCK Resident Clinic AM and PM Clinics On site Venipuncture 14 exam rooms On site Dermatology & Psychiatry Clinic On site Ambulatory Pharmacy Cerner Powerchart EMR Dedicated clinic POCUS equipment Sub-specialty Clinics PGY-1:Nephrology, GI, ED and Oncology PGY-2: Cards, Hematology, ID, Rheumatology PYG-3: Underserved Areas, Addiction Medicine, Endocrinology, REACT Team Based Learning CODE BLUE Simulations Bedside Procedure simulations POCUS training Review most current treatment guidelines for common diseases (HTN, Diabetes, etc.)
Medical C RITICAL C ARE • Three ICU services • Generally 1 attending, 1 Senior resident, and 1- 2 interns • Geographic rounding • Covering multiple services-Medical and Cardiovascular • ICU pharmacist on rounds • ECMO • Ample Opportunity for Procedures • Critical Care Fellows for support however respectable amount of autonomy • 107 Critical Care beds • In House Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship • High Yield and real time POCUS training
About Knoxville… Low cost of living 4 general seasons Multiple festivals and weekly concerts Travel & Leisure Magazine lists Knoxville #8 of “America’s Favorite Places” Named #2 of “America’s Friendliest Places” Exciting Craft Beer Scene with Knoxville Ale Trail Food Truck Park at Historic Southern Railway Station Small Local airport with access to major airlines and cities Dog Fancy Magazine’s Most Dog Friendly City in the Southeast Multiple Farmer’s Markets www.visit.Knoxville.com
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WHAT TO DO ON YOUR DAYS OFF? Plenty of outdoor activities Downtown Sporting Events Old City Concord Park/Turkey Creek Gatlinburg/ Pigeon Forge Chattanooga Nashville Asheville Atlanta
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