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Internal Medicine Clerkship
Welcome From The DirectorsWelcome to Internal Medicine! We look forward to working with you during this core 8-week clerkship! You will be an integral team member caring for complex patients on general internal medicine ward services. The medicine clerkship provides a critical foundation of clinical training regardless of your eventual specialty.
During this clerkship, you will be expected to apply your medical knowledge, problem-solving, interpersonal, and clinical skills to provide the best possible care for your patients. With deliberate practice, we hope you will improve and excel in your assessment and management of core internal medicine concepts. We expect you to learn systematically about each patient and take full responsibility for their care.
In return, we are determined to provide an outstanding clinical experience for you. We expect our faculty and residents to help you achieve your educational goals and to do so in a supportive environment. We look forward to seeing you on the clerkship soon.
- Winter Williams, MD & Brooks Vaughan, MD
Meet Our Clerkship Team Winter Williams, MD, FACP Assistant Professor, General Internal MedicineCo- Director, Internal Medicine Clerkshipwlwilliams@uabmc.Edu Brooks Vaughan, MD, FACP Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismCo-Director, Internal Medicine ClerkshipChief, Endocrine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Centertbvaughan@uabmc.Edu For More Information, Contact:Halie Biggs, Education Coordinator
(205) 934-7090
haliebiggs@uabmc.Edu
Department Of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine is the largest department in the School of Medicine with more than 145 physicians and scientists who are national and international leaders in vaccines, liver, lupus, kidney, and aging just to highlight recent accomplishments in setting standards of excellence in research.
The Department of Internal Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine offers state-of-the-art facilities, a faculty of outstanding clinical scholars and rapidly expanding research programs. Of equal importance, you will find a friendly, caring atmosphere and a love for learning that are part of the culture of this Jesuit University and medical center.
Ours is a well-established program with deep historical roots. In 1911, Charles Hugh Neilson, M.D., was appointed as the first director of the Department of Internal Medicine, marking the foundation of the department. The department celebrated its Centennial in 2011.
Letter from the ChairWelcome to the Department of Internal Medicine. For over 100 years, we have excelled in patient care, education, research, and community services. Internal Medicine is the largest department in the School of Medicine with more than 145 physicians and scientists who are national and international leaders in vaccines, liver, lupus, kidney, and aging just to highlight recent accomplishments in setting standards of excellence in research. The department is also a leader in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education teaching with 10 specialty divisions and 12 accredited residency training programs and our faculty are dedicated to teaching our residents and medical students.
Residency Training Programs Explore our residency training program, as well as our subspecialty residency training programs, including:
Internal Medicine ResearchFrom 2010 to 2018, 23 researchers in the Department of Internal Medicine have received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), totaling $67,528,705. This funding has led to significant discoveries and inventions that have already had a major impact on the health of Americans.
Center for Vaccine DevelopmentSLU's Center for Vaccine Development has played a key role in the development of vaccines that have saved lives and protected the public from important diseases, such as influenza, herpes virus infection and zika. It has also played a role in our national response to terrorism with its rapid testing of potential vaccines against smallpox.
Saint Louis University Liver CenterThe Saint Louis University Liver Center is notable for its research on hepatitis C, with studies that have sought to understand the fundamentals mechanisms of how the hepatitis C virus attacks the liver and causes cirrhosis and liver cancer. Members of the Saint Louis University Liver Center have also been at the forefront of efforts to develop effective treatments for chronic hepatitis C, a battle that now seems largely won and may lead to the saving of hundreds of thousands of lives around the world.
Rheumatology ResearchResearchers in the Division of Rheumatology have helped to develop effective treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or more simply Lupus), a disabling and often deadly autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects women and African Americans. We continue to obtain insights into how lupus is caused and how it damages target organs.
Research in Geriatric MedicineFaculty in the Division of Geriatric Medicine have been national leaders in teaching people about aging successfully. They have studied and developed approaches to managing delirium, frailty and even Alzheimer's Disease. Our researchers have pioneered the use of a unique mouse model, the SAMP8, to study mechanisms of Alzheimer's and, more recently, to develop a novel therapeutic approach to this common disease of aging through the use of antisense RNA that blocks the conversion of amyloid precursor protein to beta amyloid.
Nephrology Research Researchers in the Division of Nephrology have become national leaders in finding ways to increase the number of kidney transplants done each year, including the safe use of kidneys donated by liver donors. Our researchers have recently studied both the mechanism by which secondary hyperparathyroidism occurs in patients with chronic renal failure and the role of growth genes such as the SALL family in renal growth and development.Ravi P. Nayak, M.D., FCCPJames B. And Ethel D. Miller Endowed Chair in Internal MedicineInterim Chairman and Professor of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program
The Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at Saint Louis University strives to train internists of the highest caliber in a collegial and collaborative environment.
Letter from the DirectorOn behalf of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, welcome to SLU! Thank you for your interest in our program. The character and collegiality of our program are what make us unique. In joining our team, you will enter a supportive environment and provide care for a wide range of patients in a Grand New Medical Center.
As you explore our website and take the time to visit us personally, we hope you get the sense of our unique culture. We provide a robust educational experience and take great pride in the quality of our graduates who go on and do fantastic things. Our graduates are currently fellows in many competitive programs, practicing primary care or hospitalist medicine, and many are faculty in a number of medical schools across the country.
Most importantly, congratulations on choosing a career in Internal Medicine! I sincerely hope you enjoy your time on the recruitment trail. We look forward to meeting you!
Our Mission Our mission is simple – to train great internists in a positive environment.
We define greatness as having great people. Great people make for a great program. We look for people who believe in our philosophy and strive to provide an environment to help them thrive. When you visit SLU, we want you to get a sense of the fantastic community of residents we have and how we strive to support our residents and each other
Great internists go and do all the things residents in Internal Medicine want to do – go into academic medicine, enter a sub-specialty fellowship, conduct scholarly work, pass their boards. Residency programs are not strong because they have great board pass rates or fellowship match rates; programs are strong because of the caliber of people they graduate. High caliber residents - such as graduates from the SLU IM Program – expect to do all of these things.
PhilosophyOur philosophy is based on the notion of service to the whole person that is embedded in the Jesuit tradition, and is also based on the principle that adults learn by experience. We strive to provide our residents with a rich and diverse set of patient experiences and encourage autonomy.
We have two simple rules in our program:
The Patient is Center to Our Daily WorkBy saying the patient is center, we do not mean that you focus all of your energy on patient care activities, although that is certainly important. When it comes to our education, we learn best at the bedside, but also need to impart time to reflect. In fact, most of our didactic material is case-based – whether it be resident report, "Stump the Chump", RightCare rounds, or our interactive Monday Morning Didactics sessions. To learn medicine, our work must be patient centered and congruent with our philosophy.
We Work as a TeamWe embrace the notion that medicine is a team sport, and that having an incredibly diverse set of residents that commit to working together in a fun environment provides the best training medium for internal medicine.
We are committed to providing the best possible experience for residents and we strive to provide the best opportunities for you to meet your career goals. Your hard work in residency will be matched by our effort to make your ambitions and dreams a reality.
Fred Buckhold III, M.D.Program Director
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