Redding VA Clinic

Internal Medicine Clerkship

Welcome From The Directors

Welcome 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

Associate Professor, General Internal MedicineCo- Director, Internal Medicine Clerkshipwlwilliams@uabmc.Edu

Suzanne Gray

Education Coordinator, Department of MedicinePhone: (205) 934-7090sugray@uabmc.Edu

For More Information, Contact:

Suzanne Gray, Education Coordinator

 (205) 934-7090

sugray@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 Chair

Welcome 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 Research

From 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 Development

SLU'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 Center

The 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 Research

Researchers 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 Medicine

Faculty 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

Division Of General Internal Medicine

The Division of General Internal Medicine at Saint Louis University is a team of primary care physicians, hospitalists and advanced practice nurses dedicated to providing top-notch, patient-centered medical care to the St. Louis area.

As generalists, we care for the widest variety of diseases and medical problems of any medical specialty. We are trained and experienced in diagnosing the unusual as well as managing complex patients with multiple diseases and conditions. As general internists, patients are our top priority and it shows in the care we provide.

Our faculty is routinely listed in St. Louis Magazine's annual Best Doctors issue, which names the top physicians in the metro area as chosen by other doctors. Physicians on this list also appear in the national ranking, "Best Doctors in America."

Education

We take pride in teaching residents and students to practice evidence-based, patient-centered medicine. As a result of our emphasis on education, we have developed many of the top teachers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Providers

Our faculty members are leaders at the highest levels within SLUCare, the academic medical practice of Saint Louis University, as well as national leaders in medical ethics, medical education, hospital medicine and primary care.

We see patients at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, VA Saint Louis Health Care System - John Cochran Division, the Doctors Office Building Clinic and the Des Peres Clinic.

Within the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine there are two types of providers:

Hospitalist Medicine

Ambulatory Medicine  

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