Internal MedicineResidency Program

Outstanding Educational Experience

Dedicated Faculty

Unique Ambulatory Experience

Only DUALLY ACCREDITED IM Program in Illinois (ACGME & AOA)

Committed to Your Success!

638 bed teaching hospital

Level 1 Trauma Center

New and expanded state-of-the-art 40-bed Emergency Department

Premier Research and Referral Hospital

Multidisciplinary Rounds

Clinical Excellence

Community Commitment and Philanthropy

Advanced Technology

Lutheran General Hospital has been rated a 100 Top Hospital® by TruvenHealth Analytics 17 times

The first hospital in the region to be awarded the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s prestigious Magnet designation.

US News & World Report’s 2016-2017 Best Hospitals List - Ranked 6th overall in Illinois and the Chicago Metro area for delivering exceptional patient care.

Top 50 list nationally in: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Gynecology

Ranked High Performing in: Oncology Geriatrics Orthopedics Pulmonology Urology

Sponsored by ALGH:

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Family Medicine

Psychiatry

Sponsored by UIC:

Surgery

Pathology

Emergency Medicine

Orthopedics

Chairman

of Medicine

William Rhoades, DO

Always with a smile!

The BEST Chairman in the city!

Program Director & Vice ChairAllopathic & Osteopathic

Jill A. Patton, DO, FACP

Full of energy!

Dedicated to her residents and the residency program!

Associate Program DirectorRecruitment Director

Jadwiga Loj, MD

Associate Program DirectorResearch Director

Timothy Laurie, DO

Clerkship Director

Brenda R. Affinati, MD

Hina Omar, MD Brad Solomon, DO

Ryan Hoff, DO Victoria Montgomery, DO

Mario A. Affinati, MDDivision Director of Internal Medicine

Teaching Attending, Advisor

Robert Zimmanck, MDDirector of Nesset Internal Medicine

Teaching Attending, Supervisor, Mentor & Advisor

Thomas Holmes, MDChair of Clinical Competency Committee

Teaching Attending, Supervisor, Mentor & Advisor

Mark Conley, DOTeaching Attending, Supervisor, Mentor & Advisor

Evan Kang, MDTeaching Attending, Supervisor, Mentor & Advisor

Stuart Oserman, MDTeaching Attending for Medical Students

Maribeth December, MDSupervisor

Preodor, Michael MDQazi, Baseer MDRhoades, William DORichards, Jon MDRubenstein, Brian MDRubinstein, Wayne MDSabri, Nagui MDSathyakumar, Sandyha MDSchuette, Patrick MDShah, Bhaven MDShapiro, Alan, MDSherman, Andrew MDSilas, Dean MDSitafalwalla, Shoeb MDSmith, Stephen MDStarosta, Monika MDStevoff, Ann MDStone, Arvey MDTakhtehchian, Dariush MDTanna, Manish MDTopin, Jeremy MDTumashova, Yelena MDVarghese, Brian MDWagle, Smriti, DOWerner, Phillip MDWolf, Steven MDZimmanck, Robert MD

Adler, Douglas MDAffinati, Brenda MDAffinati, Mario MDArslanagic, Alma MDBehara, Venkata MDBitran, Jacob MDBoppana, Prashanthi MDBrandwein, Sydney MDBregman, Harold MDBrookfield, Leslie MDBrown, Alan, MDBrown, Susan, MDBuchwach, Abigail MDBuenvenida, Carissa MDCarlstrom, Luke MDChaptini, Nayla MDChaudhary, Haroon MDChi, Kenneth MDCitronberg, Robert MDConley, Mark DODave, Nayana MDDecember, Maribeth MDDomont, Larry MDDrapkin, Sol MDEklund, John MDElikman, Gennadiy MDFainman, Zachary MD

Fine, Marc MDGalamaga, Robert, DOGalvez, Angel MDGill, Sonika DOGoldstein, Sam MDGreenspahn, Bruce MDHakimian, David MDHallmeyer, Sigrun, MDHalpin, Amanda DOHan, Tina MDHarnisch, Darin MDHertsberg, Anna MDHolmes, Thomas MDHooberman, Arthur MDJames, Edward MDJankelowitz, Larry MDJoshipura, Sheetal MDKaiser, Pam MDKang, Evan MDKatzman, Daniel MDKavin, Hymie MDKhalil, Sofia MDKhedkar, Nanda MDKlein, Elizabeth MDKlein, Leonard MDKniaz, Daniel MDKoh, Chung Kay MD

Kushner, David DOLakha, Asif MDLaskoe, Barry DOLaurie, Timothy DOLestingi, Timothy MDLi, Terrance MDLis, Susan MDLoDuca, Procopio MDLoj, Jadwiga MDLowman, Erik DOLy, Catherine, DOMacDougall, Andrew DOMaciorowski, Helen MDMandrea, Steven MDMenezes, Matthew MDMikesell, Timothy DOMiller, Scott MDNussenbaum, Doris MDOdeh, Ruba DOOdeyemi, Ifeyemi MDOserman, Stuart MDPassen, Edward MDPatel, Anand DOPatel, Chirag MDPatel, Shetal MDPatton, Jill DOPeck, Andrew MD

Nancy Feller

Afshan WoodrichProgram Supervisor

Pat Oshana

Maggie Johnson

Karen Mulcahy

Lea Trifunovich

Angela Koss

2 Chief Residents

64 Current IM Residents

18 Current Fellows

Osteopathic

3 Categorical

Allopathic

16 Categorical

8 Preliminary

2 blocks MICI

8 blocks MedicineGeneral Medicine Floor (GMF), Cardio-Tele, Oncology

3 blocks ElectiveGeriatrics/Palliative Care (categorical only)

Osteopathic Requirements (AOA only)

Continuity Clinic: one half day per week (categorical only)

2 blocks MICI

5 blocks Medicine

General Medicine Floor (GMF), Cardio-Tele, Oncology

6 blocks Elective (one block Emergency Medicine)

Continuity Clinic: one day per week on electives and one half day per week on floor months

2 blocks MICI

3 blocks Medicine

General Medicine Floor (GMF), Cardio-Tele, Oncology

8 blocks Elective

Continuity Clinic: one day per week on electives and one half day per week on floor months

Inpatient Morning Report

Teaching Rounds

Case Management

Didactic Sessions

Grand Rounds

Monthly CPC

Monthly M & M

Monthly Journal Club

Longitudinal Board Review

Ethics & End of Life Issues

ITE Enrichment Program

Resident Wellness

Longitudinal Research

Curriculum

OMT Club

Level 3 Recognition

by National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home

NessetPavilion

Multispecialty office with on-site laboratory, imaging, Social worker, and pharmacists

Combined Resident/Faculty Primary Care Practice

Diverse primary care patient mix

PEAC Ambulatory Care Curriculum supported through John Hopkins

9198 patient visits

“Definitely one of the highlights of my training at Lutheran General”

“Prepares you well for a busy, complex primary care practice”

“Excellent teaching and supervision”

Mentorship Program

Intern mentoring with dedicated supervisor and intern-oriented curriculum for entire PGY 1 year

University Affiliations

University of Illinois

Chicago Medical School

Midwestern University

For PGY2 and PGY3 in good standing.

Recent Examples: Gastroenterology/Hepatology at Rush University Medical

Center Oncology at Loyola University Cardiology at Loyola University Endocrinology at Chicago Medical School Gastroenterology at University of Illinois at Chicago Infectious Disease at Rush University Medical Center Rheumatology at Rush University Medical Center Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center Nephrology at Loyola University Hematology at Loyola University Pulmonary at University of Chicago

Community Health Clinic

International Opportunities

(Funding available from the Medical Staff Office)

Faculty in multiple disciplines design and implement independent clinical research

Participation in National Trials

Presentations and Publications by residents: national and regional events

Clinical vignettes, case series, review articles, clinical and research posters, independent clinical or basic science research

ACP Northern Illinois 2015 & 2016

ACOI 2016

James R. and Helen Russell Institute for Research and Innovation

Centralization and coordination of research activities

Partnering with basic science researchers and sponsored grants office at RFU-CMS

Nurturing a culture that actively encourages, recognizes and supports clinical research and innovation

Support, train and educate health professionals and trainees

Building strong partnership with university, industry and community

ABIM

86%

AOA

100%

Longitudinal Board Review: MKSAP-based review

In-Training Exam: with individual analysis of ITE scores for each resident

ITE Enrichment Program

Independent Study

Ongoing redesign of Curricula

22 Milestones required by ACGME and ABIM

Feedback twice during each rotation with teaching attending

Formal evaluation at the end of each rotation

Peer, faculty and self-evaluations

Nurse evaluations on Oncology and ICU rotations

Formal, semiannual meeting with an Advisor

Resident involvement in creation and refinement of policy and curricula For the Residency Program and Hospital Program Review Committee GME Committee Resident Advisory Committee Internal Medicine Advisory Committee

Monthly Business Lunch Program Directors and Residents

Resident Committees Patient Safety Committee, Nesset Committee, Nesset Patient Safety and

Quality Committee, Pharmacy Medication Safety Committee, Code Blue Committee, Infection Control Committee, Hospital Bioethics Committee, Ethics Committee, Quality Management Committee

Graduation Dinner: Awards Night

Hospital-wide Graduation Ceremony

Resident Appreciation Day

Resident Skits

Interns Retreat

Intern Retreat

Program Director Award

Harold Shafter Chairman’s Award

Alexander RuggieHumanitarian Award

Research Award

Priest/RubinoAmbulatory Care Award

Senior Teaching Award

Intern of the Year Award

Prelim of the Year Award

Intern of the Month

Senior of the Month

Institutional Awards

Spirit Award

MVP Award

2014-2016

54 Graduates

32 % Fellowship

57 % Internal Medicine Practice or Hospitalist

11% Chief Residents

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital –Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology

Rush University – Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology,

Rheumatology, Cardiology, Pulmonary/Critical Care

Loyola University Medical Center –Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases

University of Chicago – Nephrology

Rosalind Franklin University – Endocrinology

University of Illinois at Chicago –Nephrology, Infectious Diseases

Wake Forest University – Pulmonary/Critical Care

Stanford University – Infectious Diseases

Duke University – Infectious Diseases

University of Washington – Infectious Diseases

Tulane University – Cardiology

Medical College of Wisconsin – Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology

Louisiana State University – Hematology/Oncology

Drexel University – Infectious Diseases

University of Kentucky – Pulmonary/Critical Care

Wayne State University – Pulmonary/Critical Care

Cleveland Clinic, OH – Infectious Diseases

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY – Hematology/Oncology

Penn State – Hematology/Oncology

PGY1 $ 54,101

PGY2 $ 56,992

PGY3 $ 59,924

PGY4 $ 62,795

PGY5 $ 65,770

PGY6 $ 68,702

Salary and Benefits

Vacation:20 days per year

Educational stipend

Food stipend

iPads for all residents

Free membership in ACP-PGY1

Free on-site parking

On-site Health Club

Children’s Day Care Available

On-site Moonlighting -PGY3

Intern Orientation:

June 15-16 and June 19-23, 2017

Program Start Date:

June 25, 2017