Training the Next Generation of Internists
Engage in first-class patient care, research and education as you take the next step in your career journey.
Our program is committed to your development as an internist, independent of whether you are heading toward a career in primary care or desire to continue your education with subspecialty training.
The Department of Internal Medicine has had a long tradition of excellence in the tripartite mission of academia including education, patient care, and research. Our faculty members are among the best in the nation and represent a wide array of expertise extending from physician scientists involved in state-of-the-art biomedical investigation to master clinicians who are world-renowned for their clinical expertise. Michigan Medicine is ranked among the top hospitals in the country. The institution attracts diverse patients from across the state and nation.
Residents will not only engage in first-class patient care within the University Hospital, a tertiary care center, but will also spend time in the local Veterans Affairs Hospital which complements the clinical experience tremendously. To further enhance the ambulatory experience of our trainees, the Department of Internal Medicine has successfully developed a series of primary care sites throughout Ann Arbor and the adjoining communities.
As a program, we are deeply committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters resident wellness in their professional and personal lives. We also remain firmly devoted to combating health inequities in the communities we serve.
If you have any questions about our program or community, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Warmest regards,
John Del Valle, MD, AGAF, FACP
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
University of Michigan Medical School
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5368
Resources and information for current residents: Internal Medicine Intranet
Learn more about patient safety and quality improvement with our assistant program director.
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Learn more about what our residents say about our program and living in Ann Arbor.
Resident salaries are negotiated by the House Officers Association (HOA) and are consistent across the institution. Our salaries are very competitive and allow residents flexibility to maintain financial independence.
See who is currently training in the Department of Internal Medicine residency program.
We are committed to increasing diversity, creating equal opportunities for all persons, pursuing deliberate efforts to ensure an inclusive and equitable training environment, and providing optimal care for our diverse community of patients.
We commit to increasing diversity, which is expressed in myriad forms, including race and ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, language, culture, national origin, religious commitments, age, (dis)ability status and political perspective.
We commit to working actively to challenge and respond to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status.
We commit to pursuing deliberate efforts to ensure that our campus is a place where differences are welcomed, different perspectives are respectfully heard and where every individual feels a sense of belonging and inclusion. We know that by building a critical mass of diverse groups on campus and creating a vibrant climate of inclusiveness, we can more effectively leverage the resources of diversity to advance our collective capabilities.
We acknowledge the negative impact of structural and systemic racism on the United States health care system. To ensure an inclusive and equitable training environment, and to provide optimal care for our diverse community of patients, we have an unwavering commitment to racial and social justice.
As a program, we are deeply committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters resident wellness in their professional and personal lives. We also remain firmly devoted to combating health inequities in the communities we serve.
Explore some of the highlights of our commitment to DEI in residency, including our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, our Compassion Rounds, and our Women's Health Curriculum. Through the residency program, we also offer implicit and structural bias curriculum, holistic recruitment practices and progressive maternity and paternity paid leave.
- Antiracist Book Club - Bimonthly resident led journal club.
- HEARD Curriculum - H.E.A.R.D. stands for Hard, Empathic, Attentive, and Respectful Dialogue. The curriculum focuses on civic discourse, exploring how to have difficult conversations about difficult topics with those of differing opinion.
- Bias in Medical Student Evaluations – Ongoing efforts to educate senior residents and faculty members on concrete steps to mitigate bias when evaluating medical students and residents.
- Residents as Mentors Program - Pairs IM/Med-Peds residents with medical students interested in pursuing careers in these fields.
- Student Outreach - Identifying ways to improve the Internal Medicine clerkship environment for medical students.
- LGBTQ+ Allies - Network of LGBTQ+ identifying residents and allies who host social events and educate residents on the care of LGBTQ+ identifying patients.
- Resident Networking - Connecting residents to faculty mentors based on their shared identities outside of medicine, such as race/ethnicity, gender, religion.
- PSQI - Ongoing projects that address disparities and inequities in our training system.
- Lecture series (Global Health Equity Rounds)
- Visit the Residents and Fellows for Global Health Equity website
A manifestation of the “Implicit and Structural Bias Curriculum,” seeking to promote holistic care via discussion of topics like pain management for patients with IBD.
The team is working on identifying missing topics in the residency curriculum such as abortion or unexpected pregnancies and incorporating them into resident learning sessions.
We treat our residents as whole people and foster a sense of belonging and community as part of our commitment to resident wellness.
Equal Medicine was created in an effort to develop a forum for our residents to discuss and learn about issues of gender disparities in medicine and for residents to gain the skills to address gender bias when they encounter it in clinical settings.
It also includes curricular programming to support our women residents to develop the skills needed to advance and thrive in academic medicine, seeks to facilitate mentoring relationships, and to celebrate each other’s successes.
Follow Equal Medicine on Twitter: @UMIMEqualMed
Equal Medicine holds several events throughout the year. Examples of past events include:
- Vision Boarding Event
- Annual Negotiation Extravaganza
- Parenting in Medicine
- Infertility and Family Planning in Medicine
- Leading as a Woman in Medicine
- Women in Internal Medicine Procedural Specialties
- Gender Bias in Resident and Faculty Awards
- Bias in Evaluations
- “Afraid of Being Witchy with a B”- Unique Challenges for Women Physicians When Running a Code
- Negotiation Pearls
Gifts will support the residency program creating the future leaders and best in the field of medicine.
Graduate Medical Education
Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Residency Program Director
IRB Vice Chair
Associate Residency Program Director
Associate Residency Program Director
Associate Fellowship Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Director, Transitions to Clerkships, Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Med/Peds Residency Director
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chair, Equity, Inclusion and Well-Being, Department of Internal Medicine
Program Director of Med/Peds Residency Training
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical/Pediatrics Residency Director
Clerkship Director and Associate Director
Physician Scientist Training Program and Fellows
Internal Medicine
Assistant Residency Program Director
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