Internal Medicine Residency Program

One Program - Two Hospitals - Five Clinics - Diversity in Training

• Legacy Emanuel Medical Center 
  
  • Oregon's busiest Level One Trauma Center
  • The Oregon Burn Center--the only one between Seattle and Sacramento
  • Large under-served population.
• Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
  • Renal transplant service
  • Autologous bone marrow transplant program
  • Open heart surgery program
  • Center of geriatric care
  • Chronic disease management programs including oncology, diabetes, cardiology and pain management.
• Legacy Clinics
  • Extensive diversity in patients in all continuity clinics
  • Opportunity to rotate through urban, suburban and rural environments.

Strong Commitment to Academic Medicine

• All hospitalist physicians are core teaching faculty  for the inpatient resident service
• Completely integrated evidence-based curriculum in each rotation
• UpToDate, MD Consult, OVID and online journals on computers throughout the hospitals and clinics 
• Scholarship and quality improvement projects completed by every resident
• Research opportunities available through Legacy Research
• Resident publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and other prestigious journals
• Visiting professors - Supported by a well-endowed visiting professor fund, nationally known scholars visit quarterly
• Medical students  - Third and fourth year medical students on rotations in both Legacy hospitals each month, plus a medicine sub-internship and an ICU rotation  for eligible fourth year students.

Excellent Preparation for Fellowship

• Nearly 100 percent success in obtaining competitive fellowships
• Direct career counseling provided early in residency
• Close proximity to Oregon Health & Science University fellowship programs

Flexible Training Opportunities

• Our residents have the opportunity to design their own career tracks depending on their area of interest
• Hospitalist certificate track
• Primary care certificate track
• Subspecialty focus with positive fellowship outcomes

Affordable and Beautiful Environment

• Surrounded by mountains and only an hour from the Pacific Ocean, Portland offers vast recreational and relaxation activities.
• Retreats - As part of our commitment to resident self-renewal and communication, all residents attend four off-campus retreats each year.

Come join us!

For more information: www.discoverlegacy.org
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