Internal Medicine - Education

Graduates

Graduates of the University of Kentucky Internal Medical Residency Program are well prepared either to enter the practice of general internal medicine or to begin a subspecialty fellowship at the end of their training. Our graduates are very successful in securing competitive fellowship programs if they choose. Listed below are the career paths of the graduates of the last seven years followed by the fellowships obtained and the practice location of those choosing a career in General Internal Medicine.

Career Path - Categorical and Primary Care Residents

Fellowships - 1999-2008

Our residents have obtained fellowships in the following subspecialties.

Allergy-Immunology

Vanderbilt, St. Louis University, University of Tennessee, Memphis, and Baylor University

Cardiology

University of Kentucky (9), University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, Medical College Virginia, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tulane University, University of Louisiana – New Orleans, University of Texas – Houston, and Yale University

Endocrinology

Duke and Medical College Virginia

Gastroenterology

University of Kentucky (12), University of Florida, Cook County Chicago, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Duke University, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

General Internal Medicine

University of Kentucky.

Hematology-Oncology

University of Kentucky (4), Northwestern University, Medical College Virginia, Cleveland Clinic

Infectious Diseases

University of Kentucky, University of Cincinnati, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Nephrology

University of Kentucky (10), University of Texas – Southwestern, University of Virginia, Dartmouth University

Pulmonary/Critical Care

University of Kentucky (7), Medical College Georgia, Mayo Clinic (Critical Care), Rochester, MN, Mayo Clinic (Pulmonary/Critical Care), MN

Rheumatology

University of Kentucky (2), Loyola University, St. Louis University, Vanderbilt University, Wake Forest University, University of Pittsburg, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Sports Medicine

University of Kentucky.

Women's Health

Cleveland Clinic

Palliative Care

University of Kentucky

General Internal Medicine Practices

Many graduates have opted to practice in Kentucky while others have found practice opportunities far from where they trained, such as in Albuquerque, NM, Baton Rouge, LA, Bradenton, FL, Medford, OR and Minneapolis, MN.