2024 Welcome to the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine at Knoxville Internal Medicine Residency Program Interview Season
Department of Medicine
Rajiv Dhand, M.D. FCCP, FACP, FAARC
Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine
Janet Lubas, M.D., Interim Program Director & Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Ronald S. Hamrick, M.D. Associate Program Director
Ronald H. Lands, M.D. Associate Program Director
The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
• 710 bed acute care teaching hospital
• Region’s only Academic Medical Center
• 19 ACGME accredited specialty & subspecialty programs
• Level 1 Trauma Center
• Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Aeromedical Service Base
• Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing
• Medical Simulation Center
• Preston Medical Library
• Clerkships for M3 and M4 students
• ECMO
• Transcellular Therapy
C HIEF RESIDENTS
Chief Resident Chief Resident Chief Resident
Liberty University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mercer University
School of Medicine
Ross University
School of Medicine
Jim Loughridge, MD Abdallah Assaf, MD Shawna Stephens, DO
ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Conferences
Chest Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, 2021, 2020
National ACP Scientific Meeting (Multiple)
TN ACP Annual Scientific Meeting (Multiple)
Society of critical Care medicine Conference
American thoracic society (2020, 2021, 2022)
American college of Gastroenterology (2021, 2022)
American Society of Hematology
National American Conference of Cardiology (2020)
Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Infectious Disease Week (Multiple)
Society of General Internal medicine (Multiple)
International Conference on Cytopathology and Histopathology
American society of Echocardiologists
SLEEP 2019
Society of Nuclear medicine
Southern Hospital Medicine conference
The list goes on……
Resident Led Projects/Committees
Patient safety and quality improvement
Documentation and EMR input committees
Newsletter authorship
Recruiting, code blue, falls, ethics, process improvement committees and many more
Residency Program Pass Rates 2020 - 2022
BOARD PASS RATE
This report contains information about the internal medicine certifying examination performance of programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For each residency program listed in the following pages, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) reports the cumulative pass rate for the 2020 to 2022 certifying examinations in internal medicine.
• 1 Cardiology • 2 Allergy • 2 Endocrinology • 1 Heme/Onc 2014 Match • 1 Cardiology 2015 Match • 1 Nephrology • 1 Endocrinology • 1 Cardiology 2013 Match • 1 Endocrinology • 1 Rheumatology • 1 Allergy • 1 Nephrology 2012 Match • 2 Cardiology • 1 Sports Med 2011 Match • 1 Allergy • 1 Palliative Care 2010 Match • 2 Cardiology 2009 Match • 1 Sleep • 1 Pulmonary 2008 Match • 1 Cardiology • 1 Nephrology • 1 Pulm/CCM • 2 Heme/Onc 2022 Match • 1 Gastroenterology • 1 Allergy/Immunology • 3 Cardiology • 2 Hematology Oncology • 1 Pulm/CCM 2021 Match • 3 Infectious Disease 2020 Match • 1 Cardiology • 1 Pulmonary/CCM 2019 Match • 1 Sleep Medicine • 3 Cardiology • 1 Rheumatology • 1 Infectious Diseases 2018 Match • 3 Pulm/CCM
1 Cardiology
1 Global Health
1 Nephrology
1 Medical Genetics 2017 Match
3 Cardiology
1 Rheumatology 2016 Match
Fellowship for Graduates
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Intern Schedule Template
Divided into 13 2-week blocks (4+2 system)
- House Staff Medicine: 5-5.5 Blocks
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Ambulatory Care: 4 to 4.5 Blocks
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CCM: 2 blocks
- Cardiology: 2 blocks
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Electives: 2 blocks
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EBM: 1 block
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Vacation: 15 days (plus holiday schedule)
HOUSE STAFF MEDICINE
3 total HSM teams (2 Faculty Teams, 1 UTH Team)
1 senior, 2-3 interns, 1-2 M3s, 1 M4, and pharmacy resident
2- or 4-week blocks
Census 12-15 patients
EMR with Dragon voice recognition software
No 24-hour shifts—night float rotation embedded in HSM schedule
HOUSE STAFF CONT'D
AMBULATORY BLOCK
Resident Clinic
AM and PM Clinics
On site Venipuncture
14 exam rooms
On site Dermatology & Psychiatry Clinic
On site Ambulatory Pharmacy
Cerner Powerchart EMR
Dedicated clinic POCUS equipment
Sub-specialty Clinics
PGY-1:Nephrology, GI, ED and Oncology
PGY-2: Cards, Hematology, ID, Rheumatology
PYG-3: Underserved Areas, Addiction Medicine, Endocrinology, REACT
Team Based Learning
CODE BLUE Simulations
Bedside Procedure simulations
POCUS training
Review most current treatment guidelines for common diseases (HTN, Diabetes, etc.)
Medical C RITICAL C ARE
• Three ICU services
• Generally 1 attending, 1 Senior resident, and 1- 2 interns
• Geographic rounding
• Covering multiple services-Medical and Cardiovascular
• ICU pharmacist on rounds
• ECMO
• Ample Opportunity for Procedures
• Critical Care Fellows for support however respectable amount of autonomy
• 107 Critical Care beds
• In House Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
• High Yield and real time POCUS training
About Knoxville…
Low cost of living
4 general seasons
Multiple festivals and weekly concerts
Travel & Leisure Magazine lists Knoxville #8 of “America’s Favorite Places”
Named #2 of “America’s Friendliest Places”
Exciting Craft Beer Scene with Knoxville Ale Trail Food Truck
Park at Historic Southern Railway Station
Small Local airport with access to major airlines and cities
Dog Fancy Magazine’s Most Dog Friendly City in the Southeast
Multiple Farmer’s Markets
www.visit.Knoxville.com
OUTSIDE THE
WHAT TO DO ON YOUR DAYS
OFF?
Plenty of outdoor activities
Downtown
Sporting Events
Old City
Concord Park/Turkey Creek
Gatlinburg/ Pigeon Forge
Chattanooga
Nashville
Asheville
Atlanta
THE OUTDOORS!!!
SPORTING EVENTS
OLD CITY (DOWNTOWN K NOXVILLE)
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M ARKET SQUARE (DOWNTOWN K NOXVILLE)
WORLD'S FAIR PARK
GATLINBURG/PIGEON FORGE
