Internal Medicine

Program Sponsor: MWMC Internal Medicine 

Inpatient, critical care, and ambulatory experiences

Hospitalist directed services

Conferences including Morning Report, Noon Conference, and Grand Rounds

Pediatrics

Child developmental unit

Outpatient clinic

Conferences including Systems Improvement Conference

Emergency Medicine

Electives

Diverse selection available including Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pathology, Pulmonology, Radiation Oncology, Radiology and Surgery. There are opportunities for outside electives and research.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary is locally competitive
• Four 1-week vacations
• Malpractice insurance
• Health insurance
• Educational stipend
• Meal allowance
• Free parking
• White coats, fleeces and scrubs

How To Apply

Thank you for your interest in the Transitional Year Residency Program at MWMC. Please apply with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). MWMC accepts applications from United States citizens and permanent residents/Green Card holders, and sponsors J-1 Visas through Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

For more information about the Transitional Year Residency Program, please contact our Program Coordinators:

Anne Hill
[email protected]
508-383-1555

Rhonda Carlson
[email protected]
508-383-1572

Our mailing address is:

Transitional Year Residency Program

Department of Medical Education
MetroWest Medical Center
115 Lincoln St
Framingham, MA 01702

Faculty members of the Department of Medicine have achieved a strong reputation throughout New England for their clinical skills, with a commitment to graduate medical education, and for clinical research. Nearly all of the full time faculty members have academic teaching appointments at medical schools in Boston or Worcester.

Clinical Specialties

The teaching faculty includes both community-based positions and hospital-based clinicians, including specialists in cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, hematology, oncology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, nephrology and hepatology. We also have board certified physicians in psychiatry, geriatric medicine, critical care medicine, and neurology. Faculty members serve as important mentors not only in the clinical arena, but also in sponsoring clinical research activities, a requirement for all categorical residents at MetroWest Medical Center.

	George Dickstein, MD, FASGE, AGAF Director of Academic Affairs at MWMC Academic Dean and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - Tufts Medical Center Fellowship: Gastroenterology - Tufts Medical Center Clinical Interests: Interventional Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Bleeding of Obscure Origin, Ablation of Barrett's Esophagus, Care of Viral and Cholestatic Liver Disease
	Thomas L. Treadwell MD, FACP, FIDSA Program Director of the MWMC Internal Medicine Program Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at MWMC Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine Medical School: Dartmouth School of Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - University of California Chief Residency: Internal Medicine - University of California Fellowship: Infectious Disease - Boston City Hospital Clinical Interests: HIV medicine, Tick-borne disease, Addiction medicine, Opioid use disorder
	David Rishikof, MD Program Director of the MWMC Transitional Year Residency Program Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine Medical School: University of Toronto Residency: University of Toronto Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Boston University Clinical Interests: Pulmonary Hypertension, Venous Thromboembolism
	Eric Hyolim Chun, MD, FACP Associate Program Director of MWMC Internal Medicine Residency Program Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Clerkship Director at Boston University School of Medicine Medical School: Seoul National University College of Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - MetroWest Medical Center Clinical Interests: Hospitalist Medicine, Academic Medicine
	Jason Konter, MD Chair of Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institution Official of MWMC Residency Program Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Residency: Internal Medicine - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care - Boston University Clinical Interests: Diagnosis and management of dyspnea, Interstitial Lung Disease, COPD, Pulmonary Vascular Disease
	Travis Braithwaite MD Associate program director, Academic Hospitalist, Clerkship director Medical School: University of Guyana School of Medicine Residency: New York Presbyterian Queens Clinical Interests: Internal Medicine Related Topics

Core Faculty

Cardiology

	George Philip Kinzfogl III, MD Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Residency: Internal Medicine – Massachusetts General Hospital Fellowship: Cardiology – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Clinical Interests: Clinical Cardiology, Multimodal Cardiac Imaging, Valvular Heart Disease
	Donald G. Love, MD Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School. Residency: Internal Medicine - Brigham and Women’s Hospital Fellowship: Cardiology – University of Massachusetts Medical School Clinical Interests: Non-invasive cardiology: Transesophageal echocardiography, non-invasive coronary angiography, pacemakers and intracardiac devices, arrhythmia and syncope diagnosis and management.
	Eric S. Davidson, MD Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - Boston University Chief Residency: Boston University Fellowship: Boston University Cardiology - Boston University Clinical Interests: Invasive Non-interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology.
	David Z. Young, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Medical School: Harvard Medical School Master’s degree: Masters of Public Health- Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health Residency: Internal Medicine- Weill Cornell University Fellowship: Cardiology - Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cardiovascular Imaging - Massachusetts General Hospital Interventional Cardiology - Tufts Medical Center Clinical Interests: General Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT for Calcium Scoring.

Hospitalist Medicine

	Sreedhar Kurma, MD, MBA, MHA, MPH Hospitalist Medical Director Medical School: Osmania Medical College, India Residency: Montefiore (North) Medical Center Clinical Interests: Palliative care, Pain management, Substance use disorders
	Ania Preneta, MD, MPH Boston University Assistant Professor of Medicine Academic Hospitalist Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine Residency: Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx NY Clinical interests: Academic medicine, hospital medicine
	Jason Son, DO Academic Hospitalist Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic medicine at Seton Hill Residency: Mount Carmel Hospital, Columbus Clinical Interest: Internal Medicine Related Topics
	Chihheng Hsieh, MD Clinical Associate of Medicine at Tufts University School of   Medicine Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA Residency: Internal Medicine – MetroWest Medical Center. Clinical interest: Internal Medicine Related Topics

Infectious Diseases

Felipe Barbosa, MD, MHSC Chief of the Infectious Diseases Department at MWMC Medical School: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Master's Degree: Master of Health Science - Infectious diseases and Tropical Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - MetroWest Medical Center Fellowship: Infectious diseases - Boston University Clinical Interests: Antibiotic stewardship, General Infectious Diseases

Pulmonology

Aba Somers, MD Instructor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand Residency: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Boston University Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease, Sarcoidosis, Lung Cancer

Primary Care Medicine

	Tammy C. Harris, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor of medicine at Tufts University Medical School: Yale University Master's Degree: Master of Public Health - Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health Internship: Obstetrics and Gynecology - Beth Israel Medical Center Residency: Family Medicine - University of Massachusetts Clinical Interests: Women’s health, Obesity Medicine, Dermatology, Gender Medicine
	Vinay Kumar, MD Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Boston University Medical School: King George Medical College Residency: MetroWest Medical Center Clinical Interests: Mental Illness, Neuropsychiatric Disease Diagnosis and Management, Substance Use Disorders, Geriatrics
	Lawrence Epstein, MD Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine Residency: Internal Medicine - Bronx Municipal Hospital Center Clinical Interests: Nephrology, Electrolyte imbalances, Point of Care testing, Academic Medicine

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