Internal Medicine Residency Program
The MetroWest Medical Center is an academically affiliated community teaching hospital with a thriving postgraduate training program. Each year, we recruit eight residents into our categorical program, striving for a group that will match the diversity of our community. We select residents eager to develop the skills and confidence necessary to excel in a career in medicine. We are especially interested in trainees who wish to pursue careers in Primary Care and Hospital Medicine, but recent graduates have also matched in prestigious Fellowships in Cardiology, Critical Care/Pulmonary Medicine, Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Hematology/Oncology.
Internal Medicine Residency
The MetroWest Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency strives to recruit, train, mentor and nurture a diverse group of residents who will thrive and serve our hospital and community. Our primary goal is to educate residents. Our Faculty is committed to fostering a learning environment that emphasizes:
- Patients first
- Safety and quality of care
- Physician well being
- Curiosity
- Commitment to teaching each other and our students
- Lifelong learning
- Role modeling and curricula that support future careers in Primary Care, Hospital Medicine, subspecialty medicine, and research
MetroWest Medical Center has had a community-teaching program for six decades, one of the smallest programs in New England. Our program is based in Framingham, Massachusetts, home of the world-renowned Framingham Heart Study Referral center for 25 neighboring MetroWest communities. On an annual basis, MetroWest Medical Center has:
- More than 70,000 emergency department visits
- Over 15,000 surgical procedures
- Over 15,000 ambulatory care visits
- Over 2,500 deliveries
- MetroWest Medical Center has a comprehensive cardiac service, one of the only community hospitals that does angioplasty.
Thank you for your interest in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the MetroWest Medical Center (Framingham, Massachusetts). For five decades, we have had a small categorical residency program that has trained many talented physicians who have gone on to successful clinical careers in primary care, subspecialty fellowships, and hospital medicine. We also have several former residents who have gone on to successful academic careers at major teaching hospitals. Many of our talented faculty began their careers at MWMC and chose to stay to contribute to the thriving educational environment. The city of Framingham has a storied history in landmark medical studies, including the Framingham heart study that just completed its 70th year. Framingham is a wonderful place to live and learn, a town that President Bill Clinton said “looks like America”, rich in both tradition and incredible diversity. We are proud that the diversity of our training program matches the diversity of our wonderful town. We are surrounded by some of the finest medical schools and teaching hospitals in the world, providing many learning and teaching opportunities for our residents.
If you are accepted into our program, you will have 36 months of solid training, wonderful experiences in both inpatient and outpatient settings, didactics and conferences 5 days a week, thoughtful evaluations and feedback, careful mentorship, and opportunities for scholarship and research. You will pass the ABIM Certifying exam, and you will get strong support for your next position, whether that is a fellowship in cardiology, a job in primary care or hospital medicine, or a J-1 waiver position.
You will develop both the skills and attitudes for lifelong learning and make lifelong friends. You will always remember “patients first” and that medicine is a serious business, but you will feel like a member of a small family and experience both joy and laughter throughout your 3 years in Framingham. I look forward to meeting you during the interview process.
We accept applications only through ERAS. I apologize, but we get many email inquiries about our program, and we cannot answer these individually. Due to severe restrictions placed upon training programs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we cannot offer observerships at this time.
Sincerely,
George Dickstein, MD, FASGE, AGAFChair of the Department of Medicine at MWMC Director of Academic Affairs at MWMC Academic Dean and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine |
Thomas L Treadwell, MD, FACP, FIDSAProgram Director at the MWMC Internal Medicine Program Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at MWMC Assistant Dean Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Boston University of School of Medicine |
At MetroWest Medical Center, we are committed to providing high quality, comprehensive care, at a location close to home and keep our mission and values at the forefront of our work every single day.
Program Accreditations and Affiliations
- Categorical program (8) 1812140C0
- Full accreditation by ACGME
- Affiliation with Tufts University Medical Center and Boston Medical Center
- 100% pass rate on ABIM certifying examination
Program Details
- This is a three-year ACGME certified internal medicine residency with standardized inpatient time, ICU exposure and ample ambulatory clinic experience
- Our program is structured as 3+1 blocks [3 weeks of inpatient service either Wards /ICU/Elective/Night Float followed by 1 week of Ambulatory]
- ICU rotation with variable call days
- Medical wards rotation with call days every fourth day
- Night float system
- Emergency room rotation
- Research and elective opportunities at MetroWest Medical Center
- Away elective opportunities
- Support for local and national meeting attendance
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Didactics
- Weekly Morning Report on Tuesdays or Wednesdays
- Cardiology Morning Report on Fridays
- Daily Noon Conferences
- Grand Rounds on Tuesdays
- Ambulatory block didactics with Oyster Rounds and Johns Hopkins Ambulatory teaching curriculum
- Journal Club sessions
- Board Review sessions
The 269-bed regional health care system includes:
- Framingham Union Hospital, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and the MetroWest Wellness Center, an outpatient diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation center
- A busy Emergency Department with 70,000 visits a year
- Ambulatory clinics: Medicine, Infectious disease, Endocrinology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Vascular Surgery, Women’s health clinic
- Excellent facility includes state of the art cardiac catheterization laboratory, radiation oncology center.
- Outstanding location 30 minutes by car or train from Boston with numerous opportunities for recreation and culture
- • Outstanding Intensive Care Unit with a 12-bed availability. Our hospital was one of six hospitals in Massachusetts to receive the Beacon Award for Excellence in the ICU.
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, AGAFChair of the Department of Medicine at MWMC
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, and Care of Viral and Cholestatic Liver Disease
Thomas L. Treadwell MD, FACP,FIDSAProgram 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 of 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, MDProgram 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, FACPAssociate 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
Assistance 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 and pulmonary vascular disease
Chief Residents
Gabriela Cristina Milla Godoy M.DClinical Associate of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Honduras
Residency: Internal Medicine - MetroWest Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Infectious disease, HIV medicine, Immigrant and refugee health, Antibiotic Stewardship
Jessica Bistafa Liu M.DClinical Associate of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Universidade de Sao Paulo
Residency: Internal Medicine – Universidade de Sao Paulo School and MetroWest Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Physician Wellness, Clinical education
Core Faculty
Cardiology
George Philip Kinzfogl III, MDChief of Cardiology of the Heart Center of MetroWest
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, MDAssistant 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, MDAssistant 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: Cardiology - Boston University
Clinical Interests: Invasive Non-interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology
David Z. Young, MD, MPHAssistant 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
Hospital Medicine
Basava R. Vallabhaneni, MD, MBAChief division of Hospital Medicine at MWMC
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
Residency: North Shore Medical Center, Salem Hospital
Chief Residency: North Shore Medical Center, Salem Hospital
MBA: University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management
Clinical Interests: Quality, Performance metrics, Patient Safety, Patient Experience, Utilization, Informatics, Physician Wellness
Endocrinology
John Paul Lock, MD, FACP, FACEEmeritus Professor of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical
Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Residency: Internal Medicine - St. Vincent’s Hospital
Fellowship: Endocrinology – University of Colorado
Clinical Interests: Diabetes Care, Emerging Technology for Diabetes Care, and Clinical Research
Infectious Diseases
Felipe Barbosa, MD, MHSCChief of the Infectious Diseases Department at MWMC
Medical School: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Master's Degree: Master of Health Science in Infectious diseases and Tropical Medicine - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Residency: Internal Medicine - MetroWest Medical Center
Fellowship: Infectious diseases - Boston University
Clinical Interests: Antibiotic stewardship, General Infectious Diseases
Pulmonology
Aba Somers, MDInstructor 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 and Lung Cancer
Primary Care Medicine
Tammy C. Harris, MD, MPHMedical School: Yale University
Master's Degree: Master of Public Health - Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Internhip: 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, MDAdjunct 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 and Geriatrics
Eduardo Henrique Ribeiro, MDMedical School: Severino Sombra University
Residency: MetroWest Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Primary care, Physician Career Development, Medical Education
Lawrence Epstein, MDMedical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine - Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
Clinical Interests: Nephrology - Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical interests: Electrolyte imbalances, Point of Care testing, Academic Medicine
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Salaries:
- PGY1- $63,677.00
- PGY2- $66,116.00
- PGY3- $68.149.00
*adjusted annually
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Health care
- Residents are given medical, dental and eye insurance options. Each medical resident will be responsible for a portion of the cost of these insurance plans.
- 2 White coats per year
- Meals when on-call
- Free on-campus parking
- Vacation: 3 weeks or 15 working days
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We accept all applications through ERAS only. You application should include:
- Application Form [generated on ERAS]
- Curriculum Vitae [CV] [generated on ERAS]
- Three letters of recommendation, including Medical School Dean’s Letter
- Medical School Performance Evaluation [MSPE]
- USMLE Transcript
- Personal Statement
- Photograph
- We prefer scores >220 and above on first attempt for both Step 1 and Step 2
- We prefer Graduation from Medical School within 5 years
- We offer J1 Visas only
- We prefer US clinical experience for international medical graduates
Contact Us
Program Coordinators:
Rhonda Carlson
rhonda.carlson@mwmc.com
508-383-1572
Anne Hill
anne.hill@mwmc.com
508-383-1555
Chief Residents
Gabriela Cristina Milla Godoy M.DMedical School: National Autonomous University of Honduras, Honduras
Career Interests: Infectious Disease
Jessica Bistafa Liu M.DClinical Associate of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Universidade de Sao Paulo
Residency: Internal Medicine – Universidade de Sao Paulo and MetroWest Medical Center
Career Interests: Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Physician Wellness, Clinical education
PGY-3
Talmas Amorim Fernandes, MDMedical School: Federal University of Rio de Janeirio, Brazil
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Patricia Bido, MDMedical School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic
Career Interests: Primary Care Medicine
Chihheng Hsieh, MDMedical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Career Interests: Pulmonology and Critical Care
Rigoberto Lopez Saldana, MDMedical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Klaorat Prasongdee, MDMedical School: Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Freddy Toloza Bonilla, MDMedical School: Universidad de los Andes, School of Medicine, Colombia
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Leonardo Wagner Florencio dos Santos, MDMedical School: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre, Brazil
Career Interests: Cardiology
Ji Hyun Yang, MDMedical School: Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Korea
Career Interests: Cardiology
PGY-2
SooJin Moon, MDMedical School: Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea
Career Interests: Infectious Disease
Kamelah Abushalha, MDMedical School: Hashemite University Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology
Antonio Diaz, MDMedical School: University of Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Venezuela
Career Interests: Rheumatology
Suchanan Kanjanapong, MDMedical School: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Career Interests: Geriatrics
Alexandra Abelina Lema Morocho, MDMedical School: Universidad de Cuenca Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Ecuador
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Liliana Tavares, MDMedical School: Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Portugal
Career Interests: Cardiology
Palapun Waitayangkoon, MDMedical School: Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Career Interests: Rheumatology
Tae Kyung Yoo, MDMedical School: Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine in Gangneung, Korea
Career Interests: Cardiology
PGY-1
Marjorie Azevedo Jales Brandao, MDMedical School: Universidade Federal de Ceara, Brazil
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Veronica Harely, MDMedical School: Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Valeria Mata, MDMedical School: Universidad Particular de Especialidades Espiritu Santo, Ecuador
Career Interests: Primary Care Medicine
Moon Soo Kim, MDMedical School: Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay
Career Interests: Nephrology
Sully Mariel Marquez Flores, MDMedical School: National Autonomous University of Honduras, Honduras
Career Interests: Endocrinology
Victor Ivan Moncada Castro, MDMedical School: National Autonomous University of Honduras, Honduras
Career Interests: Nephrology/Infectious Diseases
Jai Juganya Tirpur Ponnusamy, MDMedical School: Stanley Medical College, India
Career Interests: Rheumatology
Yung- Chen (Marie) Wu, MDMedical School: National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
Career Interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
2021-2022:
- Hematology and Oncology - National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, Maryland
- Hematology and Oncology - Motiff Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Rheumatology - University of Massachusetts , Worcester, Massachusetts
- Endocrinology - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- Nephrology - Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts
- Primary care - UMass Primary Care, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Primary care - Cape Cod Hospital. Hyannis, MA
- T32 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship - Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
2020-2021:
- Hematology and Oncology - Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Pulmonology - Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island
- Endocrinology - University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Pulmonary and critical care - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Hospitalist Medicine - St Luke’s Hospital. New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Cardiology - Advanced Heart Failure Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama. Cardiology fellowship - Advent Health, Orlando, Florida
- Nephrology - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Primary care - Golden Valley Health Center, Modesto, California
2019-2020:
- Infectious diseases - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Infectious diseases - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Primary care - East Boston Neighborhood Care Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Primary care - East Boston Neighborhood Care Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Primary care - The Everett Clinic, Seattle, Washington
- Hospitalist Medicine - Missouri Delta Medical Center: Sikeston, MO
- Hospitalist Medicine - Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, Massachusetts
- Hematology and Oncology - Brookdale University Hospital, New York City, New York
2018-2019:
- Gastroenterology - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- Hospitalist Medicine - St Luke’s Hospital. New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Genetics - University of California, San Francisco, California
- Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine - Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Rheumatology - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Cardiology - St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Infectious disease - University of Colorado Denver, Colorado
- Hematology and Oncology - Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
- Primary care - The Everett Clinic, Seattle, Washington
- Primary care - UMass Memorial Primary care, Fitchburg, Massachusetts