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Internal Medicine Residency Program – Clinical Structure of the Department

Clinical structure team photo

About

The Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center has experienced tremendous growth over the past several decades under great leadership. In 2021, Dr. Karen Freund became the first female chair of the department, following the tradition. Dr. Freund is a nationally recognized leader in women's health and health care disparities research.

We have approximately 250 full-time faculty, 81 internal medicine residents (with plans for expansion over the next 2 years) and 76 fellows in internal medicine subspecialty fellowships.  We have 14 clinical divisions with amazing clinical, educational and research opportunities.

Inpatient medical service

The resident lead inpatient teams manage approximately 176 patient beds among the following services:

  • Cardiology (including electrophysiology and heart failure)
  • Coronary Care Unit
  • Gastroenterology
  • General Internal Medicine
  • Geriatrics
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Leukemia/Bone Marrow
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Nephrology
  • Pulmonary

The usual ward team consists of one resident, 1-2 interns and 1-2 medical students, and an attending physician. Inpatient care revolves around house staff with fellows serving in a consulting role. The subspecialty system and our small team sizes are unique. Generally, patients are assigned to the subspecialty service appropriate for their illness. As a result, house officers are taught about various disease entities by staff physicians who are experts in their specialty. We feel that this greatly enhances both patient care and house staff education.

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