ACGME Fellowship Programs
Cardiology
The Cardiovascular Disease fellowship program at The University of Chicago is designed to provide exceptional training in cardiovascular medicine, including advanced training in clinical cardiology and research training in clinical, translational and/or basic science disciplines. The program is founded upon the principle that training should be tailored to the needs of each fellow. Our fellowship program is a three year program, with the option of additional year(s) of training in clinical cardiology or cardiovascular research. A minimum of two years is devoted to clinical training during which fellows participate in a formal rotation schedule designed to instruct them in all areas of general and invasive Cardiology. The third year of the program is tailored to the career goals of the individual fellow. Our fellowship training program will prepare all fellows for rewarding and successful careers in cardiovascular medicine. The University of Chicago’s cardiology program is fully accredited by the ACGME. More...
Dermatopathology
Our faculty play a major role in medical education of students, residents and fellows. The Section provides critical experience for medical students in ambulatory Dermatology practice and on the inpatient consult service across a broad spectrum of patients and skin diseases spanning both pediatric and adult dermatology. Residents in other medical specialties routinely rotate through Dermatology to gain hands-on experience in practice of Dermatology as well as Dermatologic Procedures. Our Dermatology residency program is fully accredited by the ACGME and has graduated hundreds of successful clinicians and medical educators over its long history. The Section's highly sought-after ACGME-accredited Dermatopathology fellowship program trains both Dermatology and Pathology physicians for further specialization in histologic diagnosis of skin diseases.Our faculty play a major role in medical education of students, residents and fellows. The Section provides critical experience for medical students in ambulatory Dermatology practice and on the inpatient consult service across a broad spectrum of patients and skin diseases spanning both pediatric and adult dermatology. Residents in other medical specialties routinely rotate through Dermatology to gain hands-on experience in practice of Dermatology as well as Dermatologic Procedures. Our Dermatology residency program is fully accredited by the ACGME and has graduated hundreds of successful clinicians and medical educators over its long history. The Section's highly sought-after ACGME-accredited Dermatopathology fellowship program trains both Dermatology and Pathology physicians for further specialization in histologic diagnosis of skin diseases. More...
Emergency Medical Services
The University of Chicago Medicine has hosted a 12-month ACGME accredited EMS Fellowship since 2017. Emergency Medical Services is a clinical specialty that includes the care of patients in all environments outside of traditional medical care facilities, including clinics, offices, and hospitals. It includes evaluation and treatment of acute injury and illness in all age groups, planning and prevention, monitoring, and team oversight. Our mission is to graduate diverse physicians who demonstrate the resilience, curiosity, rigorous clinical thinking, collaboration, collegiality, and compassion to become leaders in clinical practice, system medical direction, education, and research in Emergency Medical Services.
Our EMS Fellowship Program has three main aims:
- Recruit dynamic physicians with leadership potential and diverse backgrounds, interests, and experiences
- Provide a comprehensive training program covering all aspects of EMS Medicine
- Train professional EMS Physicians to become leaders in the subspecialty of EMS Medicine
The fellowship supports two fellows per year. In addition to the EMS experiences and curriculum, the fellow maintains their primary board specialty by working six shifts a month in the University of Chicago Emergency Department, which is a busy, high-acuity, academic tertiary care hospital on the south side of Chicago. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package through the Graduate Medical Education office and moonlighting opportunities.
Medical Education Fellowship
The University of Chicago Emergency Medicine Program, founded in 1972, is one of the oldest programs and has painted a strong tradition of training and mentoring leaders across all facets of EM. Our program has produced many leaders in the GME and UGME sphere; the Medical Education Fellowship provides a formal and rigorous pathway that continues this proud tradition.
This a two-year program that focuses on professional development in three realms: 1) teaching expertise, 2) administrative experience, and 3) medical education research and scholarship. Our fellows will have multiple local and national opportunities to practice and mature their teaching skills, as well as formal instruction in creating and delivering educational content. Fellows have a fully immersive administrative experience with the opportunity to integrate within our UGME and GME leadership teams. Further, the fellowship provides a robust research infrastructure through personal mentorship, classwork and the strong education network at the University of Chicago and Pritzker School of Medicine. This three-pronged approach to fellowship training ensures future academic success for our alumni.
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
The training program in Endocrinology and Metabolism at The University of Chicago provides advanced training for qualified applicants in a broad area of hormone and metabolic research. Funded in large part by the National Institutes of Health through an Endocrinology Training grant, the program provides physician scientists with an integrated training in basic and clinical endocrine research preparing them for academic research careers. The enormous expansion of knowledge of the molecular basis of endocrinology and endocrine related diseases in the past ten years has made it imperative for physician-scientists to develop expertise in the techniques of clinical and basic biomedical research to allow them to translate findings from the research laboratory to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with endocrine disorders. More...
Gastroenterology
The University of Chicago Training Program in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, directed by Dr. Gautham Reddy, Associate Professor of Medicine, offers training across a spectrum of gastrointestinal diseases. The training program provides a broad, practical and scholarly exposure to clinical problems of Gastroenterology as well as in-depth investigative training. Our program has a long and consistent history of graduating physicians that are scholarly clinicians, national thought leaders, as well as prominent laboratory and clinical investigators. Direct and continuous contact with a large, full-time faculty including senior and junior members offers a personal approach to the trainee's educational, clinical and scientific development. The training program utilizes the extensive clinical and laboratory facilities found at the University of Chicago Medical Center and at our affiliate hospital (Weiss Memorial). Because of the University of Chicago's reputation as a top rated referral center and our location in the heart of the City of Chicago, there is a broad exposure to common gastrointestinal conditions, as well as unusual and difficult to manage clinical cases. More...
Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
The Geriatrics Fellowship Program at The University of Chicago is led by Fellowship Director, Dr. Katherine Thompson, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Associate Program Director, Dr. Elizabeth Zavala. Fellows may train in one of the following programs:
- Clinical Geriatric Medicine (1 Year)
- Optional 2nd and 3rd year research in Geriatric Medicine (Years 2 and 3 with an emphasis on research)
- Geriatrics and Palliative Combined Fellowship Program (2 Years)
Palliative Medicine
The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program is led by Fellowship Director, Dr. Vasyl Hereha, Professor of Medicine, and Associate Program Director, Dr. Margaret Putman. More...
- Clinical and Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1 Year)
- Geriatrics and Palliative Combined Fellowship Program (2 Years)
Hematology/Oncology
The Pritzker School of Medicine of The University of Chicago is an academic medical institution of national and international renown with a mission of excellence in clinical care, research and education. The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program is designed to educate physician scientists, teachers and clinicians of distinction in the context of this mission, while at the same time providing indispensable clinical service of the highest quality. The program admits six first year fellows each year. More...
Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is dedicated to the training of pluripotent leaders in the field of Infectious Diseases. The program is supported by our Section’s nationally and internationally recognized experts in HIV/STI, Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Global Health, and Medical Education. Faculty also serve as foundational mentors for our fellows, helping mold their careers in clinical medicine and research.
Fellows have unique opportunities for advanced training experiences through our Section’s leadership in several regional and national organizations including the Chicago Center of HIV Elimination (CCHE), Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC-CFAR), Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Our fellows also have access to globally recognized University resources such as the Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching, and Scholarship (MERITS) Program; Bucksbaum-Siegler Institute for Clinical Excellence; and the McLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. More...
Nephrology
The University of Chicago Fellowship Program in Nephrology prepares physicians for careers in clinical nephrology and/or basic or clinical translational investigation. The program best suits the needs of physicians whose long-term interests lie within academic medicine. More...
Pulmonary/Critical Care
The Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program at The University of Chicago, under the direction of Lucas Kimmig, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, draws upon the enormous resources and diversity of our University. Fellows may train in one of the following programs:
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (3 years in the ACGME program plus 1 additional year as a post-doctoral fellow)
- Post-doctoral Research Programs
Rheumatology
Active for over three decades, the Rheumatology Fellowship Program at The University of Chicago, under the direction of Kichul Ko, MD, provides a fellowship experience aimed at combining the acquisition of subspecialty clinical expertise with the development of a critical approach to the understanding of this discipline. During the course of the basic two-year program fellows have increasing responsibilities for inpatient consultative work, outpatient management, preparation of conferences, student and resident teaching and development and initiation of clinical and laboratory research projects. These responsibilities are supervised by the faculty, all of who have full-time academic appointments and act as clinical and research preceptors. More...
Sleep Medicine
The Department of Medicine under the section of Pulmonary and Critical Care offers three ACGME-approved positions per year for its one year clinical fellowship training program in Sleep Medicine. The Sleep Fellowship program at the University of Chicago, under the direction of Dr. Babak Mokhlesi, Associate Professor of Medicine, draws upon the enormous resources and diversity of our University. We take pride in our multidisciplinary approach to Sleep Medicine with faculty members with expertise in pulmonary, neurology, pediatric pulmonology and pediatric neurology, endocrinology, pediatric and adult ear nose and throat surgery, and dentistry. More...