LJCMC Graduate Medical Education

Internal Medicine Residency Facts:

• ACGME accredited through 2016
• 8 residents per year for a total of 24 in a three year program.
• Recognized nationally for initiatives in Congestive Heart Failure and Diabetes care. 
• Provides the only Infectious Disease Clinic in the region.
• 5 Ward teams with an average census of no more than 10 per team. 
• Common Diseases seen in 1 month:
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Acute Renal Failure needing dialysis
• Kidney disease
• Pneumonia requiring Thoracentesis
• Fever and Neutropenia in a cancer patient
• Osteomyelitis
• Atrial Arrhythmias like SVT, A-Fibrillation
• Liver Disease requiring paracentesis
• Acute Joint swelling requiring joint aspiration
• Diabetic problems (DKA, infections)
• Acute pancreatitis
• Rare Diseases diagnosed by house officers in 1 month
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Cholera
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
• Lupus Nephritis
• Dermatomyositis
• Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Acute Leukemia’s
• Acute Vibrio Vulnificus
• Von Willebrand Disease