For Applicants - Introduction

A Message from the Program Director

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Advocate Christ Medical Center. I am delighted you are visiting us and learning more about all the great achievements of our residents. While it is tough to summarize everything into a few words, the following come to my mind: collegiality, high achievers, compassionate, driven and diverse. Our residents embody all of these traits, and more. They have successfully taken on challenges in primary care and hospitalist medicine as well as sub-specialty fellowships in a variety of academic and private practice settings.

Our residents train in the largest hospital of the largest health system in the state of Illinois and have a unique opportunity to practice in an environment that fosters high quality care and population health. I invite you to visit us both virtually on this website, as well as in person and explore all that Advocate Health has to offer.

Dr. Melanie Gordon, Program Director

Dr. Joseph Kowalczyk, Chairman of Medicine

From the desk of the Chairman...

Our Residency Training Program is an integral part of our Department of Medicine as well as our Medical Center. It brings me great joy to see enthusiastic faces every year, eager to become top physicians. Our training program is a capstone to their education that enables them to achieve their lifelong dream.

Our teaching faculty is friendly and energetic. Our medical center is constantly growing and remains a top performing hospital year after year. The diversity of our patients is incredible with many transfers from other hospitals coming to us on a daily basis due to our expertise in treating many different conditions. I take great pride in being part of this medical center for over 20 years, and as Chairman, I wholeheartedly support the Residency Training Program so it will continue to succeed year after year.

I have no doubt that our residents are well prepared for an ever-changing healthcare environment and will succeed in their ambitions. I look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our medical family.

Why Choose ACMC?

Work in a program that prides itself on diversity and fostering a warm, collegial atmosphere for residents of all backgrounds
Countless educational resources including home access to UpToDate, MD Consult, Harrison's On-Line, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Medline, PubMed and Ovid
Duty-Hour compliance with no 24-hour call at any point during residency and full 2-day weekends on sub-specialty rotations
ACMC is a major teaching hospital with over 100,000 ER visits annually and one of Illinois's busiest Level I trauma centers
Advocate-Aurora Health Care is the largest health care system in Illinois and Wisconsin and considered Top 5 in quality across the nation by Truven Analytics
Magnet Nursing institution with resident dedicated pharmacy, social work, behavioral health, and nutritional support staff

What makes us unique?

Traditional and hospitalist-style inpatient teams
Constant focus on educational growth, including an assigned "teaching resident" on each general medicine floor team
Unique Electives:
- Cardiology: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Echocardiogram/Interventional
- Pulmonary/Critical Care: Interventional Pulmonology, Anesthesia, Ultrasound, Trauma/Surgical ICU
- ID: Wound care
- For Preliminary Candidates: Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, PM&R

State-of-the-art Simulation Center with high fidelity mannequins, procedural mannequins, transthoracic and transesophageal echo mannequins, and realistic ICU/inpatient/outpatient simulation settings

Observation unit training

Research, Medical Education, and Quality Improvement Pathways

Location

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453

Located a mere 13 miles (30-35 minute drive) from the central loop of downtown Chicago. Our ideal location gives residents the option to live in an exciting urban atmosphere or enjoy the more quiet comforts of suburban life.