Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide a balance of ambulatory and inpatient educational experiences in order to foster the growth and development of the consummate generalist. To us, the exceptional generalist embodies the core values of medicine, medical knowledge, humanism, and professionalism and this is what we strive to develop in our trainees.

Introduction

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University General Internal Medicine Residency Program at Rhode Island Hospital/The Miriam Hospital was founded in 1979 making it one of the oldest primary care programs in the country. The goal was to develop a model internal medicine residency program with a primary care focus. The residency program allows a comprehensive ambulatory experience to begin in the first year, and uses a multidisciplinary faculty to integrate the social and behavioral sciences, as well as medical ethics, into the fabric of postgraduate medical education and continue throughout residency. It is a central mission of the hospitals, the General Medicine faculty and the Medical Primary Care Unit (MPCU) MPCU to serve the underserved in our community. The residency is based in the Rhode Island Hospital Division of General Internal Medicine, which is the largest division in the department of medicine. Program residents have the opportunity to develop close working relationships with division faculty who are leaders in primary care education, research and clinical practice. Throughout their training, residents receive regular evaluation and feedback, career guidance, and have an opportunity to contribute new and innovative ideas in a highly receptive atmosphere. Program graduates are board-eligible in internal medicine and have entered private internal medicine practice, fellowships in general internal medicine and subspecialties, and careers in public health, health administration and academic medicine.

Program Directors

• Kelly A. McGarry, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Program Director
  Division of General Internal Medicine
  Rhode Island Hospital
  593 Eddy Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Email: kmcgarry@lifespan.org
  Phone: 401-444-5953
  Fax: 401-444-3056

• Jennifer Jeremiah, MD
  Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
  Associate Program Director
  Internal Medicine Residency Programs
  Rhode Island Hospital
  593 Eddy Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Email: jjeremiah@lifespan.org
  Phone: 401-444-4083
  Fax: 401-444-3056