SOURCE: Riverside Medical Center
KANKAKEE, IL–(Marketwire – July 27, 2010) – Riverside Medical Center, a south Chicago, Illinois hospital network, is expanding its role as a teaching hospital with the creation of a residency program in Internal Medicine. Riverside also offers fellowships in Gastroenterology and Cardiology. In its inaugural year of the three-year program, the team of residents and various faculty members will work side by side treating patients at various Riverside, Illinois hospital facilities.
“Becoming a teaching hospital really elevates the level of care for the patient and the community,” said Dr. Naresh Chandan, DO, FACOI, FACP, Riverside Medical Center Director of Medical Education and Internal Medicine Program Director. “Not only does it give patients another set of eyes looking out for them, it continues to instill confidence in their care at Riverside. To teach is to learn twice.”
“A residency program at any hospital or clinic is a stage of graduate medical training where physicians, who have received their medical degree, practice under the close supervision of fully licensed physicians. Successful completion of residency training is a requirement to practice medicine independently,” Chandan continues.
Riverside’s Internal Medicine Program provides a holistic learning environment. “The program prepares residents to practice independently in general osteopathic Internal Medicine or to enter into a sub-specialty fellowship program,” said Dr. John Jurica, Riverside Medical Center vice-president of medical affairs.
In addition to an Internal Medicine residency program, Riverside also offers a sub-specialty fellowship in Cardiology and Gastroenterology. The three-year Cardiology fellowship program offers one position per year. The Cardiology Fellowship program will provide exposure to a comprehensive treatment plan, including triple bypass and other related heart center services, and will allow the graduate to practice Cardiology anywhere. The overall goal of the Gastroenterology fellowship program at Riverside is to provide the fellow with a well-balanced experience that is essential for a successful community practice.
“Riverside’s residency program is an investment in our community,” Jurica said. “When the time comes for us to be the patients, we can rest assured knowing that we are receiving the best possible care because of Riverside’s unending commitment to teaching and molding residents into world-class doctors.”
To view more on Riverside Medical Center’s world-class residency program, please visit www.RiversideMC.net/residency.
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