Residency Programs

Residency in Occupational Medicine

The School of Public Health offers a two-year, fully accredited program leading to board eligibility in Preventive Medicine/ Occupational Medicine. The program is open to physicians with MD or DO degrees who have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited internship year in the U.S. and are eligible for licensure in Illinois. The first academic year entails completion of course work for the MPH degree, plus one day per week of clinical work and sixteen weeks of elective rotations. The second practicum year consists of five months of industrial-based medicine, two months on the Occupational Medicine Consultation Service, two months of research, and two months of electives in occupational medicine-related areas. Half-day, outpatient clinical work and weekly conferences are integrated into both the academic and practicum years of the program. For further information on the UIC Occupational Medicine Residency Program, contact Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH, at 312-996-0806 or sbucha3@uic.edu.

The UIC Occupational Medicine residency works in conjunction with the Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, one of sixteen NIOSH-funded training centers in the United States. Now in its twenty-fifth year, it is supporting thirty-five trainees in MPH, MS, DrPH, and PhD programs in industrial hygiene and occupational nursing as well as the physician residency program in occupational medicine. Lorraine Conroy, ScD, CIH, is the center director.

Residency in Preventive Medicine

The School of Public Health collaborates with John Stroger Hospital (formerly Cook County Hospital) in offering an accredited program leading to board eligibility in general preventive medicine. The program emphasizes clinical skills, program development, and research for physicians who have completed a residency in internal medicine.

This program offers two years of concurrent MPH and practicum experiences in preparation for the American Board of Preventive Medicine exam. This program is for physicians who have already completed a residency in internal medicine. A third research year is periodically offered. The MPH is usually in epidemiology/biostatistics. The practicum is a blend of training in clinical, administrative, public health, and research components of general preventive medicine. For further information, e-mail David Goldberg, MD, John Stroger Hospital, at David_Goldberg@rush.edu.