Preliminary Medicine Internship Year
If you are seeking a one-year preliminary medicine position (and are moving on to a specialty such as radiology, dermatology, or ophthalmology), you are still going to need an excellent background in general internal medicine to excel at your eventual career goals.
At NHRMC, you can have exceptional mentoring and learning opportunities within a technologically advanced health care system. You can experience all of this while living in a beautiful city with a mild climate and plenty of fun things to do.
At New Hanover, we ensure an excellent balance between education and service. Residents are on in-house overnight at the hospital during night float rotation only. There is between 4 and 6 weeks of night float during the internship year. We strictly abide by all ACGME regulations for internal medicine residency programs, including all regulations regarding duty hours.
At NHRMC, we participate in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP) and offer two major tracks:
| Program |
Length of program |
Number of PGY-1 positions |
NRMP # |
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| Categorical Internal Medicine |
3 Years |
7 Positions |
1534140C0 |
| Preliminary Internal Medicine |
1 Year |
2 Positions |
1534140P0 |
As listed above, our program matches two preliminary year internal medicine residents each year. These positions are extremely competitive and tend to draw very strong applicants. In recent years, we have attracted exceptional students to our program from top U.S. medical schools:
| Year |
Resident |
Graduate of |
Ultimate subspecialty program |
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| 2012-2013 |
Kristopher Foote, MD |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Anesthesiology |
| 2012-2013 |
Kavya Reddy, MD |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Radiology |
| 2011-2012 |
Sheilah Curran-Melendez, MD |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine |
Radiology |
| 2011-2012 |
Robert Van Der Vaart, MD |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Ophthalmology |
| 2011-2012 |
Jonathan Hinshelwood, MD |
University of South Carolina |
Diagnostic Radiology, University of Alabama |
| 2010-2011 |
Travis Jenkins, MD |
New York Medical College |
Ophthalmology, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary |
| 2009-2010 |
Michael Davis, MD |
University of South Carolina |
Diagnostic Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina |
| 2009-2010 |
J. Griff Kuremsky, MD |
George Washington University |
Nuclear Medicine, Wake Forest University |
| 2008-2009 |
Jennifer Jarosz, MD |
SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine |
Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University |
| 2008-2009 |
Amy Ng, MD |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Texas |
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The preliminary year is similar in most ways to the categorical internship year. One major difference is that “prelims” do not have a continuity clinic; instead, they participate in a weekly half-day acute care (‘AC’) clinic.
As an AOA-accredited program we encourage applicants from osteopathic schools. All AOA requirements for a Transitional Year curriculum are met. We offer both the one year transitional program, as well as the three year categorical program. We encourage osteopathic students to consider applying to our program through the AOA match.
Thanks again for your interest - we look forward to hearing from you!
For more information on our program, please contact:
Ruth H. Smith, Program Administrator
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
SEAHEC
imresidency@seahec.net
910-667-9308
910-762-6800 fax
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