Internal Medicine Residency Program

Information for Applicants

Applications: The program only accepts applications through ERAS.

Special Requirements

  • Applicants should have graduated within the last three years.
  • Applicants should have substantive hands-on clinical experience (not observership) in a physician role of at least two months in a US academic institution within the last year.
  • Although there is no set cut off score, applicants should score at least in the mid-80s on USMLE Step I and Step II to be competitive with our usual applicant pool.
  • International medical graduates must be US citizens, be permanent residents, or be eligible for J-1 visas. Our institution does not sponsor H-1 visas.
  • Must apply via ERAS. No pre-match positions.
  • For best consideration, you should apply by Nov. 15.
  • Application deadline is December 20.
  • ECFMG certification before issuance of training license.

Materials Required

  • Dean's letter (MSPE)
  • Internal Medicine Chair's letter (may be written by a Chair's designee)
  • At least two additional letters of reference
  • Medical school transcript
  • Personal statement
  • USMLE scores
(photo)-University Hospital (photo credit - HSC Development Office)

Facts and Figures

The Department of Internal Medicine, postgraduate training program at the UNM Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine:

  • is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
  • meets the requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine
  • makes PGY I level appointments through the National Resident Matching Program
  • has 209 IM faculty at University Hospital (UH) and Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (VAMC) (these are the major physician-teaching sites in Albuquerque)

Available Positions for 2010-2011:

  • Categorical Positions: 18 to 23
  • Preliminary Positions: 4 to 9

After Residency:

  • Approximately 50% of our residents pursue further fellowship training and 50% practice as generalists
  • Recent graduating residents in the past 5 years have matched at University of Arizona, University of North Carolina, Scripps, UCSF, UCDavis, Baylor, University of Oklahoma, National Jewish Health, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington and other fine institutions.
  • 95% of our residents match into their chosen fields. Furthermore, approximately 40% of current UNM subspecialty fellows are UNM internal medicine graduates.