Internal Medicine Residency Program

Welcome to Our Program

I feel honored to have the opportunity to be the Program Director of the University of New Mexico Internal Medicine Residency Program. It is both a privilege and a responsibility I hold dear. It is a privilege because I have the opportunity to nurture young physicians while they develop their medical knowledge, grow in self confidence and mature in their professionalism. It is a responsibility because I must ensure that their environment is conducive to learning.

My goal is to tailor our residency training for each individual resident to their needs while meeting the requirements for board certification. So, if you want to be a gastroenterologist, we provide research time in a GI basic science lab; if you want to be a hospitalist, we offer extra medical consultation months or private hospitalist months; if you want to be a rural physician, you can do rotations in an underserved New Mexico community; if you are interested in international medicine, we can coordinate a research month in India, an ID month in Chile looking at Hanta Virus, or an HIV clinic month in Kenya.

I believe in looking at a resident as not only a physician, but also as a spouse/partner, a pet owner, a hiker, a rock climber, a snow boarder, a parent, a beer connoisseur, an avid reader, a pianist, a swing dancer, a chef of Ethiopian cuisine. While it is my job to foster the lifelong learner in my residents, it is also my role as an educator to guide residents in becoming not only successful physicians but also successful people.

Betty Chang, MD, Program Director