Chair’s Welcome
St. Vincent’s has a long history of providing superb education for residents and students while supporting the health needs of the communities we serve. Founded in 1903 by the Daughters of Charity to care for the poor and sick amidst a growing immigrant population, St. Vincent’s has grown from a small community hospital into a robust tertiary care center providing sophisticated, high-quality patient care and a rich educational experience for residents and students.
The Department of Medicine consists of both hospital-based as well as community-based physicians in general internal medicine and over a dozen specialties who are dedicated to excellent patient care and the educational needs of residents and students. More than 100 years later, the Department of Medicine continues to serve a highly varied population with a remarkably wide spectrum of clinical disorders. In addition to inspiring the noble mission of our hospital, our patient population provides an exceptional training environment in which to prepare for clinical practice in general medicine or a subspecialty or a career in academic medicine.
Under the partnership with Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare, we have been experiencing rapid growth in our physician staff and services. The synergistic alignment of our clinical, community service, educational and research missions with those of the School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare has created an enriched educational environment for our learners. Harnessing these resources, are dedicated to your professional development with additional focus on wellness, simulation and experiential learning opportunities, and ultrasound training, to name a few of the exciting opportunities the program offers.
I am indebted to the faculty who generously provided me with mentoring in clinical medicine, education, and research during my own training. It should be no surprise then that our program takes mentoring and career development seriously and as part of helping you develop into a strong internist, we will work closely with you and mentor you to prepare you for whatever career pathway you wish to pursue after residency. We also believe that mentoring should extend well beyond a training program’s duration and hence we are here to support you in future steps in your career, even long after you have graduated.
We encourage you to explore our program pages and look forward to meeting you!
Listy Thomas, MD MBA FACEP
Chair, Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Simulation
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Quinnipiac University
Residency Program Welcome
Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. Our vision is to be a distinguished residency program where every resident is supported to grow into an exceptional clinician and shape a meaningful career through scholarship, academic partnership and service.
We believe that becoming an excellent physician takes more than clinical experience. It requires thoughtful teaching, dedicated mentorship, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to lifelong learning. That is why we strive to create an environment where residents are pushed to reach their potential, supported through the demands of training, and encouraged to discover their strengths and aspirations. Our faculty are the heart of this environment. They generously share their knowledge, guide our residents through challenges, and create opportunities for growth. Their commitment to education and patient care makes our program what it is.
We offer both categorical and preliminary tracks, with training across our inpatient units, intensive care unit, and outpatient settings. Our residents teach Netter medical students on their clerkships, and every resident completes a scholarly project during training.
We are proud to see our residents develop not only as clinicians, but also as leaders, teachers, and advocates for their patients and communities. We value hard work, integrity, openness to feedback, and a willingness to learn from one another. The diverse experiences and perspectives our residents bring from all over the world strengthen our program and enrich the care we provide. Our goal is not simply to graduate capable internists, but to shape thoughtful physicians who will continue to learn, lead, and give back throughout their careers. We want every resident to leave prepared for the future and confident in the physician they have become.
We hope you will see yourself here.
Mariam Farhan, MD FACP
Interim Program Director
St. Vincent’s Medical Center IM Residency
IM Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Quinnipiac University
Welcome from the Designated Institutional Official
The St. Vincent’s Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency has a long and proud tradition of medical education both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Program that began in 1958 has produced countless physicians who have gone on to do great things. Included in the website is a summary of those accomplishments.
In March of 2019, after 61 years of training residents under the sponsorship of SVMC, the Program transitioned to university sponsorship by Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine (NSOM). Sponsorship means that the NSOM is now responsible educationally for the SVMC IM Program and represents it to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the national body that oversees GME. I have the privilege of serving as the Designated Institutional Officer (DIO) with responsibility for overseeing all Netter sponsored residency programs. We have a Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) that meets quarterly, oversees the sponsored programs and includes peer selected residents from all our residency programs. Currently NSOM sponsors the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Internal Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology Programs and Waterbury Hospital’s General Surgery Residency where I am also the Program Director and Chairman of Surgery.
Having an affiliation with a nationally prominent university and school of medicine carries a number of important advantages for the Program. I hope you will all have an opportunity to visit the QU campus and more specifically the Medical School campus. The resources available to our residents are extensive. The SOM has a simulation center that must be seen to be believed. Our library resources are unsurpassed and are available to all our trainees. We have statistical support for your research and have a “wet lab” to support basic science research. Being part of a major university also provides access to faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Law, Business, Engineering, etc. as well as to sports and entertainment events on one of the three QU campuses. The Netter SOM medical students spend a great deal of their time in rotations at SVMC and Waterbury Hospital. They are an integral part of the education and scholarly environment of the sponsored training programs.
In summary, we at the Netter SOM are proud and delighted to be a part of your training. Please feel free to contact me at any time.
Scott H. Kurtzman, MD FACS
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
Professor of Surgery
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Quinnipiac University
scott.kurtzman@quinnipiac.edu
203.582.7447 or 203.573.7257