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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Internal Medicine

Residency · Richmond, VA

Sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University Health System · Director Rebecca Forrest

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Class size
54

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

202253/53
202353/53
202448/53
202554/54
202654/54

Who started, by class

Started 20269 on record of 34 seats · 1 DO, 1 international · 6 published before starting
  • Pratyush Narayan7 papers · 2 first author
  • Sami Samaan2 papers
  • Amman Akram1 paper
  • Andrew Pidutti1 paper · 1 review
  • Sahaja Ampolu1 paper · 1 review
  • Sanyam Patel1 paper · 1 review
  • Ani OhanianEdward Via Carolinas Coll of Osteo Med
  • Azam AlamdariIran University of Medical Sciences
  • Edward Xie
Started 202513 on record of 34 seats · 1 US MD, 4 international · 7 published before starting
  • Mathieu ChoufaniAmerican University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine4 papers · 2 first author · 2 reviews
  • Megan Broughton4 papers
  • Nancy Safwan3 papers · 2 first author · 2 reviews
  • Nicole Koutras3 papers · 1 case report · 1 review
  • Gurbani Jolly2 papers · 1 first author
  • Benjamin TaberGeorge Washington University Medical School1 paper
  • Zachary Speciale1 paper · 1 first author · 1 review
  • Amal AbdellatifWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
  • Amrinder SinghVardhman Mahavir Med Coll Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univ
  • Aurangzeb AfzalKing Edward Med Coll
  • Brady Simpson
  • Chris Raffoul
  • Jyotsna Bitra
Started 20249 on record of 33 seats · 3 US MD · 6 published before starting
  • Madeleine Miles2 papers · 1 first author
  • Rohan DodEastern Virginia Medical School2 papers · 1 first author · 1 review
  • Eva Jin1 paper · 1 case report · 1 review
  • Ezana Befekadu1 paper
  • Racha Ghoussaini1 paper · 1 first author
  • Shanedeep GillEastern Virginia Medical School1 paper
  • Christopher RumrillSanford Sch of Med at Univ of South Dakota
  • Jared Burkert
  • Tom Kariyil

Training

3 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to cardiovascular disease.

Months at each site

  • Medical College of Virginia Hospitals24 mo
  • Central Virginia VA Health Care System (Richmond)12 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship115
  • Pulmonary Disease And Critical Care Medicine Fellowship80
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship69
  • Hematology And Medical Oncology Fellowship53
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, And Metabolism Fellowship39
  • Diagnostic Radiology Residency36

Where graduates work now

  • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine103
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System25
  • Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital16
  • Pulmonary Associates of Richmond Inc12
  • Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine10
  • Henrico Doctors' Hospital9

Research

29% of current residents have a paper since 2023

2 of 7, 3 papers between them

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

People

Leadership

  • Rebecca ForrestProgram Director - Residency Training Program
  • Alexander RittenbergAssociate Program Director - Inpatient Medicine
  • Frank FulcoAssociate Program Director - VAMC Oversight
  • Pete MeliagrosAssociate Program Director - Procedure Training

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

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ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyPositions: 1
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 27
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 3
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 5
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 15
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 2
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 18
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 6
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 3
  • Interventional PulmonologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 8
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 15
  • RheumatologyPositions: 4
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 2
  • Transplant NephrologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 29°. About 9 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

615k people live within 20 minutes of Medical College of Virginia Hospitals by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,490 a month within 10 miles of Medical College of Virginia Hospitals.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • Heat waves
  • River flooding
  • Tornadoes