Our Program
Reputation
- Ranked among the 100 best hospitals in the US each year since 1998
- Named among America’s Top 50 Hospitals by Becker’s Hospital Review
- Award-winning teaching faculty
- The St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana and St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital ranked as the top two hospitals in Indiana and among the top 10% nationally for cardiology and coronary interventions according to a study issued by HealthGrades
- HealthGrades rated St. Vincent among the top 5% in the nation for stroke care, and Indiana’s number one provider of gastrointestinal care, spine surgery, and vascular surgery
- The 800-bed acute care facility also received the Excellence Awards in critical care and women’s health by HealthGrades
- ICU ranked among the Top 100 in the Nation by USA Today / Solucient Leadership Institute
- Internationally recognized and renowned cardiology program
- St. Vincent Heart Center is #1 in the state for number of heart transplants, and specializes in advanced heart failure and LVADs
- Level I Trauma Center, Indiana leader in Stroke Care
Training And Education
- Balanced program size, allowing for optimization of dedicated education time while still allowing for a breadth of diverse patient encounters
- Emphasis on dedicated learning time:
- Clinical reasoning conferences four times per week
- Weekly Academic Half Days with National speakers, local specialists, St Vincent IM and Specialty faculty, and Resident-presented case conferences, journal clubs, morbidity & mortality conferences and research
- Interdisciplinary approach to rounding, with active involvement from teaching PharmDs and nursing
- Dedicated procedure workshop for residents to learn skills needed for ICU care
- Experience in the ICU with close mentoring by ICU faculty and Pulm/CC fellows, allowing for significant procedural experience including intubations, central lines, arterial lines and directing ACLS
- Night float system to reduce resident burnout and ensure adequate work-life balance
- Ability to teach medical students: our department hosts 3rd and 4th year medical students from Indiana University and Marian University, typically with 1:1 Resident to Student teaching ratio
- Small teaching teams, typically with 2 Interns and 1 Resident and a designated Faculty, allowing for development of a close teaching relationship
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Access to a multi-million dollar facility and dedicated Simulation educators for hands on simulation learning
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Clinician Educator Track (CET) available for those interested in potential careers in academia, as well as a longitudinal Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum with requirements for basic skills and an optional additional track for more in-depth ultrasound training.
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Dedicated academic faculty with strong interests in research, quality improvement, and other scholarly activity to help you find projects that interest you and increase your scholarly productivity.