About Our Program

Overlook Hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program is a three-year categorical community-based program.   The hospital also provides a wide array of advanced subspecialty services including cardiac catheterization, emergency angioplasty, dialysis, sleep medicine and advanced neuroscience interventions.

• Our program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and is approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). 
• We received the maximum number of years accreditation from the Residency Review Committee (RRC) in 2002 and 2008; five-year accreditation.
• Our average American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) exam pass rate, over the past three years, is 96 percent. 
• Our general internal medicine and subspecialty faculty members are excellent educators and role models for the residents.
• We have placed residents in fellowships in nephrology, infectious disease, pulmonary/critical care, pain/palliative care, genetics and many other specialties.
• We have a one-year sports medicine fellowship open to osteopathic residents.
• We use a shift system on the medical floors and the ICU/CCU.
• Our chief resident is a liaison between the faculty and residents.  He/she is actively involved in curriculum development, education and supervision of residents.
• Medical students from Saint George’s University and Kirksville Osteopathic School of Medicine rotate through the Internal Medicine floors, ICU/CCU and a variety of electives.
• Overlook Hospital’s Health Sciences Library provides 24-hour access to Internet resources and a full compliment of textbooks and journals. It has information for health care providers, consumers and patients.
• Our program offers full benefits and salary.