Ohio State University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a long-standing (established 1985), university-affiliated combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program spanning two nationally recognized tertiary institutions, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital, with nearly 100 dual-trained faculty across both departments. Training combines high-acuity inpatient exposure at large academic centers with a dedicated, multidisciplinary combined Med-Peds continuity clinic located in a medically underserved area, giving residents both tertiary subspecialty exposure and longitudinal primary-care/ambulatory responsibility. The program explicitly supports a wide range of outcomes - primary care, subspecialty fellowship, academic medicine, hospital medicine, global health, and advocacy - reflecting a "transition-focused" combined-medicine identity rather than a single-track pipeline. It values residents who can navigate both categorical IM's large-volume, high-acuity culture and Pediatrics' longitudinal community-clinic model, with a strong internal culture of peer support and mentorship built around a sizeable (40-resident) Med-Peds cohort.