The MetroHealth System-Case Western Reserve University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is the nation's first freestanding academic Med-Peds department, based at MetroHealth, Cleveland's safety-net county health system and Level I trauma center affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. Training centers on complex, chronic, and underserved adult and pediatric populations, with distinctive emphases on transitions of care for patients with lifelong disabilities, LGBTQI+ care across the lifespan (PRIDE network), correctional medicine, addiction, and HIV care delivered through the Institute for H.O.P.E. Curriculum features integrated four-year rotation between categorical IM and Pediatrics, dual continuity clinics at Buckeye Health Center and Middleburg Heights, a global health track, POCUS training, and electives across five CWRU-affiliated hospitals (Rainbow Babies, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Louis Stokes VA). The program explicitly values curiosity, flexibility, service-learning, and demonstrated commitment to underserved communities over pure academic metrics.