Main Line Health System-Lankenau Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Lankenau Medical Center's Internal Medicine program is a university-level academic experience within a community-embedded, referral-based medical center in suburban Philadelphia, drawing roughly half its patients from West Philadelphia and half from surrounding suburbs, giving residents exposure across the socioeconomic spectrum without transferring complex cases out. The program is fellowship-oriented, with about 80% of graduates entering subspecialty fellowships (many staying on-site in cardiology, GI, heme/onc, and pulm/crit care), supported by on-campus fellowships and the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, though a recent and explicit shift has produced more primary-care-bound graduates than in the prior decade, reflecting investment in the X+Y ambulatory model and continuity practice at Lankenau Medical Associates. Distinctive structural features include a longitudinal X+Y ambulatory schedule with protected education time, a designated LGBTQ-inclusive primary care hub with gender-affirming hormone therapy training, a Suboxone clinic, embedded psychology/social work/pharmacy support, and a POCUS curriculum with dedicated devices and electives. The program explicitly emphasizes a "family-type," personalized, mentorship-driven culture with close faculty-resident relationships, wellness coaching, and career mentorship rather than high-volume anonymity.