McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program

Internal Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 16, 2026

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program is a residency program specializing in Internal Medicine, located in Chicago, Illinois, directed by Bruce L. Henschen Jr, MD, MPH and coordinated by Kelly Hrdy. The program accepts applications through September 24, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at kelly.hrdy@nm.org or (312) 694-0985. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

McGaw/Northwestern's Internal Medicine Residency is a flagship university-based academic program embedded within Feinberg School of Medicine, a department distinguished by top-tier NIH-level funding and twelve subspecialty divisions, each offering dedicated research training grants (NUAIR, NU-TRIHO, FCVRRI, and others) with named senior-investigator mentors. The program explicitly states its mission is to train academic internal medicine physicians oriented toward leadership in education, research, quality/safety, equity, and advocacy, and it maintains a formal Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP) and Starzl Academy infrastructure for residents pursuing research-intensive careers. Clinical training occurs across nationally ranked, downtown Chicago affiliated hospitals with a comprehensive fellowship pipeline spanning nearly every IM subspecialty, reflecting strong fellowship-bound career orientation. The program's stated selection criteria emphasize clinical and communication skills, teamwork/collegiality, leadership, resilience, and a growth mindset, alongside an active community engagement arm (ENGAGE DOM) addressing health equity in Chicago.

Who it fits

The academically driven applicant with demonstrated research productivity or scholarly leadership, aiming toward competitive subspecialty fellowship or a physician-scientist/academic medicine career, who also shows evidence of teamwork, resilience, and community-oriented advocacy work.

Research intensity

Strong - research training grants, a physician-scientist training program, and named mentorship pathways are formally integrated and actively promoted, though not mandatory for all residents.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Academic Medicine, Physician-Scientist

Important

The program states it uses program signaling and geographic preferencing as one factor in granting interviews, and requires a Chair of Medicine letter plus at least one letter from an internal medicine faculty member or subspecialist who worked closely with the applicant.

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Internal Medicine

Deadline 09/24/2027

344 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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