Medical College of Georgia-Candler Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an inaugural community-based Internal Medicine residency (first class July 2027) sponsored by St. Joseph's/Candler in partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, combining two faith-founded acute-care hospitals (Candler Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital) with a continuity clinic housed in the historic Georgia Infirmary, a site explicitly serving a medically underserved Savannah population. The curriculum is deliberately balanced toward ambulatory medicine, chronic disease management, and population health/preventive care rather than subspecialty procedural volume, with team-based care and quality improvement embedded throughout training. Research is structurally supported (dedicated research coordinator, MCG medical librarian, annual Research Day, jeopardy system protecting conference time) but is framed as a scholarly-development add-on rather than a driver of program identity, and outcomes are explicitly framed as supporting both community/hospitalist practice and competitive fellowship placement. The program values applicants drawn to continuity relationships, care of underserved and socially complex patients, and building a career within the community where they train.