Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, community-based internal medicine residency (9 categorical positions per year) anchored at a Level II Trauma Center in coastal Wilmington, NC, emphasizing hands-on, evidence-based clinical training within a close-knit, personalized educational culture rather than a large academic infrastructure. The program explicitly supports multiple downstream paths — hospital medicine, primary care, or subspecialty fellowship — without foregrounding a dominant research identity or named fellowship pipeline. Its stated values (camaraderie, compassion, integrity) and repeated emphasis on faculty knowing residents individually suggest a program that prioritizes relational fit and resident well-being over high-volume tertiary/quaternary complexity or scholarly output. The community setting and trauma-center exposure provide broad general medicine experience suited to residents seeking a supportive, low-hierarchy training environment.