Temple University Hospital-Chestnut Hill Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an osteopathically-oriented, community hospital-based internal medicine residency training interns and residents across two community sites—Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital and Jefferson Abington Hospital—with an explicit emphasis on academics, board-exam performance, and close, personal attending-resident relationships rather than tertiary quaternary complexity within its home walls. Fellowship preparation is built into the structure through four to six elective blocks in years two and three, which residents use to rotate at nearby tertiary centers (Penn, Jefferson, Lankenau, Rowan) with a stated track record of placing graduates into cardiology, pulmonary/critical care, nephrology, and infectious disease fellowships. Research is not emphasized as a program pillar; the focus is squarely on clinical teaching, morning report, and case-based learning rather than scholarly output. The program values residents who thrive in a tight-knit, teaching-intensive community hospital culture and who are self-directed enough to seek out subspecialty exposure and fellowship-track experiences beyond the core sites.