University at Buffalo Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine residency at the University at Buffalo that trains board-eligible primary care physicians for population-health leadership rather than solely clinical practice, pairing PGY4-PGY5 preventive medicine training with a fully-funded MPH degree. The structure explicitly targets physicians already board-eligible/certified in general internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics or combined med-peds, positioning it as a post-primary-care pathway rather than an entry point from medical school. The MPH curriculum (with concentrations in biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, community health/health behavior, and health services administration) is embedded within a research-active School of Public Health with named centers (Population Health Observatory, Center for Climate Change and Health Equity, Women's Health Initiative regional coordination), and rotations extend into health departments, health systems, health plans, and federally qualified health centers. The program appears to value candidates oriented toward system-level, policy, and population-health leadership roles (medical director, quality improvement, health policy) over individual patient-care volume.