Career Pathways

Career Planning | Graduates' Career Paths (2004-2019) | Fellowship Opportunities | Primary Care Opportunities

Career Planning

The faculty of the UC San Diego Department of Medicine is comprised of talented clinicians, nationally recognized scientists, and skillful teachers who are easily accessible to residents seeking guidance in career planning. We take great pride in our graduating residents and are strongly committed to launching them into highly successful internal medicine careers. We offer annual career planning seminars to equip residents with the tools they need to obtain the jobs or fellowships they seek.

Graduates' Career Paths (2004-2019)

Graduates of the UC San Diego Internal Medicine Training Program are highly trained internists with skills and capabilities well suited to a variety of career paths, ranging from fellowships to primary care medicine, hospital medicine or global health.

Approximately 65% of the graduating housestaff seek subspecialty training. The majority of our residents obtain their top choices for fellowship training at prestigious programs around the country, including many who choose to stay at UC San Diego.

Many of our graduates choose to remain in Southern California and have matched very well despite the competitiveness of academic fellowship programs in this area. For those graduates wishing to remain in general internal medicine practice, the growing San Diego community offers many excellent practice opportunities.

The career paths of our graduates over the past twelve years are summarized below.

FELLOWSHIP	LOCATION
Allergy	Massachusetts General Hospital Mount Sinai National Institutes of Health National Jewish, Denver UC Davis UC Irvine UC San Diego University of Pennsylvania Vanderbilt University West LA Veterans Administration Hospital
Anesthesiology	University of Washington
Cardiology	Baylor College of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital California Pacific Medical Center Cedars Sinai Harbor UCLA Houston Methodist Kaiser Los Angeles Loma Linda University Loyola University Oregon Health &Science University St. Louis University UC Irvine UC Davis UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Colorado University of Louisville University of Southern California University of Washington
Endocrinology	Columbia University Stanford University UC San Diego UC Los Angeles UC San Francisco University of Washington
Gastroenterology	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Good Samaritan Hospital/Phoenix Scripps Green/La Jolla, California UC Davis UC Irvine UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of New Mexico University of Pittsburgh University of Southern California University of Texas Southwestern
Geriatrics	Scripps Green/La Jolla, California UC San Diego University of Alabama, Birmingham
Hematology/Oncology	Dana Farber Cancer Institute Oregon Health & Science University MD Anderson Scripps Green/La Jolla, California Tufts University UC Davis UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of New Mexico University of Washington Vanderbilt UniversityWashington University
Hospital Medicine	Kaiser, San Diego El Camino Hospital, Palo Alto, CA New Orleans, LA Scripps Health, San Diego UC Los Angeles UC San Diego
Infectious Diseases	Brigham and Women's Hospital Brown University Massachusetts General Hospital National Institutes of Health Stanford University UC San Diego University of Colorado University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill University of Wisconsin
Nephrology-Hypertension	Cedars-Sinai Oregon Health & Science University Stanford University UC Los Angeles UC San Diego University of Texas Houston
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine	Cedars Sinai Cornell University Massachusetts General Hospital Northwestern University Oregon Health & Science University Stanford University UC Irvine UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Washington
Radiation Oncology	UC San Diego
Rheumatology	UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco
Other	Cancer Research, UC San Diego Centers for Disease Control Epidemiology Intelligence Service Palliative Medicine Fellowship, UC San Diego Palliative Care, Mount Sinai United States Air Force

Fellowship Opportunities

The Department of Medicine at UC San Diego offers ACGME-accredited fellowship training in 14 internal medicine subspecialties. Here, our fellowship students find the mentors, the abundant opportunities, and the collegial relationships that establish the foundation for distinguished careers in internal medicine.

For information regarding fellowship opportunities, please address your inquiries to the appropriate division head/fellowship director at the following address:

(Division Contact Name)
UC San Diego Medical Center
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, California 92103-(Mail Code)

Division	Program Director	Program Coordinator	Mail Code
Allergy & Immunology	Marc Riedl, MD	raifellow@ucsd.edu	0656
Advanced Heart Failure	Eric Adler, MD	Margo Relaford	7411
Cardiovascular Diseases	Daniel Blanchard, MD	Margo Relaford	7411
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Gregory K. Feld, MD	Gini Roberts
Interventional Cardiology	Ehtisham Mahmud, MD	Margo Relaford	7411
Endocrinology & Metabolism	Nai-Wen Chi, MD, PhD	Roslyn Lara (Interim)	0618
Gastroenterology	Denise Kalmaz, MD	Roslyn Lara	0956
Geriatrics	Roopali Gupta, MD	Jennifer Reichstadt	8415
Hematology-Oncology	Sandy Shattil, MD	Susan Stafford	0726
Infectious Diseases	Constance Benson, MD	idadmin@ucsd.edu	0711
Nephrology-Hypertension	Cynthia Miracle, MD	Maryellen McLaughlin	9111H
Physician-Scientist Training Pathway	Gerry Boss, MD	Maria Vileta	0726
Pulmonary & Critical Care	Hyong (Nick) Kim, MD	Judy Davis	7381
Rheumatology	Arnold Ceponis, MD	raifellow@ucsd.edu	0656

Primary Care Opportunities

The program offers the Primary Care Pathway where residents in the Pathway will spend three, 2-week rotations on this block annually. Each block will consist of a mix of continuity clinics, subspecialty clinics, a primary care academic half-day, and unique clinical and educational opportunities.

Specialty	LOCATION
Primary Care	UCSD La Jolla Internal Medicine Group UCSD Health System Sorrento Valley Kaiser Permanente VA San Diego Healthcare Scripps Healthcare Family Health Centers of San Diego Private practice primary care
Hospital Medicine	UC San Diego Health