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
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, and many 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 few years are summarized below.
Allergy & Immunology
| Kaiser Los Angeles Mount Sinai (New York) National Jewish (Denver) Scripps Health UC Irvine UC San Diego University of Southern California Vanderbilt |
Cardiology | Baylor College of Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cedars-Sinai Harbor-UC Los Angeles Houston Methodist Kaiser Los Angeles Kaiser San Francisco Massachusetts General Hospital Montefiore (New York) Oregon Health Sciences University UC Davis UC Irvine UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Colorado University of Utah |
Endocrinology
| Stanford UC Los Angeles UC San Diego University of Southern California University of Washington UT Southwestern |
Gastroenterology
| Baylor College of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Mayo Clinic (Arizona) Temple UC Irvine UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Colorado University of Southern California UT Southwestern |
Geriatrics | Stanford UC San Diego |
Global Health | UC San Francisco
|
Hematology/Oncology
| MD Anderson Scripps Health Temple Tufts UC Los Angeles UC San Diego University of Washington Vanderbilt Washington University |
Hospital Medicine
| Cedars-Sinai Cornell Harbor-UC Los Angeles Kaiser San Diego Oregon Health Sciences University Scripps San Diego Sharp San Diego UC Irvine UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Southern California VA Palo Alto VA San Diego |
Infectious Diseases
| CDC (Epidemic Intelligence Service) National Institutes of Health Stanford UC San Diego University of Colorado |
Nephrology
| Oregon Health Sciences University Stanford UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Washington |
Palliative Care
| Mount Sinai (New York) UC San Diego / Scripps University of Utah UT Southwestern |
Primary Care
| Family Health Centers of San Diego Guam Kaiser San Diego San Francisco Bay Area Scripps San Diego Sharp San Diego UC San Diego UT Southwestern |
Pulmonary & Critical Care
| Cedars-Sinai Stanford UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Michigan UT Southwestern |
Rheumatology
| UC Los Angeles UC San Diego UC San Francisco University of Washington |
Sleep Medicine
| Stanford
|
Sports Medicine | Vanderbilt |
Survivorship
| Memorial Sloan Kettering |
Fellowship Opportunities
The Department of Medicine at UC San Diego offers ACGME-accredited fellowship training in 14 internal medicine subspecialties. Here, our fellows find the mentors, abundant opportunities, and 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 or fellowship director at the following address:
(Division Contact Name)
UC San Diego Medical Center
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-(Mail Code)
Allergy & Immunology
|
Marc Riedl, MD
|
Amanda Williamson | 0656
|
Advanced Heart Failure |
Eric Adler, MD
|
Margo Relaford | 7411 |
Cardiovascular Medicine |
Daniel Blanchard, MD
|
Margo Relaford
| 7411
|
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
|
Gregory K. Feld, MD
|
Gini Roberts
| 7411 |
Interventional Cardiology |
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD
|
Margo Relaford | 7411 |
Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Trica Santos Cavaiola, MD
|
Amanda Williamson | 0618
|
Gastroenterology |
Denise Kalmaz, MD
|
Roslyn Lara | 0956 |
Transplant Hepatology |
Denise Kalmaz, MD
|
Roslyn Lara | 0956 |
Geriatric Medicine |
Roopali Gupta, MD
|
Jennifer Reichstadt | 8415 |
Hematology & Oncology |
Luda Bazhenova, MD
|
Eric Lin | 0829 |
Infectious Diseases |
Constance Benson, MD
|
Meredith Lococo | 0711
|
Nephrology & Hypertension |
Cynthia Miracle, MD
|
Raeann Miller
| 8409
|
Physician-Scientist Training Pathway
| Renate Pilz, MD
| Anne Bamrick-Rosenblatt
| 8425
|
Pulmonary & Critical Care
|
Dan Crouch, MD
|
Judy Davis
| 7381 |
Rheumatology |
Arnold Ceponis, MD
|
Amanda Williamson | 0656
|
Primary Care Opportunities
Primary Care experiences are available to residents at several locations throughout San Diego: UC San Diego Internal Medicine Group, VA San Diego Health Care, Scripps HealthCare, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Family Health Centers of San Diego, and private-practice primary care settings.
The program also offers the Primary Care Pathway, where residents spend three, 2-week rotations on this block annually. Each block consists of a mix of continuity clinics, subspecialty clinics, a primary care academic half-day, and unique clinical and educational opportunities.