Allegheny Health Network Welcomes 2024-25 Class of Medical Residents and Fellows from Around the World

Friday, June 28, 2024

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PITTSBURGH - This week, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is welcoming 183 new residents and fellows to its graduate medical education (GME) training programs, part of the network's long-standing commitment to training the next generation of physicians in their chosen specialties.

Beginning on June 27^th, prior to the start of the new academic year on July 1^st, many of AHN's new, hospital-based residents and fellows will convene at AHN Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) for orientation.

The new trainees, including 140 residents and 43 fellows, come from 31 U.S. states and 23 countries.

"AHN's GME program is one of the oldest in the state and largest in the country, and has trained thousands of remarkable physicians who have gone on to care for patients here in Western Pennsylvania and around the world," said James B. Reilly, MD, senior vice president of Academic Affairs and designated institutional official for GME within AHN's Medical Education Consortium. "We are so pleased to welcome this new class of residents and fellows and look forward to their continued growth and contributions to the field of medicine."

The 183 incoming residents and fellows are joining hundreds of other trainees who are already embedded in AHN's multi-year educational programs. In all, AHN now has 559 physician trainees - 450 residents and 109 fellows, working across 50 accredited programs and specialties. More than 700 faculty members across AHN participate in the training mission as teachers, preceptors and/or program leaders.

Residents are newly graduated doctors who have recently finished medical school and are now pursuing graduate medical training. Fellows are board-certified doctors who have finished their residencies and are completing additional training in a specific specialty or subspecialty.

As part of this week's orientation sessions, new residents and fellows will be welcomed by faculty members and will receive introductory instruction in the areas of clinician wellness, patient experience, patient safety, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

The GME program holds medical school affiliations with both Drexel University College of Medicine and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, two of the country's largest medical schools, but accepts residents and fellows from medical schools and hospital training programs around the world. This year's group of new doctors graduated from medical schools across 28 U.S. states and 17 countries.

The new residents and fellows will receive hands-on training in: anesthesiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, vascular surgery, infectious disease, emergency medicine, orthopaedic surgery, cardiovascular disease, nephrology, family medicine, otolaryngology, colon and rectal surgery, orthopaedic sports medicine, foot and ankle surgery, pathology, complex general surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, pain medicine, general dentistry, general surgery, psychiatry, endocrinology, rheumatology, internal medicine, radiation oncology, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, radiology, hand surgery, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, hematology and medical oncology, and thoracic surgery.

To learn more about graduate medical education at AHN, https://www.ahn.org/health-care-professionals/education/graduate-medical-education.

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