Internal Medicine Residency

Welcome from Dr. Zimmer

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Program of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). This is one of the most exciting times to be entering the field of internal medicine, and we invite you to explore our program and consider how our educational goals fit with your career aspirations. Our mission to train the next generation of leaders in medicine is grounded in fundamental principles of compassionate patient-centered and evidence-based medical care and education. The uniqueness of our training program comes through an innovative and individualized curriculum that harnesses resources from a world-class research university and one of the country's largest integrated health systems. We hope that you will have an opportunity to visit us and meet our outstanding and highly committed residents and faculty. Thank you for your interest in internal medicine at UPMC.

- Shanta M. Zimmer, MD

"If Pittsburgh were situated somewhere in the heart of Europe, tourists would eagerly journey hundreds of miles out of their way to visit it. Its setting is spectacular: between high bluffs, where the Monongahela River and the Allegheny River meet to form the Ohio."—Brendan Gill, architecture writer for The New Yorker, 1989