Residency

We welcome you to our program. The East Carolina University (ECU) Health Medical Center Internal Medicine residency program is an integral part of the ECU Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) and ECU Health Hospital. The Department of Internal Medicine includes nine subspecialty divisions, each with a dedicated group of clinical educators and staff equally committed to patient care and medical education.

The ECU IM Program has a well-established 50-year history, strongly committed to clinical training, resident teaching, and mentorship. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, tight-knit group of residents fully integrated with faculty to foster a supportive environment that serves to improve the health of our community, while maintaining an atmosphere that is receptive to both our community’s and our residents’ needs.

The Internal Medicine Department has a perpetual dedication to excellence in clinical experience, patient care, and teaching. We strive to provide a superb foundation for our future doctors and academic leaders. Healthcare is constantly evolving, and internists care for patients in a variety of settings, with a wide range of medical conditions and preventive medicine needs. Our mission is to provide our residents with the skills necessary to thrive in an ever-changing medical environment — to go anywhere after graduation and be ready to practice and to lead.

Our Community and Reach

We proudly serve the greater Greenville area of Pitt County, as well as the 29 surrounding counties. Our referral base extends across the majority of eastern North Carolina, encompassing approximately 1.9 million people.

Our Residents

While we number around 100 residents, we still function as one diverse team. Current residents come from places throughout the world, bringing expert perspectives across many fields of medicine. Our house staff includes 22 residents per year, each contributing their unique history and skills to the program. Additionally, we offer 3 combined programs: IM/Pediatrics, IM/Psychiatry, and IM/Emergency Medicine.

Inpatient Training

Residents are encouraged to practice autonomy at a graduated level of responsibility across several settings, including the ICU, general wards, Cardiology- and Oncology-focused teams, and the clinic. In addition to working alongside our fellows, we regularly interact with residents from multiple services, including Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Psychiatry, and Neurology.

Ambulatory Training

Ambulatory training is based at the Moye Medical Clinic, which sees over 52,000 outpatient visits each year. Residents experience a broad spectrum of ambulatory needs, from evaluating patients with urgent medical problems to those requesting pre-operative evaluations or general medical exams. During ambulatory months, residents have the opportunity to work alongside sub-specialty clinicians, emphasizing a diverse training experience.

Growing With the Times

We have made many changes over the years to prepare our trainees for a changing medical landscape. This includes eliminating 24-hour shifts, embracing simulation-based education, adapting to quality improvement education and small-group lectures, and adopting geographic-based rounding and teams as we grow alongside the other services of the hospital. As our program has grown in size, so has our GME footprint — expanding to support North Carolina’s focus on rural medicine and the continued growth of eastern North Carolina.

Thank You

Thank you for your interest in our program. In tribute to East Carolina University’s trademark “Tomorrow Starts Here,” we invite you to learn more about our program. Please contact us — or, even better, visit us in eastern North Carolina to see for yourself.

Overview

The Internal Medicine Department at East Carolina University has a perpetual dedication to excellence in clinical experience, patient care, and teaching. We strive to provide a superb foundation for our future doctors and academic leaders. Healthcare is constantly fluctuating, and internists care for patients in a variety of settings, with a wide range of medical conditions and preventive medicine needs. Our mission is to provide our residents with the skills necessary to thrive in an ever-changing medical environment by fostering dynamic learning and quality patient care.

Our program values diversity of both individuals as well as diversity of thought; current residents are all over the globe. In addition to our categorical IM residents, we also work in conjunction with several combined programs including IM/Pediatrics, IM/Psychiatry, and IM/Emergency Medicine.

Mission Statement

ECU Health’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina. The ECU Internal Medicine Residency strives to improve the health and wellbeing of people in rural Eastern North Carolina. We train exceptional internists who are prepared to thrive in the rapidly changing world of clinical complexity and an evolving healthcare landscape. Through robust experience in clinical and health system science we want to cultivate outstanding physicians with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for success in a broad range of careers.