Residency Programs

Family Medicine Refugee Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
Valleywise Health, Creighton University, School of Medicine
Training level: Residency
Contact person: Baharak Tabarsi, MD

Family Medicine Refugee Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Wesley Community Health Center
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Family Medicine residents
Contact person: Shahrzad Saririan, MD

Health Equity and Community Medicine Fellowship (with an emphasis on refugees and migrant health)
Phoenix, AZ
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Wesley Community Health Center
Training level: Fellowship (PGY4,5)
Who can apply: Family Medicine graduates, Board-certified family physicians
Contact person: Shahrzad Saririan, MD
https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/community-medicine-fellowship

Center for Refugee and Global Health
Phoenix, AZ
Valleywise Health
Training level: Residency
Contact person: Jeanne Nizigiyimana and Anna Kline

Note: Any training requests go through their Academic Affairs and they will direct it to the right department for support. Clinical rotations and shadowing opportunities are handled differently. They can specify that they would like the experience to be tied to Refugee Health.

Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing
Oakland, CA
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Pediatric Residency
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Immigrant Health curriculum for all residents; additional elective options
Contact person: Zarin Noor MD, MPH
https://immigrantchild.ucsf.edu/

UCSD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
San Diego, CA
Linkages to Refugee Health Alliance and Survivors of Torture International
Training level: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Who can apply: psychiatry residents interested in child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship
Contact person: Shawn Singh Sidhu MD

UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative
California
University of California, San Francisco
Training level: Residency Electives; Medical Student Electives; Fellowship track with UCSF HEAL Global Health Fellowship
Who can apply: All medical students, residents, fellows
Contact person: Triveni DeFries, MD
https://humanrights.ucsf.edu/

Denver Health Track
Denver, CO
University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency (UCFMR)
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: FM residents
Contact person: Daniel White, MD
https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/family-medicine/education-and-training/residencies/university-of-colorado-family-medicine-residency/tracks/denver-health-track

Notes: The University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency (UCFMR) has a residency track that is co-located at the Denver Health Lowry Family Health Center where the Denver Health Refugee Screening Program is based. We train 5 FM residents per year in the Denver Health Track of the UCFMR University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Denver Health Track (cuanschutz.edu) and these residents are expected to rotate through our screening clinic and become proficient in providing primary care to immigrant and refugee populations. Our residency also features a Global and Immigrant Health Concentration (GIHC) that involves some additional curriculum and training for residents who are specifically interested in Global and Immigrant Health.

Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway
Connecticut
Yale School of Medicine
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Internal medicine and Med-Peds residents
Contact person: Tracy Rabin MD
https://medicine.yale.edu/internal-medicine/education/residency/specializations/pathways/global-health-equity/

Global Health Track & Refugee Clinic
New Haven, CT
Yale Pediatrics Residency Program
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Pediatric Residents and/or Med-Peds Residents at Yale
Contact person: Julia Rosenberg & Camille Brown
https://medicine.yale.edu/pediatrics/education/residency/opportunities/globalhealthtrack/#global-health-track

UConn Immigrant Health
Farmington, CT
University of CT
Training level: Medical students and IM residency
Who can apply: Required for med/dental students, elective (part of GH track for residents)
Contact person: Susan Levine, MD

Johns Hopkins University/HEAL Refugee Health & Asylum Collaborative
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg General Preventive Medicine Residency
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: General Preventive Medicine Residents
Contact person: C. Nicholas Cuneo, MD, MPH
www.healasylum.org

CHA Asylum Medicine Elective
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Residents from any discipline, generally PGY2 and above
Contact person: Eleanor Emery, MD
Notes: Yearlong multidisciplinary training elective that teaches forensic medical evaluation of asylum seekers as a tool for giving residents a skill set applicable to care of displaced populations more broadly
https://www.healthequity.challiance.org/asylum-medicine

Immigrant & Refugee Preventive Medicine Fellowship
Boston, MA
Boston Medical Center
Training Level: Fellowship (PGY4,5)
Who can apply: Anyone who has completed a 3 yr ACGME residency, with a focus on primary care and public health provision
Contact person: Pablo Buittron de la Vega

Hennepin Healthcare Global and Underserved Healthcare Track
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hennepin Healthcare
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Internal Medicine and combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residents
Contact person: Megan Shaughnessy, MD
Email: megan.shaughnessy@hcmed.org
https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/medical-education-training/residency-programs/internal-medicine-residency/ 

Global Medicine Pathway
Minnaepolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Training Level: Residency
Who can apply: Internal medicine, med/peds, med/derm and pediatric Global Health training pathways
Contact person: Bill Stauffer, Brett Hendel-Patterson, Mike Sunberg, Patricia Walker, MD, DTM&H, FASTMH
Email: stauf005@umn.edu, radic011@umn.edu
https://med.umn.edu/dom/education/global-medicine/resident-education

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) – Refugee Health Program
Philadelphia, PA
CHOP
Training level: Residency
Who can apply: Pediatric residents who are at CHOP can rotate
Contact person: Mary Fabio, MD
https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/refugee-health-program

Penn Refugee Clinic at Penn Center for Primary Care
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Training level: Residency and Medical Students
Who can apply: IM residents, medical students, we also have other residents from various specialties join periodically
Contact person: Rachael Truchil

Refugee Health Program
Providence, RI
Hasbro Children’s Hospital/Brown University
Training Level: Residency
Who can apply: Pediatric residents
Contact person: Carol Lewis, MD
https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/refugee-health-clinic

Health Equity Track
Texas
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Training Level: Internal medicine residents
Who can apply: Incoming first-year residents
Contact person: Elena Jiménez Gutiérrez
https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/medicine/education/internal-medicine-residency/tracks/health-equity/

MEDI 4105: Human Rights and Asylum Medicine Elective Course
Texas
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Training Level: Medical students
Who can apply: Fourth-year medical students
Contact person: Elena Jiménez Gutiérrez
http://catalog.uthscsa.edu/generalinformation/coursedescriptions/medi/

Notes: The Global Health Leadership Track (GHLT) is a program available to residents in the Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pathology, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, and Dermatology Residency Programs at the University of Virginia. The GHLT prepares physicians to become leaders in global health practice, research, policy and education. It combines didactic learning with international medical rotations and research to develop future leaders in Global Health. Residents will participate in two-week intensive courses, monthly international rounds, journal clubs, and round table dinners. During their time abroad residents identify needs in their international community and work on a project to answer questions or improve care related to that need. Ideally previous projects are stepping stones for future ones. Residents may choose instead to take part in larger, established projects at their site.

International Family Medicine Clinic (IFMC)
Charlottesville, VA
University of Virginia
Training Level: Residency
Contact person: Fern Hauck, MD, MS
https://med.virginia.edu/family-medicine/clinics/international-family-medicine-clinic/

Notes: The UVA Department of Family Medicine established the International Family Medicine Clinic (IFMC) in 2002 to provide a primary care medical home for the majority of refugees of all ages who are resettled in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, including pregnant persons. The IFMC collaborates closely with the local health department, refugee resettlement agency and other community organizations. All residents have a panel of refugee patients for continuity care in years 2 and 3 of residency. There is a comprehensive curriculum in refugee care, including grand rounds and workshops. We also offer a 4 week 4th year medical student elective which includes sessions in the IFMC and meeting with the interprofessional team including RN Care Coordinator, PharmD, Social Worker, refugee agency, health department.

Swedish First Hill Family Medicine
Seattle, WA
Swedish First Hill Hospital/ University of Washington
Training Level: Residency
Who can apply: Family Medicine resident
Contact person: Jon Dela Cruz, Jesse Zayas
http://www.swedishfirsthill.org/electives