Graduate Medical Education

Welcome Message from the Program Director

Welcome to the St. Joseph Medical Center Kansas City Internal Medicine Residency Program Website. The new program is an ACGME-accredited categorical internal medicine program set to start in July 2025. The program is approved for 13 categorical residents in each post-graduate year. Our program is part of the Prime Healthcare South Consortium, which includes 4 other internal medicine programs we will work closely with for educational opportunities. We are affiliated with the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) School of Medicine which is a Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accredited institution. Our teaching standards are consistent with university-based programs and our faculty members have academic teaching appointments commensurate with experience.

I have had the opportunity to be involved in medical education since 2013 as a clinical faculty member at my alma mater located here in Kansas City. Teaching and training the next generation of physicians has been my career passion. Recently, I have humbly accepted the position of Program Director for what I know will be an excellent program. Starting a new program is challenging, but our commitment to the task is greater. Our leadership team, including Associate Program Director and Core Faculty is an accomplished group of physicians actively practicing in multiple subspecialities. Many of us have called Kansas City home since childhood and we are excited to give back to the communities in which we grew up.

We are proud of our community roots. 83% of US hospitals are community hospitals, therefore training where you are likely to work leads to opportunities to better prepare for being real-world physicians. At the same time, our affiliation with CUSM affords us the advantages that university-based programs benefit from. There are numerous opportunities to work directly with university-based research directors on scholarly activities such as Q/I projects, bench research, and clinical research. As part of the Prime Healthcare South Consortium, our residents will interact directly with residents and faculty from other programs to facilitate didactics, lectures, journal clubs, and board review.

We believe our success is based on our resident’s success. We are looking for exceptional applicants who are bright, hard-working, and motivated to be a part of building a new internal medicine residency program here in Kansas City. A resident-centered philosophy will be the foundation of developing a program and educational environment that promotes the health, wellness, and medical training needed for career success.

Thank you for taking the time to review our program. If you are looking for a supportive program committed to your success, we welcome your application.

Amit J. Patel, MD, FASN
Program Director

Internal Medicine Residency Program

Our Internal Medicine Residency Program aims to:

• Train excellent physicians to deliver broad healthcare services in a variety of settings including inpatient, ambulatory clinics, critical care units, and emergency departments, and reduce physician shortage in the community.
• Foster a commitment to lifelong learning and promote continuous self-improvement.
• Provide a supportive and engaging educational environment that promotes research and scholarship and the assimilation of evidence-based medicine into patient care.
• Promote the advancement of health equity by addressing the community’s social determinants of health.