MedPage Today September 29, 2025
— Let’s make primary care medicine into the crown jewel of healthcare
Well, the autumnal equinox has come and gone, and the leaves have started to turn and fall on the streets of New York City.
Along with this changing of the seasons have come a flurry of inquiries from senior residents at internal medicine (IM) residencies across the region and beyond, starting to look for advice about jobs.
At this point, it does my heart good — it warms me — when I hear that senior residents, despite practicing in residency clinics and practices across the country, still have a yearning, and the intention, to practice primary care outpatient medicine.
Here at our tertiary/quaternary care academic medical center, the...







