Dear Applicant:

Thank you for your interest in the Rush Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program. You are about to embark on a most exciting journey: the difficult, yet exhilarating, years of residency training. Your search for the right fit in a residency program should be thorough and careful; your decision will shape your future.

The Rush Med-Peds program offers unparalleled training for residents. Rush graduates are exceptionally well prepared to enter primary care, a hospitalist career, or a competitive fellowship. The Rush program has many strengths; most important among them are:

• Primary and tertiary care experiences in an appropriate mix
• Large university medical center and small combined Med-Peds outpatient group practice
• Friendly and collegial yet academically challenging environment

Please refer to the following pages for application information. Selected applicants will receive an invitation to schedule an interview.

We look forward to meeting you. If the enclosed information does not answer your questions, please e-mail us at MedPeds @ rush.edu or call (312) 942-3254.

Sincerely,

James McAuley, MD, MPH Program Director

Keith Boyd, MD Associate Program Director