Thank you for visiting our website to learn about our exceptional program. We are excited to share our residency’s purpose, philosophy, and resources.

I am proud to be a graduate of the UIC Family Medicine Residency (FMR). It was here that I learned how to be a full-spectrum family medicine physician, and I continue to have the broadest scope in our department. This program trained me to do inpatient and outpatient medicine, geriatrics and home visits (with help from a UIC Geriatrics Fellowship), pregnancy care (including labor and delivery), full-spectrum reproductive health, procedures, LGBTQ+ health, medication-assisted recovery (including pregnant patients), and more! We train our residents to provide evidence-based comprehensive care as compassionate, patient-centered, justice-oriented physicians, and to serve those in areas of unmet need.

We have an extremely diverse patient population at the University of Illinois at Chicago and are one of the top Medicaid providers of Illinois. Our residents receive strong training in underserved care. However, the vulnerable groups we treat extend beyond socioeconomic status to include reproductive healthcare, LGBTQ+ care, addiction medicine, community health, and care for other special populations.

Our residency program’s broad patient populations draw from three complementary clinic sites. Mile Square Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing community-based care to a mix of mostly low-income English and Spanish speakers. University Village on the UIC undergraduate campus serves an ethnically and economically diverse community with an array of health insurances. Pilsen Family Health Center is a sliding-scale, community clinic in a majority Spanish-speaking neighborhood.

Our residents come from all over the country and work together as a cohesive and mutually supportive team. They have chosen UIC FMR for the opportunity to become evidence-based, full-spectrum Family Medicine physicians with expertise in the care of special and vulnerable populations, addressing social determinants of health and health disparities. Our residents also take advantage of the many University resources, such as tuition waivers for graduate school, College of Medicine teaching roles, and the tremendous network of interprofessional and community partners available to our department.

We, as a department, believe that family medicine is the answer to many of the challenges of American healthcare, and our faculty represent the diverse spectrum of family medicine. They each maintain broad-scope practices alongside our residents at either University Village/Pilsen or one of Mile Square’s sites. Activities of the faculty include organizational leadership within the College of Medicine and the University, pregnancy care (including labor and delivery), inpatient medicine, gender-inclusive medicine, substance use disorders (including pregnant patients), community outreach and activism, global health, research, teaching, procedures, and more.

We are proud to be a RHEDI site and are advocates for reproductive justice, both in education and in our own practice. We are committed to training full-scope reproductive healthcare to our residents. We are an opt-out RHEDI program, however we do require all residents to learn options counseling.

UI Health’s large academic medical system provides the benefit of training in advanced specialty and subspecialty departments via upper-level rotations. Within the university medical center, we maintain two “unopposed” family medicine inpatient services. In these services, we provide care to our own adult, child, newborn, and pregnant/laboring patients as well as a portion of the “unassigned” patients admitted from the Emergency Department. Our residents also rotate with several specialty services at Jesse Brown Veteran’s Administration Hospital, and we hold a competitive Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) grant.

We have built this program to help you realize your highest potential as a family medicine physician. If you are seeking full-spectrum, urban underserved, academic family medicine training, please consider UIC FMR.

All applicants must be registered with the NRMP and apply through ERAS.

Additionally, all applicants must have passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensure Examination (COMLEX) Level 1.

Graduates from medical schools outside of the United States (US)

If you graduated from a medical program outside the US, you must meet the following criteria for your application to be reviewed:

• Hold a medical degree from a school listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools.
• Have a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) if already graduated from medical school.
• Have US citizenship or legal authorization to work in the US. Our program does not sponsor visas.

Please note that graduates from medical schools outside of the US are unlikely to be considered for an invitation to interview if they have not had substantial clinical experience in the US or if they graduated from medical school more than three years ago.​

Interviews are scheduled on most Wednesdays in October through January each year. Interviews will be held virtually.

Applicants will be contacted via email by our residency program coordinators with an invitation to schedule an interview.

At the University of Illinois at Chicago Family Medicine Residency and Psychiatry-Family Medicine Residency, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as core pillars of our pledge to train future Family Physicians and double-boarded Psychiatrist/ Family Physicians with an expertise in the physical and mental health needs of the community. We believe that a diverse and inclusive environment creates a supportive community for our residents that will reflect and enrich patient care.

Diversity: We uplift and celebrate the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that each resident brings to our program. Embracing diversity allows us to better understand and address the varied healthcare disparities experienced within our patient populations, thus promoting cultural sensitivity, humility, and empathy in every aspect of our program.

Equity: Our dedication to equity is reflected in our pursuit of advocacy and justice within healthcare. We strive to reduce healthcare disparities by providing full-spectrum training to our residents along with equitable opportunities for professional growth, mentorship, and access to robust research opportunities. Our commitment to equity ensures that every resident has the support needed to thrive in their medical training journey.

Inclusion: We prioritize an inclusive environment where all individuals feel valued and heard. Through open communication and active residency leadership-resident partnerships, we strive to create a sense of belonging that empowers residents to contribute their unique strengths to our collective success. Inclusion is a daily practice that enriches the fabric of our residency community.

This DEI statement encompasses our personal call to action. Our residency program actively works to dismantle barriers, promote equal opportunities, and cultivate a culture that respects and values the diversity of human backgrounds and perspectives.