Inclusive Excellence Visiting Residency Program

The Inclusive Excellence Visiting Residency program is open to all residents with focus on those whose backgrounds, experiences, or perspectives promote health equity and exemplify inclusive excellence. Selection criteria was developed in alignment with IU School of Medicine’s strategic plan.

Early communication with the program director/coordinator of the program in which you desire to rotate is critical. All visiting rotations are subject to approval by the appropriate program director/coordinator. A visiting residency request must be initiated at least 90 days in advance of the requested start date (shorter timeframes may be denied or delayed). All required documents, licensure, and modules must be received, valid, and completed prior to the requested start date.

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Submissions for the Inclusive Excellence Visiting Residency are accepted on a rolling basis. Requests must be submitted 90 days in advance of the desired start date.

Application

Thank you for your interest in the Inclusive Excellence Visiting Residency. We are currently at funding capacity for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Funding requests will resume for residencies scheduled after July 1, 2024.

Eligibility

Eligible participants must be full-time residents currently enrolled in an ACGME-accredited training program who are in good academic standing at Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) accredited U.S. and U.S territories medical schools.

Participating programs

Program	Contact	Email
Adolescent Medicine	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Adult Anesthesia	Anita Batza	abatza@iu.edu
Allergy/Immunology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Clinical Radiology	Wade Chatmon	wchatmon@iu.edu
Gastroenterology	Dr. Umer Bhatti	ubhatti@iu.edu
Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Ava Warrenfelt	avawarre@iu.edu
Orthopedics	Tina Lee	tinlee@iu.edu
Orthopedic Trauma	Yohan Jang	yjang@iuhealth.org
Otolaryngology	Jane Adamson	jaadamso@iu.edu
Pediatric Anesthesia	Serena Mahoney	semmitch@iu.edu
Pediatric Cardiology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Child Protection	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Critical Care	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Developmental Pediatrics	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Emergency Medicine	Heather Saavedra, MD	hsaavedr@iu.edu
Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Gastroenterology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Hematology Oncology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Hospitalist	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Infectious Diseases	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Nephrology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric PM&R	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Pulmonary	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu
Pediatric Rheumatology	Ellia John	eajohn@iu.edu

Financial assistance

The program will pay a $2,000 stipend only to out-of-state visiting residents to support costs associated with participation. Participants will receive compensation upon successful completion of the rotation.

Application process

Contact the program to which you are applying and complete the Visiting Residency application, which includes:

A personal statement discussing how your background, experience, or perspective promote health equity and exemplify inclusive excellence.
A letter of recommendation.
An up to date CV (Curriculum Vitae).
A letter from your residency program director stating that the applicant is in good standing.

Review the Visiting Resident Request Overview guide and ensure all information needed for a visiting appointment is provided to the program so that your visit request can be submitted by the program to the Office of Graduate Medical Education.

Length of rotation

Rotations are four weeks in duration and are subject to space availability.

For more information, please email us at iusmdiv@iu.edu.