Highlights
- The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM) in Knoxville is part of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the statewide academic health system. The school, together with clinical partner University Health System Inc., and the College of Pharmacy form the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville. UTMCK is the only academic medical center in the area.
- Our clinical partner provides the largest array of comprehensive services on one campus in the East Tennessee region. The hospital serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. As a major clinical teaching facility we offer a diverse environment for clinical education.
- M-3 Medical students are offered clerkships in Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- M-4 Students are offered electives that encompass all specialties and subspecialties including a rural surgery rotation.
- Residency programs include: Anesthesiology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Family Medicine, Pathology,
Internal Medicine, Radiology,
General Dentistry, Surgery,
Nuclear Medicine, Transitional Year,
Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Urology. (A Pastoral Care Residency Program is offered through the UT Medical Center.)
- Fellowships programs are offered in: Family Medicine - Advanced Obstetrics, Behavioral Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics, Sports Medicine; Internal Medicine- Cardiology and Pulmonology; Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery; Pathology - Cytopathology,
Surgical Pathology; Surgery - Trauma/Critical Care, and Vascular Surgery.
- A Patient Simulation Laboratory is offered to those who train here as well as to health care providers in the region.
- Eight academic departments participate in the Comparative and Experimental Medicine Graduate Program along with the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Microbiology offering both master's and doctoral degrees.
- The UT Genetics Center is the only genetics center in the 16 counties of the middle East Tennessee region; it is the metabolic center for the 34 counties of East Tennessee and it serves as the sickle cell center for middle and upper East Tennessee.
- Principal Research initiatives fall into the categories of (1) Neurodegenerative Diseases, (2) Cancer, and (3) Heart, Lung, Vascular Disorders with (4) Imaging Research playing a significant role in both cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
- The Medical Explorations Program is offered to high school students and some college students who are interested in a medical career.
- Applications for our summer internships are available each year from December through March
