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Internal Medicine Residency Program

1201 Langhorne-Newtown Rd Langhorne, PA 19047

St. Mary Medical Center


371-bed tertiary care community-based hospital Located on a beautiful 53-acre, state-of-the-art, Medical

Center campus Recipient of the America's 100 Best Hospitals award for three

consecutive years Advanced care across four primary centers of excellence

St. Mary Heart & Vascular CenterRegional Cancer CenterSt. Mary Orthopedic CenterSt. Mary Emergency Department & Level II Trauma Center

78 beds & 12 bed Pediatric ED

Our History


1860: Sisters of St. Francis opened our original Philadelphia-based St. Mary Hospital1973: Relocated to 1201 Langhorne-Newtown Rd in Langhorne, PA most underserved area in Bucks County’s1996: Expanded under new name (St. Mary Medical Center) and new designation as an Eastern Region member of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a national non-profit Catholic health-care system2001: St. Mary transferred to Catholic Health East, a Catholic health care system with a regional focus2013: Catholic Health East merged with Trinity Health, a multi-institutional, Catholic health system sponsored by Catholic Health Ministries

Our Services


Comprehensive cardiovascular program Only state-accredited Trauma Center in Bucks County Inpatient St. Mary Rehabilitation Hospital Emergency Services with a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Care

Center A Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center A Joint Commission-certified joint replacement program A Joint Commission-certified sleep disorders center St. Mary Breast Center St. Mary Regional Cancer Center AHA/ASA – Gold designation for 4 consecutive years – Get With

the Guidelines – Heart Failure Achievement Measures; Stroke/Gold Plus; Mission: Lifeline

US News & World Report – High performing hospital for heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement

Best in Bucks County Award winners

Our Location


Langhorne, PA – Bucks County Philadelphia – 35 min, NYC – 1.5 hours, DC – 2.5 hours, Jersey

Shore – 1 hour Langhorne, Newtown, Richboro, Fairless Hills, Yardley, New Hope Tyler State Park, Core Creek Park, Delaware River Towns,

Washington Crossing Lots of restaurants, wineries, farm stands and orchards One of the best school districts – Council Rock Pocono Mountains Sesame Place Parx Casino


Program Director - Dr. Steven Kutalek, MD, FACC, FHRS (Cardiology/Electrophysiology)

Associate Program Director - Dr. Umang Patel, DO, FACOI (Internal Medicine)

Core FacultyDr. Benjamin Solomon, MD (Pulmonary/Critical Care)Dr. Heewa Faraj, MD (Internal Medicine)Dr. Carlin McLaughlin, DO (Hematology/Oncology)Dr. Jonathan Lee, DO (Nephrology)

Chief Resident – Dr. Daniel Tran, DO Program Coordinator – Eileen Schneider

Internal Medicine Residency

Program Leadership

& Core Faculty

PD APD

Core Faculty

Dr. Steven Kutalek Dr. Umang Patel

Dr. Ben Solomon Dr. Heewa Faraj Dr. Jonathan LeeDr. Carlin McLaughlin

Subspecialty Faculty


Cardiology – Anand Haridas MD, Syed Hussain MD, Ashwani Gupta MD Endocrinology – Shailja Kaul MD, Arvind Cavale MD Hematology/Oncology – Youval Katz MD, Daniel Lebovic MD Gastroenterology – Mark Codella MD, David Zisa MD, Keith Buhl MD(Nazareth) Infectious Diseases – Ronald Goren MD, Donald Marcus MD, Sreethy

Saraswathy, MD Nephrology – Shalini Barlapudi MD, Chris Frankel MD Neurology – Paul Shneidman MD, David Sirken DO Pulmonary/Critical Care – Rakesh Patel MD, Jay Chelluri MD, Brett Carestia DO Rheumatology – Manisha Naik MD Palliative Care – Maria Bertucci MD Geriatric Medicine – Uzma Shahzad MD Outpatient/Primary Care – Tej Kokroo MD, Sanjay Bhatia MD, Umar Farooq MD

Residency Program


PGY-1 – 10 Residents PGY-2 – 10 Residents PGY-3 – 10 Residents PGY-4 – 1 Chief Resident

New Innovations EMR – Meditech (Inpatient), PulseCheck (ED), Athena (Outpatient)

• Plans to transition to Epic EMR within next couple years

PGY-1 Rotations

4+1 Block Schedule (10 blocks per year)


Example PGY-1 Rotations Weeks

Internal Medicine Floors 20

Ambulatory Medicine 10

ICU/CCU 8

Night Float 4

Subspecialty Selective 4

Emergency Medicine 2

Vacation 4

PGY-2 Rotations






ICU/CCU 6

Night Float 4

Cardiology 4

Nephrology 4

Infectious Disease 4

Subspecialty Selective 2

AWAY Electives 4

Vacation 4

PGY-3 Rotations






ICU/CCU 4

Night Float 4

Gastroenterology 4

Endocrinology 4

Hematology Oncology 4

Neurology 4

Electives 4

Vacation 4

A Day in the Life of

Medicine Floor Rotation

Monday to Friday & Saturday OR Sunday6:30-7:30am Sign-out from night team, pre-round on patients7:30-8:15am Morning Report8:30-10:30am Pre-round, write notes, prep for rounds10:30-12:00pm Teaching rounds12:00-1:00pm Noon Conference1:00-3:30pm Finish notes, discharges, new admissions 3:30-6:30pm Short call sign-out, long call stays6:30-7:00pm Long call sign-out to night team

Other Academic Activities

Daily Morning Report

Daily Noon Conference

Hospital-System Conferences (M&M, Grand Rounds, Ethics

Grand Rounds, Tumor Board, Schwartz Center Rounds)

Bi-weekly Antibiotic Rounds with Antibiotic Stewardship

Bi-monthly Ethics Teaching Rounds

Bi-monthly Journal Club

Simulation Center Sessions (SIM Labs)

Ultrasound Labs (and curriculum)

Hospital Committee Involvement:

Patient Safety Committee, Quality Committee, GMEC

Committee, PEC Committee, Wellness Committee, Ethics

Committee, Infection Control/Sepsis Committee, Pharmacy and

Therapeutics Committee, Heart Failure Committee, Invasive

Procedure Committee, and Resuscitation Committee

Scholarly Activity

Case Reports and Clinical Vignettes Abstracts and Research Projects Quality Improvement Projects Submission to journals and presentations at conferences

• American College of Physicians (ACP)• Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)• Complex Cardiovascular Cath Conference • American College of Cardiology

Benefits/Educational Resources

ACP Membership + MKSAP Access UpToDate and Journal Access via OpenAthens BLS/ALS hands-on training and certification Hopkins/Physician Education and Assessment Center

(PEAC) Yale modules for outpatient clinic Annual Education Stipend Scholarly Activity and Conference Attendance Stipend Meal stipend while on-call Resident Retreats (bi-annual), Wellness Events (monthly),

Hospital Holiday Party, Graduation Celebration Faculty Mentorship Program 403b Retirement funding account with employer match Non-profit organization qualifies for PSLF program Confidential Carebridge program via Trinity Health

Questions?

Contact Eileen Schneider at:[email protected]

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