Welcome from Chair & Program Director

Internal Medicine Residency Welcome Message

Carey Thomson, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Medicine

Welcome to Mount Auburn Hospital!

Overlooking the banks of the Charles River, steps away from Harvard University and Harvard Square, sits one of the nation’s oldest hospitals. For over 150 years, Mount Auburn Hospital has been committed to providing outstanding, compassionate care to Cambridge and our surrounding communities. Today, our distinguished faculty continues a long tradition of clinical excellence in every medical subspecialty, as well as primary care and hospital medicine. Our internal medicine residency program has a long history of training physicians to be outstanding clinicians, educators, and leaders in healthcare.

Mount Auburn is a vibrant full-service hospital serving the needs of our communities. Services include a busy emergency department, which sees a wide range of medical and surgical emergencies, and a full-service ICU staffed continuously with trained intensive care medicine specialists. The hospital also has a full-service cardiac care program, including cardiac catheterization, interventional procedures including catheter-based aortic valve replacement, and a busy adult cardiac surgery program. Cancer care at Mount Auburn focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach, with specialists from several areas collaborating to provide comprehensive service. We care for patients with a wide range of solid tumors including lung cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer, with state-of-the-art care, including active clinical trials focused on the treatment of these malignancies.

We have a strong commitment to training physicians in primary care and have developed a hospital-based primary care practice. Our primary care faculty are dedicated to teaching all you need to know to be an outstanding PCP, from optimal patient-doctor communication, to the latest evidence regarding complex disease management strategies.

When you walk through the halls of Mount Auburn, you are not only struck by the beautiful facilities, but by the welcoming clinicians and staff whose commitment to their patients is evident from the moment you enter the hospital. Our residents love being here – the warm and supportive environment nestled by the river allows them to enjoy the practice of medicine while developing lifelong friendships. Whether you take a run along the river or a walk into the square for a coffee, our location makes training in medicine an invigorating and unforgettable experience.

This just begins to describe all that is happening at Mount Auburn. I invite you to learn more about our wonderful hospital, residency program and incredible patient care programs. We are excited to be building on a nearly 150-year legacy of excellence with compassion. Come and see if you would want to help us write our next chapter.

Joseph Omlor, MD, FACP
Program Director

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Mount Auburn Hospital.

Since 1973, our residency program has trained outstanding physicians who have gone on to careers and leadership roles in primary care, hospital medicine, and the full range of internal medicine subspecialties.

Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a center of education and innovation, Mount Auburn Hospital serves a vibrant and diverse community. Our residents care for patients with a broad range of clinical needs while training in an environment that combines excellent patient care, close faculty mentorship, and a strong educational program.

We recognize that residents enter training with different interests and career goals. Our categorical residents can pursue one of three distinct pathways in Primary Care, Hospitalist Medicine, or Fellowship preparation, while our preliminary residents receive individualized guidance tailored to their next stage of training. Across each pathway, residents are supported from the beginning of residency as they develop their clinical skills, explore their interests, and prepare for their future careers.

Just as important is the community in which that training occurs. Our residents and faculty know one another well and foster a collaborative, supportive environment in which meaningful mentorship, professional relationships, and lifelong friendships develop.

All members of our residency are appointed as clinical fellows at Harvard Medical School, providing access to its extensive educational and extracurricular resources. Mount Auburn also serves as an important teaching site for Harvard medical students across multiple stages of their education, giving our residents substantial opportunities to develop as teachers and mentors.

Since 1886, Mount Auburn Hospital has been committed to providing exceptional care to its community. Our residents are an important part of that tradition, bringing curiosity, compassion, and dedication to their patients every day. As a graduate of the Mount Auburn Internal Medicine Residency myself, I know firsthand what a special place this is to train.

We invite you to learn more about our program and consider joining us at Mount Auburn Hospital, where our tradition of excellence with compassion continues in each new generation of physicians.