The Internal Medicine Education Foundation primarily supports the research and teaching activities of the Department of Medicine of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine—Chattanooga Unit.

The faculty and internal medicine residents are local physicians who are dedicated to the highest standards of education and research. Many are your physicians.

Our residents are physicians who have graduated from medical schools throughout the United States, predominantly from the Southeast and Tennessee. They spend a three-year apprenticeship closely supervised by our faculty, allowing them to become Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Many of our graduates practice in the Chattanooga area and improve the level of medical services in the region.

In addition, our department teaches more that 40 medical students from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis each year. These students often return to Chattanooga for their Internal Medicine residencies and become members of our academic community.

The Internal Medicine Education Foundation was founded in 1977 by Dr. Jackson Yium to promote and encourage resident education and research in internal medicine. The Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization

Examples of Expenditures

• Scientific presentations at state, national, and international meetings
• Educational material for internal medicine physicians in training
• Research in adult and geriatric medicine
• Grand Rounds presentations to faculty and community physicians by nationally recognized experts

In the last several years, research has been conducted in gastroenterology, nephrology, rheumatology, geriatrics, endocrinology, cardiology, and infectious diseases.

Recent publications have appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In the last year, posters have been presented in San Francisco, Miami, New Orleans, and Gatlinburg.