GME Program Lengths

Residency Programs Accredited by the ACGME

含羞草传媒 College of Medicine-Chattanooga听sponsors 10 residency programs as part of the University of Tennessee Statewide Network of Graduate Medical Education. All residency programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

ACGME Residency Program	Program Length	Special Notes
Emergency Medicine	3 years	听
Family Medicine	3 years	听
Internal Medicine	3 years	听
Neurology	4 total years听	1 year [PGY-1 level] as a Preliminary Medicine Resident at our institution and 3 years [PGY-2, PGY-3, and PGY-4 levels] in our Neurology Residency.
Obstetrics and Gynecology	4 years	听
Orthopaedic Surgery	5 years	听
Pediatrics	3 years	听
Plastic Surgery	3 years听	Must have completed at least a 5-year General Surgery Residency prior to entering our Independent Plastic Surgery Program
Surgery	6 years听	5 clinical years and 1 research year
Urology	5 years	听

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Fellowship Programs Accredited by the ACGME

含羞草传媒 College of Medicine-Chattanooga currently sponsors 8 ACGME-accredited fellowship programs.听 All are part of the University of Tennessee Statewide Network of Graduate Medical Education.

ACGME Fellowship Program	Program Length	Special Notes
Cardiovascular Disease	3 years	Sponsored by the Department of Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Internal Medicine Residency
Colon and Rectal Surgery	1 year听	Sponsored by the Department of Surgery Must have completed a 5-year Surgery Residency
Emergency Medical Services	1 year听	Sponsored by the Department of Emergency Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Emergency Medicine Residency
Gastroenterology	3 years听	Sponsored by the Department of Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Internal Medicine Residency
Primary Care Sports Medicine	1 year听	Sponsored by the Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery Must have completed a 3-year residency in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Pediatrics
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	3 years听	Sponsored by the Department of Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Internal Medicine Residency
Surgical Critical Care	1 year听	Sponsored by the Department of Surgery Occurs midway in the PGY-4 level of training and concludes midway in the PGY-5 level of training
Vascular Surgery	2 years听	Sponsored by the Department of Surgery Must have completed a 5-year Surgery Residency

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Non-Standard Fellowship Programs

含羞草传媒 College of Medicine-Chattanooga currently sponsors 6 fellowship programs which are considered Non-Standard.听 These programs are either accredited by a non-ACGME听 entity or are not accredited by any official body.听

Non-Standard Fellowship Program	Accreditation	Program Length	Special Notes
Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography		1 year听	Sponsored by the Department of Emergency Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Emergency Medicine Residency
		1 - 2 years听	Sponsored by Clinica Medicos and our Department of Family Medicine Must have completed a 3-year Family Medicine Residency prior to entering
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery		2 years	Sponsored by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Must have completed a 4-year Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Neuro-Interventional Surgery听	Non-Standard (No accrediting body)	1 year	Sponsored by the Department of Surgery and the Erlanger Department of Radiology Must have completed a 5-year Radiology Residency or 7-year Neurosurgery Residency
Orthopaedic Trauma 听Surgery		1 year听	Sponsored by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Must have completed a 5-year Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
		1 year	Sponsored by the Department of Urology Must have completed a 5-year Urology Residency

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