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Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training ProgramA Message from Dr. Harold Diaz, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program Director

Welcome to Thorek Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Training Program website.  Located outside of downtown Chicago just west of Lake Michigan, we are dedicated to providing a balanced educational environment, a well-structured didactic lecture series, and excellent patient care.  To help our residents achieve their individual career and personal goals we offer a distinctive training program with a unique curriculum.  So I invite you to take a closer look at our residency program.  Our dedicated faculty and staff, our small size, and unique approach to teaching make us an excellent choice.  We hope that you will agree after visiting our site that Thorek Memorial Hospital's Internal Medicine Residency Training Program is where you should continue your medical education. 

Mission

Thorek Memorial Hospital - Internal Medicine Residency Program will provide outstanding training which will prepare residents for any career path in Internal Medicine and which will foster excellent medical knowledge, altruism, and the highest respect for intellectual integrity and curiosity.

We will promote scholarship and research aimed at understand and improving the basic health of our entire population.  We will educate our resident so they can work together in patient-centered multidisciplinary teams to provide competent, compassionate, comprehensive, cost effective, and ethical health care to our communities.

Thorek Memorial Hospital is committed to providing appropriate patient services in a caring manner and seeks to serve its patients, physicians, and employees by providing quality services and encouraging employee excellence.

Vision

Thorek Memorial Hospital will seek to become a premier Internal Medicine Residency Training Program.  We seek to enhance our commitment to academic training in the context of outstanding clinical training.

Thorek Memorial Hospital will seek to be the healthcare provider of choice for individuals, organizations, and associations by providing the highest possible level of care and patient safety.

Values

1. Quality in everything we do.
2. Respect for all people.
3. Excellent Medical Education for continuous growth and knowledge.
4. Efficiency in the use of resources.
5. Innovation toward continuous systems improvement.
6. Partnership with those we serve and with suppliers.
7. Pride in our workmanship.