Internal Medicine Residency Program

The Associate Council of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Physicians held its annual Doctor's Dilemma competition on February 12, 2010. Hosted by Fairview Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, the event was jointly funded through the gracious support of the Ohio Chapter of the ACP and the Fairview Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, directed by K.V. Gopalkrishna, MD, FACP, FIDSA. The current Ohio Chapter Governor, Mark Mayer, M.D., FACP, attended and endorsed the competition.

The program participants included seventeen of the Ohio Internal Medicine residencies, including Akron General Medical Center, Christ Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fairview Hospital, Huron Hospital, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Metro Health Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System, The Ohio State University, Riverside Methodist Hospital, St. Elizabeth Health Center, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Summa Health System, University of Cincinnati, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, University of Toledo and Wright State University.

Three preliminary elimination rounds narrowed the 17 programs to a final round of six competing teams, including the reigning champions, University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Fairview Hospital, Huron Hospital, and University of Toledo. After an exhilarating series of single, double, and final medical jeopardy, the winning team by a confident margin was Fairview Hospital. After the final jeopardy, the standings were:

1. Fairview Hospital
2. University of Toledo
3. (Tie) University of Cincinnati, Ohio State, Riverside
4. Huron