The Future of Graduate Medical Education
Baptist Memorial Medical Education offers a robust, intensive, experienced-based graduate medical education program, including residency programs that emphasize individual growth and professional development through world-class instruction, one-on-one mentorship and innovative technologies to prepare the next generation of highly-skilled doctors.
Our Mission
In accordance with the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation mission of healing, preaching, and teaching, Baptist Memorial Medical Education provides excellent education and quality patient care through oversight, guidance, instruction, and assistance to the faculty and learners we serve.
Our Vision
Baptist Memorial Hospital Vision is to create an expert system of care in the Mid-South where love abounds so that God can do the impossible.
The best opportunities for Learners.
What's Happening at Baptist
Baptist Residency Programs
Baptist’s residency programs offer medical student and visiting resident experiences and prepare the next generation of skilled, knowledgeable, compassionate physicians with a practice-oriented curriculum and hands-on training that are both challenging and rewarding.
Our goal is to develop professional and clinical leaders in an immersive environment designed to build problem-solving and strategic thinking skills, enhance professional practice techniques, and further the development of leadership and teaching skills for each of our residents.
At Baptist, you’ll have access to leading-edge technology and equipment and receive world-class, personalized training with mentor-style relationships throughout your residency.
Plus, our residency programs offer generous stipends; opportunities for focused studies; and a full range of benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance.
Learn more about Baptist's residency programs, qualification requirements and how to apply.
Family Medicine Resident Programs
Our Family Medicine programs at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, train residents to be physicians for the whole family. Special emphasis is placed on understanding how the system of medical care is organized, so that the best care can be arranged for every situation. These programs partner with local charitable organizations, such as Church Health at Crosstown, to learn social responsibility, and how to become active participants in improving their community.
Internal Medicine Resident Programs
Our Internal Medicine residents work within the Baptist Memorial Health Care system to be fully prepared to practice medicine by mastering the required curricula, disciplines and technologies in a highly focused, tailored program. Program locations include Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (Columbus, MS), NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Jonesboro, AR), Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford, MS) and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (Jackson, MS).
OB/GYN Resident Program
A comprehensive medical specialty training program with emphasis on exposure to surgical, clinical and one-on-one instruction in multiple specialties including obstetrics, gynecologic pelvic disorders, maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Radiology Resident Program
With a progressive four-year curriculum and access to advanced technology and equipment, you’ll receive world-class, personalized training and early exposure to mammography, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and other areas throughout your residency.
General Surgery Program
Our program provides comprehensive surgical training to graduate surgeons who will have successful and rewarding practices in urban, community, and rural practice settings. Experiences will include tertiary and quaternary referral hospitals, large and small community-based hospitals, and clinical offices.
Osteopathic Neuromuscular Medicine Resident Program
The Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine program at Baptist Desoto will offer a great opportunity to work with Family Medicine and Transitional year residents as well as Osteopathic Medical Students from the new Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine (BUCOM) in Memphis with a valuable blend of inpatient and outpatient experiences. Residents will have their continuity clinic in our new Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine clinic on the campus of BMH-Desoto to develop hands-on expertise, while fostering strong interpersonal relationships with patients, staff and faculty. Each resident will have the opportunity to care for patients and receives medical education in both Baptist-owned medical facilities and Baptist’s community partner’s facilities throughout their training. This systematic arrangement will provide each resident with a wide variety of educational opportunities in multiple clinical settings and various patient populations.
Transitional Year Resident Program
The Baptist Transitional Year Program is a one-year, broad-based clinical training program that serves as your PGY-1 (Postgraduate Year 1) before advancing into specialty-specific training at the PGY-2 level and beyond. During your training at Baptist, you will gain diverse clinical experience through rotations in multiple specialties, including internal medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, and other core disciplines. The program also offers a significant elective component, allowing residents to explore areas of interest and tailor their educational experience to support their future career goals.
The primary objective of the Transitional Year Program is to develop strong clinical knowledge, patient care skills, and professional competencies that provide a solid foundation for advanced specialty training. Through a combination of inpatient, outpatient, and elective experiences, residents are prepared to transition successfully into their chosen fields of medicine.
Baptist Fellowship Programs
Our Fellowship programs are designed to offer physicians a strong foundation to develop their clinical skills through hands-on experiences. It takes a different level of commitment to guide and prepare the future leaders of the industry. If you are looking for a fellowship program that’s exceeding meeting the medical needs of patients then this is the fellowship program for you.
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
The BMME Addiction Medicine Program offers comprehensive clinical training focused on the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients affected by unhealthy substance use or substance-related health conditions. Upon completing the one-year fellowship, fellows will be prepared to serve as clinical experts, educators, researchers, and change agents in the field of addiction medicine.
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Our Geriatric Medicine Program is committed to promoting health, preventing disease, and managing complex medical conditions in older adults, typically those over 65, while individualizing care based on patient needs rather than age alone. The curriculum emphasizes a holistic approach that integrates physical, cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of health to optimize quality of life and support functional independence.
BMME Academic Inclusivity Committee
Baptist Memorial Medical Education will incorporate Diversity and Inclusion within our academic culture, adhering to the greater Baptist Memorial Healthcare mission of healing, preaching and teaching, to provide a quality experience for all. We will provide inclusivity in regards, but not limited to, gender, age, and racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background. We will allow all individuals the opportunity to understand the differences of individuals within a non-biased environment.
To increase our efforts with regards to providing a diverse and inclusive residency and fellowship program, we have partnered with LMSA (Latina Medical Student Association) to assist and support an equitable residency selection process.
Take a look at our highlights on their website below:
Equity for Medical Students in Puerto Rico – LMSA Faculty/Physician Advisory Council
What People Are Saying
"The volume of patients and diverse pathologies we are exposed to during our training is great."
"I love working with all the experienced and knowledgeable people from all different specialties and walks of life. I feel very grateful to be a part of this place."
"This is a Inclusive nature, Friendly and supportive atmosphere, and spectrum of patients and autonomy to manage them. the residency program leadership is extremely supportive and excellent guidance for professional development."
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Graduate Medical Education
Corporate Office
Walnut Grove Rd Suite 404
Memphis, Tennessee 38120
Phone: 901-226-1350
Email: [email protected]
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