Division of General Internal Medicine

MISSION:

Provide compassionate, accessible, equitable, quality patient care to all and educate excellent physicians and scholars

VISION: 

World leader in building a healthy community, diverse, equitable health care, outstanding patient experience, clinical outcomes, research and education

VALUES: 

Compassion, excellence, integrity, respect, innovation, collaboration

 

Message from Dr. Shilpa Kavuturu, Division Chief:

The GIM division is populated with excellent clinicians. Demand for many of our faculty as primary care providers is high. The clinical activity of the division is equally split between the ambulatory and inpatient settings. We are proud of the quality of care we deliver to all patients with complex chronic illness. The high grade we receive in patient satisfaction scores is a testimony of the high quality medical services we provide to our patients.

Members of the division comprise of highly talented, committed faculty with major and diverse roles across the educational spectrum in the College of Human Medicine (CHM), ranging from directing preclinical and clinical courses to directing the residency programs, fellowship and CME teaching. As one of the leading Primary Care Residency Programs in the nation, MSU/Sparrow Internal Medicine Residency program train residents to care for patients with complex medical conditions in ambulatory and hospital settings. We are committed to medical student education through all the four years of the innovative Shared Discovery Curriculum.

Diversity in scholarship exists within the division as well. Members of the division are actively engaged in funded research in diverse areas such as health services research, health disparity, implementation science, quality improvement, medical education research, psychosocial medicine, sleep medicine, and understanding the basic mechanisms of disease. Our ability to attract external grants and contracts has grown substantially over the past several years. Division members have received external funding for market analyses and business plan development for medical education technology in addition to NIH and Foundation grants.

Many outstanding members of the division have received national recognition from reputable agencies such as, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and NIH. Most division members have been recipients of departmental, college, university, or national awards. Members are nationally prominent in medical education organizations. One of the impacts of this recognition of teaching excellence has been the continued demonstration of excellent educational outcomes for our learners.

In the rapidly changing environment of medical care and medical education, the division is well poised to continue to support the mission of the College of Human Medicine and Michigan State University for the foreseeable future, and the future not known.

Several of our faculty appointed in the division hold key leadership roles at CHM, across the university and around the nation. They include:

• Patient Care
  The MSU Internal Medicine Clinic specializes in primary care for adults 18 years and older, often treating some of the most complex patients. Housed in the same location to deliver a multidisciplinary approach to patient care is our Specialty Center, which includes the following clinics: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, and Occupational Medicine.
  
  SMH Residency Clinic is run by resident doctors who are in training to specialize in Internal medicine. They are supervised by an attending physician who are mostly MSU General Internal medicine faculty. The attending doctors review all information from the residents and the electronic medical record. Together, the resident and attending decide on further evaluation and treatment plans. Sparrow residency clinic offer patients the newest medical knowledge, care, treatments, and they have a strong motivation to learn and help patients with their health. SMH outpatient services range from disease prevention and diagnosis to management of chronic disease and disorders.
  
  SMH Inpatient Care MSU Internal Medicine is also committed to providing excellent care for adults in inpatient services. MSU Internal medicine faculty provide comprehensive medical care to patients admitted to the Sparrow Main Hospital. Our physicians provide high quality care to acutely ill patients with complex medical problems. MSU IM faculty not only to provide excellence in inpatient care but to give dedicated inpatient teaching to the house staff and students.
• Research
  View our department's research page here.
• Education/ Training
  View our department's education/training page here and here.
• Division Contact Information

  Clinic Contact Information
  Phone: (517) 353-4941
  Fax: (517) 432-3145
  MSU Medicine Specialty Center
  4650 S. Hagadorn Road
  East Lansing, MI 48823

  
  Academic Contact Information
  Division Assistant: Jinie Shirey
  Phone: (517) 353-3730