A Personalized Educational Experience

I joined the internal medicine residency program at Raritan Bay Medical Center in 2018 and I am very excited about what we have accomplished. We have started to distinguish our program by creating a personalized residency experience. Personalization and customization is not a new concept in the medical field. We strive to provide our patients with personalized medical plans and patient centered medical care. There is no reason we can’t do so in medical education.

A few years ago the ACGME broadened the rules that govern graduate medical education. They left a lot of flexibility for programs to innovate and revamp curriculum and education, an acknowledgement that “one size fits all” just doesn’t always work. We are using this opportunity at Raritan Bay Medical Center to innovate and personalize your residency experience.

I joined the program with over 20 years of Graduate Medical Education experience. Prior to my arrival at Raritan Bay Medical Center, I was program director at our sister institution for seven years. During that time I saw what was needed in order to create a successful program where our residents can flourish and fulfil their potential. Raritan Bay Medical Center has all the prerequisites needed to allow for innovation and advancement, personalized around each of our individual residents.

First, we are a small program. We have eight residents per year which allows for easy communication between program administration, hospital leadership and the residents. This creates the perfect environment to start personalizing your residency experience. There are fewer barriers to change in a smaller residency program.

Second, we have all the resources necessary. Raritan Bay Medical Center is part of one of the most expansive, successful, and respected hospital networks in the country, Hackensack Meridian Health. With a continuum of care within the network, academic and university level resources at our disposal, faculty dedicated to the education process and leadership which values education, we are ahead of the curve in providing the best educational and patient experience possible.

We are also partners in the creation of a new medical school, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. The new medical school is designed to mirror how health care will be delivered in the future. With an innovative and visionary curriculum it is also aligned with a customized learning experience, allowing medical students to choose a path during their 4th year of medical school based on individual interest. The inaugural class started July, 2018 and the expectation is that we will see these medical students rotating at Raritan Bay Medical Center starting December 2020.

These are exciting times in health care and medical education and I invite you to continue your journey at Raritan Bay Medical Center where we will prepare you for your future career in medicine. Whether your interest is in primary care, fellowship training, medical administration, population health, academics or other, we will work to customize your experience with a team of educators as you become a part of the Hackensack Meridian Health Family.

Thank you,

Mayer Ezer, M.D., FACP
Internal Medicine Program Director
Hackensack Meridian Health at Raritan Bay Medical Center
Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Medicine Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Message from Chief Medical Officer

The Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) Internal Medicine Residency Program is distinguished by its longstanding commitment to excellence in graduate medical education. We have been training residents for over 50 years, many of whom have joined the faculty and are members of our medical staff. We are proud of our graduates’ achievements in both the clinical and research fields.

We have always strived to offer a broad-based education which exposes the trainees to multiple disciplines both in and outside the hospital setting. As the only hospital-based residency program at the medical center, our residents have opportunities that other programs provide only as part of their fellowship training. Although the focus remains on primary care, there is ample opportunity to develop interests in any of the subspecialties. The relatively limited enrollment in our residency program promotes the development of close relationships with faculty and peers.

The medical center’s urban location and proximity to the New York metropolitan area affords the residents exposure to an international patient base and a wide variety of medical illnesses and conditions. This, combined with opportunities and resources as being part of Hackensack Meridian Health and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine provides an opportunity for our trainees that few programs of comparable size can duplicate. We invite you to apply to the RBMC Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Louis Brusco, Jr., M.D., FCCM, CPE
Chief Medical Officer
Raritan Bay Medical Center

Message from the Designated Institutional Official - DIO

The Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) Central Region includes JFK University Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy, Raritan Bay Medical Center – Old Bridge, Bayshore Medical Center and Riverview Medical Center. Our Graduated Medical Education (GME) takes place at JFK University Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy. The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy has a proud tradition of training residents and providing primary care to the city of Perth Amboy and its surrounding communities since 1980.

As part of Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, the Internal Medicine residency at Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy can call upon the extensive clinical and educational resources throughout HMH. One of the most outstanding of these is the new Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine that welcomed its first class in July 2018. Faculty from all of the HMH Central Region’s residencies are involved in teaching students from our School of Medicine including their Internal Medicine clerkship at Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy. In addition, HMH has a growing number of primary care employment opportunities with a strong interest in retraining our residency graduates.

HMH’s mission is to transform health care with a vision driven by innovation and the goal of providing the highest quality care that is human – centered, accessible and affordable. Graduate Medical Education at HMH is integral to fulfilling our mission and vision, so we hope you will join our efforts to transform health care.

Sincerely,

Robin Winter, M.D., MMM
Designated Institutional Official
Hackensack Meridian Health, Central Region