Creighton University East Valley Arizona
Dr. Abdul Waheed
We're thrilled to announce a significant step forward for our Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at Dignity Health East Valley Arizona! Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix will become our new sponsoring institution.
This partnership with Creighton, a respected academic leader known for its commitment to similar values, will enhance our already successful programs by:
While Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix will be the sponsor, our Dignity Health East Valley Arizona GME programs will remain distinct from the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance. We're committed to a smooth transition and will keep you updated on any changes. For now, the employment status of our residents, coordinators, and directors remains the same.
As we move forward, Dr. Abdul Waheed will serve as Designated Institutional Officer (DIO), and Dr. Erik Mattison as associate DIO.
We appreciate the hard work and dedication that have made our GME programs a success and look forward to a bright future with Creighton!
Dr. Abdul Waheed
We're thrilled to announce a significant step forward for our Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at Dignity Health East Valley Arizona! Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix will become our new sponsoring institution.
This partnership with Creighton, a respected academic leader known for its commitment to similar values, will enhance our already successful programs by:
While Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix will be the sponsor, our Dignity Health East Valley Arizona GME programs will remain distinct from the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance. We're committed to a smooth transition and will keep you updated on any changes. For now, the employment status of our residents, coordinators, and directors remains the same.
As we move forward, Dr. Abdul Waheed will serve as Designated Institutional Officer (DIO), and Dr. Erik Mattison as associate DIO.
We appreciate the hard work and dedication that have made our GME programs a success and look forward to a bright future with Creighton!
We saw a need in the field of medicine, and we acted. As health care becomes more personalized, medical and surgical technologies advance and health care innovations expand, we recognize a need for a new type of graduate medical education and residency training. Because our communities deserve the most skilled and innovative care that is available to everyone. Because our communities and patients are also worthy of physicians and care teams who listen and care just as expertly as they treat and operate.
Everyone we care for is an individual who deserves humankindness. We train residents who deliver it.
The residency program at Dignity Health East Valley is different. We’re designing it that way. And we’re designing it with future physicians. From our groundbreaking model that empowers our residents to help build truly distinctive curricula… to our state-of-the-art facilities… to innovations in training that is steeped in inclusion and humankindness, we offer something different.
We offer five residency programs; emergency medicine, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, and now obstetrics and gynecology.
Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed, Level I Trauma Center which includes a variety of health care services and a newly added Tower D. Mercy Gilbert Medical Center is a 197-bed hospital which opened in 2006 and is expanding with the development of the Women’s and Children’s Pavilion – a joint project between Mercy Gilbert and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Enjoy this short video tour showcasing both hospitals where we pride ourselves on teamwork, innovation, faith and compassion.
Dignity Health’s family medicine residency program, located in Phoenix’s beautiful East Valley, is built on humankindness and driven by the latest innovations in residency education models, technologies and research.
Our program provides comprehensive training in tertiary care settings that allow you to engage with regional, national, and international surgical communities through academic activities focused on clinical and translational research.
We are breaking new ground for the next generation of internal medicine graduate medical education. Located in Phoenix’s beautiful East Valley, the program is driven by the latest innovations in residency education models, technologies and research.
Dignity Health East Valley’s Emergency Medicine residency program provides innovative and immersive training to prepare the highest level of emergency care physicians to be leaders of teams in their practice and in the communities they serve.
The Dignity Health East Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program's mission is to train OBGYN residents in a supportive and inclusive scholarly environment to become competent in the independent practice of high-quality, safe, equitable, and evidence-based general Obstetrics and Gynecology and to serve as consultants to other healthcare providers in the community both in the ambulatory and hospital setting.
GME stands for “graduate medical education,” more commonly referred to as ”residency” and “fellowship” training. The 3 to 9 years of training allows physicians to specialize and practice independently following medical school. Protecting funding for this specialty training means that more residents learn to provide the hands-on care patients need, when they need it.
