Welcome Prospective Fellows
At the National Institutes of Health, we are committed to training the next generation of clinician scientists. The NIH Intramural Research Program in Bethesda, Maryland provides extensive clinical and research resources for your education. Our goal is that you fully realize your potential as a highly competent physician, physician-scientist, clinical investigator, or institutionally based academician.
As an NIH clinical fellow, you will train at the NIH Clinical Center, internationally recognized as the premier hospital dedicated to translational research and clinical care. The NIH Clinical Center brings hope to patients from around the country and the globe as we advance medical science through the discovery of tomorrow's cures. With its unique architectural bench-to-bedside design and state-of-the-art technologies, the NIH Clinical Center is a national resource that makes it possible to rapidly translate scientific observations and laboratory discoveries into new clinical approaches for diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease.
Bringing together accomplished scientists and clinical investigators, the NIH provides its clinical fellows with the opportunity to collaborate, be mentored by world renowned investigators, participate directly in cutting-edge clinical research protocols, and rotate to outstanding academic medical center affiliates within the metropolitan Washington, DC region for additional clinical training.
At the NIH, we sponsor a wide variety of training programs, each of which offers unique learning experiences. Your learning perspective will change and grow with you as you discover your talents, accomplish your goals, and contribute to the health of the patients we serve. We currently sponsor 24 medical specialty or subspecialty programs which have been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We also sponsor numerous "one of kind" translational medicine fellowship training programs within the NIH Intramural Institutes and Centers.
If this atmosphere of innovation and excellence in research and clinical training appeals to you, I encourage you to learn more about our programs and consider advancing your training and career through a residency or clinical fellowship at the NIH.
Joyce Y. Chung, MD
Executive Director, Graduate Medical Education
E-mail: NIH GME @nih.gov
NIH GME Mission Statement
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center's Graduate Medical Education Committee supports training programs that combine cutting edge research and clinical training to develop the careers of the next generation of diverse physician-scientists, clinical researchers, and academic leaders.