Resident Profiles - Chaim Moeller, MD, PGY-1

Chaim Moeller, M.D.

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Rotating through the various specialties and subspecialties as a medical student, I came to realize that I wanted to be a physician who had developed at least a basic level of competence at diagnosing and treating the whole patient. While many of my rotations were fun and exciting, none afforded me the breadth and simultaneous depth of knowledge as Internal Medicine. At The University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, I was granted a host of fabulous experiences in many different fields, but the physicians who I felt were the best suited to address any medical problems were those who began their career with an Internal Medicine residency. As such, I decided to pursue a residency in Internal Medicine. While I hope to eventually specialize, I am confident that establishing my roots in Internal Medicine will allow me to be a physician of, “the whole adult”, with skills far broader than my area of expertise.

As I explored residency options and tried to tease apart the many excellent programs I interviewed at, there were a number of things that made the Cleveland Clinic stand out. When I came to interview, I learned that many of the attending physicians on the various services at Cleveland Clinic are leaders in their respective fields, and are also excellent teachers who avail themselves to the house staff and are readily available to assist with clinical and research advice. The medicine services at Cleveland Clinic include a few general internal medicine services, but also include those that are specific to various subspecialty areas, such as GI, Cardiology, Hem/Onc, Nephrology, Vascular Medicine, and Palliative Medicine. This provides the medical staff with the unique opportunity to rotate on services that are being staffed by experts in the specific organ system that the patients’ chief complaints revolve around. It further ensures that the resident learns, module by module, how to best diagnose and treat diseases of the various organ systems and best address the specific needs of various patient populations. My decision to train at Cleveland Clinic was based on these facts, as well as the collegial environment, and friendly atmosphere. From the Program Director to the interns, I was impressed by the openly warm manner in which staff members interacted with one another.

I consider myself fortunate to be learning and developing my skills as a physician in one of the best hospitals in the world with one of the most complex and diverse patient populations. I have found that my expectations of collegiality, education, access to leaders in various fields, and overall growth as a physician have been surpassed in many ways. Cleveland Clinic strives to provide "World Class Care" for its patients, and I can testify that the Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program fulfills this goal entirely, affording its staff "World Class Training."