Chief Resident - Loyola MacNeal Hospital Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Program

Loyola University Health System • Chicago, IL

266d • $100,000

About The Position

We are actively recruiting Chief Residents for the 2026-2027 academic year for the Loyola Medicine-MacNeal Hospital Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Program in Berwyn, Illinois. Each year, we select two Chief Residents to join our leadership team and work with 42 Internal Medicine (IM) and 14 Transitional Year (TY) residents. This one-year position offers outstanding opportunities for recent residency graduates to further develop their teaching and leadership skills while gaining clinical experience as an attending physician. Many of our former Chief Residents have gone on to pursue careers in academic medicine, competitive fellowships, and hospital medicine. MacNeal Hospital is a 374-bed institution with three residency programs: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Transitional Year. The Chief Resident position includes a balance of educational, administrative, and clinical responsibilities.

Requirements

• Completion of an Internal Medicine Residency Program & Board eligibility.
• MD or DO degree.
• Strong interest in medical education, teaching, and curricular development.
• Commitment to leadership and mentorship.
• J-1 visa holders are eligible to apply.
• Ability to attend the APDIM or ACGME Chief Resident Conference (Spring 2026).

Responsibilities

• Leading resident and medical student education through Chief-led conferences.
• Conducting hospital-wide teaching conferences and CME-accredited noontime lectures for attending physicians.
• Managing multi-module simulation workshops for procedures and high-fidelity simulations.
• Representing the residency programs on key hospital and program committees.
• Leading a Quality Improvement (QI) project with residents.
• Gaining administrative experience, including scheduling and program management.
• Supervising residents as an attending in the continuity clinic and inpatient medicine.
• Option to moonlight externally or within the MacNeal hospitalist team.

Benefits

• Competitive annual compensation of $100,000.
• Excellent Benefits including paid time off days, paid malpractice, CME days and allowance.
• Reimbursement for the ABIM boards fee.
• Additional benefits from LUC or VA (if applicable).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed