Eleven divisions comprise the Department of Internal Medicine. View links below for more information on each division's services, faculty and contact information:
Allergy/Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology
The Division specializes in diagnostic techniques such as skin and laboratory
testing for allergic reactions to common environmental substances
(antigens). Aspiration and therapeutic injections for swollen and
painful joints is commonly performed. High resolution imagining of
joints including ultrasonography is available when indicated. New
biologic therapies are available for diseases such as RA, SLE, asthma,
and angioedema. Patients are offered the option of participating in
these studies.
Fellowship
Information
Cardiovascular Diseases
The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases is committed to excellence
in teaching and offers comprehensive, high-quality cardiology patient
care.
Fellowship
Information
Center for Outcomes Research & Education (CORE)
This multi-disciplinary research center's work promotes the health of the public by generating the knowledge required to prevent disease and its consequences. Through patient-oriented research, the CORE evaluates the application of laboratory discoveries as well as the adoption of best practices in clinical settings and populations.
Clinical Pharmacology
The division specializes in the treatment and prevention of Atherosclerosis,
the leading cause of heart disease. We treat most risk factors, in
particular cholesterol, which can cause cardiovascular disease. For
the past 10 years our clinic has been the only center in Kansas and
Missouri to perform LDL-apheresis, a procedure which removes cholesterol
by up to 80% in 1-2 hours. Our division is also involved in clinical
studies of new investigational medications for the treatment and prevention
of cardiovascular disease.
Dermatology
Dedicated to excellence in patient care, resident training and investigative
research for diverse conditions affecting the skin, including melanoma
and non-melanoma skin cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, psoriasis,
and aging.
Resident
Training Information
Endocrinology, Metabolism & Genetics
The mission of our department is to provide quality health care to individuals
with endocrine disease through patient care, education, and research.
Fellowship
Information
Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Motility
Fellowship Information
General and Geriatric Medicine
Providing high quality patient care through education, scholarship and
clinical services is the mission of the Division of General and Geriatric
Medicine. Members of the division are active in and have leadership
responsibilities in both administrative and educational roles in addition
to their clinical activities. The mission of the division is carried
out through these roles and in our four areas of clinical focus: Ambulatory
Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Medicine and Palliative Care.
Geriatric
Medicine Fellowship Information
Palliative Medicine Fellowship Information
Hematology/Oncology
The experienced team of experts in the Division of Hematology/Oncology
provides care and consultation for patients with cancer, diseases
of the blood and bone marrow, clotting and bleeding disorders, as
well as for patients who need blood and marrow transplantation. Members
of the Division also conduct clinical and basic research in these
areas.
Fellowship Information
Infectious Diseases
The Division of Infectious Diseases physicians are dedicated to managing
a broad spectrum of illnesses associated with infections. We strive
to provide advice and opinion in these complex areas of medicine and
offer co-management services in order to facilitate the best possible
outcome for all patients. The Infectious Diseases Division provides
extensive inpatient and outpatient services. We specialize in HIV,
bone and joint infections, recalcitrant wounds, post surgical wounds,
persistent fevers, TB and atypical mycobacterium, diseases acquired
from animals, insects or ticks and epidemic diseases like measles,
mumps, and influenza. Unique areas of expertise include management
of hepatitis C, HIV and hepatitis co-infection, illness resulting
from travel and tropical diseases and infections associated with transplantation
including bone marrow, liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, and heart transplants.
In addition, the Division provides a comprehensive outpatient antibiotic
management service which facilitates early hospital discharge and
completion of antibiotic therapy in the home.
Fellowship Information
Nephrology and Hypertension
The Division of Nephrology & Hypertension at KUMC is known for its
excellent clinical program and world-class translational and basic
research activities. Here, physician-scientists, basic scientists,
and clinicians have distinguished themselves among their peers for
work in polycystic kidney disease, bone and mineral metabolism, kidney
development, and transplantation. Our clinical program is equally
strong, with master clinicians and a number of young clinical nephrologists
who are deeply committed to patient care. That commitment is demonstrated
in the high level of patient outcomes that the transplant program
has delivered, in the inpatient consult service that provides state-of-the-art
hemodialysis therapies, and in the outpatient hemodialysis and home
dialysis programs. A total of ten physicians participate in the clinical,
research and educational initiatives in this division.
Fellowship Information
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Widely recognized for their excellence in clinical care and for
its educational and research programs pertaining to acute or chronic
respiratory disease, including cystic fibrosis, pulmonary artery hypertension, lung
cancer evaluation, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis and other
interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary embolic disease, sleep
apnea, non-invasive ventilation for neuromuscular disease, occupational
lung diseases, pleural diseases, tuberculosis and other chronic pulmonary
infections.
Fellowship Information
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