Section Highlights
- The Section of General Internal Medicine includes more than 350 faculty and staff across 10 clinical locations, delivering high-quality, patient-centered care through over 100,000 outpatient visits and 300,000 inpatient visits annually.
- As leaders in medical education, section faculty train every Baylor College of Medicine medical student and all Internal Medicine residents while advancing innovative curricula, teaching programs, and assessment initiatives.
- Faculty continue to receive local and national recognition for excellence in education, patient care, and leadership, earning prestigious awards and serving in influential roles across Baylor College of Medicine and national professional organizations.
- Collaborative scholarship remains a cornerstone of the section, with faculty leading research and quality improvement initiatives spanning artificial intelligence, telemedicine, cancer survivorship, environmental health, medical humanities, and social determinants of health.
- The section continues to expand its clinical impact through new care models and service lines, including the development of a hospital medicine program at the McNair campus and award-winning initiatives to improve patient safety, stewardship, and quality of care.
- Guided by a commitment to innovation, compassion, and collaboration, the Section of General Internal Medicine advances the future of medicine through exceptional clinical care, education, research, and service to the community.
Working in a clinic that has access to many specialists creates a rich environment for teaching and mentorship. We are in the middle of one of the largest, most diverse medical hubs that creates invaluable access to learning, and we are surrounded by leading researchers and award-winning faculty who are always ready to help learners, trainees and junior faculty develop their medical skills.
Chief's Message
View a message from Section of General Internal Medicine Chief, Joslyn Fisher, M.D., M.P.H.
Education
Education is one of the key activities of the section. Clinical supervision of residents and students occurs at the primary clinical locations.
Research
Section members have been recognized nationally for their research/scholarly activity. Research activities in the area of general internal medicine also occur in other closely affiliated sections.
Healthcare
General Internal Medicine is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common adult medical problems, with an emphasis on caring for the whole patient.
Section News
View a listing of Baylor College of Medicine press releases related to General Internal Medicine.