McLaren Residency & Fellowship Programs

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The Advanced GI MIS/Bariatric fellowship at McLaren Flint, led by Dr. Michael Kia, offers a broad experience in the care of complex patients encompassing bariatric and advanced minimally invasive surgery and gastrointestinal surgery. 

Location: Minimally Invasive Surgery

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The Anesthesia Residency Program at McLaren Flint involves all aspects of anesthesia care including pediatric, neurosurgical, obstetrical, cardiovascular, critical care, and pain management. This four-year program received initial accreditation by ACGME in 2022 and at full complement will include six residents per year with one year of non-anesthesia clinical training (Fundamental Clinical Skills) and three years of clinical anesthesia training (CA-1, CA-2, and CA-3 years).

Location: Anesthesiology

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The purpose of the four-year residency in Anesthesiology at McLaren Greater Lansing is to provide training which will enable a resident who completes this program to render full care to anyone with conditions which fall within the purview of practice in anesthesiology. The residency program at McLaren Greater Lansing is designed to provide progressive learning experiences that develop the attitudes, skills and knowledge of a physician to efficiently provide quality anesthesiology. The basic principle of this program is to provide advanced and concentrated training in anesthesiology. All teaching functions are under the direction of a program director who is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiologists (ABA). The Department of Anesthesiology at McLaren Greater Lansing pledges to educate resident physicians in all areas of anesthesiology knowledge, clinical and technical skills and professional attitudes included in the six (6) core competencies mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The ultimate goal is to graduate accomplished anesthesiologists who meet the requirements to become certified anesthesiologists who are proficient to practice anesthesiology in either an academic institution or in private practice. The Anesthesiology Residency program at McLaren Greater Lansing is directly affiliated with the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM).

Location: Anesthesiology

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The Anesthesiology Program consists of board-certified physicians that are committed to preparing you to become proficient, empathetic, and well-rounded physicians. Throughout the program you will receive thorough training on Anesthesiology procedures. Our program provides exposure to patients with varying socioeconomic situations in a community-based setting. McLaren Oakland’s Anesthesiology residents are well-prepared to enter practice after graduation. This four-year program involves training in all aspects of anesthesia care including pediatric, neurosurgical, obstetrical, cardiovascular, critical care, and pain management. Residents learn invasive monitoring techniques along with acute and chronic epidural narcotic administration. Training is supplemented with daily teaching conferences, formal lectures, and a weekly journal club. Residents interact with the full spectrum of specialty departments and rotate through critical care and pain therapy programs. Students will "match" directly into the residency and the 1st postdoctoral year will be considered the first year of residency training.

Location: Anesthesiology

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Now seeking applicants for open position to start July 31, 2026! The Breast Surgical Oncology fellowship at Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Flint offers a broad experience in the multidisciplinary care of patients with benign and malignant breast disease.

Location: General Surgery

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The primary goal of our program is to provide an academically and clinically sound training program for our fellows, so that they can acquire outstanding knowledge and clinical skills in general cardiology. The program has a strong emphasis on balancing clinical training with academic teaching and research. Academic teaching and research exposure will provide a foundation for a future academic career as well. The aim of the program is to provide the trainee with the basic and clinical knowledge, procedural skills, clinical judgment, research, professionalism and interpersonal skills required as a specialist in cardiovascular diseases. The training will prepare fellows to excel as highly competent cardiologists providing compassionate and comprehensive care.

Location: Cardiovascular Disease

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The Cardiology Fellowship Program at MGL aims to provide comprehensive advanced training in the care of cardiovascular patients. Fellows will graduate from the McLaren Greater Lansing Cardiovascular Disease Program with a strong working knowledge of all sub-specialties within cardiovascular medicine, including diagnostic and procedural methods of cardiac electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiac transplant, cardiac imaging (CMR, CT, Echo, Nuclear), congenital (adult, pediatric), and clinical research. All fellows will leave the training program with the necessary clinical and procedural skills to successfully enter into advanced sub-specialty training programs if they so choose or practice independently as general cardiologists. Fellows will graduate with a solid exposure to clinical research acquired by integrating them into ongoing faculty research projects or in the development of their individual projects fostered through faculty mentorship. Fellows will participate in at least one scholarly project per year. All fellows will leave the training program functioning as a competent general cardiologist with a solid work ethic and professional demeanor whether that be in academic or private clinical practice settings. Educate physicians who seek and achieve board certification of >80% pass rate within 2 years of matriculation into practice.

Location: Cardiovascular Disease

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McLaren Macomb/Oakland has provided Cardiovascular training since 2002. We offer a dynamic, hands-on clinical and personalized training, formal didactics, and a supportive environment. Externs, interns, and residents play an important role at McLaren Macomb/Oakland, providing direct care to our patients under the supervision of attending physicians. .

Location: Cardiovascular Disease

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The McLaren Academic Health Psychology Programs (MAHPP) provides a two-year postdoctoral fellowship experience in clinical health psychology with an emphasis on medical education as part of a robust Graduate Medical Education program at McLaren Flint. The fellowship is primarily housed within the Department of Family Medicine at McLaren Flint, which is an engaging and dynamic system with opportunities for membership on committees, development of new services lines/curricula, and promotion of professional goals. Fellows gain clinical experiences in hospital consultation-liaison services, integrated primary care, multidisciplinary teams and group visits, psychosocial oncology, and outpatient assessment and psychotherapy. Fellows are also involved in teaching behavioral medicine and other clinical skills to medical students and resident physicians through formal didactics, as well as case based interactions and discussions. Additionally, opportunities exist for scholarly activity and most of the fellowship faculty are actively involved in current research, quality improvement, or program development activities. Upon successful completion of a MAHPP program, fellows possess: • Advanced practice clinical competency in Clinical Health Psychology • The ability to assume a leadership role in medical education and supervisory training. • Expertise in hospital and ambulatory practice utilizing a transdisciplinary model within a team process approach. • The ability to critically review research, make scholarly contributions to the field and adopt a commitment to lifelong learning. • MAHPP Fellows are employed by McLaren Flint and complete all clinical activities in both the inpatient and outpatient settings to include the Family Medicine Residency Center, Internal Medicine Residency Group Practice, and Bariatric Institute at McLaren Flint.

MAHPP fellows enjoy: • Competitive stipends • Liberal fringe benefits • Generous educational funds • Medical education responsibilities with medical students and residents • Opportunities to supervise doctoral-level psychology trainees • A friendly and helpful team of faculty and staff • Opportunity to participate in research, as desired • Robust wellness curriculum • Opportunities to provide community and hospital-based lectures

Additionally, each fellow benefits from exposure to various elective activities with Flint-area postdoctoral fellowship programs, faculty, and fellow peers through didactics and more!

Location: Clinical Health Psychology

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The McLaren Academic Health Psychology Programs (MAHPP) provides a 12-month predoctoral internship experience in clinical health psychology with an emphasis on integrated behavioral health services as part of a robust Graduate Medical Education program at McLaren Macomb and McLaren Oakland. The internship is primarily housed within McLaren Macomb with one primary rotation occurring at McLaren Oakland. McLaren Health Care is an engaging and dynamic system with opportunities for membership on committees, scholarly activity, and promotion of professional goals. MAHPP also has an APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology emphasizing medical education and MAHPP interns are competitive for these training positions. Interns gain clinical experience in integrated primary care in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine, chronic pain management, lifestyle medicine, and integrated behavioral health in Emergency Medicine.

Upon successful completion of the MAHPPCHP Internship, interns will be able to demonstrate the following: • Competency in Clinical Health Psychology practice • Advanced knowledge of Integrated Primary Care model of service delivery • Expertise in hospital and ambulatory practice involving a transdisciplinary model within a team process approach • The ability to critically review research, adopting a commitment to lifelong learning

MAHPP Interns are employed by McLaren Macomb and complete clinical activities in the Family Medicine Residency Clinic, Internal Medicine Residency Clinic, and Emergency Department. They will also complete a rotation at the Internal Medicine Residency Clinic at McLaren Oakland with a focus in chronic pain and lifestyle medicine.

MAHPP Interns MAHPP Interns enjoy: competitive stipends, liberal fringe benefits, generous educational funds, a friendly and helpful team of faculty and staff, opportunity to participate in research, robust wellness curriculum, and more.

Location: Clinical Health Psychology