Director: Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH
Occupational Medicine Residency Program
1900 W. Polk St., Room 500
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312.864.5520
Fax: 312.864.9701
E-mail: rrubin@uic.edu
Internet: www.cchil.org/Residency_Programs/occupati.htm

Total Number of Residents: 7

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Epidemiology
Occupational Pulmonary Disease
Toxicology
Workplace Hazard Evaluation

Post Graduate Prerequisites: *

Academic Year: Program provides grant support for tuition

Degrees Awarded: DrPH, MPH, MS, PhD

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Internal Medicine

Program Description: The Cook County Hospital Occupational Medicine Program offers a 4 year combined Internal Medicine/Occupational Medicine Program. Interested Medical Students can apply through the National Residents Matching Program to begin in the PGY1 year. The Cook County Hospital Occupational Medicine Program has been fully accredited since 1980. The academic portion of the Program is offered through the University of Illinois School of Public Health. The Program will also offer a two-year "straight" Occupational Medicine Program to qualified candidates who have completed at least one clinical year in an ACGME-approved program.