Transitional Year Residency faculty

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Full-time Transitional Year faculty, teaching staff from other in-house residency programs and a large voluntary faculty support our program.

Program director

Colleen Nichols, MD

A 1992 graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Nichols completed her Internal Medicine residency training at MCW in 1995. After serving as chief resident at MCW for one year, Dr. Nichols joined the Transitional Year faculty and staff in 1996.

She served as the Associate Program Director until July 2011, at which time she assumed the Program Director role. In addition to her involvement in the internship program, Dr. Nichols is also the Medical Director of the Aurora Health Care Continuing Professional Development office and faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency.

Faculty

Aijaz Noor, MD

Dr. Noor joined our faculty in July 2000, after completing his residency and tenure as chief resident of the Aurora Health Care Internal Medicine Residency. Dr. Noor is very active clinically and interacts with our housestaff on a regular basis in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

In addition, Dr. Noor became Associate Program Director of the AHC/UW Affiliated Internal Medicine Residency in July 2012 and Associate Program Director of the Transitional Year internship in July of 2016.

A large number of other full-time and voluntary faculty, representing all major specialties, actively participate in resident education, acting as role models for learning the science and practice of medicine.

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