Welcome to St. Joseph's/Candler Graduate Medical Education

Graduate Medical Education at St. Joseph's/Candler

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System in Savannah, Ga., is recruiting top medical graduates for the inaugural class of Internal Medicine residents. The class will begin in July 2027 and it is the exciting first step in launching what will become the largest new residency program in the state of Georgia.

Backed by state funding and built on nearly two decades of partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, this is an unprecedented commitment to training exceptional physicians right here in Southeast Georgia, where they are needed most.

The inaugural class for Internal Medicine is forming now. Family Medicine, General Surgery and Cardiology Fellowship will be added in coming years. There will be spots for 103 residents by 2031. 

We invite you to be among the first.

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Graduate Medical Education at St. Joseph's/Candler

St. Joseph's/Candler has been a place of learning for as long as it has been a place of healing. Since 2007, the health system has hosted third- and fourth-year medical students from the Medical College of Georgia for clinical rotations and since 2011 has served as the home base for MCG's Southeast Regional Campus. Today, 80 of MCG's 160 Savannah-based students receive clinical training at St. Joseph's/Candler's two anchor hospitals and outpatient centers. The physicians who guide them have been doing this for years, not as an obligation, but as a calling. Teaching is simply part of what St. Joseph's/Candler does. 

Residency is the next step in that tradition, and it is built on a foundation that is already strong. Residents will train within a health system that spans two hospital campuses, a growing network of outpatient sites across Southeast Georgia, and a patient population that is as diverse as the region itself. They will have access to cutting-edge technology, high-acuity clinical experiences, and the daily mentorship from  some of the most experienced attending physicians in the state. Physicians who have spent their careers here and are genuinely invested in shaping what comes next.

Why train at St. Joseph's/Candler?

St. Joseph's/Candler is the region's only faith-based, not-for-profit health system, and while one of the most historic in the country, it is also the most advanced in the region and growing to match the population.

Our four facilities, including St. Joseph's Hospital (founded 1875), Candler Hospital (founded 1804), Mary Telfair Women's Hospital (founded 1886), and the Georgia Infirmary (founded 1832), represent nearly 700 cumulative years of dedicated service to this community.

As a resident, you will train alongside top physicians and a Magnet-recognized nursing staff, within specialty institutes that are leaders in cardiovascular care, neurosciences,  oncology and women's health, and inside a system guided by a mission that has never changed: Rooted in God’s love, to treat illness and promote wellness for all people. This is where medicine has deep roots. It is an exceptional place to grow.