Griffin Hospital is a not-for-profit tax-exempt subsidiary of the Griffin Health Services Corporation. A 160-bed acute care community hospital in the heart of the lower Naugatuck Valley, Griffin has over 200 active and courtesy physicians who have admitting privileges. Griffin Hospital has received national recognition and acclaim for creating a facility and approach to patient care responsive to the needs of patients. Many health care facilities around the world continue to visit us and incorporate our ideas into their health care models.

Combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Griffin offers a unique, 4-year training program that combines Internal Medicine with Preventive Medicine (IM/PM). Residents in this program obtain a fully-funded Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health.

The combined IM/PM program cultivates expertise in clinical decision-making and patient care, while developing skills in research methodology, teaching, community-based health promotion and epidemiology. The Griffin Hospital-Yale University Residency Programs combine the academic advantages of an internationally recognized university medical center with an excellent community hospital. At Griffin Hospital, residents are provided with an intense teaching program in a personalized, friendly and stimulating atmosphere. Various clinical departments are closely integrated and readily accessible, allowing for excellent resident-attending communication. While training at Yale, residents have access to the resources and benefits of a tertiary care institution, and to the expertise of internationally renowned faculty.

Preventive Medicine Residency TRIUMPH
(Training Residents to Improve Underserved & Minority Populations' Health) Project

In June 2004, Department of Health and Human Services has funded approximately $526,061 to create an innovative combined training program in combined internal medicine and preventive medicine. The Yale University School of Public Health and Griffin Hospital will be collaborating to train residents in TRIUMPH Track. The TRIUMPH tract will be created within the existing preventive medicine program, and it will be based on 3 components:

1. the Clinical Year (completed at Griffin Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine);
2. the Academic phase, consisting of the Masters in Public Health degree course work (completed at Yale School of Public Health); and