The Department of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program was started in the year 1970 by the graduates of Cebu Institute of Medicine coming back from their training in the United States of America headed by Dr. Cesar Estallila as chairman and Dr. Josefina Poblete as the training officer. Four years after, it produced its first graduate, Dr. Nole Almendras and in the year 1976, it received its first accreditation by the Philippine College of Physicians as a residency training program for Internal Medicine. Through the years, the training program of the Department of Internal Medicine CVGH produced numerous graduates who are now successful in their practice both locally and abroad.