Family Medicine Residency - Genesys Health System | Grand Blanc, MI

The Genesys Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program is the largest family medicine program in the state of Michigan. The program includes three years of comprehensive training in family medicine with positions for thirty-nine residents. Additionally, Genesys Regional Medical Center – Health Park is one of the most technologically advanced institutions in the state.

Genesys Regional Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency is one of a handful of residencies offering both, Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and American Osteopathic Association certification. With a long tradition of family practice training dating back to 1971, our program is one of the most innovative residencies in the nation and our graduates are highly recruited. Our training embraces the broad spectrum of family practice from inpatient care to the ambulatory setting.

Genesys Regional Medical Center is affiliated with Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Family Health Center

The Family Health Center is located on the East Flint Campus of Genesys Regional Medical Center and is designed as a model unit. With more than 20,000 square feet of space, the Family Health Center has thirty examination rooms and specialty rooms. The unit is divided into modules, which consist of a team office with 12 to 14 examination rooms or treatment rooms. Specialty rooms are available for colposcopy, procto-sigmoidoscopy, fracture care, ENT evaluation, osteopathic manipulative medicine, psychological testing and counseling, and resident videotaping. Family practice faculty supervise all patient care in the Family Health Center. Our faculty staff includes not only family physicians but also surgeons, psychologists, and obstetrics/gynecologists.

An efficient and comfortable environment is provided for you and your patients. Patients have easy access to our large central waiting room and inner waiting room areas. Through patient encounter forms, modified problem-oriented medical records, ambulatory care research, ongoing medical care review, computerized billing and office communication systems, you have the information and resources you need to respond to your patients in a timely and efficient manner. This information also provides valuable comments for resident evaluations when assessing the program.

First Year
Your initial orientation focuses on the basic principles and philosophy of family medicine with more extensive training during the second and third years of your residency. As a first year resident, you are introduced to the Family Health center, seeing patients twice weekly on a half-day basis building your practice continuity. This experience, along with a range of inpatient block (four-week) rotations, is designed to help you begin practicing and building on the skills and training you received in medical school.

Second Year
As a second year resident, you take on a more active role in the direct care of your patients. Increased responsibility and a more intense work schedule require effective time management. You also spend more time in the Family Health Center. The medical surgical areas of family practice become an important part of our training as the number of your hospital and Health Center patients grows. Through your individual patient experiences and ambulatory rotations, our program will help you develop a greater understanding of family medicine.

Third Year
During the third year of your residency, you spend four half days in the Family Health Center each week with a practice mix of as many as 200 families. You select your elective rotations based on your special areas of interest. In addition, as you become well acquainted with your instructors and consultants, your teaching responsibilities increase. Your relationship with junior residents and medical students is a very important part of the learning experience throughout your training, but particularly in your third year.

Curriculum

PGY I
PGYI I
PGY III

Critical Care:
Medicine-Night Float 1
Medicine

ICU
Selective

Critical Care:
Night Float 2
Pediatrics
Geriatrics
Ambulatory Medicine

Surgery 1
Community Medicine
Practice Management

Surgery 2
Ambulatory Surgery
Gynecology II

Pediatrics – Hurley
Psych/Sports Medicine
Dermatology/Behavioral Science

Pediatrics 2
Pediatrics 3
Pediatrics 4

Obstetrics 1
Gynecology I or Obstetrics 3 (OB Tracker)
Selective or Obstetrics 4 (OB Tracker)

Obstetrics 2
Neurology/
Behavioral Science 1
Medicine 4

Medicine 1
Medicine 3
Medicine 5

Medicine 2
Cardiology
Orthopedics

Emergency Medicine 1 - Health Park ER
Emergency Medicine 2 - Hurley Peds ER
Emergency Medicine 3 -
East Flint Campus

ENT/ Ophthalmology
ICU
Elective - In house
Elective - In house

ICU
Elective - Away
Elective - Away

Family Health Center Days:
PGY I: 2 half days per week
PGY II: 4 half days per week
PGY III: 4 half days per week

Third-Year Selective Choices Include:

Dermatology
Neurology
Nephrology
Sports Medicine
Endocrinology
Research
(Selectives will be treated as an in-house rotation and residents will see their patients in the FHC four half-days per week and attend all morning reports and lectures.)

Three Years of Longitudinal Teaching Includes:
Behavioral Medicine
Practice Management
Quality Assurance
Office Procedural Skills
Urology
Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion
Osteopathic Principles and Practice
Research

Program Directors
Kenneth Yokosawa, MD
John Georgakopolous, DO

Family Practice Teaching Faculty
Nazem Abdelfattah, MD
Jeff Bossenberger, DO
Nachhattar Buttar, MD
Maria Fimiani, PsyD
Brenda Fortunate, DO*
John Georgakopoulos, DO*
Robert Hamilton, DO *
Larry Kage, DO *
Richard LaBaere, II, DO*
Guozhen Liu, MD
Richard Rankl, MD
William Sheppard, MD
Kenneth Steibel, MD
Mark Vogel, PhD
Kenneth Yokowawa, MD

*Indicates Part-Time Faculty

All MD and DO PGY 1 Applicants must apply through ERAS

PGY 2 On-Line Application - Click Below

For more information, please visit the Genesys Family Medicine website or call the Medical Education Department at: (810) 606-5980 or toll free 1-800-233-2863