Residency News

January 2013: Co-Chief Residents Announced

John Breck, D.O.	Ravishankar Rao, M.D.

Residency director, James M. Cooke, M.D., assistant professor, is pleased to announce that John Breck, D.O. and Ravishankar Rao, M.D. will be the co-chief residents for the 2013-14 academic year. Drs. Breck and Rao have been very active in residency recruitment, outreach activities, patient care and educational improvement efforts, and are very vocal advocates for their fellow residents. 

They will be very busy over the coming months assisting with 2013-14 curriculum changes and planning for the resident retreat in April along with many other activities. As in past years, they plan to take over the chief resident responsibilities following the retreat in April. 

“I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Margaret Greenough, M.D. and Aaron Heindl, M.D. for their extraordinary leadership over the last year. Their contributions have improved the residency program in numerous ways. They were also instrumental in supporting their resident colleagues and keeping the inpatient services and residency program running smoothly this past year,” says Dr. Cooke.

November 15, 2012: Residency Applications At An All-Time High

In the 2012 Residency Match that happened earlier this year, 1335 U.S. medical school graduates entered family medicine residency programs across the country.

This year 195 U.S. medical school graduates, or an estimated 14.6% of all U.S. graduates seeking postgraduate year one (PGY-1) family medicine positions, applied to the U-M Department of Family Medicine Residency Program for eleven available positions.

“With 1335 U.S. graduates entering family medicine and over 450 residency programs nation-wide, each program would expect to match three U.S. grads on average. The fact that nearly 200 U.S. graduates applied to our program this year, which is more than at any time in the program’s history, is a testament to the quality and reputation of the program throughout the nation,” says James M. Cooke, M.D., assistant professor, residency program director.

Residency Program Receives 5-Year Accreditation

Dr. James Cooke, residency director, is pleased to share the news that the residency program received a five-year accreditation from the Residency Review Committee (RRC), which is the maximum cycle allowed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Dr. Cooke wishes to thank all the faculty, residents, and staff who commit so much of their time, effort, and expertise to making U-M one of the best programs in the country to train future family physicians.

2013 U.S. News & World Report Ranking

The U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School completed their 2013 rankings, and the Department is pleased to announce that it is ranked 7th in the nation in family medicine training. The Department has received consistently high ratings for more than ten years.
  
The U-M’s overall rank as a primary care training school is rising from 20th last year to 8th this year, largely on the strength of the number of graduates going into primary care.

“It is very gratifying to see that our excellence in patient care, education and research continues to be highly recognized despite the fact we currently are undergoing a national search for a permanent chair. We are so lucky to have such a large number of superb faculty, fellows and residents who make us so successful in so many ways,” says Philip Zazove, M.D., professor and interim chair.

To learn more, visit the U.S. News & World Report or the UMHS Newsroom.

Welcome New Residents
We are very happy to report that the following medical students matched into the U-M Family Medicine Residency Program on Friday.

Chelsea Family Medicine
Tony Grech, University of Michigan Medical School
Marisa Gross, University of Michigan Medical School
Julie Kaplan, University of Michigan Medical School
Belsam Saif, Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine
Trevor Shull, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Jenna Wissocki, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-Piscataway

Ypsilanti Family Medicine
Hetal Choxi, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Amy Kreykes, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Katherine Lemler, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
Kyle Smith, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Anna Stanczyk, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

We are very pleased to welcome this fine group of accomplished physicians to our program. Please give them a warm welcome when they join us in Ann Arbor on June 18.

Residency Program Expansion
In response to the anticipated increase in demand for primary care physicians, the Department of Family Medicine expanded their residency program for the first time in more than a decade. The Department received a $960,000 federal grant to add one additional resident to the program each year starting in July 2011. “Over the total funding period, there will be five more University of Michigan-trained primary care physicians produced because of this grant,” says James M. Cooke, M.D., assistant professor and residency director. Find out more in the UMHS Newsroom. 

Hello and welcome to the University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency web site.

Our program, located in Ann Arbor, Mich., combines the resources of the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine (ranked #4 by U.S. News & World Report) with the best training opportunities of the top ten University of Michigan Hospital and the community-based Chelsea Community Hospital to produce one of the best and most innovative residency programs in the nation. Our well established academic program and world renown faculty offer a broad family medicine training experience with the opportunities and resources to pursue individual career interests. Please explore the site and don't hesitate to contact us!    - James M. Cooke, M.D., Residency Director

1. The best combination of training at top rated community and academic hospitals
2. Clinics in a more rural or urban underserved setting practicing full spectrum family medicine including obstetrics and procedures
3. A top ranked Department of Family Medicine as rated by U.S. News & World Report that includes over fifty faculty
4. Numerous community outreach programs
5. International medicine opportunities with faculty and residents traveling abroad annually
6. Family medicine centered obstetrical training with a Family Mother Baby Obstetrical and newborn service staffed exclusively by family medicine faculty
7. Several well established fellowships
8. A well established resident wellness curriculum and two block month curriculums
9. A state of the art clinical Simulation Center that offers training in colonoscopy and emergency medical management
10. Residents motivated for the future of family medicine with amazing acheivements

And last but not least, getting to work with an enthusiastic, collegial group of physicians engaged in your educational experience, in a great location to live!