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Welcome to Fitchburg Family Medicine!

Our program continues its tradition of providing superior Family Medicine residency training in the North Worcester County area as it has for nearly 30 years. 
 
Here are a few highlights about our innovative program:

  • UMass is ranked as one of the top 10 academic centers for Primary Care.
  • Our residency is community-based.
  • We recognize the importance of family and quality of life for our residents.
  • We are dually accredited by the ACGME and by the AOA.
  • Our health center is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center. We are very excited that our
    new health center building is currently under construction and will open in 2013. Learn more         here!) 
  • Our Behavioral Health Department is nationally recognized.

Please note that we also encourage visiting medical students to complete elective rotations with us - for more information, click here!

I hope that you will decide to apply to our program. Please take advantage of the information our website offers and feel free to contact me anytime for more information. (read more).


James Ledwith, MD
Residency Director

 

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FITCHBURG FAMILY MEDICINE NEWSLINE


Check out our active Global Health Track blogs about our Winter 2013 trips to Nicaragua! Read Elliot's PGY-3 blog, Stephanie's PGY-2 blog and Noah's PGY-1 blog.

MATCH DAY 2013!  We are very excited about the five new physicians who matched with our program. Meet our newest interns!

Check out the latest edition of our Winter 2013 residency newsletter. 

UMass Ranked # 9 in Primary Care! Read the latest 2013 rankings from US News and World Report's annual Best Graduate Schools issue!

HealthAlliance Rated Safest MA Hospital: HealthAlliance Hospital rated highest in patient safety
scores according to a new survey in Consumer Reports magazine. Read all about it here. 

Our Admissions Blog: Prospective applicants can keep up with Michael Smith's Admissions blog for all the latest info about our academic programs and curricular innovations