Emory Family Medicine Residency Program

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Emory Family MedicineResidency Program
Informational Brochure 2004-2005

• Produced by
• Emory
• Family Medicine

4555 North Shallowford Road, Suite 100, Atlanta,
GA 30338 Phone [phone] Fax (678)
530-9014 e-mailsprice_at_learnlink.emory.edu
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• Introduction
• Highlights
• Sites and Facilities
• Department Organization
• Emory School of Medicine
• Welcome to Atlanta
• Meet our Residents
• Meet our Faculty
• Conferences
• Curriculum
• Medical Student Electives
• Compensation Benefits
• Application Process
• Feedback

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subject to change.
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PHILOSOPHY

•   The goal of the Emory Family Medicine
  Residency Program is to train excellent family
  physicians to practice full-spectrum family
  medicine in the medical environment of the
  future. We teach clinical and procedural skills
  that allow graduates to practice in any setting,
  including rural or remote sites. Residents may
  select from a variety of training opportunities
  and environments that allow them to plan for the
  specific needs of their anticipated future
  practices. This learner-directed philosophy
  ensures that graduates have the opportunity to
  become clinically competent to practice in any
  setting they may choose.

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Introduction (cont)

• In our Family Medicine centers and on the
  inpatient service, the residency emphasizes the
  entire health care team. By training with
  psychologists, health educators, pharmacists,
  consultants, and family practice physicians,
  residents develop their patient counseling skills
  to include an emphasis on healthy lifestyles.

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Introduction (cont)

• We emphasize the importance of all health
  care providers as teachers and administrators.
  Faculty members teach residents and often learn
  from them residents teach each other physicians
  and other health care providers benefit from each
  others' wisdom and all groups learn from and
  teach their patients. Residents develop
  administrative and managerial skills for their
  own practices and for managed care environments.

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Introduction (cont)
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center

• Administered by Emory University School of
  Medicine, the Family Medicine Residency Program
  hospitalizes patients at Emory Dunwoody Medical
  Center, a hospital located in suburban Atlanta.
  Dunwoody features a mix of primary, secondary and
  tertiary patient care. The family practice
  residency is the only residency program based at
  Emory Dunwoody Medical Center.

The family practice residency is completely
unopposed at the Emory Dunwoody Medical Center.
Some rotations occur at nearby hospitals and
clinics in order to optimize learning
opportunities. These hospitals include Grady
Memorial Hospital, Childrens Healthcare of
Atlanta-Egleston Hospital, Hugh Spalding, and
Crawford Long Hospital.
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Introduction (cont)

• We look forward to helping residents
  anticipate the future of medicine and shape their
  residencies to meet their own goals. Most of all,
  we want residents to feel the excitement of
  family medicine and to feel confident taking
  their place in assisting patients in their well
  being.

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Introduction (cont)

• The Emory Family Medicine Residency Program
  is committed to training excellent family
  physicians, capable of practicing full spectrum
  family medicine in the 21st Century. We
  accomplish this by carefully incorporating
  clinical activity, education, and scholarly
  activity within the clinical setting of the Emory
  Clinic and the academic setting of Emory
  University School of Medicine.

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Introduction (cont)

• Our 2 Family Medicine Centers (South DeKalb
  and Dunwoody) constitute the outpatient services
  of the Emory Family Medicine Residency Program,
  an organization passionately committed to
  patients' health through the sharing of knowledge
  and the implementing of breakthrough health care.
  

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We believe in training our residents to educate
themselves, their patients, and each other, as we
deliver health care to our patients. We believe
in educating our residents as adult learners.
It is incumbent upon them to do self-evaluation
to assess their goals, needs and progress. With
the help of their faculty advisors,
residents set objectives based on these goals and
decide what experiences are needed to achieve
them as well as how to seek out knowledge as part
of continuing medical education.
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Introduction (cont)

• In turn, the residents, while caring for
  their patients, are taught to educate them about
  their health care and guide them as the patients
  make decisions regarding their own health care.
  As the residents progress through their training,
  they are taught and encouraged to educate each
  other, other health care providers, and the
  community through conferences, lectures, and
  community talks.

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Introduction (cont)

• Family physicians actively lead the
  teaching of residents in formal settings such as
  precepting, lectures, and on ward rounds.
  However, we believe that one of the most
  important methods of teaching is by being role
  models for the residents. The Family Medicine
  faculty set the standard all members of the
  faculty are providers of comprehensive care to
  the individual and the family. They see patients
  in the Family Practice Centers, the hospital,
  perform procedures, and continue to deliver
  maternity services.

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Introduction (cont)

• Behavioral Medicine faculty, well-versed in
  family systems, family theory, and counseling,
  assist by providing additional role modeling and
  teaching in behavioral medicine and mental
  health. Excellent support staff provide a model
  for clinical practice, and include nursing and
  medical assistants as well as physician
  assistants these individuals participate in the
  education of residents by guiding them through
  the process of seeing patients in the Family
  Medicine Clinics, and by modeling how the Emory
  Clinic attends to individual patients and
  families' needs.

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Introduction (cont)

• The Family Medicine faculty also guide the
  residents in how to be part of the health care
  team, demonstrating and teaching how to interact
  with consultants in other specialties, social
  services, nutrition services, physical and
  occupational therapy, and community resources.

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Introduction (cont)

• The residency exists within the Department
  of Family and Preventive Medicine, part of the
  Emory University School of Medicine. As part of
  the Emory academic tradition, the residency
  strives to make contributions to the discipline
  of Family Medicine and other disciplines through
  research and scholarly activities as well as
  through participating in the education of other
  members of the medical community. It is through
  the careful combination of clinical care and
  academic endeavors that our enthusiastic faculty
  train Emory Family Medicine residents to become
  providers in the 21st Century.

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Residency Training Highlights
Neighborhood Health Clinics

• Four Grady Neighborhood Health Centers,
  established as satellites of Grady Memorial
  Hospital to provide comprehensive care to
  indigent and underserved areas of Atlanta, are
  part of the Department of Family and Preventive
  Medicine. Two of the centers work with ethnically
  diverse populations, including Hispanic, Asian,
  and Eastern European communities. The other two
  centers are in predominantly African-American
  communities. Residents are encouraged to choose
  projects, electives, or preceptorships that
  involve these sites if they are interested in
  working in similar settings, in public health, or
  in community-oriented primary care.

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Highlights (cont)
Rural Medicine

• During the third year, residents do a
  one-month rotation in a rural area of Georgia.
  This rotation provides residents an opportunity
  to experience family practice in a smaller
  community setting. A one-month Rural Elective is
  also available within commuting distance of
  Atlanta.

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Highlights (cont)
Geriatrics

• The geriatric teaching program is located at
  the Family Medicine Centers, at Beverly
  Northside, a longterm care facility, and at the
  VA hospital in Atlanta for the nursing home
  experience. The second year includes one month of
  geriatrics, with experiences in ambulatory
  patient care, acute inpatient care, chronic wound
  care, functional assessment training and home
  visits.

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Highlights (cont)
Sports Medicine

• A sports medicine rotation, conducted with
  community-based Sports Medicine physicians, is
  part of the PGY-2 curriculum. Residents work
  with faculty trained in primary care sports
  medicine, orthopedists, physical therapists, and
  athletic trainers. In the past, they have
  provided event coverage for local high school
  teams and for Emory University varsity athletics.

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Highlights (cont)
Throughout their training, residents provide
continuity care to their own prenatal patients
and perform their own deliveries at EDMC. EDMC
blends community practice and an academic
environment together. EDMC has modern,
patient-centered labor and delivery suites. EDMC
also has a level II nursery.
OB/GYN
During the first year, residents rotate at Grady
Memorial Hospital for a preliminary 4-week block
of obstetrical training. This preliminary
obstetrical experience on average affords more
than 40 deliveries, as well as triage experience
for patients presenting for labor and delivery.
  During the first year residents complete ALSO
training to enhance their obstetrical emergency
management skills.
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Highlights (cont)
OB/GYN (Continued)

• In the second year of the residency
  program, residents have an intense, in-depth
  immersion experience in maternal labor and
  delivery management at Emory Dunwoody Medical
  Center. This experience allows our residents
  after 6 weeks to have a large number of
  obstetrical experiences including C-section first
  assist surgical experience, as well as newborn
  assessment and resuscitation.

The Dunwoody experience allows labor and
delivery triage, management and delivery, as well
as management of the newborn infant. It also
allows for management of ante- and peri-partum
patients with other co-existing conditions who
present emergently or directly to the LD floor.
During the third year, residents
participate in our six-week GYN rotation,
allowing residents to work with local OB/GYN
physicians.
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Highlights (cont)
Orientation Month

• The Emory Family Medicine Residency provides
  a comprehensive one-month orientation program for
  the new PGY-1 class. The July orientation is a
  special feature of the Emory Family Medicine
  Residency Program that allows residents time to
  bond with other residents in their class, and
  with the faculty in the Department before
  becoming involved in other rotations.

• The experience allows time for orientation to the
  hospitals and the Family Medicine Centers. A
  strong commitment to team work with the other
  residents and faculty develops throughout this
  intensive month.

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Family Medicine Residency Sites and Facilities
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
The medical staff at EDMC are Emory faculty,
and the remainder are community physicians. This
profile provides a unique mix of primary care
physicians and consultants for residents to work
with during their training. The Family Medicine
residency is the only residency based at Emory
Dunwoody. All other Emory residency programs do
their primary training at Grady Memorial Hospital
or Emory University Hospital.
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center
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Emory Dunwoody Medical Center
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center became the home
hospital for the Emory Family Medicine Program in
September 2002. EDMC is a 168-bed,
state-of-the-art facility which includes
admissions for adult medicine, newborns,
obstetrics, and surgery.
The Dunwoody area is a well-established, easily
accessible suburb of Atlanta. It is a desirable
location because it has an excellent school
system, established neighborhoods, access to
parks and recreational activities , and abundant
opportunities for leisure activities.
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center
OB and Gynecology are six week rotations
that have been arranged at Emorys Dunwoody
Medical Center. The second year OB rotation
offers an invaluable experience for our
residents. Since the PGY-2 resident serves as
the primary physician handling all OB deliveries
at Dunwoody, residents have exposure to a variety
of deliveries during the rotation.
As a PGY-3, residents work with local
gynecologists and follow inpatients at Dunwoody
during the Gynecology rotation. Both rotations
have call schedules at Dunwoody as well. Family
Medicine residents are the only residents that
serve Emory Dunwoody Medical Center.
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Crawford Long Hospital

• Crawford Long Hospital (CLH, left) of Emory
  University was originally constructed in 1908 and
  is the primary hospital utilized by the Family
  Medicine Residency Program. It is named in honor
  of Dr. Crawford W. Long (center), the first
  physician to utilize anesthesia for a surgical
  procedure in 1842 (inset). Located in mid-town
  Atlanta, CLH now has 583 beds and cares for more
  than 18,000 inpatients and 55,000 outpatients
  annually on a campus of 9 buildings. The new
  Medical Office Building annex to CLH (right)
  opened in Spring 2002. The 270 million 20-story
  structure houses an integrated birthing center,
  an expanded heart center, new emergency,
  outpatient surgery and ancillary services. The
  annex also provides physician and resident
  education/on-call housing and dining areas as
  well as physician office and clinic space.

Sites and Facilities (cont)
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Grady Memorial Hospital
At downtown Atlantas Grady Memorial
Hospital, PGY-1 residents receive excellent
teaching from Emory faculty in pediatric
emergency medicine, high-risk obstetrics, nursery
care and adult intensive care. Residents work
alongside house staff from Emorys other medical
residency programs. During the remaining two
years, residents return to the Grady system
Neighborhood health clinics, dermatology and
radiology services.
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston
Hospital
As a PGY-1, residents are at Egleston during the
Pediatric inpatient service month and work
alongside Pediatric residents. Any pediatric
patients from the residents continuity clinics
are admitted to Egleston where a full range of
pediatric subspecialties are available for
teaching and consultation.
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Emory Dunwoody Family Medicine is located
next to EDMC in suburban Atlanta. The presence
of the Emory Family Medicine Program will provide
access to medical care to populations which are
currently underserved.
Emory Dunwoody Family Medicine Clinic
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
South Dekalb Family Medicine Clinic
Emory Family Medicine-South DeKalb (SDK) is
a short commute by car from EDMC. This site has
12,000 square feet of space, in a modern, state
of the art facility. There are 21 exam rooms, and
2 procedure rooms, as well as laboratory and
x-ray facilities. Six residents from each PGY
level are assigned to SDK for continuity clinic.
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Family Medicine Clinics - Procedures
Residents learn casting and splinting,
exercise treadmills, colposcopy, flexible
sigmoidoscopy, and nasopharyngo-laryngoscopy
during their residency training. Other available
procedures include fine needle aspiration,
excisional and incisional procedures, and minor
suturing procedures. A procedures-based clinical
experience is also available. Videotaping is an
integral component of the learning and teaching
curriculum. Residents are involved in a
videotaping curriculum throughout their
residency training.
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Sites and Facilities (cont)
Elective Sites
Other sites available Additional sites are
available for electives and further training
these include the VAMC and Wesley Woods Center
for Geriatrics, as well as the Rollins School of
Public Health, the CDC-Atlanta, and Emory
University Hospital for other intensive or
specialized electives.
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Department of Family Preventive Medicine

• In January 1994, Emory's Department of
  Community and Preventive Medicine became the
  Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, a
  change reflecting Emory's commitment to primary
  care. Under its chair, Lawrence J. Lutz, MD,
  MSPH, the department has developed top-level
  programs in patient care, training, and research
  in primary care.

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Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
Department Organizational Chart
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Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
Division of Family Medicine
The Division of Family Medicine includes the
Family Medicine Residency Program, along with
Student Programs. The division directs a M1
course in the medical school as well as the
primary care clerkships for M3 and M4 students.
The Family Medicine division is closely tied to
the department's other divisions, which include
Community Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and the
Physician Assistant Program.
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The Community Medicine Division provides
outpatient care to underserved populations in
four neighborhood health centers that are
satellites of Grady Memorial Hospital. Residents
in the Family Medicine Program often utilize
these clinics for Pediatric electives as well as
during the Neighborhood Health Clinic rotation
month during PGY-2.
Division of Community Medicine
Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
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Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
Division of Preventive Medicine
Emory's Preventive Medicine Residency Program is
designed for physicians who already have
completed a residency in another field.
Residents enroll for a Masters in Public Health
and participate in programs in health care
administration, information technology, and
preventive medicine research. Faculty in the
Preventive Medicine division have a close working
relationship with scientists in the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, with whom they
collaborate frequently in research. Specific
research projects currently supported by federal
grants include central obesity and risk for heart
disease, the Women's Health Initiative,
transmission dynamics of HIV, the effectiveness
of antiviral therapy for HIV, and medical
information management.
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Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
Center for Health Professions Education
The Center for Health Professions Education
manages the Southeast AIDS Training and Education
Center (SEATEC), a federally funded program
providing training to physicians and other health
care personnel in the comprehensive ambulatory
care of patients with HIV.
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Dept of Family Preventive Medicine (cont)
Physician Assistant Program
This 28-month masters-level program accepts 50
new students each year and focuses on the role of
physician assistants in providing medical care to
those in rural and underserved areas. PA
students rotate on the family medicine service
and in the family medicine centers, where
residents play a part in their education.
Several graduates of the program staff the
clinics and are vital to the education of our
Family Medicine residents.
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EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Emory University School of Medicine is widely
recognized as one of the finest teaching
institutions in the country, with a curriculum
that emphasizes medical education and problem
solving within the context of patient care.
  Through Emory's own clinical facilities and
its affiliates, medical school faculty and
residents provide a major portion of all patient
care in Atlanta, with responsibility for nearly
3,000 hospital beds, 1.9 million inpatient and
outpatient visits, and more than 200,000
emergency visits annually.
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Emory medicine is well known for its pioneering
work in treating heart disease, particularly as
the center where coronary angioplasty was
developed. Emory is also well known for its
programs in cancer and transplantation and for
work in the neurosciences and molecular genetics.
  A new emphasis at Emory on primary care, at
both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
not only serves to make the school's educational
offerings more comprehensive but also helps
fulfill Emory's commitment to social need.
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Relevant to these efforts in the medical school
is the development of a growing number of primary
health care centers of The Emory Clinic
throughout north, central, and south Atlanta.
There are also affiliations with a growing number
of private community hospitals throughout Georgia
with which Emory is involved in joint planning
and development of programs and services for
support of community-based health care.
Providing learning opportunities in both primary
and subspecialty care, The Emory Clinic, along
with its satellites, has more than 800
physicians, all of whom are faculty in the School
of Medicine.
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These activities are coordinated under the
auspices of EMORY HEALTHCARE, which consolidates
patient care among the following The Emory
Clinic and its health care centers throughout
metro Atlanta, Emory University Hospital, Emory
Dunwoody Medical Center, Crawford Long Hospital
of Emory University, Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta at Egleston and at Scottish Rite, and
Wesley Woods Center of Emory University.
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Welcome to Atlanta and the Peach State!
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Atlanta (cont)
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Atlanta (cont)
Lush and temperate, Atlanta is dotted with
numerous parks. The average daytime temperature
is 50 in January and 88 in July. Year-round
cultural offerings include the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta
Ballet, and the Alliance Theater. City dwellers
enjoy a multitude of fine and exotic
restaurants rock, jazz, and dance clubs
abound, as do popular concerts, and outdoor
summer festivals.
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Atlanta (cont)
with abundant recreation
The Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta, the
Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Zoo Atlanta, and the
Fernbank Museum of Natural History offer fine
educational and entertainment opportunities. The
Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent
Social Change and the historic Sweet Auburn
District are adjacent to downtown. Underground
Atlanta offers restaurants, music, and shopping.
Six Flags Over Georgia and Stone Mountain Park
are just a few miles from the city.
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Atlanta (cont)
where business and intellect intertwine
At least 450 of the nation's Fortune 500
companies have offices in Atlanta the city is a
home base for many of America's best-known
corporations.
Metropolitan Atlanta has 43 colleges and
universities, 27 public school systems and more
than 70 private schools. Cost of living is
unusually low for a large city, and employment
possibilities for physicians and spouses are
excellent.
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Atlanta (cont)
healthcare is a community responsibility
As the capital city of Georgia, Atlanta is a
major government center. As headquarters for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the American Cancer Society, it is a major center
for the health sciences as well. Due to the
presence of the CDC, Atlanta has consistently led
the nation in AIDs research and community service
and education issues.
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Atlanta (cont)
and athletic tradition and pride abound.
For the sports enthusiast, Atlanta offers the
Braves, the Falcons, the Hawks, and the Thrashers
as well as Georgia Techs collegiate sports. The
Peachtree Road Race, held every July 4th,
attracts 50,000 runners from around the world
the Georgia Dome is an architectural sporting
wonder gracing the city skyline!
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Atlanta (cont)
Georgia...natures handiwork at its best!
Within a two-hour drive from the city, a
backpacker can hike the Appalachian Trail in
North Georgia. The beaches of the Atlantic Ocean
or the Gulf of Mexico are half a day's drive
away. Lake Lanier, one of the larger inland
lakes in the region, is just north of Atlanta,
offering sailing, skiing, and fishing. For the
lazy, rafting down the Chattahoochee River is
available right in Atlanta.
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Meet Our Graduates of 2003
Residents (cont)
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Meet Our Residents
Residents (cont)
Meet Our Graduates of 2004
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PGY 3 Residents
Suzanne Ferree, MD Virginia
Shameka McElhaney, MD Morehouse School of Med
Nicholas Church, MD England
Jyoti Manekar, MD Dr DY Patil Medical College
David Yi, MD Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Anu Murthy, MD Medical College of GA
Isioma Okobah, MD Univ. of Benin
Lishan Bekele, MD Mayo Med School
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PGY 2 Residents
Irada Dalili, MD
Partha Gonavaram, MD
Rubina Grover, MD
Kirk Hewling, MD
Doris Munoz-Mantilla, MD
Sonal Patil, MD
Nkiruka Udejiofor, MD
Duska Vranjesevic, MD
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Meet Our Faculty
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Eddie Needham, MD, FAAFPResidency Program
DirectorAssistant Professor MD Emory
UnivResidency Tripler Army Medical
CntrInterests Dermatology, Procedures, Resident
Education/Didactics
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Meet Our Faculty
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Meet Our Faculty
Faculty (cont)
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Meet Our Faculty
Faculty (cont)
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Conferences
Residents are required to attend weekly didactic
conferences. The Family Medicine conference
includes all topics within the realm of Family
Medicine topic areas repeat in a three-month
cycle and are designed to ensure an adequate
balance of biomedical, psychosocial, and general
topics. Every 18 months, similar topics are
presented to ensure that everyone has had an
opportunity to attend at least one lecture on a
related topic. The topic areas are as follows
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Conferences (cont)
Maturity Topics resembling an internal medicine
curriculum include common illnesses, acute and
chronic, that present in the adult patient in the
ambulatory setting.
Young Adult Discussion of the health concerns of
young people, covering mostly acute illnesses and
injuries that are common in a primary care
setting.
Elderly Discussion of the unique health needs of
the geriatric patient.
Practice Management, Medico-legal, and General
Topics A grab bag of topics that don't fit well
by traditional labels and include occupational
medicine, practice management, community health,
communication skills, interview techniques, how
to get a job, and an annual medico legal series.
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Conferences (cont)
Pharmaceuticals Therapeutics A series
presented by PharmD associates focusing on
therapeutic issues in both ambulatory and
inpatient care.
Physical Diagnosis Presentation coordinated by
the chief residents demonstrating elements of the
physical exam.
MM Presentation by a resident on the inpatient
family medicine service, reviewing major adverse
outcomes of the previous month.
Nutrition A series presented by the Emory
University Department of Clinical Nutrition
focusing on nutrition throughout the life cycle
as well as specific illnesses.
Journal Club Presentation by residents in which
the literature is critically appraised and
principles of evidence-based medicine" are
demonstrated.
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Conferences (cont)
Resident-Faculty Meeting Monthly meeting
between residents and faculty to discuss issues
of mutual concern.
Psychosocial Rounds Regular meetings of each
PGY class with the behavioral medicine faculty.
These sessions are designed along a Balint
group-style format and are meant to contribute to
residents' sense of well-being.
Other Conferences Numerous other conferences
are available when residents are on different
rotations Cardiology Conferences, Community and
Preventive Medicine Conferences Emergency
Medicine Conferences Geriatrics Conferences
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds Neurology
Conferences OB-GYN Grand Rounds Pediatric
Grand Rounds Surgery Grand Rounds and Case
Presentations.
Small Group Sessions At times when one PGY
class is having psychosocial rounds, the other
two classes cover additional topics in research
methodology, computer skills, practice
management, and other topics in a small group
setting.
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Curriculum for 2004-2005
(number of weeks per rotation)
PGY-1 Orientation (4) ICU (4) Cardiology
(4) Internal Medicine (8) Nursery (4) Peds ER
(4) Peds Wards (4) OB (4) Behavioral Medicine
(4) Orthopaedics (4) Surgery (4) Family Med
Center (4) FMC continuity care patients seen 4-8
hours per week
PGY-2 Family Med Service (12) Urology (2) ENT
(2) Radiology (2) Psychiatry (4) Ophthalmology
(2) Sports Medicine (2) Emergency Medicine
(4) Geriatrics (4) Outpatient Peds (4) Elective
(8) Obstetrics (6) FMC continuity care patients
seen 8-16 hours per week
PGY-3 Family Med Service (6) Practice Management
(2) Community Medicine (4) Gynecology
(6) Dermatology (4) Ambulatory Surgery
(4) Medical subspecialties (8) Rural Medicine
(4) Adolescent Medicine (2) Electives (8) Family
Practice Clinic (4) FMC continuity care
patients seen 12-20 hours per week
FMC Family Medicine Center
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Medical Student Electives
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
offers several electives for visiting 4th year
medical students. The Midtown Clinic, our model
office, offers family practice preceptorships. We
also can help you arrange a rotation with a
family physician in the community. Detailed
information regarding course goals, format, and
evaluation is included in a senior electives book
available online, or from the Emory School of
Medicine Office of Clinical Education (404)
616-3558. To arrange an elective, you may apply
directly online at the web address below, or
speak with Sandra Price at [phone].
http//omesa.medadm.emory.edu/electives/
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Student Electives (cont)
You also may address inquiries to the following
Preceptors Family Medicine Joanne Williams,
MD, MPH [phone] Primary Care Rachel
Schonberger, MD [phone] Analytic
Medicine John Boring, Ph.D. [phone]
Clinical Preventive Medicine Michael P.
Rafferty, MD, Richard P. Rothenberg, MD, and
clinical staff [phone] or [phone]
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Compensation Benefits
Annual Stipends 2004-2005  PGY-1
41,090 PGY-2 42,535 PGY-3
44,206 Insurance Health insurance is
provided through Emory Care, a managed care plan
administered by Cigna Healthcare, offering a
network of more than 1,500 primary care
physicians and specialists and 18 hospitals.
Optional family coverage is available.  
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Benefits (cont)
Leave   Three weeks of annual vacation is
provided at all PGY levels. Twelve days of sick
leave is available annually. Family/Maternity or
disability leave (FMLA) is available after having
been employed for one year a resident is
permitted 12 weeks of FMLA per year, which
includes any paid leave used for vacation or sick
days.
Term Life insurance in the amount of 50,000 is
provided to each resident. There is also a
50,000 Accidental Death /Dismemberment Insurance
policy provided. Spouses are eligible for a
25,000 Term Life Insurance policy dependents
are eligible for a 5,000 Term Life Insurance
policy.   Malpractice insurance is provided but
does NOT cover moonlighting.   Auto,
homeowner's, and renter's insurance is available
through MetPay at a discounted group rate. For a
free, no-obligation quote, call 800-GETMET 1.
Retirement Residents may contribute to either
TIAA/CREF or to various mutual funds current
fund offerings are available from Human
Resources.
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Continuing Medical Education
Each PGY-2 and PGY-3 resident is allowed five
days for CME leave and up to 1,000 for CME
course work or educational material this is
dependent on didactic attendance. Course fees
are covered (first time only) for PGY-1s and
PGY-3s for BLS, ACLS, PALS and NNR. Course fees
are covered (first time only) for PGY-1s for
ALSO. The AAFP Core content review will be
purchased for each rising PGY-3 resident.
Residents may register for Emory- sponsored
continuing medical education courses at no
charge.   In addition, residents may attend the
Georgia Academy of Family Practice annual
meeting in Atlanta at the departments expense.
Benefits (cont)
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Benefits (cont)
Moonlighting   Moonlighting is permitted for
residents in good academic standing, with
permission of the program director and the
department chairman. Total hours for residency
work AND moonlighting combined may not exceed 80
hours per week. Other specific rules for
moonlighting may be obtained from the graduate
medical education handbook. Residents must
provide evidence of malpractice coverage prior to
approval being granted.

• Additional Benefits
•  
• Free parking for all rotations.
• Meal and rooms while on call.
• Uniforms, including white coats and scrubs.
• Dues for AAFP and GAFP.
• Textbook stipend of 200 per year based on
  conference attendance.
• Practice search assistance is available.

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University Services   The Emory Employee
Assistance Program offers a broad range of
confidential and professional services addressing
personal concerns, social issues, health
questions, and organizational needs. The
Woodruff P.E. Center includes basketball courts,
an Olympic-size pool, two Nautilus weight
circuits, an eight-lane track, a dance studio, a
combatives studio, and racquetball, squash, and
tennis courts. Memberships are available for 65
per year. Spouse or family membership also is
available. In addition, membership in the
Blomeyer Health Fitness Center is available with
monthly payroll deductions.
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Application Process
Applications to the Emory Family Practice
Residency Program for 2004-2005 will be accepted
only through the Electronic Residency Application
Service (ERAS). This service is available to all
US medical/osteopathic graduates through your
medical school dean's office. Canadian medical
school graduates should contact the Canadian
Resident Matching Service for ERAS processing
information. International medical graduates may
access ERAS through the Education
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
(ECFMG).
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Application Process (cont)
General Comments
A completed ERAS application must include a USMLE
or COMLEX transcript. International medical
graduates must also ensure that their ERAS
application includes an ECFMG certificate
(including a current TOEFL) and a copy of a
translated medical school diploma. All
candidates should have taken USMLE Part I and are
strongly encouraged to take Part II and forward
their scores to the Emory Family Medicine
Residency Program prior to February, when our
ranking list is finalized and submitted to the
NRMP.
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Application Process (cont)
Selection Policy First-year positions are
offered through the National Residency Matching
Program, and recruiting is in compliance with
NRMP guidelines. Second-year applicants or
applicants with a minimum of 10 months of
transferable advanced placement credit (per ABFP
guidelines and application) will be considered if
openings occur in this level. These PGY-2
applicants will be interviewed and considered
outside of the NRMP.
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Application Process (cont)
Selection Policy Academic records, letters of
recommendation (at least one of which must be
from a family physician), USMLE (or FLEX,
NBME, COMLEX) scores, honors, and applicant's
personal statement and future plans are
considered in choosing to interview an
applicant. The interview, compatibility of the
applicant with program philosophy and goals,
academic record, letters of recommendation, and
evidence of involvement in and commitment to
family practice weigh in the acceptance and
ranking of applicants.
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Application Process (cont)
International Medical Graduate (IMG) Policies
All IMG candidates must have documented clinical
experience in the US or Canada, and the majority
of recommendations must come from physicians who
can attest to this clinical experience. Per
Emory's Graduate Medical Education guidelines,
only those IMGs with an H-1 visa, J-1 visa or
permanent resident status may be enrolled in
post-graduate medical training. Emory will
sponsor H-1 and J-1 visas.   Emory School of
Medicine and the Department of Family and
Preventive Medicine do not discriminate in
recruiting on the basis of race, national origin,
color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age,
veteran's status, or disability. We value
diversity and individuality in our candidates.
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Application Process (cont)
Deadlines for Application All candidates must
submit applications through the ERAS.
Applications are reviewed periodically, and
candidates are notified when we have sufficient
information to grant an interview. Interview
dates are granted on a rolling basis to qualified
candidates. The application deadline is November
30, 2004. Interviews will be scheduled on
selected Mondays and Fridays from December 1
through February 4 interviews last the entire
day. With enough advance notice, we may be able
to arrange overnight lodging and dinner with one
or more of our residents. Spouses or significant
others are invited to visit with us as well.
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  Medicine Residency Program at Emory University
  School of Medicine.