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 Greetings from Memorial University Medical Center's Family Medicine Residency Program.
I hope you will take a few minutes to look through our Web site. Whether you're a graduate student seeking a residency position or a senior medical student desiring electives, you'll find plenty of helpful information here.
Our program is unique among family medicine residencies in that it combines the assets of an opposed program with the advantages of a large teaching and research hospital. The hospital, Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC), is a 530-bed tertiary care facility with the region's only trauma center. Memorial University Medical Center has an affiliation with Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Ga. Approximately one-third of the medical school class from Mercer spends time during its third and fourth years at MUMC (often referred to as the "Savannah campus"). Our entire faculty holds academic appointments in the Mercer School of Medicine.
 Our Family Medicine Residency Program has a six-physician faculty. Our faculty-to-resident ratio is 1:3. This small ratio provides an intimate environment for learning, professional dialogue, and development of collegiality. The faculty's offices are located in the Family Medicine Center just two blocks from the hospital, and are open to residents during patient care hours. The Family Medicine Center was built in 1993 and has 20 exam rooms, 21 cubicles for resident and student desks, and staff services. Each resident is assigned his or her own cubicle. Our residents are partners with the faculty in a 24-person full-service group family medicine.
Our residents and students can experience the full spectrum of care, including morning rounds, busy days in the office, and unpredictable late-night calls to labor and delivery. A typical day also includes noontime lectures and a catered lunch at the Family Medicine Center. Noon conferences are mandatory and all residents are released from their rotation to attend. Our altruistic group practice makes all of this possible within the framework of a viable lifestyle that allows you to enjoy the city of Savannah.
 Savannah is located on the Atlantic coast of Georgia. Tourism is a booming industry in the city. Our downtown region features horse-drawn carriage rides through a series of small parks (squares) lined with moss-draped oak trees. There are 21 squares throughout our elegant Historic District. The Atlantic Ocean is accessed locally from the beach on Tybee Island, just 25 minutes from the Family Medicine Center. Tidal rivers, creeks, and marshes surround Savannah. Hilton Head Island, S.C., and St. Simons Island, Ga., are within an hour's drive of Savannah. Jacksonville, Fla., is a two-hour interstate drive south of Savannah.
The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that residencies maintain high academic and training standards. Our Family Medicine Residency Program stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its corporate residencies. Come join us for three years of post-graduate medical training in the Coastal Empire.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you would like further information
from us before applying, please contact our residency program coordinator,
Joanne Warman, at 912-350-8838 or warmajo1@memorialhealth.com.
Sincerely,
Robert Pallay, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Family Medicine Education
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