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Family Medicine Department in NIH Funding Nationwide (2023)

 Residency Programs

We have eight family medicine residency programs—five in the Twin Cities and three in Greater Minnesota.
We train family physicians to provide comprehensive, personalized care for the whole family in any setting: urban, rural, global. Each program has its own curricular strengths, unique feel, and sense of community.

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Education & Training

Our top-ranked educational programs include eight distinct residency programs and five fellowships, as well as many courses and opportunities for medical students and community physicians.

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Patient Care

Our approach to care is collaborative and team-based, within multiple clinics and hospitals across the state of Minnesota. We are dedicated to comprehensive, personalized care for the whole person, the whole family, and the whole community.

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Research

One of the top-funded family medicine departments in the country by the NIH, we focus on collaborative and cutting-edge research across multiple health-related areas, including diabetes, obesity, smoking cessation, health inequities and health equity, nutrition, integrated care, behavioral health, opioids, community-based participatory research, and sexual health.

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Department Head, James Pacala, MD, MS

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is part of the University of Minnesota Medical School. The department was created more than 50 years ago in response to a legislative mandate to train primary care physicians.

 

Family Medicine News

Fariha Qureshi, MD (she/her), is a resident at St. Cloud Family Medicine Residency Program. We spoke about her residency program, her journey and current specialty focus, and her future endeavors.

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) has created a new endowed chair position, the Minnesota Chair in Family Medicine. The first chair holder is Dr. Pita Adam.

Announcements

The Minnesota Substance Use and Community Health Lab (MN-SUCH) is a groundbreaking initiative focused on integrating substance use treatment into primary care settings. Co-founded by Dr. Levy and Dr. Lonergan-Cullum, MN-SUCH was created to address gaps in the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs) and reduce disparities in care across different populations.

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Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

Led by PI Jim Pacala, MD, MS, the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MN GWEP) has a mission to improve the healthcare and health of older adults across the state of Minnesota.