Overview
One of the unique and exciting features of family medicine at VCU is that we offer individualized training at sites distributed throughout Virginia. Each program trains its graduates to practice across the full spectrum of family medicine in a variety of settings. All of our programs provide strong academics, committed faculty, meaningful research and exciting colleagues.
To learn more about our unique characteristics, please spend time on each of the individual sites below, so that you can get to know the faculty, learn about resident life, and the communities we serve. We encourage candidates to apply to as many of our programs as appeal to you.
VCU Health - Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency
Meet VCU’s newest family medicine residency, VCU Health - Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency will welcome its first cohort of students in July 2024. With a mission to produce community-centered family medicine physicians trained to meet the broad scope of medical needs in rural and underserved communities, this residency program aims to:
- To retain and attract residents, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds and life experiences that demonstrate and promote health equity and social justice
- To deliver high quality, cost effective, value-based care to our patients
- To provide residents with high quality, comprehensive training in broad scope family medicine that emphasizes whole person care inclusive of individual, cultural, community, and social aspects of health and illness
- To promote a team-based and community-centered approach to healthcare so that all people in all communities have the opportunity to live their longest and healthiest life possible
- To teach, model and advocate for systems changes that promote wellness among residents, faculty, staff and colleagues; and to promote a culture of wellness in the broader healthcare system
Affiliated residency sites
The Fairfax Family Medicine Residency was launched in 1972 and is nationally recognized for its innovative, longitudinal curriculum and exceptional on-site resources in behavioral medicine and clinical research. The program offers extensive afternoon didactic instruction covering the full spectrum of family medicine, as well as daily academic midday conferences.
The program is sponsored by Inova Health System with inpatient experience at Inova-Fairfax and Inova-Fair Oaks hospitals. Located minutes from Washington, D.C., and offering easy access to seaside and mountain retreats, Fairfax is an ideal place to live and work.
The Riverside Family Medicine Residency was founded in 1971 and has produced more than one-third of VCU’s family medicine residents. The program offers a blend of advanced technology, a supportive environment and great training in family medicine. More than 100 faculty members with a full range of specialties provide excellent one-on-one teaching.
The program is sponsored by the Riverside Health System with inpatient experience at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA. The nearby beaches and easy access to Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown make the surrounding area a comfortable and interesting place to live and work.
The Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency serves Northern Virginia and portions of West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania with award-winning patient- and family-centered hospitals, home health and extended-care facilities.
The Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency is housed in a new 18,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility in Front Royal. The Shenandoah Valley Health System also includes Winchester Medical Center, a large regional medical center, and two small community hospitals — Warren Memorial Hospital near the ambulatory care facility in Front Royal, and Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, VA. These facilities all rank among the top-100 hospitals in the nation in cardiovascular medicine and information systems.
The VCU-affiliated St. Francis Family Medicine Residency Program first opened its doors to train family physicians in the art and science of family medicine in July 2005. Our growing medical practice offers a mixture of rural- and suburban-based medical practice with a broad scope including Global Health, OBGYN, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and Point-Of-Care Ultrasound.
The program is sponsored by the Bon Secours Richmond Health System and features core rotations at St. Francis Medical Center, a new state-of-the-art hospital. Residents use many of the award-winning systems through our practice, the four hospitals of Bon Secours Richmond Health System, and our community outreach including Care-A-Van, our free mobile health clinic.
- VCU Libraries – This is the central site for the VCU libraries, allowing access to a variety of services. A VCU eID is required for access to some services. For library access information, please contact Erin Van Vleet.
- VCU GME Resident & Fellow Well-being - This resource guide can be found on the VCU Graduate Medical Education central site.
- VCU Health Continuing Medical Education - You will need to create an account.
Verifications
For attendees and graduates of the following programs, please contact those sites directly:
For attendees and graduates of the following programs, please contact Erin Van Vleet to complete verification requests:
- VCU Blackstone
- VCU Chesterfield
- VCU Hanover
- VCU First Colonial/Virginia Beach