Memorial/LSUHSC's community-based Family Medicine residency training
program began in January 1995. In January 1996, our program was granted
provisional accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education and in January 2002 our program was awarded full
accreditation!
The mission of the Memorial/LSUHSC Family Residency Program is to
promote and provide the highest quality physician education through
patient care- utilizing the most up to date educational methods and
information systems.
- Our residents will provide patient care which is continuous,
comprehensive, and in the context of the entire family.
- Our residents will be prepared to practice medicine in a full
range of practice settings and in a continuously evolving professional
environment.
- Our graduates will demonstrate competence and compassion in
providing the highest quality and comprehensive care to all members of
the family.
- Our graduates will display leadership skills and good
citizenship in the medical society and communities in which they
practice their specialty of Family Medicine.
Since the inception of our residency program we are proud and
honored to have had a total of 66 medical school graduates select our
program as their residency-training site. Our current residents and our
incoming residents understand the importance and impact that our
residency training program has on the community it serves.
July 2008 began our eleventh year of operation. We are very proud of
our 47 graduates who understand and recognize the pivotal role family
physicians have in directing family health care. Of our 47 graduates,
we are extremely honored that 29 are serving the health care needs of
the state of Louisiana.; located in Lake Charles, Sulphur, Jennings,
Opelousas, Rayville, Cutoff, Crowley, New Iberia, Springhill, Monroe and
Iota. We are also very honored and proud that many of our graduates are
meeting the healthcare needs in the following states: Mississippi, New
York, West Virginia, Colorado, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, Oregon and New
Mexico. One of our graduates is doing International Mission work.
Memorial/LSUHSC Family Medicine Residency Program provides our
community with a total of 23 dedicated resident physicians who will help
meet the primary health care needs of Southwest Louisiana.
The contributions that our residents and graduates make to the Lake
Charles, Southwest Louisiana, State of Louisiana and nationally are
significant!
This residency program has been developed to prepare today’s
physician for today’s healthcare needs.