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.