Saint Agnes Medical Center to Begin Family Medicine Physician Residency Program

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Kelley Sanchez


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Fresno, CA – Saint Agnes Medical Center was notified October 20 that its newly-established Family Medicine Residency Program has been accredited to accept its first class of physician residents.

Notification came from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), a private, non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits graduate medical education (GME) programs throughout the country.

This is the second time Saint Agnes has received approval from the ACGME – the first being in September 2017 for its Internal Medicine program, making Saint Agnes an independent teaching hospital for the first time in its history.

"We are excited to create a dynamic and quality Family Medicine Residency Program that graduates stellar family physicians who are inspired to stay and practice in the Central Valley," says Saint Agnes Family Practice Program Director Sumera Hayat, MD, MPH.

Residency is the final phase of a long educational process required for a physician to practice medicine and is most influential in determining where he or she eventually practices. In addition to its 3-year Family Medicine Residency Program, Saint Agnes is already making plans to offer Emergency Medicine and Transitional Year residency programs.

Now listed with the National Resident Matching Program, Saint Agnes will begin interviewing medical school graduates for its Family Medicine Residency in mid-November, with its first class of eight residents scheduled to begin July 2019. There are currently 16 Internal Medicine residents training at Saint Agnes.

“Our vision is to offer an exceptional training environment that prepares residents to practice medicine with quality and compassion while adhering to the highest clinical standards,” said W. Eugene Egerton, MD, Saint Agnes Medical Center's Chief Medical Officer. “As a teaching hospital, Saint Agnes has an even greater opportunity to attract new physicians in order to improve access to care and better serve our Valley's growing population.”

Through its Graduate Medical Education program, Saint Agnes will help to enhance the local supply of physicians serving Central California and improve access to care for residents in Fresno, Clovis and the surrounding communities.

For more information about Saint Agnes Graduate Medical Education, click here.