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August 13, 2008
Marquette General Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes six new residents
The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program has selected six new residents for entry into the three-year residency program.
The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program is the Upper Peninsula’s only post-graduate medical education program. Affiliated with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the program trains physicians in the specialty of family medicine with emphasis on practice in rural areas.
Each year, candidates are selected based on dedication to family medicine and primary care, the desire to treat a wide variety of patients, emphasis in promoting preventative care and a desire to practice rural medicine. Since its inception more than 28 years ago, the program has produced 140 graduates. Many continue to practice in the U.P.
The education and backgrounds of this year's incoming residents are as follows:
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