The Medical College of Wisconsin-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes new physicians
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GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program is pleased to welcome seven new physicians to its program at the Prevea East Mason Health Center, 3021 Voyager Drive, in Green Bay: Elizabeth Abegglen, MD; Sofya Drosen, DO; Ernest Fosu, MD; Thomas Lance Fulghum, MD; Shruti Patil, MD, MPH; Fatima Qamar, MD, MPH; and Brianna Skrzypcak, MD.
The MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program is for physicians who have completed medical school and are interested in the field of family medicine. Each year, the program accepts six or more physicians who recently graduated medical school to complete three years of family medicine training. They provide direct medical care to patients under the supervision of experienced faculty physicians and community preceptors.
The MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program operates out of the Prevea East Mason Health Center to provide a variety of primary health care services for adults and children. Appointments with a family medicine resident physician at the Prevea East Mason Health Center can be made now by calling (920) 431-1810. Same-day and next-day appointments are available.
Established in 2020, the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program became the first of its kind in the Greater Green Bay region. Since the program’s inception, the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program has welcomed more than 20 resident physicians to the program.
Fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program operates as a partnership between Prevea Health, the Medical College of Wisconsin , Wisconsin Northern and Central GME Consortium (WiNC) and HSHS St. Vincent Hospital.
Resident physicians of the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program also train at additional Prevea health centers across Northeast Wisconsin and at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Vincent Children’s Hospital in Green Bay.
In addition to providing new physicians with advanced training in the field of family medicine, the residency program also serves to address physician and primary care shortages in the region, particularly in rural areas.
Patients interested in learning more about the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program, please visit: www.prevea.com/residencygb
Medical professionals interested in learning more about or applying to the MCW-Prevea Green Bay Family Medicine Residency Program, please visit: www.greenbayfamilymedicine.org
Media Contact:
Holly Botsford
External Communications Director
MCW
(414) 688-7960
hbotsford@mcw.edu
About Prevea Health
Prevea Health is a community of passionate and accomplished physicians, caregivers and staff working together to provide exceptional health care. Patients have trusted Prevea with their medical care needs since 1996 when the organization was founded in Green Bay, Wis. Today, Prevea provides primary care and a wide range of specialty medical care in clinic, hospital, and workplace settings across Northeast Wisconsin. It is partnered with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) which operates hospitals in Wisconsin. For more information about Prevea Health, visit www.prevea.com.
About the Medical College of Wisconsin
With a history dating back to 1893, the Medical College of Wisconsin is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,600 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical, graduate and pharmacy schools at campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin. MCW’s School of Pharmacy opened in 2017. A major national research center, MCW ranks in the top 1% of U.S. research institutions (National Science Foundation), is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and is the largest private research institution in Wisconsin. Annually, our faculty direct or collaborate on more than 3,800 research studies, including clinical trials. In the last 10 years, MCW faculty have received nearly $2 billion in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes. Additionally, our more than 1,800 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine, annually fulfilling more than 4.8 million patient visits.