Family Medicine

United Memorial’s Family Medicine Residency Program offers a diverse experience in primary care medicine in a rural community setting. Residents are afforded experiences in community based practices, and a thriving community hospital while still having resources found in tertiary healthcare settings in Buffalo and Rochester. This approach will produce highly qualified clinicians who will be capable of working in a variety of primary care clinical settings.

Mission: Our mission is to provide a diverse and supportive community that fosters the growth of our residents into compassionate and knowledgeable physicians who are capable of providing comprehensive patient care.

Vision: We will be a premier educator of Family Medicine residents learning from and serving our community to develop physicians who practice in a patient-centered and evidence based fashion with compassion, scholarship, and commitment to life-long professional growth.

Values: We believe that having an inclusive environment with a commitment to diversity makes us smarter, stronger, and better able to serve our community. Our residency culture is based on being better able to listen, understand, and provide wellness needs compassionately and effectively to our patients, residents, staff, and attending physicians.

We respect and value every person; each with their own differences. We look forward to incorporating these values to be part of everything we do and that will be demonstrated by all who cross our threshold–patients, staff, attending physicians, and residents.

Applications selected for interview are based on the information provided at the time the application is received and reviewed.
Preference will be given to applicants from the area and those applicants having graduated from medical school with in the last two years.

We do not post cut-off scores rather our Residents are selected on the basis of their ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills and personal qualities, in other words, we look at the candidate as a whole. The selection committee reviews the entire application including, but not limited to, board scores, letters of recommendation, Medical school transcripts, personal statements, and dean’s letter.

All applicants must have passed steps 1 & 2 of the COMLEX/USMLE exams prior to rank order submission.

Transfer Applicants

Transfer applications will be accepted based on the availability of open positions.
The following information will be required;

• Updated Curriculum Vitae
• Official COMLEX/USMLE
• Personal Statement, include why you are transferring
• Three current letters of recommendation (dated within the last 6 months)
• Letter of good standing from current residency program
• Clinical experience within last year

To determine the appropriate level of education for residents who are transferring from another residency program, the program director must receive written verification of previous educational experiences and a summary of previous performance evaluations of the transferring resident prior to their acceptance in to the program.  A program director is required to provide verification of residency performance for residents who may leave the program prior to completion of the residency.

Interviews

The health and safety of our employees and candidates are very important to us. Due to the current situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve adapted to utilizing technologies and other tools so that we can continue the recruitment process.

Our team will guide you throughout the interview process and will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.

We look forward to meeting you!