Family Medicine Residency
Mission & Vision
We are the first family medicine residency program in the country, with our first accreditation in 1968. As pioneers in family medicine, and geographically positioned as the gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America, it is our mission to prepare resident physicians committed to serving the unique healthcare needs of the diverse, multicultural population that is Miami. It is our compressive resident training, seated in evidence-based research and multiculturalism with an emphasis on social determinants that allows our faculty to launch competent family physician leaders onto the national and global stages of healthcare, while being forever committed to the local community we proudly serve.
On the local level, our mission is to improve access and the delivery of quality primary medical care throughout Miami-Dade County and across South Florida. This starts by having our resident-based family medical center positioned beyond the walls of the medical campus, yet still within the historic community of Overtown, Miami. Residents are ambassadors for patient education, serving as healthcare champions and partnering with patients to be advocates for improving health equity in underserved and at-risk populations.
Mission & Vision
We are the first family medicine residency program in the country, with our first accreditation in 1968. As pioneers in family medicine, and geographically positioned as the gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America, it is our mission to prepare resident physicians committed to serving the unique healthcare needs of the diverse, multicultural population that is Miami. It is our compressive resident training, seated in evidence-based research and multiculturalism with an emphasis on social determinants that allows our faculty to launch competent family physician leaders onto the national and global stages of healthcare, while being forever committed to the local community we proudly serve.
On the local level, our mission is to improve access and the delivery of quality primary medical care throughout Miami-Dade County and across South Florida. This starts by having our resident-based family medical center positioned beyond the walls of the medical campus, yet still within the historic community of Overtown, Miami. Residents are ambassadors for patient education, serving as healthcare champions and partnering with patients to be advocates for improving health equity in underserved and at-risk populations.
Program Director’s Welcome
The first of its kind in the country, our very special University of Miami/Jackson Health System Family Medicine Residency Program is part of one of the largest academic medical centers with access to a plethora of pathology and patients and world-class faculty. With the goal of training top physicians in the care of all people and their families, our faculty is accessible, supportive and possesses a large variety of special interests including, but not limited to, the care of older patients, community medicine, cross-cultural issues, global health policy, integrative medicine, preventative medicine, surgical obstetrics and women’s health.
Program Director’s Welcome
The first of its kind in the country, our very special University of Miami/Jackson Health System Family Medicine Residency Program is part of one of the largest academic medical centers with access to a plethora of pathology and patients and world-class faculty. With the goal of training top physicians in the care of all people and their families, our faculty is accessible, supportive and possesses a large variety of special interests including, but not limited to, the care of older patients, community medicine, cross-cultural issues, global health policy, integrative medicine, preventative medicine, surgical obstetrics and women’s health.
We also have a faculty mentorship program where each intern is paired with a faculty mentor and meets with their advisor at least twice per year.
Our program focuses on the increasingly complex biomedical skills needed by family physicians, with comprehensive attention to the many psychological, social and systemic issues that affect health, illness and healing. Receiving a comprehensive education with an emphasis on the management and treatment of common problems encountered by family physicians, residents graduate with proficiency in a full range of common inpatient and outpatient medical problems, counseling, emergency care, office procedures and surgical and obstetric skills.
There is also a strong focus on academic and board preparation including Wednesday morning academic day conferences with prominent speakers featured throughout the year. Additionally, we have our own family medicine inpatient service which is supervised by our family medicine faculty.
Our graduates are well-prepared to choose from different career paths, whether that be traditional outpatient family medicine, inpatient medicine and urgent care, as well as fellowships in geriatrics, hospice and palliative care and sports medicine.
We are exceptionally proud of our dedication to the underserved and are interested in residents who aim to develop skills in cultural competency and underserved medicine as an integral component of their career development.
-Kassandra M. Bosire, MD
Description
There is also a strong focus on academic and board preparation including Wednesday morning academic day conferences with prominent speakers featured throughout the year. Additionally, we have our own family medicine inpatient service which is supervised by our family medicine faculty.
Our graduates are well-prepared to choose from different career paths, whether that be traditional outpatient family medicine, inpatient medicine and urgent care, as well as fellowships in geriatrics, hospice and palliative care and sports medicine.
We are exceptionally proud of our dedication to the underserved and are interested in residents who aim to develop skills in cultural competency and underserved medicine as an integral component of their career development.
-Kassandra M. Bosire, MD
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Residents per Year?
24
Duration of Residency?
3 years
Program Curriculum
Year 1 (Internship)
Year 1 is considered an internship and is offered within the program. Transitional PGY-1 applicants are not accepted.
An idea of the curriculum for your first year is as follows: Family Medicine Inpatient (13 weeks); Pediatric Inpatient (4 weeks); Newborn Nursery (2 weeks); Adult ER (4 weeks); Pediatric ER (4 weeks); Women’s Health (6 weeks); Orthopedics (2 weeks); Breast Clinic (2 weeks); Cardiology Course (2 weeks); Dermatology (2 weeks); Trauma Surgery (2 weeks); Research (1 week); Elective (4 weeks); Vacation (4 weeks).
Year 2
An idea of the curriculum for your second year is as follows: Family Medicine (10 weeks); Adult/Pediatric Emergency Medicine (4 weeks); MICU (4 weeks); Urgent Care (2 weeks); Women’s Health (4 weeks); Community Pediatrics (4 weeks); Orthopedics (2 weeks); Behavioral Medicine (2 weeks); Practice Management (2 weeks); Research (6 weeks); Elective (8 weeks); Vacation (4 weeks).
Year 3
An idea of the curriculum for your third year is as follows: Family Medicine Inpatient (12 weeks); Ambulatory Surgery/Urgent Care (2 weeks); Women’s Health (4 weeks); Community Pediatrics (4 weeks); Practice Management (4 weeks); Cardiology (2 weeks); Multi-specialty (2 weeks); Geriatrics (2 weeks); Orthopedics (2 weeks); Research (2 weeks); Elective (12 weeks); Vacation (4 weeks).
Your Faculty
Kassandra M. Bosire, MD
Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Behnam Djahed, MD
Director, Inpatient Service
Marie Denise Gervais, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Marilia Nery, MD
Director, Pre-Doctoral Education
Assistant Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Luis M. Ramos Goñez, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Ashley Rojas, MD
Associate Director, Family Medicine
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Alumni Placements Include
Academic Faculty
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Orange Park Medical Center
University of Miami
Hospital Systems
Baptist Health
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Memorial Healthcare System
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Sports Medicine Fellowships
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Baton Rouge General
Boston University
University of Miami
University of North Carolina
Various
Family medicine private practices and urgent care centers in Florida and across the U.S.