Thomas L. Schwenk, MD, Chair

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E-mail the Department for more information about the Residency Program, Educational and Research issues, and Administrative contact. Please note that this address is not intended as a source for clinical information, referrals, or patient care. For the best quality health care, we feel those issues are most appropriately addressed in person.

Department Office

1018 Fuller Rd., Campus 0708

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0708

Telephone Numbers

Office of the Chair (313) 998-7128

Department Administrator's Office (313) 998-7122

Educational Programs Office (313) 998-7138

Research Office (313) 998-7120

Fax (313) 998-7335

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About the Department

Welcome to the World Wide Web Home Page of the Department of Family Practice at the University of Michigan! I am excited to have this new way to tell you about our many accomplishments, and share our plans for our future growth. Most importantly, I am pleased you will be able to meet and learn more about (at least electronically) the outstanding people with whom I have the pleasure of working on a daily basis. This department is, above all else, an exciting, productive, supportive group of faculty, residents, and staff who share the principles of family medicine. We thrive on advancing these principles in our clinical, teaching, and research programs, and our success is due in large part to our commitment to these principles during times of great change in medical care. Certain features of high quality medical care are immutable, irrespective of the financial and regulatory schemes which come and go. Family medical care which is first-contact, comprehensive, compassionate, accountable, accessible, and affordable will never go out of style.

Please join me in my immense pride in this department by learning more about our clinical sites, research accomplishments, residency training program, new third year medical student clerkship, continuing medical education courses, and faculty members.

Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. Professor and Chair

Patient Care Offices

• Briarwood
• Chelsea
• Ypsilanti
• East Medical Campus

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Residency Program

The University of Michigan Department of Family Practice is dedicated to providing the highest level of resident education. The residency program combines a community-based family practice setting with University-based specialty training. The combination of diverse experiences, structured lectures and discussions, vast resources for intellectual pursuits, and program flexibility create an exciting and enriching experience that is directed toward developing the finest family physicians while acknowledging each person's individual goals.

The residency program is a three-year program designed to incorporate medical principles from the disciplines of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery into the Family Practice model devoted to ambulatory and inpatient medicine, behavioral science, and family systems. The evidence-based approach to teaching and learning creates an environment in which a practicing physician learns the foundations of past and current ideas and techniques while developing the intellectual tools to critically evaluate and incorporate the new information that the future will bring.

The resources of the world renowned University of Michigan Medical Center, a large private Catholic teaching hospital in Ann Arbor, a more rural community hospital in neighboring Chelsea, and a more urban community hospital in nearby Ypsilanti create outstanding opportunities for the depth and breadth of training of the well-rounded family physician.

For more information about this program, please contact Blythe A. Bieber, 1018 Fuller, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0708.

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Department Faculty and Staff

• Barbara S. Apgar, MD, Chelsea Family Practice, University Family Practice
• Ricardo R. Bartelme, MD, Medical Director, Briarwood Family Practice
• Francine Bomar, Department Administrator
• Catherine A. Churgay, MD, Chelsea Family Practice
• Maria Cohen, ACSW, Social Worker, Chelsea Family Practice
• James C. Coyne, PhD, Briarwood Family Practice
• David Doukas, MD, Chelsea Family Practice
• Ann E. Eyler, MD, MPH
• Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, Plymouth Health Center
• Karen R. Fonde, MD, Ypsilanti Family Practice
• Wayne A. Forde, MD, Ypsilanti Family Practice
• Randall T. Forsch, MD, Medical Director, Chelsea Family Practice
• Daniel W. Gorenflo, PhD, Research Investigator
• Lee Green, MD, MPH, Briarwood Family Practice
• Jennifer L. Hoock, MD, Ypsilanti Family Practice
• Martha O. Kershaw, MD, Briarwood Family Practice
• Robert B. Kiningham, MD, Northeast Health Center
• Michael Klinkman, MD, MS, Briarwood Family Practice
• Christine W. Krause, MD, Chelsea Family Practice
• R. Dale Lefever, PhD, Assistant Chair for Planning and Program Development
• John M. O'Brien, MD, Residency Director, Chelsea Family Practice
• James F. Peggs, MD, Associate Chair, Chelsea Family Practice
• Barbara D. Reed, MD, MPH, Assistant Chair for Research, Chelsea Family Practice
• Raymond J. Rion, MD, Medical Director, Ypsilanti Family Practice
• Pamela G. Rockwell, MD, Briarwood Family Practice
• Samuel E. Romano, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Chelsea Family Practice
• Mack T. Ruffin IV, MD, MPH, Briarwood Family Practice
• Thomas L. Schwenk, MD, Department Chair, Briarwood Family Practice
• John D. Severin, MD, Chelsea Family Practice
• Kent J. Sheets, PhD, Director of Educational Development
• Leslie A. Shimp, PharmD, Chelsea Family Practice
• Jean M. Skratek, MD, Briarwood Family Practice
• Mindy A. Smith, MD, Chelsea Family Practice
• Jeffrey H. Sonis, MD, MPH, Chelsea Family Practice
• Michael J. Worzniak, MD, Ypsilanti Family Practice
• Mark A. Zamorski, MD, Plymouth Health Center
• Philip Zazove, MD, MBA, Assistant Chair for Clinical Operations, Briarwood Family Practice

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University of Michigan Medical Center

The University of Michigan

Family Practice Elsewhere

North American Primary Care Research Group

Medical University of South Carolina

University of Iowa

Duke University

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