CEME/GME - Postgraduate Program

Osteopathic Institute of the South

The Medical Center in Columbus, The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and Floyd Medical Center in Rome are three Georgia osteopathic postgraduate training programs that partner with the Osteopathic Institute of the South and together provide comprehensive education and training.

The Medical Center

Department of Medical Education
1900 10th Avenue, Suite 100
Columbus, Georgia 31902
Tel: (706) 571-1430
John R. Bucholtz DO
DME and Family Medicine Program Director
E-mail: john.bucholtz@crhs.net

The Medical Center is a modern, 413-bed tertiary care facility that provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services.  Over its 150 year history, The Medical Center has emerged as a leading provider of medical care in the West Central Georgia region surrounding Columbus. The Medical Center is operated as part of the Columbus Regional Healthcare System.  Because of its affiliation, many healthcare resources are available to rural areas surrounding Columbus.  In addition to The Medical Center, the Regional system is comprised of several primary not-for-profit community service corporations that include ambulatory care facilities, a foundation and two nursing homes adjacent to the campus. As the only training programs, our Family Medicine residents and interns receive tremendous hands-on experiences. The internship programs have been AOA approved since 1994. Our Family Medicine residency program is seeking three year AOA approval for the class beginning July, 2006.

Through the opportunities created by a diverse regional healthcare system, The Medical Center has developed into one of the best equipped, staffed and administered hospitals in the Southeast.  Many services are offered here that are provided nowhere else in the region:

• Regional trauma center, perinatal center and high risk nursery for a 13-county area
• Largest regional provider of intensive care, with separate medical and surgical intensive care units totaling 32 ICU beds
• Regional pediatric intensive care unit
• Growing program of cardiovascular services and the area’s only facility for pediatric cardiology
• The John B. Amos Cancer Center- a new multidisciplinary oncology facility
• Sleep studies laboratory

Postgraduate Programs
Family Medicine Residency & Traditional Internships - approved for 40 total postgraduate intern and resident training slots. Our Family Medicine residency program is seeking three year AOA approval for the class beginning July, 2006

• Annual Stipend: 2006-2007
  Traditional Internships: $46,500
  OGME2: $47,500
  OGME3: $48,500
  
  
• Benefits: Health insurance, malpractice coverage; life insurance; meals on duty; lab coats, $250 book and $1000 CME allowance
  
  
• Program information:
  M.A. Dowdell, Program Coordinator
  Department of Medical Education 
  1900 10th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia, 31902 
  phone-(706) 571-1430                            
  fax-(706) 571-1604
  email: ma.dowdell@crhs.net

For additional information please visit the AOA Opportunities website for the Internship and Family Medicine Residency programs.

Medical College of Georgia

Julie Dahl-Smith, D.O.
Director Medical Education (DME)
1120 Fifteenth Street, Suite HB 3000
Augusta, GA 30912-3500
(800) 729-3157 Fax: (706) 721-6123
Email:  jdahl@mcg.edu 
Web:  http://www.mcg.edu/Resident/fm/Index.html

The Family Medicine Residency & Internship Program at the Medical College of Georgia is approved for 5 postgraduate residency and 2 internship training slots.  Our primary mission is to provide quality postdoctoral Family Medicine education in order to produce an appropriate supply of well-trained osteopathic physicians dedicated to life-long learning and the practice of osteopathic philosophy and manipulative medicine. 

Our osteopathic program offers:

• Osteopathic clinics in our Family Medicine Center with hands on treatment for patients with access to modern osteopathic equipment.
  
  
• Monthly osteopathic teleconference lectures.
  
  
• In-house osteopathic teaching resources.
  
  
• Organized osteopathic training in the application of osteopathic principles and practice.
  
  
• Osteopathic memberships paid by the department.
  
  
• Patient care in a family medicine environment through continuity of didactic and clinic experiences.

Medicine is an integral part of the Medical College of Georgia and the patients we serve, and the students and residents we teach are critical to the overall education, research and service goals of the entire institution.  If you have further questions regarding our osteopathic training program, please contact our office.

Total Salary/Benefit Package:
Internship  - $45,609
OGME-2  - $48,325
OGME-3  - $49,098

Benefits Provided: 
Health, Dental, Life and Malpractice insurance are available.  Moving allowance ($1,500), Lab Coats (2/year), Comlex III, Travel Funds, Resident Retreats, Book Funds, Licensing fees, Annual Osteopathic dues and much more.

Demographic: 
Founded in 1828, the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta is the health sciences university of the University System of Georgia.  The School of Medicine is among the oldest existing medical schools in the United States.  MCG has nearly 2,000 students in five schools:  medicine, dentistry, graduate studies, allied health sciences and nursing, as well as about 400 residents and fellows in medicine and dentistry and nearly 90 postdoctoral fellows.

A vital source of MCG's program is the 520 bed Medical College of Georgia Hospital, the MCG Children's Medical Center and over 80 clinics.  MCG Hospital and Clinics is the major referral center for the state; patients come to Augusta from throughout Georgia, every other state and numerous foreign countries because of MCG's rising reputation for the care of complex and difficult diseases.  The 220,000-square-foot, 96-bed Children's Medical Center, contiguous with MCG Hospital, provides a full range of services to children and adolescents.

For additional information please visit the AOA Opportunities website for the Internship and Family Medicine Residency programs.

Floyd Medical Center

Joseph Mazzola, D.O.
Director Medical Education (DME)
304 Shorter Avenue
P.O. Box 233, Ste 201
Rome, GA 30165
(706) 509-3340 Fax: (706) 509-3331
Email:  jmazzola@floyd.org       
Web:  www.floyd.org

Floyd Medical Center (Floyd) is a modern, 304-bed full service, acute care hospital and regional referral center, providing a full array of medical services and the latest technology to support centers of excellence in trauma and emergency care as well as women and infants, pediatrics, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation specialties, inpatient and outpatient surgery, cancer, diabetes, home care and hospice, neurosciences, orthopedics and cardiology.  The Floyd family of health care services has been responding to the health care needs of Rome and surrounding communities in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama for over 60 years.  Floyd is the County’s largest employer with more than 1,800 staff members.  More than 300 physicians cover more than 40 medical specialties, providing individualized personal attention to more than 200,000 patients each year.  Floyd is the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospital’s 2002 and 2005 Large Hospital of the Year and is recognized by Press Ganey Associates as a leader in customer service.  Floyd is ranked tops in Georgia and in the nation by H.R. Solutions Inc., for outstanding employee satisfaction scores.

Known throughout the 16-county areas as the leader in emergency and trauma care, Floyd is a state-designated Level II Trauma Center.  As the only hospital in Floyd County providing maternity services, Floyd offers the latest in family-centered care in the homelike setting of the labor, delivery and recovery suites where more than 3,000 babies are born each year.  Our Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only one of its kind in northwest Georgia.  The Pediatric Specialties Unit is the only dedicated pediatric inpatient unit in the area.  Floyd offers a full complement of diagnostic and treatment technologies.  A $54 million expansion and renovation project was recently completed that includes a new Surgical Services area.  

Postgraduate Program
The Program is approved for 21 total postgraduate intern and resident training slots. There are no competing residencies in this friendly, supportive atmosphere, which means you see it all and you do it all.  Our Family Medicine residency program is seeking three year AOA approval for the class beginning July, 2007.

• Compensation:
  Traditional Internship: $47,500
  OGME2: $48,500
  OGME3: $49,500
  Transition Allowance: $2,000
  Moving Allowance: $1,000

• Equipment: Use of electronic medical records; access to computers and wireless Internet throughout hospital and office; $200 PDA allowance; new call rooms and resident lounge equipped with flat-screen TVs and computer terminals.

• Education and Licensing Benefits: book and conference funds (1st year- $800, 2nd year - $900, 3rd year - $1000); ACLS, PALS, ATLS, ALSO and NALS provided; paid AAFP membership; allowance for Step 3 licensing and DEA; annual resident retreat; partial funding for international rotation with teaching faculty; fees paid for intensive practice management seminar; medical book discount and allowance.

• Insurance Benefits: Health and dental insurance; disability insurance available; 401k option; malpractice coverage; life insurance.

• Miscellaneous: 30 days leave/year for holidays, vacation, sick or personal business; free lab coats and laundering; free immunizations; free on-duty meals; free meals for on-call physicians and families; free physician parking; free exercise facility, free credit union membership; assistance with securing housing and bank loans; free snacks and drinks in call areas.

• Program information:
  Kathy Kean, Recruiting Specialist, 304 Shorter Avenue, Suite 201, Rome, Georgia, 30165
  phone (706) 509-3340, fax (706) 509-4585, email kkean@floyd.org

For additional information please visit the AOA Opportunities website for the Internship program.