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NGMC announces first class of resident physicians

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 5:00AM on Saturday 6th April 2019 ( 5 years ago )

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has released a list of those who will make up its first class of resident physicians.

The list, which was made public on Tuesday, April 2, includes 20 internal medicine and six general surgery residents, who will begin their training at NGMC on July 1, 2019. 

According to information released by NGMC, resident physicians are licensed doctors training in a specialty. They train for three to 10 years after medical school, providing patient care and performing procedures under appropriate supervision. They can write orders and prescribe medication. Residents also have educational, testing and evaluation requirements. Their training is overseen by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

"We believe that when residents have a good experience in training, they are more likely to stay to practice in this area," said John Delzell, MD, vice president of Medical Education for Northeast Georgia Health System and Designated Institutional Official for NGMC.  “After finishing residency training, they will become the medical staff of the future – hopefully here at NGMC.”

NGMC is working to expand to as many as 178 residents across six specialties – internal medicine, family medicine, general surgery, OB/GYN, psychiatry, and emergency medicine – by 2023. That would make NGMC one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the state, with a goal to keep the physician leaders of tomorrow in Hall County, the region and the state.

Internal Medicine Residents

General Surgery Residents

Learn more about NGMC's residency programs at www.ngmcgme.org.

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