Department of Family Medicine
Chair
Jeffrey M. Borkan, MD, PhDThe Department of Family Medicine is a leader in patient and relationship-centered practice, research, and educational programming aimed at improving health outcomes for patients, families, and communities. The Department?s primary mission is to create a primary health care system that is personal, high quality, responsible, accessible, sustainable, and just. The Department?s graduates, faculty, and partners provide care throughout the nation and the world, and comprise two-thirds of the family physicians in Rhode Island. The major training and clinical site for the Department is its model Family Medical Center (FCC). Located on the main campus of the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, the FCC provides comprehensive patient care to the residents of Pawtucket, Central Falls, and surrounding areas. The Department is home to the Family Medicine Residency Program, which enrolls thirteen residents per year for three years of training, as well as Fellowship Programs, such as Maternal and Child Health. Its Pre-Doctoral Division directs the required core clerkship in family medicine for Alpert medical students, as well as a multiplicity of other courses and programs. Faculty, residents, and students conduct research projects in cardiovascular prevention, smoking cessation, primary care genetics, HIV care, and in other areas. The Center for Primary Care and Prevention, a Brown research collaboration with Community Health, is located right above the Family Care Center, facilitating translational clinical research. Working in a collaborative manner with other primary care physicians, allied and mental health professional physical and community advocates, the Department aims to help individuals and whole communities reach the highest possible levels of health and function.
