3/21/22 9:50 a.m.
The National Resident Matching Program 2022 Main Residency Match has announced the eight new family medicine interns joining Aviva Health’s Roseburg Family Medicine Residency Program.
An Aviva release said that increases the total number of doctors in the program to 24.
A partnership with CHI Mercy Health, Aviva’s Residency program is the only one of its in Douglas County and aims to train and retain doctors in rural areas of Oregon.
RGMR Chief Resident, Dr. Simran Waller said, “We’re so excited to welcome these physicians to our family medicine residency program. This is a monumental moment for our program as these eight new doctors will bring our program to its full complement of 24 residents”.
The release said it also means this time next year the program will celebrate the graduation of its inaugural cohort of eight resident physicians who will complete their three-year training regimen. RFMR officials are hopeful that some of them will choose to stay and practice in Roseburg or other rural areas in Oregon.
According to a study published by the journal Family Medicine, more than half of family medicine physicians practice within 100 miles of their residency program. Aviva said that bodes well for Douglas County, an area recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration as a health provider shortage area.
Aviva said while still new to the community, the residency program has already had a perceptible local impact. Many of the program’s second-year physicians provided direct patient care in Mercy’s emergency room and intensive care unit during the COVID-19 delta surge last summer.
In addition to the hospital, residents participate in clinical rotations at Aviva Health’s Family Medicine Clinic, the Roseburg VA and many other practices.
The release said the arrival of this year’s residents also time perfectly with the May opening of Aviva Health’s new medical clinic. That 31,000 square foot building will provide an additional 34 exam rooms, conference space and more.
For more information on the program, go to www.aviva.health