Family Medicine Residency – Standard Program

Welcome to the Family Medicine Residency at ECU Health Medical Center / East Carolina University. We anticipate our site will answer most of your questions, but if there is something we left out feel free to contact our residency Standard Program Coordinator at ecufammedres@ecu.edu or Standard Program Director at firnhaberj@ecu.edu.

The Family Medicine Residency at ECU Health Medical Center / East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine provides the best academic resources a university hospital has to offer, in the close community setting of Greenville, North Carolina.

The Brody School of Medicine is located in the coastal plains of eastern North Carolina and was established to train primary care physicians to provide care for the region. Our well-rounded group of residents benefits from the school’s solid commitment to primary care and works in a supportive, Family Medicine-focused environment. Our program offers cutting-edge university resources coupled with community-based training experiences.

Residents are exposed to the breadth of Family Medicine with a focus on complex, high-acuity patients. Our graduates are extraordinarily well-prepared to provide comprehensive care in a wide variety of practice settings and enjoy the backing of a nationally-known program when seeking post-graduation practice opportunities.

Each faculty member has an area of clinical interest and focus, including: maternal, infant, child, and adolescent care; procedural skills; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; practice management; and rural medicine. Many of our faculty also have specialized training in women’s health/OBFM, geriatrics, hospice/palliative medicine and sports medicine, and serve as instructors in Fellowship programs offered within the Department of Family Medicine.

Family Medicine Residency – Rural Program

Welcome to the Rural Family Medicine Residency Program at ECU Health Medical Center. We anticipate our site will answer most of your questions, but if there is something we left out feel free to contact our residency Rural Program Coordinator at jbrinkley@rcchc.org or Rural Program Director at whitmana14@ecu.edu.

To appreciate the breadth and depth of training you will receive as a resident in our rural program, you must have an understanding of the region we call home and the people of this region that we serve.

The eastern third of North Carolina, also known as the Coastal Plain, is a beautiful and dynamic region that is predominately rural. This region has a few major population centers along the coast, and inland cities containing major universities or military installations. Greenville is the major population center of eastern North Carolina and is located at the heart of the rural coastal plain. Greenville is also home to ECU Health Medical Center and East Carolina University.

ECU Health Medical Center is one of the largest hospitals in the United States. It is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in eastern North Carolina and serves approximately 1.5 million people living in its 29-county catchment region. ECU Health Medical Center is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. East Carolina University is a large public university with an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students. The Brody School of Medicine at ECU was founded over 40 years ago to train primary care physicians to provide care for this medically underserved region. Residents in this rural program will benefit from the school’s solid commitment to primary care and will work and train in a supportive, Family Medicine-focused environment. Our program offers cutting-edge academic medical center resources and training coupled with the unique challenges and opportunities of rural community- based clinical training in FQHCs and rural community teaching hospitals.

Residents in the Rural Family Medicine Residency at ECU Health Medical Center will spend the majority of their first year of training at ECU Health Medical Center (for most specialty inpatient training blocks) and the East Carolina University Family Medicine Center (for outpatient procedures, geriatrics, and sports medicine training).

Rural residents that MATCH to the Ahoskie site (NRMP Program Code 3057120C1) will spend the majority of their final two years of training at the Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center and ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, both located in the rural community of Ahoskie, NC. Ahoskie is a community of about 4,500 people. Ahoskie is approximately a one-hour drive north of Greenville. Ahoskie is also approximately a one-hour drive from the Tidewater Metropolitan region of Virginia (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk). Roanoke-Chowan Community Health Center is a large FQHC system with multiple clinical sites that serve rural northeastern North Carolina. Residents in the program will have their continuity clinic based at the RCCHC main clinic and administrative headquarters located in Ahoskie, NC. ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a 114-bed community hospital serving the greater Hertford County area and is affiliated with multiple ECU Health subspecialty offices serving the people of this region.

Rural residents that MATCH to the Duplin site (NRMP Program Code 3057120C2) will spend the majority of their final two years of training at Goshen Medical Center located in Beulaville, NC and ECU Health Duplin Hospital located in Kenansville, NC. Beulaville is a rural community of about 1,300 people, and Kenansville is a rural community of about 900 people. Both of these rural communities are approximately a one-hour drive south of Greenville. Beulaville/Kenansville are also approximately a forty-five minute drive from the Wilmington/Carolina Beach metropolitan area. Goshen Medical Center is a large FQHC system with multiple clinical sites that serve rural southeastern North Carolina. Residents in the program will have their continuity clinic based at the Goshen Medical Center- Beulaville location. ECU Health Duplin Hospital is an 81-bed community hospital serving the greater Duplin County area and is affiliated with multiple ECU Health subspecialty offices serving the people of this region.

Rural residents that MATCH to the Roanoke Rapids site (NRMP Program Code 3057120C3) will spend the majority of their final two years of training at Rural Health Group-Halifax Medical Specialists and ECU Health North Hospital, both located in the rural community of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Roanoke Rapids is a community of about 15,000 people. Roanoke Rapids is approximately a one-and-a-half-hour drive northwest of Greenville. Roanoke Rapids is also approximately a one-hour drive from the Richmond, VA metropolitan area and a one-and-a-half-hour drive from the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan area. Rural Health Group is a large FQHC system with multiple clinical sites that serve rural north central North Carolina. Residents in the program will have their continuity clinic based at the Halifax Medical Specialists multispecialty clinic in Roanoke Rapids. ECU Health North Hospital is a 204-bed community hospital serving the greater Halifax County area and is affiliated with multiple ECU Health subspecialty offices serving the people of this region.

Rural residents are exposed to the breadth of Family Medicine with a focus on complex, high-acuity patients in resource-abundant academic medical center environments and resource-scarce rural environments. Our graduates will be extraordinarily well-prepared to provide comprehensive care in a wide variety of practice settings and will enjoy the backing of a nationally-known program when seeking post-graduation practice opportunities.

Our faculty are highly-experienced clinical educators who serve as mentors and provide invaluable support, instruction, and encouragement to residents. The Department of Family Medicine has 30 physician faculty, as well as faculty in pharmacy, nutrition, behavioral medicine, and research. Additionally, the rural program has incorporated experienced rural physicians into the faculty that will provide oversight, training, guidance, and mentorship to rural program residents as these faculty also will live and work in the rural communities to which the rural residents MATCH and call home.

Each faculty member has an area of clinical interest and focus, including: maternal, infant, child, and adolescent care; procedural skills; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; practice management; and rural medicine. Many of our faculty also have specialized training in women’s health/OBFM, geriatrics, hospice/palliative medicine, and sports medicine, and serve as instructors in Fellowship programs offered within the Department of Family Medicine.

Standard Residency Program Coordinator
252-744-0880
fax: 252-744-0135
ecufammedres@ecu.edu

Residency Program Coordinator
252-209-0237 ext 7170
jbrinkley@rcchc.org