Family Medicine Residency - Welcome & Highlights

Choosing a family medicine residency program can be a challenging task. The Sacred Heart Family Medicine Residency Program has a long tradition of educating family doctors. Since 1972, we have participated in the education of more than 100 family physicians practicing all over the country.

Some of the highlights that separate Sacred Heart from other residencies include:

• State-of-the-art 42,000 square foot primary care Sigal Center for Family Medicine on hospital campus.
• Location in the beautiful Lehigh Valley, only 60 miles from Philadelphia and 85 miles from New York City.
• Single residency program that allows for resident autonomy.
  Community-based program with university affiliations, accepting students year round from Temple University and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
• Dedicated full-time faculty with a variety of interests; full-time faculty includes family physicians, internists, and psychologists.
• Metropolitan program serving diverse urban patient population.
• Strong ambulatory /inpatient internal medicine experience.
  Strong ambulatory/inpatient pediatric experience.
• Strong geriatrics experiences, including additional teaching by geriatric fellows.
• Detailed core curriculum conference schedule.
• Only geriatric fellowship program in the Lehigh Valley.
• Only single residency program in the Lehigh Valley.

Sacred Heart Hospital’s Family Practice Residency Program has been a leader in family medicine education and our goal continues to be in training the finest family physicians in a supportive environment.