Milwaukee, WI – July 27, 2023 – As of July 17, 2023, 14 new family medicine residents began providing care at the first Teaching Health Center in Wisconsin located at Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. (MHSI) on Milwaukee’s northwest side. A partnership between MHSI, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Froedtert Health, the Teaching Health Center designation supports the launch of a new family medicine residency – the North Side Milwaukee Health Centers Family Medicine Residency. The residency is critical to bringing more family physicians to the area, hard hit by current health care workforce shortages, and diversifying the workforce to be more representative of the people served.
“These residents will receive a unique experience that elevates social determinants of health and emphasizes community-based primary care,” said Tito Izard, MD, president and CEO of MHSI. “We are excited to add this pipeline of physicians to our northside workforce and work to better connect our community to high-quality medical care.”
Teaching Health Center programs receive federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and support primary care residency training programs in underserved communities. MHSI received the competitive HRSA THC grant to support the new residency. The HRSA funding facilitates a three-year family medicine residency program with 14 new residents providing care as of July 2023. Once fully operational, the program will train 42 residents concurrently and graduate 14 family physicians each year.