FORT WAYNE – Parkview Health has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for new family medicine and psychiatry graduate medical education (GME) programs, adding new medical specialties to the system's portfolio of programs for new physicians.
Parkview's family medicine residency will be a three-year program, accepting eight residents per year. The psychiatry program will accept four residents each year for a four-year residency. Physicians in both programs will start in July 2026.
These new residencies are the latest addition to Parkview's GME program, bringing seven total specialty training programs. Other programs include surgery, internal medicine, OB/GYN, physical medicine and rehabilitation and a transitional year residency. During last year's white coat ceremony, the health system welcomed 38 new residents into its GME programs.
"Our GME programs are a pipeline to ensure that Parkview attracts new physicians to these in-demand specialties, while also providing them additional training to ensure they develop specialized expertise as efficiently as possible," said Dr. Susan Steffy, chief medical officer and designated institutional official, Parkview Health Graduate Medical Education. "As health systems across the nation are all seeking new providers, our GME programs set us apart and make Parkview a great place for new doctors to start their careers."
Family medicine is within Parkview Physicians Group's (PPG) primary care service line, with more than 250 providers serving at PPG offices, walk-in clinics and employer clinics, according to the provided release. Family medicine physicians see patients ranging from newborns to seniors and provide a wide range of services such as annual physicals, chronic condition management, procedures, maternity care and initial evaluation of health issues that may require referral to specialty care.