We still see the original patients here as well as a large population from the heart of the Commonwealth. The bulk of our patients come from the many urban close-knit neighborhoods that surround the city center. All of the Family Physicians have faculty appointments in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and are highly committed to excellence in both teaching and patient care. Mike Rousse, M.D. . The health center has a busy obstetrical practice that stresses family centered maternity care.
Most babies delivered by the health center continue to be followed here.
Residents follow their OB patients longitudinally and attend their deliveries at the Memorial Health Care and are supervised by the Lincoln Street faculty. Longitudinal care of nursing home and homebound patients is also included as part of the broad range of responsibility that residents assume during their three years. Residents have the opportunity to learn a number of outpatient procedures at Lincoln Street including Colposcopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, vasectomy, IUD, pipelle endometrial biopsy, skin excisions, joint injections, cryosurgery, and others. In addition, residents can elect to become involved in longitudinal practice improvement and community outreach projects. Noontime topical conferences, specialty consultants, and medical students all add to the academic environment.