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Family Medicine Residency

Family Medicine Residency

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We offer the opportunity for residents to gain experience to all aspects of Family Medicine from treating newborns and pediatric patients to having preventative medicine dialogues with adult and geriatric patients.

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Family Medicine Residency

Garnet Health Medical Center is proud to offer an AOA/ACGME approved three-year Family Medicine residency program.

AOA/ACGME approved
Graduate Board Pass Rate: 100%
50% of graduates have stayed in the Hudson Valley Area
Employment of Graduates in area of interest: 100%
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Family Medicine Residency Program

Garnet Health Medical Center is proud to offer an AOA/ACGME approved three-year Family Medicine residency program. As the program evolves, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine will continue to be at the heart of the program. Residents will be exposed to all aspects of Family Medicine from treating newborns and pediatric patients to having preventative medicine dialogues with adult and geriatric patients.

All of our graduates have been placed in Family Medicine positions where they have been given the opportunity to work in the exact field that they have desired and have been trained to work in. Fifty percent of our graduates made the choice to remain in the local community and dedicate the beginnings of their career to serving those in Orange and Sullivan County. We trust that our future residents will continue to be committed to improving the healthcare of the surrounding community just as we are committed to training exceptional family physicians.

For More Information & To Apply

Thank you for your consideration of our Family Medicine Residency Program! Please explore the following sections for more information about our program - from our didactic schedule, resident benefits, and frequently asked questions. 

If you have additional questions about the program, please contact:

Emilia Martinez
Residency Program Coordinator
845-333-7373
emartinez3@garnethealth.org

Applications to Garnet Health Medical Center’s Residency Programs will only be accepted through ERAS, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Electronic Residency Application Service.

Explore Our Residency Program

Didactics

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We have a robust offering of didactics that focus on many specialty and subspecialty areas. Some of these include cardiology specific lectures, HIV treatment lectures, lectures in regards to obesity, as well as informational Pharmacy-led lectures. Each week we have resident’s present recent journal articles at Journal Club and recent patient cases at Morning Report. Also included during resident’s didactic time are bi-weekly OMM lectures and board review quizzes.

Curriculum

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The Family Medicine Program at Garnet Health Medical Center follows a 4-week rotation system.  Before the transition of each rotation, the FM residents meet as a group with the Program Director and Coordinator to discuss each individual residents upcoming block while getting peer feedback and insight.

PGY 1

  • Behavioral Health
  • Cardiology (2 weeks)
  • Child Health and Development
  • Emergency Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • ICU
  • Inpatient Medicine (2 Months)
  • Night Float (One month spilt within 2 Blocks)
  • Obstetrician
  • Pediatric Inpatient
  • Pediatric Outpatient
  • Radiology (2 weeks)
  • Research
  • Urgent Care

PGY 2

  • Behavioral Health
  • Dermatology
  • Elective
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynecology
  • Inpatient Medicine (2 Months)
  • Medicine Elective (2 Months: Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, etc)
  • Night Float (2 Weeks)
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatric Inpatient
  • Pediatric Outpatient
  • Urgent Care

PGY 3

  • Elective (3 Months)
  • ENT
  • Inpatient Medicine
  • Obstetrician/ Gynecology
  • Ophthalmology (2 weeks)
  • Palliative
  • Pediatric Outpatient
  • Population Health (2 weeks)
  • Research
  • Sports Medicine
  • Urgent Care

Special Programs

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Incorporating Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine into the hospital and as part of patient’s regular treatment has been a strong push of the residency program. Inpatient rounding with Family Medicine Physicians aims to treat patients on hospital floors where OMM can prove beneficial to their healing process.

The integration of OMM into Garnet Health Medical Center’s treatment plans has resulted in a resident-run outpatient OMM clinic, located in ORMC’s Outpatient Building. This resident-run clinic is ever increasing with referrals, so much so that it has established continuity with patients and has had to incorporate residents from other specialties. Mental Health and Psychiatry screenings have become a vital part of the treatment plans that the OMM clinic has to offer.

Resident Physicians have grown to become indispensable members of the surrounding community. Family Medicine Residents are required to be active and involved in two community outreach events a year. These include:

  • Health fairs
  • Blood pressure screenings
  • Any events put on by the hospital or their continuity clinics

As a program, we want the community to know that we are striving to care for their health and wellness in every way possible.

Electives

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Family Medicine residents can choose from a variety of electives.  Residents can choose from the list below, repeat a regularly scheduled rotation or request a new elective to meet their individual needs or preferences.

  • Allergy
  • Anesthesia
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • International Medical Trip
  • Rheumatology
  • Urgent Care

Auditions

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Garnet Health Medical Center has very limited spaces open for 4-week auditions for fourth year medical students. Interested students need to complete an audition application form.

Return your completed form via email along with a CV, a photo ID, and COMLEX score transcripts. For more information please contact the Family Medicine Program.

Thank you for your consideration of our Family Medicine Residency Program! If you have questions about the program, please contact Emilia Martinez, Residency Program Coordinator: emartinez3@garnethealth.org

Residency Interviews

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The Family Medicine Residency Program will be involved in both the AOA/NMS and the ACGME/NRMP matches. Applications will only be accepted through the AAMC Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).  Please be sure to upload the following documentation onto your ERAS profile:

    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Personal Statement (why are you choosing Family Medicine?)
    • Dean’s Letter
    • Official Medical School Transcript
    • Three Letters of Recommendation
    • COMLEX scores, Level 1, Level 2 CE, and Level 2 PE, or USMLE, Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS.

Interview days are scheduled on Fridays from October through January.

The Family Medicine Program Coordinator will contact all applicants via ERAS who have been accepted for Interviews.  Interviews will then be scheduled through a separate software link which the Coordinator will send.  This will allow applicants to schedule their interview on a day that works best for them.  If the need to move your interview to another day arises, you can do so on your own through this same software link.

The interview day will begin with touring the facility and meeting the Coordinator.  Then, each interviewee will have a one-on-one interview with the Program Director.  At the end of each day, there will be some residents at a local restaurant to meet for dinner and enjoy discussion in an informal setting.

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Resident Benefits

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For a Family Medicine three year program:

PGY-1

  • Yearly Salary:  $62,885.00
  • Stipends:
    • $750.00 educational stipend
    • $1,500.00 food stipend
    • 2 lab coats
    • One time reimbursement for COMLEX-3 exam or USMLE Step 3
    • TrueLearn Question Bank for COMLEX
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days-does not roll over to next academic year

PGY-2

  • Yearly Salary:  $65,086.00
  • Stipends:
    • $750.00 educational stipend
    • $1,500.00 food stipend
    • 1 lab coat
    • Board Review Question Bank
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days-does not roll over to next academic year

PGY-3

  • Yearly Salary:  $76,545.00
  • Stipends:
    • $1,500.00 education stipend
    • $1,500.00 food stipend
    • 1 lab coat
    • Board Review Question Bank
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days, Board Exam Testing Day

Benefits:

Residents/Interns will be able to enroll, if they choose to, in the health insurance plan offered by the hospital at orientation and on an annual basis in accordance with the system’s enrollment period. Health Insurance Premiums are the Resident’s responsibility.  Residents/Interns can also choose to enroll in the hospitals 403-b retirement program as hospital employees.

Educational Stipend:*

First and Second year Residents will be allotted $750.00 per academic year for a 3-year program to be used towards conferences, books, and/or other items related to professional development, (i.e., PDA's, software, stethoscopes, etc.).  Additionally these monies may be used for required programmatic dues such as AOA/ACGME membership. These monies DO NOT accumulate or roll over to the next academic year.

Third year Residents in their final year of residency are allotted $1,500.00 which is designated for board application fees, including travel, and/or a national conference besides any other educational expenses.

COMLEX-3/USMLE Step 3:

ORMC will reimburse the payment of your COMLEX Level 3 exam or USMLE Step 3, provided that you pass the exam.  If you do not pass the exam, your exam will not be reimbursed and you must take the exam again.

Food Stipend:*

Within the first two months of your residency program, you will receive a check designated for food purchases and groceries throughout the academic year.

Lab Coat:

ORMC will contact you prior to Orientation, and at the beginning of each consecutive academic year in regards to what lab coat style and size you would like.  ORMC will pay for the lab coats and for the embroidering of names.

*Stipend Information:

All stipends are a taxable benefit.

Stipends and Paid Time Off do not roll over into the next academic year.

The once a year food stipend is given in a separate check during the first months of the residency.

Food, Coffee and Tea is also available in the resident on-call suite and the GME Suite.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there a cut-off date for Medical School Graduation?

No. We consider each application on an individual basis.

Do you Sponsor Visas?

Currently, ORMC does not sponsor visas for incoming residents.

Meet Our Team

Shantie Harkisoon, MD, FAAFP

Family Medicine Residency Program Director

Dr. Harkisoon recently joined Garnet Health as the Program Director for the Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Harkisoon earned her medical degree at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She completed residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Family Medicine Residency Program, Hoboken, NJ, a faculty development fellowship at the Institute for Urban Family Health in Manhattan and a Program Director Development Fellowship with the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors. She is a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Harkisoon serves on the ACGME Family Medicine Review Committee and as chair of the AFMRD Membership Committee We congratulate Dr. Harkisoon on being a Gold recipient of the 2021 Program Director Recognition Award by the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD).

Anila Khaliq, MD

Family Medicine Core Faculty

Recently joined the experienced Primary Care team at Garnet Health Doctors. Board-certified in Family Medicine and fluent in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi, Dr. Khaliq received her medical degree at Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Kausar Nazir, MD

Hospitalist, Family Medicine Core Faculty

Obtained her medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Nazir completed her Residency training in Family Medicine at UND Family Practice Center in Bismarck, ND.

Alicia Olowu, DO

Primary Care, Family Medicine Core Faculty

Obtained her medical degree from the New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, New York. Dr. Olowu also completed her residency at Garnet Health Medical Center as PGY3 and the Chief Family Medicine Resident. She is Board-certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy. Dr. Olowu is working at Garnet Health Doctors in Middletown and Monroe.

Dulaya Santikul, DO, FACOEP

Family Medicine Core Faculty

Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine
Certifications: Board Certified by the AOBEM in Emergency Medicine
Medical School/Degree: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital

Ulrick Vieux, DO

Family Medicine Core Faculty

Chairman & Psychiatry Residency Program Director; Medical Director, Behavioral Health at Garnet Health; Assistant Clinical Professor, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergrad: Cornell University
Graduate School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine- New York Medical College (Brooklyn-Queens) Campus; Psychiatry- St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital (Mt. Sinai)
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship - St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital (Mt. Sinai); Health Policy Fellowship - Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine/ New York Institute of Technology and American Osteopathic Association
Board Certification: Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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