Mission Statement:
- We engage our neighbors as expert, caring partners across their lifespan and support our community in achieving their optimal health and wellbeing.
- We are compassionate caregivers who provider inclusive, equitable, and holistic care as we teach and inspire physicians to become specialists in Family Medicine
Welcome to ChristianaCare Family Medicine!
Our goal at ChristianaCare Family Medicine is to train you to be phenomenal well-rounded Family physicians. That said, we also take a very pointed approach to creating an environment that supports individual interests along the way. Our ambulatory focused longitudinal curriculum is innovative and allows for maximal high impact learning as well as a tailored curriculum based on personal interests and skill development.
We take support very seriously here – we are a family who chose each other, and that is very powerful. Creating a work environment that certainly expects hard work while at work but supports individual needs and family/personal life outside of work is something we commit to for each of our residents.
Here at ChristianaCare, we truly embody what it means to the best of both worlds. We have two very different hospitals that our residents experience – Christiana, ‘the big house’, with literally every service imaginable, and Wilmington, a small community hospital where the Family Medicine training program is the central academic team.
We have three training sites for residents to choose their personal home base throughout their tenure with us – The Family Medicine Center at Foulk Road, located in North Wilmington and serving a largely suburban underserved population; The Family Medicine Center at Wilmington Primary Care, located in downtown Wilmington – a hub of true underserved care needs and a high risk population; and the Family Medicine Center at Westside Family Healthcare, a JCAHO accredited Federally Qualified Health Center who have long been our community partners.
From additional community training sites to an Internationally renowned Children’s hospital in our back yard, here at ChristianaCare Family Medicine, we have it all. We grow and adapt with community needs and provide full spectrum primary care in our office – from prenatal care to addiction medicine to transgender care. We offer incredible community experiences, potential for fellowship and certificate opportunities in Global Health.
We have amazing residents and faculty. They are a hardworking group of people who are passionate about what they do and who they care for. They show up every day and give 100% and it shows –
the supportive, caring relationships among them, the mentorship and growth along the way – it’s really powerful.
From primary care to leadership development, we have something that will inspire you to be the best physician you can be. We are excited to meet you and welcome you to our family!
All the very best,
Erin Kavanaugh, MD, FAAFP
Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine
ChristianaCare