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The move to Lebanon redefined the program as an
unopposed, community hospital based program, and this proved to be quite
successful.
The origins of the program date back to 1970 when the
very first academic department of Family Practice was formed at Penn State’s
College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The residency program was an
integral part of that department which was founded and chaired by Dr. Thomas
Leaman. The first resident graduated from the program in June of
1973.
To date, 178 graduates have successfully completed their training
since the inception of the program at Hershey. Ninety-three residents have
completed the program since the move to Lebanon in the fall of 1989; many of our
Lebanon graduates now practice within the local surrounding region.
Our program continues to receive strong support and
commitment from both The Good Samaritan
Hospital as well as from The Department of Family &
Community Medicine at The Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center. We are inspired by our past and
continue to build upon our wealth of experience with continual involvement of
our family physician graduates. Our future is bright.
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