Family Medicine

Our Family Medicine Program started on July 1, 2010, (2010-2011 academic year) under the direction of Marc Kaplan, DO. The program started with two residents and has since increased their complement to 12. In 2024 Dr. Joseph Thompson a 2019 graduate from our program signed on as our Associate Program Director and Program Director of Osteopathic Medicine.

The program received their Initial Accreditation in 2017 and received their Continued Accreditation in 2019. It has also received initial accreditation for Osteopathic Recognition in 2019 and received continued accreditation in Osteopathic Recognition in January of 2023.

The FM program has graduated 27 residents since it began. Four of these residents have continued to practice in Cochise County. It has had four graduates go into Fellowship Programs, two in OMM, one in Addictionology and one in our new ER Fellowship.

In 2023/2024 CVMC started their very own ER fellowship program and will take a fellow every January 1st and July 1st.

We are sponsored by Midwestern University Consortium in Glendale Arizona.

Family Medicine currently has 10 D.O. Residents

Mission Statement

Our mission is to educate inexperienced physicians in the art of Family Medicine. This program will teach each resident the necessary competencies to become a fully actuated Family Physician that upon graduation may become a respected member of the local community and to improve the medical care in the communities that we serve.

Highlights

Dedicated study time for all PGY 1 Residents every Thursday from 1-4
PGY 2 and PGY 3 Residents map out their own schedules for career path
Grear opportunities for Research
Diverse Pathology
Medicine Teams- you will always be with a team of residents while on Inpatient medicine.
CVMC stipends for Credential’s; AWLS, ALTS, ACLS/BLS
Wellness Fund for group activities
Great area for being outdoors: Hiking, biking, sports