The University of Missouri (MU) Family Medicine Residency was established more than 50 years ago. Since 1975, our program has graduated 550 physicians who serve in diverse settings in 41 states across the country, plus Canada, England, Africa, and the Philippines.
Our graduates are leaders in family medicine as well as geriatrics, sports medicine, public health, academic medicine, and health care administration.
Our mission is to train capable, compassionate family physicians in an environment of mutual respect based in real-world experiences. We reinforce values of ethical practice, community orientation, personal/professional balance, and lifelong learning.
Why should you choose Mizzou Family Medicine?
Nationally Recognized Residents
Through the years, MU Family Medicine Residents who train at the University of Missouri have been nationally recognized for their scholarship, leadership, compassion, clinical care and dedication to serve.
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
AOA is a national honor medical society established to recognize and perpetuate excellence in the medical profession. Seven of our current MU Family Medicine Residents have earned AOA membership:
- Hunter Aldred, MD
- Daniel Bicklein, MD
- Neehar Shah, MD
- Tiffany Trzupek, MD
Gold Humanism Honor Society
The Gold Humanism Honor Society honors senior medical students, residents, physician/teachers and other exemplars for excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. Thirteen of our current MU Family Medicine Residents have earned Gold Humanism Awards:
- Hunter Aldred, MD
- Daniel Bicklein, MD
- Emma Cooper, MD
- Emily Dircks, MD
- Brittany Marshall, MD
- Karolina Pogorzelski, MD
- Tiffany Trzupek, MD
MU Family Medicine Leads the Pack
Learn about the leadership and accomplishments – here at Mizzou and across the nation as well – of MU Family Medicine faculty and alumni.
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Best of Both Worlds
The Family Medicine residency at MU offers the best of both worlds’ training. Residents learn from outstanding teachers at a tertiary care academic medical center, while experiencing autonomy and independence on our family medicine inpatient service, maternity service, and continuity clinics.
Faculty Mentorship
Residents grow personally and professionally as faculty provide ongoing feedback, career advising sessions and help them develop independent learning plans. Close faculty-resident relationships develop and contribute to the congeniality that characterizes MU Family Medicine.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Residents of MU Family Medicine have a continuity clinic practice at one of our four outpatient clinic sites. This continuity clinic provides residents a panel of patients they care for throughout residency. Residents practice team-based care with clinic staff, social workers, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and nutritionists. Residents also provide continuity of care to nursing home patients during the second and third years of residency.
Simulation Center
The Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) has more than 15 years’ experience in simulation curriculum development. The CSC has 10,000 square feet in the CSE building and 13,000 square feet in the PCCLC building and includes 30 fully equipped examination rooms. Our residents use the CSC for training in procedures, different patient encounters, hospital-based emergencies, and physician leadership.
Rural Training Track
The Department of Family and Community Medicine has partnered with Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Missouri, to create the Bothwell Rural Family Medicine Residency, which trains service-oriented, evidence-based family medicine physicians to provide outstanding care and leadership for rural patients and their communities.
The first-year curriculum is shared with our Family Medicine Residency program in Columbia, and the second and third years are in Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia. The Bothwell residents have their continuity clinic experience in Sedalia all three years.
Learn More: Bothwell-University Of Missouri Rural Family Medicine Residency
Fellowship Training/Academic Medicine Degree
MU Family and Community Medicine sponsors four fellowship programs (sports medicine, geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine and academic). All Family Medicine residents who decided to pursue fellowship training have matched with the program of their choice.
