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Family Medicine

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Welcome to the Family Medicine Residency program at Trinity Health Grand Rapids, Medical Education.

Hello from West Michigan!

You’re standing at a pivotal moment in your journey—finishing medical school and exploring where to continue your training. It’s an exciting, sometimes overwhelming time, and while I can’t speak to every factor you’re weighing, I’d love to share a bit about who we are and what drives our residency program.

I’m Dr. Mike Bishop, Program Director at the Trinity Health Grand Rapids Family Medicine Residency. I’m proud to be the fifth director since our program began in 1973 at Saint Mary’s Medical Center. While our name and affiliations have evolved over the years, our heart has remained the same. Trinity Health Grand Rapids is a primary care-focused hospital, guided by a mission to “serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.”

We’re a 10-10-10 community-based, university-affiliated program with a clear purpose: to create a learning environment where everyone can experience the joy of Family Medicine and nurture residents to become balanced, qualified, caring physicians. Our curriculum is designed to give you a strong inpatient foundation in your first year, setting you up for a smooth transition into outpatient care in your second and third years. In fact, over half of your third year will be spent in ambulatory continuity care.

Our graduates go on to do incredible things. Some pursue fellowships in Sports Medicine, Obstetrics, Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care, and more. Others stay right here in West Michigan—two to four each year—joining a vibrant community of Family Medicine physicians. Trinity Health Medical Group is home to many of our alumni, with Family Medicine grads making up about 60% of the primary care team. Our graduates practice in a wide range of settings, from full-scope Family Medicine to ambulatory-only practices, and even unique paths like hospitalist roles, motivational speaking, and OB-focused care without adult inpatient responsibilities.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about our program. Our current chief residents have also shared their perspective, which I encourage you to read. I invite you to explore our curriculum, meet our faculty and residents, and get to know the city of Grand Rapids. If you have any questions or just want to chat, don’t hesitate to reach out at grhsfamilymedicineres@trinity-health.org.

Warm regards,

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Michael C. Bishop, MD, FAAFP
Program Director, Trinity Health Grand Rapids Family Medicine Residency

Welcome from the Chiefs

Welcome to the Trinity Health Grand Rapids Family Medicine Residency Program (GRFMR)!

We are so excited that you have landed here in your search for a residency program and hope this helps you learn a little bit more about our residency family and if this is the right place for you! 

Our program was established in 1973 (50 years of training awesome FM docs) and is a highly-respected program in the Grand Rapids community. Many graduates over the years have continued to work closely with the program in some capacity – whether that be precepting in the clinic, hosting residents in their own offices, or rounding on our FM inpatient service.

Our Program

Here at Trinity Health GRFMR, we provide full-scope Family Medicine training that will truly prepare you for whatever direction you choose to go in your FM career. We have a robust, busy inpatient service that is run solely by our family medicine residents and faculty that really helps to build an excellent foundation of medicine, predominantly in your first and second years.

Our clinic, which is conveniently connected to the hospital, hosts a large, diverse patient panel with patients who have been coming to our clinic for most of their lives! While the majority of your time in residency will be spent at our home institution (Trinity Health Grand Rapids – Saint Mary’s), we also rotate through some incredible hospitals in the community, including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum – Butterworth, and outpatient rotations through Pine Rest Psychiatric Facilities to help strengthen our experiences in Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Psychiatry.

A Close Community of Residents

The best part of our program far and away is the people. When we call it a residency family, we really mean it. Our faculty is supportive, encouraging, and always looking for ways to help us obtain the best education possible. Not only do they care about the doctors that we are becoming, but also the people that we are outside of work. From engagements and weddings to babies or new pets, they are there to support all the big life events!

Co-residents become family from day one – interns get weekly afternoons off during block one for bonding with their class. As residency progresses, getting to be on rotations with your class/fellow residents feels like home. We enjoy spending time together outside of work, whether for residency-hosted events, random ice cream meet-ups or board game nights! (Check out our Instagram @thgr_fmres to see all the fun and shenanigans we get into!)

As a residency, we collectively place an emphasis on mental health with wellness walks, July intern bonding days, soccer & basketball nights, and monthly Book Club. We work hard, learn lots and support each other through it all.

We'd love to hear from you!

We hope this website provides insight not only into our curriculum but also the educational and supportive environment we foster. If you have questions or just want to chat – feel free to reach out. We would be more than happy to talk with you! Good luck in your residency search.

Family Medicine Recruitment Chairs,

Jessica Eisma, MD & Camryn Romph, DO

Our Mission

The mission of the Family Medicine Residency is to create a learning environment where everyone can experience the joy of Family Medicine and nurture residents to become balanced, qualified, caring physicians. We will achieve our mission through excellence in:

  • Patient Care
  • Education
  • Scholarship
  • Community Engagement

Program Highlights

Some unique features of this residency include:

  • Ultrasound Curriculum
    • Didactic learning
    • Wide spread opportunities for application
  • Sports Medicine Rotation
    • Clinics
    • On-field experience
  • OB Focused Curriculum option
    • Further specialization in Prenatal Care and Deliveries

In 2010, the ACGME created a Coordinator Excellence award to honor and recognize the very crucial role that program coordinators play in the success of a residency program. Our program senior administrator, Alicia Crispin, was the 2015 recipient of this award.

Family Medicine

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All applications are accepted through ERAS. Please see the Applicants section of your preferred program for additional details.

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