Welcome

Welcome from Monica Newton, DO, MPH, FAAFP

Dear Residency Candidate –

Welcome to Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Family Medicine Residency Program. I wanted to personally thank you for considering NGMC as your residency home. I was honored and humbled to be selected to build the Family Medicine Residency Program as the founding program director and have continued to passionately move the program forward with collaboration and the pursuit of excellence. Our goal is to change the course of health care for our region, state, and country by producing the family physicians Georgia needs.

When I joined NGMC medical staff in 2011, I had a choice about where to come to work, live and receive care. I chose NGMC because I believed NGHS was a principle- centered health system. I saw clinicians live out their commitment to safety, quality, and service excellence daily. This ultimately makes our community a better place to live which is our mission “to improve the health of our community in all that we do.” I felt it when I came to NGMC, and I know now that if you want to make a difference, there is no better place to train with NGMC Family Medicine.

We seek to equip resident physicians who, through servant leadership , will provide comprehensive care, display respectful compassion , develop a passion for excellence , practice responsible stewardship, and live and breathe interdependence . It is this dedication to leadership, value, team, and pursuit of excellence that make us different. It is not just our mission and values that makes this a great place. It is also the amazing faculty with nearly 200 years of combined clinical experience. Our faculty have practiced in rural Georgia and rural Africa. They have run marathons and managed huge medical practices. They are women and men who have a passion for teaching—Family Medicine taught by Family doctors.

Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” Truly, our legacy of building upon the collective knowledge and experience of others will help you achieve your personal and professional goals here at NGMC.

We are so glad that you are interested in pursuing your Family Medicine training at NGMC. We hope through exploring this opportunity, you too will see the potential that can be unlocked through becoming part of the NGMC Family Medicine Residency Program.

Sincerely,

Monica Newton, DO, MPH, FAAFP
Founding Program Director
NGMC FM Residency Program