Family Medicine Residency at Atlantic Health Overlook
We offer comprehensive training in a supportive, community-based setting with diverse patient care, strong faculty mentorship and immersive learning in palliative care, sports medicine, medical humanities and global health.
A message from the residency program director
Dear Medical Student:
Welcome to Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program! First, we’d like to congratulate you on your interest in family medicine. This is the heart of primary care: there’s no other field of medical practice in which you can help so many different types of patients (all genders, infancy to old age), see as wide a range of medical conditions, have as much opportunity to follow your professional interests wherever they lead and make as much of an impact on families and communities. Now, we would like to tell you about us:
- We’ve been training family physicians for more than 50 years, consistently achieving the highest level ACGME Residency Review Committee accreditation.
- We are a dual (Allopathic and Osteopathic) ACGME-accredited residency
- We are a Joint Commission-certified Primary Care Medical Home.
- We offer a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center.
- We are located in beautiful Summit, NJ, a short train ride from the heart of New York City.
- We have two high-volume family medicine offices, in Summit, NJ, and Chatham, NJ, one on the hospital campus, the other a short distance away.
- Our expansive family medicine office at Atlantic Health Overlook is built for team-based, patient-centered care, with two pods (each with nursing station and 8 exam rooms), a large precepting area, and a personal space for every resident.
Our office is equipped with high-tech equipment for practice and teaching, including the EPIC EHR with built-in e-prescribing and patient education capacity, an electronic patient communication system, audio- and video-monitoring capacity in most exam rooms, and a large screen (70”) Internet-connected smartboard in our conference room, operated by wireless keypad and mouse, or touch.
- Atlantic Health Overlook is a multi-residency hospital, and our parent company, Atlantic Health, has a medical school affiliation with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
- We teach medical students – including as a site for Jefferson’s new Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum – as well as pharmacology and nutrition interns, and social work students.
- A one-month global health experience is available through the Benjamin H. Josephson MD Fund for residents to provide care in underserved areas.
- We have curricular activities in Medical Humanities and Areas of Concentration in Palliative Care, Sports Medicine and Women’s Health.
- Atlantic Health Overlook is part of Atlantic Health, a six-hospital community-based academic health care system.
But here’s what’s most important about our program -- our program treats residents as colleagues, encouraging resident autonomy and decision-making while ensuring quality of care. We hope you will consider becoming one of us. If you already know you’d like to apply, please contact us.
Joseph Tribuna, MD
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program Director
A message from our department chair
You have chosen a wonderfully exciting time to be entering family medicine. Our emphasis on health maintenance, disease prevention and population health make the discipline of family medicine pivotal to the nationwide efforts toward improving quality, lowering the cost of care, and solving the issue of health inequity.
The Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program was established in 1973, just four years after the creation of our specialty. We have celebrated our 50th anniversary of providing an exceptional educational experience to our residents. Our two busy community-based Family Medicine Centers provide our faculty and residents with the ideal setting for learning, teaching and delivering services to a diverse population. Our commitment to innovation and excellence is exemplified by our Primary Care Medical Home designation from the Joint Commission. Our state-of-the-art electronic medical record simplifies tasks such as closing care gaps and finding evidence-based answers to clinical questions.
Our mission is to provide high-quality, evidence-based education to our learners and compassionate, cost-effective, evidence-based services to patients and families.
The goal of Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program is to offer residents a high-quality, comprehensive primary care education that:
- Understands and addresses the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of health and illness;
- Provides collaborative, holistic, family-centered health care which supports and relies on our patients’ autonomy, strengths, and values;
- Appreciates patient perspectives, engagement and the capacity for self-care
- Supports and inspires residents from diverse cultural backgrounds and life experiences to embody and enact the ideals of Family Medicine.
As a regional medical center located just 20 miles from New York City, Atlantic Health Overlook provides all the services of a larger university-based program in the atmosphere of a community setting. Atlantic Health Overlook is truly nationally recognized and locally loved. Our residents get the best of both worlds – a multi-residency training environment with advanced technologies in a setting where family medicine is respected, appreciated and embraced.
We are invigorated by the resources that our parent company, Atlantic Health, is investing to grow our program and help us better care for our community. Atlantic Health’s strategic plan includes a significant emphasis on primary care, including training and retaining family physicians. Important things to know about Atlantic Health:
- For more than a decade, Atlantic Health has been rated as one of “100 Best Companies to Work For®” by Fortune Magazine, highlighting our high-quality, high-touch attitude toward health care delivery.
- Our Accountable Care Organization (ACO) was one of the first in the nation and has been consistently successful in lowering costs and improving quality for our patient population.
- We have an Innovation Center, Aha!, which was designed to inspire our workforce to create solutions to enhance care delivery for patients. Team members can make suggestions for a new project or get involved with existing projects.
In addition to learning the full spectrum of family medicine in an academically challenging but also supportive environment, our program offers several learning opportunities not often found elsewhere:
- Palliative care – an area of concentration with both didactic and clinical experiences, including participation in palliative care team activities; consults, daily interdisciplinary team meetings, inpatient rounds; monthly Schwartz Center Rounds; bi-monthly bioethics committee meetings; and participation in hospice team meetings and home visits.
- Sports medicine – monthly conferences presented by sports medicine fellows, procedure workshops and sideline management experiences.
- Medical humanities – learning opportunities in ethics, medical narrative and the arts (including Metropolitan Museum visits in NYC) and conferences highlighting patient experiences and perspectives.
- Global health – financial and organizational support to faculty and residents who want to pursue an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of health care in a global setting and make medical volunteerism a part of their life’s work. Financial support is available through the Benjamin H. Josephson MD Fund.
As a resident at Atlantic Health Overlook, you will have the opportunity to explore your own personal and professional interests. Our graduates have entered fellowships in palliative care, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, women’s health, sports medicine and faculty development. Twenty percent of our alumni are in academic medicine, including faculty, residency program directors and department chairs. Others have chosen careers in medical management or industry, and several have established practices in international settings. Of course, we also encourage our residents to stay here in our community, joining either Atlantic Medical Group, Primary Care Partners or one of the other practices in our area.
Whatever your interests, our staff and faculty are here to provide you with an atmosphere of camaraderie, intellectual challenge and nurturing as you train to become a culturally competent, clinically astute, highly compassionate family physician.
We look forward to meeting you.
Samantha B. Pozner, MD , Department Chair
Specialties and electives
In their first year, Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents spend one month on the Adult Emergency Medicine rotation. Residents are often the first contact for the patient and are intimately involved in his or her initial evaluation. Closely supervised by emergency department (ED) physicians, residents rotate in the fast-track area, providing urgent care to patients with less emergent conditions and taking cases triaged from the full ED. Most of these interventions are procedural: residents have the opportunity to perform procedures such as suturing, splinting, I&Ds and foreign body removal.
First-year Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents spend two months on our Adult Medicine Rotation participating on a team that consists of a supervising senior family medicine resident, one or two first-year family medicine residents and a third or fourth-year medical student. Residents are intimately involved in the care of the team’s patients and work closely with the medical attendings and consultants. They spend one month each in their second year and third years on the Adult Medicine Rotation, where they supervise first-year family medicine residents on the medicine team and round daily with the medicine attending. They attend weekly medicine grand rounds.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents may take advantage of electives in areas such as adolescent medicine, rehabilitation medicine, endocrinology, sports medicine, radiology, complementary and alternative medicine and more. Core rotations such as orthopedics, sports medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology (ENT) and urology are provided as preceptorships in the private offices of Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center attending physicians or at area clinics.
While rotations and electives with specialists offer important learning, we believe the learning obtained in these settings is secondary in importance to the learning obtained through practice as a family physician. Office responsibilities and care of the resident’s own primary care patients, including inpatient care and nursing home care of those patients, are priorities for the resident’s time.
All Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine practitioners need to know how to manage their patients’ behavioral health needs as well as understand their own feelings and thoughts about the doctor-patient relationship. Our residents work with our behavioral science director to provide appropriate treatment and improve their skills. This training involves:
- Precepting cases
- Small group (Balint) discussions of physician-patient relationships and challenging cases
- Monthly observation of a psychiatrist’s consultation interview with one of our patients
- Conferences covering a wide range of behavioral science topics
- Collaborative care of family medicine patients with the behavioral scientist and family medicine social workers
- Teaching programs in medical humanities
- Educational programs in ethics and palliative care
- Youth mental health screenings and related precepting
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents participate in the care of cardiac patients by working with a large cardiology group as the cardiologists evaluate patients, perform stress tests and cardiac catheterizations, and read EKGs and echocardiograms.
Residents learn to manage cardiology patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Each resident spends one month in the second year in outpatient cardiology.
There is a series of cardiology conferences conducted by the cardiology groups each year. Additionally, residents get exposure to cardiology patients and problems during their medicine and intensive care rotations and through precepting of primary care cardiac problems during family medicine office hours.
Our family medicine residents are involved in community activities throughout their residency program and are strongly encouraged to become engaged in the community where they live and work. Many are able to continue volunteer activities they were involved in prior to residency.
Our major ongoing community medicine activity is participation in the Summit food distribution events of a local (Summit) non-profit (GRACE), where we provide health screenings and health information. Residents also attend a local town’s Well Child Clinic to deliver immunizations and (in PGY1) meet with a nearby town’s Public Health Department Director and do restaurant visits with the town’s Health Inspector. We also provide community education programs in various locations with Atlantic Health Overlook’s Community Health Department, and at local Y’s. Senior residents assume a primary care role and provide home care visits for selected elderly patients in the community with OFM Faculty attendings and provide hospice home visits for hospice patients with supervision from faculty attending Janice Baker, MD. We seek to continually strengthen our community participation and support, with leadership from the program’s behavioral scientist, Stuart Green, DMH, LCSW.
During the internship year, Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents spend two months in intensive care, directly supervising the care of severely ill patients with a wide range of medical problems under the supervision of attending physicians in cardiology, pulmonology, infectious disease and other intensivists.
Residents learn to manage patients on ventilators; perform procedures such as placing central and arterial lines; attend lectures and daily radiology rounds; perform paracentesis and thoracentesis; participate on the code team; and communicate with families regarding patients’ care preferences and bioethics issues. Residents help to integrate specialist input into a comprehensive care plan for each patient, while functioning as part of a team with other residents, medical students, intensive care nurses and a teaching attending.
During the outpatient dermatology rotation, third-year Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents work in the office of an Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center attending dermatologist. Residents learn to manage a wide variety of skin conditions, including acne, dermatitis, psoriasis and questionable skin lesions that may be malignancies.
In addition, residents get exposure to the management of skin conditions and the performance of skin procedures during their Family Medicine office hours in all three years of training. In the first year, residents have the opportunity to practice skills such as suturing and skin biopsy in a workshop with a Family Medicine faculty attending.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents are colleagues, not students. They share patients, offices and decisions with our faculty attendings, a nurse practitioner, a behavioral scientist and a social worker at either the Atlantic Health Overlook or Chatham clinical practices. Residents develop their own panel of continuity patients and function at the attending level for admissions. Residents working in this capacity are always supervised by a Family Medicine attending physician.
During Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Community Medicine Geriatrics rotations, our residents attend palliative care meetings and consults, and provide hospice care in patients’ homes under the leadership of a family medicine faculty attending.
During the rotation, Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents work with elderly patients in a number of settings, primarily at our Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine and Chatham Family Medicine offices. Within the resident’s three years of training, there are innumerable opportunities to provide care for this population in the outpatient settings and, when significant illness occurs, in the hospital setting.
The residency program also provides care for many patients who are in Autumn Lake Healthcare at Berkeley Heights, a nearby 130-bed facility providing subacute, short- and long-term care and rehabilitation. Autumn Lakes’ medical director is the associate director of Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program. Patients admitted to Autumn Lake for subacute care may receive physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as a prolonged course of intravenous antibiotics for infectious endocarditis or osteomyelitis, or continuous peritoneal dialysis. This facility also provides a palliative care program for patients. Every Family Medicine resident is assigned their own panel of patients at Autumn Lake, whom they see monthly during the second and third years of residency training. During the rotation, the resident also participates in rounds at the facility. The resident also sees patients at Spring Meadows Summit, an assisted living facility, with OFM Faculty Attending.
In the Community Medicine portion of the rotation, residents conduct sports exam screenings with a member of our volunteer faculty, attend an AA meeting, participate in screenings and community education programs with Atlantic Health Overlook’s Community Health Department, conduct health education programs at a local YMCA and participate in screenings and education programs at the site of Family Promise, an organization which supports homeless families, with which the residency partners.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine believes that experiencing other cultures, their health care beliefs, and barriers to care enhances our understanding of our own place and role in health care delivery in the US. We encourage participation in global health development activities and offer linkages to several global health organizations, including Shoulder-to-Shoulder, a well-established non-profit global health organization working primarily in Honduras, and Hands Up for Haiti.
Additionally, residents, in consultation with the program director, may also choose to work with other global health organizations in a country of their choice. Family medicine residents can choose a one to four-week elective. All global health experiences are funded by the Benjamin H. Josephson, MD Fund, a foundation established to honor a founder of the residency, through the Department of Family Medicine.
The Medical Humanities are integrated across the three years of residency training. Residents attend Balint Groups and other sessions in behavioral science, medical ethics, palliative care, medical narrative and other medical humanities programs. Notably, the program arranges for every resident three visits in each year of residency to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a session coordinated by an arts educator, accompanied by family medicine faculty. The goal of the sessions and related exercises and discussions is to broaden and enhance physicians’ observational skills. The humanities programs are coordinated by the program’s behavioral scientist. Ethics education also includes attending selected meetings of the Atlantic Health Overlook Bioethics Committee.
In addition, the program's behavioral scientist co-coordinates an annual humanistic medicine conference for all Atlantic Health residents and staff.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents participate in didactic lectures, teaching rounds and supervised clinical care of laboring patients on the Labor and Delivery floor at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center. Residents participate in both family medicine service deliveries and the deliveries managed by private obstetric attending physicians. Under the direction of our Family Medicine attending, who specializes in women’s health, and ob/gyn hospitalists, the resident obtains longitudinal experience over the three-year program by caring for and delivering his or her own prenatal patients seen in the Health Start Prenatal Clinic. During our gynecology block rotation, second-year residents divide time between the outpatient gynecology clinic, urogynecology office, gynecologic oncology and the family practice office.
Obstetrics & gynecology area of concentration
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents may choose an obstetrics and gynecology area of concentration.
The two-year experience supplements the regular family medicine residency curriculum. The area of concentration mainly consists of participation in additional hours in obstetrics and gynecology and the family medicine schedule is adjusted to accommodate the resident’s interest in gaining experience in performing gynecologic procedures and prenatal care for low risk obstetrical patients.
The track is coordinated and the resident supervised by the family coordinator for obstetrics and gynecology and the ob/gyn health start clinic director.
In the obstetrics and gynecology area of concentration the resident will:
- While under the supervision of the gynecology attending - and in collaboration with ob/gyn residents at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center - obtain additional experience in gynecological procedures such as
- IUD insertion
- colposcopy
- endometrial biopsy
- hysteroscopy
- LEEP
- Understand and be able to list the indications and contraindications for the procedures listed above
- Be competent to perform IUD insertion and removal, colposcopy, and endometrial biopsy;
- Gain knowledge of outpatient ob/gyn ultrasound for pregnancy dating and miscarriage management
- Become competent in the medical management of miscarriages
- Know the indications for vulvar biopsy, bartholin cyst management, and uterine aspiration
- Be able to manage low risk obstetrical patients and identify patients who develop high risk medical conditions;
- Obtain competency in fetal heart monitoring, indications for instrumental delivery and the need for Cesarean section;
- Be introduced to management of high risk obstetric patients, including: gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertension in pregnancy, adolescents and psychiatric disorders.
For residents who are not interested in additional experience in obstetrics, a gynecology-only pathway may be chosen. In the gyn-only track, the resident will:
- While under the supervision of the gynecologist attending – and in collaboration with the ob/gyn residents at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center – obtain additional experience in the following gynecological procedures:
- IUD insertion
- colposcopy
- endometrial biopsy
- hysteroscopy
- LEEP
- Understand and be able to list the indications and contraindications for the gynecology procedures listed above
- Be competent in IUD insertion/removal, colposcopy and endometrial biopsy
- Gain knowledge of outpatient OB-GYN ultrasound for pregnancy dating and miscarriage management
- Become competent in the medical and expectant management of miscarriages
- Know the indications for vulvar biopsy, bartholin cyst management and uterine aspiration for miscarriage management.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents have many excellent orthopedic surgeons from which to choose when participating in this rotation. During the rotation, the resident is exposed to a wide variety of acute and chronic orthopedic problems as well as rheumatology. While working with the orthopedist and rheumatologist, the resident will acquire the skills and knowledge needed to provide orthopedic care in the primary care setting. The resident will also recognize when an orthopedic problem requires consultation with the orthopedic surgeon.
Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) is taught through regular precepting of patient office visits and via monthly teaching conferences and clinics held all three years. These conferences combine a series of didactic lectures covering principles of osteopathic medicine with supervised skills practice.
Our curriculum, based on the Osteopathic Post-Doctoral Training Institution - (OPTIK) Core Curriculum, covers:
- Abdominal and Visceral diagnosis and treatment
- Cervical spine diagnosis and treatment
- Cranial/OA/ENT diagnosis and treatment
- Evidence-based osteopathic treatment
- Extremities diagnosis and treatment
- Incorporation of OMT into busy family practice
- Lumbar spine diagnosis and treatment
- Lymphatic system treatment
- Musculoskeletal injury and treatment
- Pelvis diagnosis and treatment
- Sacral spine diagnosis and treatment
- Thoracic spine diagnosis and treatment
- Treating the hospitalized patient
Conference and clinic participation is required of all osteopathic residents. Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine osteopathic and OMT learning activities are also open to other osteopathic residents at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center and offered to non-osteopathic residents of the program. Instruction is primarily provided by the director of the osteopathic program.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents may choose a Palliative Care Area of Concentration (AOC) track. The three-year experience supplements the regular family medicine residency curriculum. The AOC mainly consists of participation in a number of ongoing palliative care activities conducted by the Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center Palliative Care Program. When possible, the family medicine schedule is adjusted to accommodate the resident’s Palliative Care AOC involvement.
The AOC resident regularly attends Palliative Care Program team meetings. At the meetings, the most active palliative care and ethics consults are reviewed, with opportunities for the residents to present, and palliative care projects are planned and developed. In addition the resident attends:
- Palliative care inpatient consults, including family meetings
- Monthly Schwartz Center Rounds, an innovative, supportive, intensive interdisciplinary discussion of challenging clinical care scenarios and issues
- Other palliative care program rounds, meetings and discussions:
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Bioethics Committee
- Palliative care trainings and programs
- One or more of the several palliative care and ethics conferences in NJ at which Palliative Care Program members present
At the heart of the residency’s Palliative Care AOC is our program’s strong history and relationship with Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center’s Palliative Care Program. Our palliative care track is coordinated by the faculty attending who is co-director of Atlantic Hospice and assisted by other faculty including our behavioral scientist, who is an active member of the Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Bioethics Committee, and helped develop Atlantic Health Overlook’s palliative care program.
Whether or not residents select the Palliative Care AOC, all residents receive significant palliative care exposure. During the community medicine rotation in PGY-2 and PGY-3, all residents spend a week on the palliative care service, participating in consults and other activities. Additionally, in both PGY-2 and PGY-3, residents also see patients in the Family Medicine Hospice Home Visiting Program with a family medicine attending who is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents gain inpatient experience in general pediatrics by spending two months of the first year at Hersh Children's Center at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center. During inpatient rotations, residents work with pediatric attendings and other residents. Additionally, in the first year, residents spend one month in the pediatric emergency department and Morristown Medical Center, rotating in the nursery under the supervision of the pediatric residency faculty.
Second-year residents undertake one month of ambulatory pediatric training, including experience in routine well-child care and time with various pediatric subspecialists in the outpatient setting.
Family medicine residents have ongoing experience, in all three years, caring for children and adolescents in the family medicine office and family medicine patients in the hospital. Residents also attend several child-specific conferences, including case conferences focused on the first year of life and child psychiatry conferences, among others.
Our practice also routinely screens all youth for mental health issues, and participates in the Pediatric Psychiatry Collaborative, which offers consultations with a child psychiatrist.
Practice and health system management is a special interest of our residency program director and our residency office medical director. This topic is addressed by a monthly conference throughout the three years of training, and a two-week rotation in PGY-1. The monthly conferences cover such topics as coding and billing, contract negotiations and practice finance. Coding and billing — a critical topic to master for real-world post-graduate private practice — is also covered in ongoing chart audits, precepting and feedback.
Third-year residents receive assistance with resume writing, review of job opportunities and search strategies. All residents attend office management meetings, bi-monthly patient safety meetings, community and patient/family advisory meetings and resident populations health team meetings addressing care of patients at high risk for hospital admissions and emergency department use, as identified by our Accountable Care Organization.
Our practice is a Joint Commission-certified primary care medical home, which offers opportunities for residents to engage in multi-disciplinary and community-based care.
Residents develop leadership skills through participation on committees within the residency program, at the hospital, and in national organizations. Residents are also involved in recruitment, interviewing prospective residency candidates. Residents complete a series of modules in the AMA GME Competency Education Program, including modules on patient safety, quality improvement and medical liability insurance.
Scholarly activities are directed by our Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Antonia Carbone, and our Behavioral Science director, Dr. Stuart Green, then discussed and supported at regular meetings of the program’s Research Committee. Each resident is required to develop a scholarly project of their own or participate with other residents and faculty in ongoing projects during their training. All residents also complete QI projects. The Atlantic Center for Research provides lectures, and all activities receive IRB review and approval.
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents are offered a variety of rotations with local practitioners, including orthopedists, physiatrists and family doctors with sports medicine training; residents learn to manage medical issues specific to the athlete.
The program features a monthly musculoskeletal and sports medicine lecture series given by the sports medicine fellows. Workshops cover procedures specific to athletics, including joint injection and joint-specific examination. Residents also receive special training in sideline management of sports injuries at school games, and then function as sideline physicians at local high school football games. Our residents also participate in the annual “Medfest,” which involves pre-participation examinations of Special Olympics athletes.
Residency graduates may also apply for Atlantic Health Sports Medicine Fellowships. Our graduates have been very successful in obtaining these positions.
First-year Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents spend one month on our surgical rotation, participating in the evaluation and assessment of patients prior to their surgeries, in surgical procedures in the operating room, and in postoperative care. Residents are supervised by the director of surgical training for Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center. Residents also have the opportunity to participate in surgical procedures performed in the outpatient surgical suites.
Second-year residents spend one month on an outpatient surgery rotation, rotating at several surgical specialist practices. They will have the experience of seeing patients with general surgical, colorectal and breast conditions.
During the outpatient urology rotation, Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residents work one-on-one with Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center urologists in their offices. Residents see patients with a broad spectrum of genitourinary problems, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, nephrolithiasis, erectile dysfunction, prostatitis and hematuria.
Rotations
PGY-1
| Rotation | Blocks (4 weeks) | |
| Family Medicine Orientation
|
1 | |
| Internal Medicine | 2 | |
| Critical Care | 1 | |
| Adult Emergency Medicine
|
1 | |
| Pediatrics/Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Outpatient Pediatrics |
2
1 |
|
| Surgery | 1 | |
| Family Medicine
|
1 | |
| Obstetrics | 1 | |
| Practice Management/Lifestyle Medicine | 1 | |
| Nursery/Overlook Family Medicine Office | 1 |
- Family Medicine Office: one to two half days per week
- Behavioral Science/Health Systems Management (Practice Management)/Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) Clinic: longitudinal
- Community Medicine/Radiology: longitudinal
PGY-2
| Rotation | Blocks (4 weeks) | |
| Internal Medicine | 1 | |
| Outpatient Pediatrics | 1
|
|
| Outpatient Surgery | 1 | |
| Obstetrics | 1 | |
| Family Medicine | 2 | |
| Orthopedics | 1 | |
| Palliative Care | 0.5 | |
| Geriatrics | 1 | |
| Gynecology | 1 | |
| Cardiology | 1 | |
| Electives | 2 | |
| Selection (Lifestyle Medicine, Pain/PMR, Palliative Care or Ophthamology) | 0.5 |
- Family Medicine Office: two or three half days per week plus one evening session per month and Saturday morning hours (three to four per year), depending upon rotation
- Obstetrics Clinic: one half day per week (longitudinal care for assigned obstetric patients)
- Behavioral Science/Football game coverage/Nursing Home/Health Systems Management (Practice Management)/Hospice and Home Care/OMT Clinic: longitudinal
- Community Medicine/Radiology: longitudinal
PGY-3
| Rotation | Blocks (4 weeks) | |
| Internal Medicine | 1 | |
| Obstetrics/Research | 1
|
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| ENT/Urology | 0.5 and 0.5 | |
| Family Medicine | 3 | |
| Dermatology | 1 | |
| Sports Medicine | 1 | |
| Geriatrics | 1 | |
| Electives (1 month may be away) | 4 |
- Family Medicine Office: three to four half days per week plus one evening session per month and Saturday morning hours (three to four per year), depending upon rotation
- Obstetric Clinic: one half day per week (longitudinal care for assigned OB patients)
- Behavioral Science/Football game coverage/Nursing Home/Health Systems Management (Practice Management)/Hospice and Home Care/OMT Clinic: longitudinal
- Community Medicine/Radiology: longitudinal
Conferences & training
Atlanitc Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency conferences and meetings are held daily at lunchtime with an additional morning conference on Thursdays. Twice-monthly half-day block conferences are also held, covering core family medicine clinical topics.
The conference line-up includes:
- Conferences with patient participants, including monthly adult psychiatry conferences and a “First Year of Life” series
- Monthly ob/gyn conferences
- Monthly evidence-based medicine, journal club and preventive medicine conferences
- Monthly workshops in gynecologic procedures, joint injection techniques, casting and splinting, suturing and other office-based procedures, using state-of-the-art training models
- Monthly health systems management (practice management) conferences
- Twice-monthly osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) workshops
- Monthly sports medicine lecture series
- Pediatric conferences
- A series of Lifestyle Medicine conferences, as part of our newly available LM certification and curriculum and a twice-monthly behavioral science case conference with medical students
Other lunchtime activities include Balint Group, medical narrative sessions, wellness sessions, including resident, faculty, and office management meetings and other learning and supportive activities.
Patient turnover
Family medicine faculty and residents meet each weekday morning to discuss the daily progress of inpatients, exchange information and develop consensus on the clinical care of each inpatient.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM)
EBM training begins in the first year, with one-on-one education in search strategies on evidence-based websites; preparation for and presentation at the program’s monthly EBM conference; and ongoing involvement in raising and answering clinical questions using EBM resources during precepting, patient turnover and the monthly conference. Research is an important element of medical education. Each resident is required to develop a scholarly project or participate with other residents and faculty in ongoing projects during their training. Project development and progress are presented to colleagues at monthly research committee meetings and at annual conferences. Attendance at EBM-related conferences and other teaching programs acquaints residents with the EBM process and faculty mentorship is provided.
Help with data collection, analysis and Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications is available. Residents and faculty may present their work at the annual Atlantic Health Research Day, a juried competition. Should your research be accepted for presentation at a regional or national conference, the residency program will fund your travel.
Global health
Global health activities are highly valued by the residency program. Through a global health experience (arranged either by the resident or chosen from a list of pre-established opportunities), the resident has an opportunity to learn about geographically distinct illnesses, the diagnosis and management of illness in culturally diverse settings, and the relationship of socioeconomic factors to health and health care delivery.
The site and experience must be pre-approved by the program director; upon completion of the rotation, the resident presents a review of their experience. All global health experiences are funded by the Benjamin H. Josephson, MD Fund, a foundation established to honor a founder of the residency, through the Department of Family Medicine.
Partner medical schools
Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program offers medical students at our partner medical schools opportunities to participate in a third year outpatient family medicine and primary care rotation. Our partner medical schools include Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Residents also learn by working collaboratively with students from a variety of allied professional programs, including in pharmacy and social work (Fairleigh Dickinson University) and nutrition (College of St. Elizabeth, Montclair State University).
Students spend time in both the Chatham and Summit offices and at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Berkeley Heights, and also accompany residents and faculty on home visits.
Our faculty members
In addition to our full-time faculty members, eight community-based family physicians precept part-time, and a pharmacist, psychiatrist and more than a dozen medical specialists regularly contribute to our core curriculum.
Program leadership
Janice Baker
MDAssociate Director, Residency Program
Elise Butkiewicz
MDAssociate Director, Residency Program
GianAngelo Graci
MDClinical Faculty Member
Stuart Green
DMH, LCSW, MAAssociate Director, Residency Program
Amy Gruber
MDAssociate Director, Residency Program
Susan T. Kaye
MD, FAAFPChair Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine
Matthew Resciniti
DODirector, Osteopathic Training Residency Program
Joseph Tribuna
MDDirector, Residency Program
Zeynep Uzumcu
MDFaculty MemberCurrent family medicine residents – Overlook
The current residents of the Family Medicine Residency at Overlook Medical Center are shown below:
PGY-3 residents
Matthew Ajaj
DONew York Institute of Technology
Marianna Jolly
MDNew York Medical College
Amanda Labib
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Philip Lena
MDRutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Devon Mackey
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
David Schulman
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Timothy Wenzel, Jr.
MDUniversity of South CarolinaPGY-2 residents
Jayshree Chauhan
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Maria Gomez
MDSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Joseph Melillo
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Jasmine Mortazav
MDMichigan State University College of Human Medicine - Grand Rapids
Taylor Parsons
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Sruthi Srinivasan
MDCooper Medical School of Rowan University
Ankita Veta
MDAlbany Medical CollegePGY-1 residents
Dian Babu
DORowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
William Fahy
MDRutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Meghan McMullin
MDRutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Brooke Panzarella
MDRowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Karina Pedetti
DOTouro College of Ostepathic Medicine - Middletown
Guersom Ralda
MDRutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hyun Seung Shin
MDViriginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineResident testimonials
Read what Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center’s current family medicine residents have to say about themselves and their experiences:
After growing up in the Garden State and acquiring a B.A. at The College of New Jersey, I made a four-year pit stop in Long Island to attend New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine before rooting back down in NJ for residency. I knew Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center’s Family Medicine program was right for me during my fourth-year rotation there, where I was inundated by a bevy of passionate people whose fervor for medicine was matched only by their kindness and compassion for others.
Now a PGY-1 in that very program, I have felt supported each day and every step of the way. I may still be green with just a month’s experience under my belt thus far, but with the privilege of working with the excellent faculty and my exemplary co-residents for the next three years, I am confident that I have found the perfect place to cultivate my medical knowledge and skills and maximize my potential as a physician.
Born and raised in California, I pursued my undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley in Molecular and Cellular Biology. With 3 gap years in between, I eventually decided to make the leap to attend New York Medical College, where I received my M.S. as well as my MD. As soon as I found out what family medicine was in my second year of medical school, I was hooked.
The only thing left to do was find a residency program that emphasized: learning and growth in a positive environment, friendly faculty and peers, diverse patient population, community involvement and a robust mental health curriculum. Furthermore, as a National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient, it was important that my future residency program have ample opportunity to work with medically underserved populations. The Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residency program fulfilled all these wants with ease.
I felt increased confidence in my decision to attend Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine program after shadowing for a day. The residents appeared to have camaraderie amongst themselves, with the faculty, and with the leadership of the program. They seemed to have curated a positive environment while continuing to prioritize learning and strong patient care. Now, as a new intern, I am constantly affirmed in the impressions made upon me by the program.
feel so fortunate to have found this program and to have the opportunity to learn and work alongside such smart, well-rounded colleagues and mentors.
I chose Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residency because of the people. No other residency program sold itself to me, but Atlantic Health Overlook did. They made me feel welcome, valued, and supported from the moment my interview started. My interview with Dr. Tribuna sealed the deal. He was so genuine, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable that I knew I wanted to learn from him and be part of his team. And if the program director is so great, you can imagine how amazing the rest of the faculty and staff are.
They are all dedicated, experienced, and passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of family physicians. Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine residency is more than just a program; it’s a family. I am proud to be an Atlantic Health Overlook resident, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to pursue a career in family medicine.
I was born in NJ and have been here my whole life. I received my bachelor’s degree in biology at Rutgers University – New Brunswick and my medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. I knew I wanted to stay close to home and had always heard nothing but great things about the Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine program. From the first day of my sub-internship rotation, I was greeted with overwhelming kindness and felt extremely welcomed.
The camaraderie among the residents was unmatched, which was exactly what I was looking for – a supportive, collaborative environment. I recognized that all the faculty were deeply dedicated to building up strong, well-rounded family physicians and offered great autonomy to residents with their patients. The community that OMC serves also allows me to interact with a diverse population, equipping me to take on various challenges in medicine.
I am so grateful to be a part of the Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine team, and I hope to pass on the same spirit and love for teaching and learning that I have experienced as these next few years go by.
I have lived in New Jersey my whole life. I grew up in Wayne in North Jersey. I studied biology at Rider University and then went on to earn my master’s degree at Rutgers, and finally my medical education at Rowan University in South Jersey. As a New Jersey native was important to me to stay local when choosing a residency program. While I found that there were many great family medicine programs in NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook was the one that stood out from the rest.
I felt the residents and faculty were above and beyond in terms of how supportive and welcoming they were on my interview day, and they truly made it feel like a positive environment for me to be able to work and further my medical education. Something that I have always wanted from my medical career is to be able to give back to my community, which is why the strong emphasis on community medicine here at Atlantic Health Overlook was so important to me.
Since I have started here at Atlantic Health Overlook, all of the faculty and residents have been eager at every step of the way to teach and support my goals as I transition into the role of a family medicine physician. I am extremely grateful to be part of the Atlantic Health Overlook family, and I am confident my training here will serve me well throughout my career as a family medicine physician.
When thinking of which residency programs I wanted to apply to, the most important quality for me was working with fun, brilliant, and caring people who promoted a supportive and collaborative learning environment. I went to the University of Delaware for my undergraduate studies in Biology, and then went to medical school at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. During my time at Rowan SOM, I came to Atlantic Health Overlook for a sub-internship and I absolutely fell in love with the program.
The staff, residents, and faculty were so incredibly welcoming to me as a medical student, and even now as one of the new residents. I think my favorite part about working here, besides my co-residents, is how I never feel afraid to ask questions or make mistakes. There are an abundant number of opportunities for learning and teaching, as well as time for fine-tuning procedural skills.
With the new family I’ve made here, I’m extremely confident I will become a well-rounded family physician throughout my time at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine.
When I visited Atlantic Health Overlook for a ‘second look,’ I was immediately impressed by how close-knit everyone was. Residents and faculty alike seemed to genuinely enjoy and respect one another. Since beginning my intern year, that has proven to be resoundingly true. The entire program is not only invested in your success in medicine, but in who you are as a person. They’ve created an environment where one feels both supported and empowered.
The greatest testament to the culture here is how many former graduates choose to return as faculty or stay with Atlantic Health for their careers. When you consider that type of positive environment, along with the opportunity to train at one of the best hospitals in New Jersey, it’s easy to see why it’s such a privilege to be a Resident at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine.
I was born and raised in the United Kingdom before moving to South Jersey 12 years ago. I completed my undergraduate studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and then pursued my medical education at Rowan SOM. During my third year, I found joy in every rotation, which ultimately led me to family medicine. As a fourth-year medical student, I had the privilege of rotating at Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center. From my very first day, I sensed that this was a truly special place to train.
The camaraderie among residents, faculty, and staff is unparalleled, creating a supportive environment that fosters growth and collaboration. The clinic offers a wealth of resources to serve our diverse patient population, providing ample learning opportunities at every level of care. I am deeply grateful to train here and eagerly look forward to the next three years as a member of the Atlantic Health Overlook family!
My medical school, Thomas Jefferson University, offered the opportunity to be part of a longitudinal clerkship for 3rd year rotations at Atlantic Health Overlook and Morristown hospitals. Through this program, I was able to do all my core rotations at both hospitals, and I had an amazing experience. I got to work with attendings through all the core specialties and see the dynamics of different specialties within the hospital, which highlighted the positive learning environment throughout the hospital system.
For my Family Medicine rotation, I got to work with preceptors, Dr. Baker and Dr. Resciniti, and was inspired by their relationships with their patients and felt very involved as a student in patient care. This solidified for me that I wanted to come to this program for residency. I am also very interested in doing a sports medicine fellowship, and I knew that AHS had a strong fellowship, so I was drawn by the opportunities this program could offer.
I was also looking for a program that was close to home in Jersey City and a program that worked in part with Latinx communities. Overall, I felt the environment in the hospital and the program would be a place where I would be happy to learn, encouraged to grow, and offered the opportunity to expand my interests within family medicine, and now months into residency, I am so grateful to be a part of this amazing program.
I was born and raised in North Jersey and went to undergrad at nearby Seton Hall University. After graduating from college, I was a high school teacher for four years in Englewood, NJ, before attending RowanSOM. I first was introduced to Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine through a sub-internship during my fourth year of medical school. From my very first day at the office, I was amazed by how friendly and welcoming the residents and faculty were.
I knew early on this was the type of environment I would want to train in for my three years of residency. Atlantic Health Overlook also met every other criterion for what I was looking for in a program. There were plenty of opportunities to continue being a teacher by working with medical students, I would be able to work with underserved communities, and I would be able to develop new skills in medical Spanish.
I enjoyed learning more about the program and being able to see firsthand how I would be supported and encouraged to pursue my interests within family medicine. I am thrilled to be a part of the team to become the best family medicine physician I can be and to contribute to the culture that makes this program so special.
I was born in Philadelphia and raised in the suburbs of Philly in Lower Merion. I went to Drexel University in Philadelphia for my undergraduate degree in Biology. After graduation, I worked as a basic scientist, taking two gap years before deciding to pursue my medical degree. I attended medical school at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids, MI. I decided on Family Medicine pretty late in my third year of medical school.
I was drawn to Family Medicine and knew it was the right specialty for me when I completed my third year clerkship. It encompassed everything I envisioned for myself as a physician; someone who is able to know her patients and provide continuity of care. I also enjoyed how I could explore my other interests, such as behavioral health, addiction medicine, and women’s health.
When it came down to applying for residency, I knew I wanted to come back to the Northeast to be closer to my family and fiancé, who lives in North Jersey. My interview at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine program absolutely blew me away. What really sold me and ultimately made me rank Atlantic Health Overlook was because of the community that feels like family. Everyone has been so nice and so willing to help make the transition from being a student doctor to resident as smooth as it can be.
One of my absolute favorite things about the program is my fellow co-residents! I am excited and eager to see my progress and growth over the next three years in an environment that is warm and so open to teaching. In my spare time, I love being active and doing activities such as hiking or hot yoga.
I was born and raised in Livingston, NJ, just a short distance from Overlook. I went on to pursue a degree in Molecular Biology at Montclair State University. My journey continued at Rowan SOM for medical school. As you can see, I have yet to leave NJ and have no plans on leaving anytime soon! Therefore, matching at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine for residency was truly a dream come true. While I was in medical school, I found myself drawn to every specialty I encountered.
I loved learning about the different aspects of medicine and didn’t want to limit myself to just one. This desire to retain a broad scope of practice while also forming lasting and meaningful relationships with my patients naturally led me to Family Medicine. What drew me to Atlantic Health Overlook FM was not only its strong reputation as a program but also the people who make it exceptional. Family Medicine is known for its welcoming community; however, Atlantic Health Overlook takes it to another level.
The warmth and kindness of the residents, attendings, and clinical staff create an environment that is ideal for patient care and resident education.
Our attendings are some of the most empathetic and most intelligent physicians I have ever crossed paths within medicine. They also encourage you to explore your interests within Family Medicine, which for me include sports medicine, lifestyle medicine, pediatrics, and community health. Here, I feel genuinely supported and encouraged to grow, surrounded by faculty, residents, and staff who aren’t just exceptional mentors and colleagues, but also people who will become lifelong friends.
I completed my undergraduate studies at Rutgers University, receiving a BA in Cell Biology, Neuroscience, and Visual Arts, after which I worked in AmeriCorps for a year. Specifically, I worked on a project to improve access to community resources for the senior demographic in Morris and Sussex counties. From this experience, I became interested in community involvement and education and knew I wanted to incorporate it into my career.
This led me to pursue my medical education at Cooper Medical School due to its strong emphasis on community medicine. As a third-year medical student, I realized that Family Medicine was the path for me due to its emphasis on community health education and holistic care. I also wanted to work in a collaborative environment that prioritized residents’ wellbeing.
During my interview at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine, I could really sense the camaraderie among faculty and residents and felt that it provided a positive and nurturing environment to grow as a learner. During my time here, I look forward to receiving a fulfilling educational experience, exploring my interest in geriatrics, as well as bonding with my co-residents. In my free time, I love to draw/paint, sing karaoke with my grandpa, and spend time with family and friends.
I was born in India and moved to the US at 6 years old. Since then, I have spent the vast majority of my life as a Jersey gal: I grew up in Princeton, attended Rutgers University, and worked in New Brunswick for a year before medical school! I got my medical degree at Albany Medical College, and my MPH at Jefferson University. After bopping around the northeast, I am thrilled to be back in the Garden State for residency…especially because it means I get to spend my time learning and working with the wonderful people at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine! I could not have imagined a warmer, more supportive environment than OFM.
From my co-residents to attendings to office staff, everyone is truly invested in each other’s well-being. I am lucky to be part of a program that fosters both my personal and professional growth!
I was born and raised in Bergen County, and with so much of my family nearby, I knew staying in New Jersey for residency was important to me. I went to The College of New Jersey, where I studied biology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and then to Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. I had a wonderful experience rotating in Atlantic Health during my third year and knew I wanted to come back.
I was lucky to do a fourth-year sub-internship at Atlantic Health Overlook after hearing so many good things about the program from both preceptors and classmates. Atlantic Health Overlook has such a strong reputation across the state — and it really does live up to it. From my first day on rotation, I felt completely comfortable here. The faculty, staff, and even patients create an environment that is down-to-earth, welcoming, and natural to learn in.
I valued how residents and attendings really practice full-spectrum family medicine in this community — from admitting their own patients to the hospital to outpatient continuity visits and procedures. It meant so much to see how everyone truly loves coming to work here — the office really feels like one big family. What stood out to me most was seeing how attendings like Dr. Tribuna and Dr. Gruber, as well as senior residents, connected with their patients and their families.
That kind of trust and continuity is exactly what I hope to build in my own career. After my rotation, I couldn’t stop thinking about this program, and I’m so excited to be starting residency at Atlantic Health Overlook.
As a lifelong New Jersey resident, I had my mind set on staying in the Garden State from the beginning of interview season. Yet as the months dragged on, I found myself conflicted: NJ has so many stellar FM programs, how could I possibly choose one? That internal conflict quickly resolved after spending time with the residents at Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine, as I had never met a more fun, welcoming, and happy group of medical trainees.
They all seemed to have genuine affection for each other, the seniors were fielding an abundance of great job offers, and the interns were getting a top-notch medical education while also maintaining rich social lives outside of the hospital. In essence, this program recognizes that developing stellar family physicians necessitates a recognition that their trainees are more than just residents: they are also husbands, wives, partners, parents, etc.
That, in my opinion, is why this program has been so successful for so long. And that is why I couldn’t imagine myself training anywhere else.
When considering residency programs, I was looking for a warm, supportive culture, a strong emphasis on teaching, and room to grow both personally and professionally. Atlantic Health Overlook immediately stood out. The residents seemed genuinely happy—grounded, mature, and full of life experience. The broader OFM community felt close-knit and deeply invested in the program, with many faculty having trained here themselves—a true testament to the environment they’ve built.
I was also drawn to the pivotal role Family Medicine plays within Overlook and the Atlantic Health system. As a well-respected and relied-upon specialty, I look forward to the meaningful, hands-on experiences this setting provides. Atlantic Health Overlook also aligned perfectly with both my personal life and professional goals. I was raised near the Jersey Shore and have spent most of my life in New Jersey.
I earned my undergraduate degree from Princeton University, where I studied Psychology and Neuroscience and competed on the Women’s Track team. After working in Texas as a technology and business consultant and completing a post-bacc at NYU, I returned to NJ to attend medical school at Rutgers RWJMS.
With my support system rooted in NJ and NYC, Atlantic Health Overlook’s location in Summit, NJ couldn’t be more ideal! I’m especially excited to explore the program’s tracks in sports medicine and lifestyle medicine as I continue to grow in this next phase of training.
Originally from Moorestown, New Jersey, I attended medical school at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, NY. Prior to that, I spent two years serving as an AmeriCorps member in a public health clinic, where my passion for family medicine really began. When it came time to choose a residency, I knew I wanted a program that would support my goals of becoming a well-rounded family physician with a strong commitment to caring for underserved communities. Atlantic Health Overlook checked all of those boxes.
During my interview, I was drawn to the program’s emphasis on patient-centered care and the strong sense of community among the residents and faculty. I appreciated how supportive and welcoming the environment felt; it was clear this is a place where residents are valued and encouraged to grow. I’m excited to be training at Atlantic Health Overlook and confident it’s the right place for me.
I grew up in Elizabeth, NJ, and volunteered at Atlantic Health Overlook Hospital as a pre-med student. Even then, I was struck by how amazing this hospital was, and I dreamed of one day returning as part of my medical career. During my fourth year at Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, I returned for a Sub-Internship in Family Medicine, and this experience solidified everything I had felt years earlier.
From the residents to the medical assistants and administrative staff, everyone made me feel truly at home! The respect and care they show to each other really stood out to me, but the empathy, dedication and genuine connection with patients is what I valued the most. It was clear this was the kind of physician I aspired to be, and the environment I wanted to train in.
With a large Latinx population, Atlantic Health Overlook also offers me the chance to give back to the community I come from which is something that means so much to me. I’m honored to train in a program that values its patients, staff, and residents’ well-being — all while being close to home. I’m grateful and excited to see what the next three years bring!
I chose Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine to complete my training because, as a New Jersey native, I wanted to be close to home without compromising on the quality of training. During my interview and second look, it was clear the residents were not only competent, compassionate, and culturally sensitive, but also happy. All thanks to the supportive environment fostered by the faculty - one that is conducive to learning, growth, and well-being. An excellent place to be as a lifelong learner of medicine.
Insofar as opportunities and experiences go, Atlantic Health Overlook is not lacking in either. Being able to continue to work with underserved and marginalized communities was something I wanted included in my training, in addition to being exposed to the breadth of family medicine - not only to maintain our scope as a discipline, but to eventually open up my own practice. If you’re wondering about this program, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it, and I strongly encourage you to join us.
“I was born and raised in Korea before moving to the United States. I went to high school in Fairfax, Virginia, and completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, where I majored in biomedical engineering. I also completed a post-bac program at Virginia Commonwealth University and worked as a medical scribe for a couple of years before pursuing medical education at VCU School of Medicine. Throughout my clinical rotations, I found myself drawn to every specialty I encountered.
I truly enjoyed learning about different aspects of the human body and did not want to confine myself to a single system. This desire to maintain a broad scope of practice and provide holistic care ultimately led me to Family Medicine. I also have a deep passion for community service and have participated in various community outreach and volunteer programs throughout my medical journey.
I take great pride in becoming a fourth-generation physician in the family and hope to follow in their footsteps by dedicating myself to improving the lives of those I serve. Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine was my top choice due to its emphasis on serving the community and providing holistic care. Hearing from residents about the supportive faculty and close-knit camaraderie reaffirmed my decision.
I am truly honored to join the Atlantic Health Overlook Family Medicine and look forward to growing into a compassionate and well-rounded physician over the next three years.
Medical school loan repayment program - Overlook
Atlantic Health is committed to improving access to primary care in our service areas. As a part of that commitment and to ease the financial burden on primary care providers, we have created the Physician Loan Assistance Program. The Atlantic Health Physician Loan Assistance Program provides qualified residents up to $110,000 of medical loan repayment.
Who is eligible?
MD and DO residents graduating from an Atlantic Health residency program in internal medicine, family medicine, general OB/GYN and general pediatrics who have committed to become employed by Atlantic Health and its affiliates for the duration of the loan assistance program are eligible.
How it works
Once you sign your contract agreeing to provide four years of full-time clinical service at Atlantic Health or an affiliate, Atlantic Health will begin payments at the end of each full year of service.
The maximum loan repayment over a four-year period of service is $110,000, payable towards loans from U.S. financial institutions only. After completing one year of service and completion of your application, participants will receive loan repayments made directly to their financial institution in monthly increments as follows:
- First Year: Up to $20,000
- Second Year: Up to $25,000
- Third Year: Up to $30,000
- Fourth Year: Up to $35,000
If you leave Atlantic Health during the contract, only a portion of the loan repayment that was earned will be paid.
Enrollment process
You will receive an email to apply from our vendor, Empower, after one year of service.
Other tools
As a team member of Atlantic Health, you have access to a full suite of student loan benefits, including a powerful student loan evaluator to help make sure you’re on the correct student loan repayment plan for your unique financial picture.
If you have any questions, you can make an appointment with an Empower Retirement Education Counselor. A counselor can walk you through the offerings one-on-one.
Thank you for all that you do to provide extraordinary care to our patients and our communities. We look forward to being your partner in your career journey with Atlantic Health.
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