Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Nancy Levine, MD
Phone Number: (412)578-1649
Fax Number: (412)688-7711
Web Site: http://www.westpennfm.org
Email: famprac@wpahs.org
Program Code: 367234005
Program Structure:2AResidency Location: Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Total Beds: 512Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 2
Year of Initial Approval: 1995
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB - GYN, Surgery, E.R.
Total Number of Graduates: 44
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 0
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$40,225
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$41,030
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$41,850
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2006- 2007
- Post-Graduate Year 1:3
- Post-Graduate Year 2:3
- Post-Graduate Year 3:3
- Other Benefits:
Liability Insurance: Yes Housing Allowance: No Time Off for Conferences: Yes Health Insurance: Yes Meals: Yes Funds for Conferences: Yes Life Insurance: Yes Laundry: No Sick/Personal Time: Yes Disability Insurance: Yes Parking: Yes
- Average Annual In-Hospital Night Call Frequency:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: None
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 15-28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 15-28 days
- Night Float Rotation or Coverage yes or no:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: No
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Yes
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Yes
- Average Annual Frequency of Other Trips to Hospital as Result of Night Calls Taken at Home:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: None
- Post-Graduate Year 2: None
- Post-Graduate Year 3: None
- Faculty to Residents Ratio During Patient Care Hours:
- 1 Faculty : 2 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 7 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 1 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 1
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Two months General Surgery (in Hospital): Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Less than Three months CCU/ICU: Two months
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Exist
- Resident Research:Required
- Resident Organization in Hospital: None
- Fellowship:
Not Offered
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Offered International Rotation: Available
West Penn is the oldest teaching hospital in the region with a marvelous infrastructure to help you be the best family doctor you can be; academic excellence in a community hospital environment, a wealth and breadth of patients without burdensome service commitments. With a faculty to resident ratio close to one-to-one, we offer the opportunity for an education customized to your needs. The family health center offers a truly diverse patient pop.