Medical Residencies

Choptank Health Medical Residency Program

A Choptank Community Health System Residency offers a dynamic, integrated, hands-on approach to family and community medicine.

Choptank Health’s Residents enjoy strong communities and dedicated faculty and staff that create a meaningful and rewarding experience for you on Maryland's beautiful Eastern Shore. 

Your rural track in years 2 and 3 will have you working with high-quality teams while forwarding Choptank Health’s mission of providing access to exceptional, comprehensive, and integrated health care for all. 

 Choptank Community Health System is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot counties.

 Our health centers reach and help improve our patients’ lives and all those in the communities we serve. 

 Come be a part of our growing team. Our communities are ready to welcome you.

Program Contact:

Patricia J. Karnes-Amzibel, D.O., FAAFP
CMO/Resident Site Director UMSOM Rural Residency
Lead Provider Goldsboro Medical Center
Email: pkarnes@choptankhealth.org

Maryland Rural Residency Program

Rural Residency Program Addresses Growing Shortage of Primary Care Providers in Maryland Communities

Choptank Community Health System with the University of Maryland School of Medicine is proud to announce that the Rural Track of the Family and Community Residency has been awarded the funding needed to expand this valuable resource to combat the Eastern Shore's physician shortage.  Through the grants from HRSA and now the State of Maryland's funding, The reality of a Rural Family and Community Medicine Track is finally here.  

"Choptank Community Health is proud to be a partner in this groundbreaking grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration.  We commend the University of Maryland's School of Medicine's commitment to enhancing access to care for our communities through the development of a rural training track on the Eastern Shore", says Sara Rich, CEO of CCHS.  "We look forward to collaborating with our partners of UMSOM, UM Shore Regional Health and the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center as we work together to bring more primary care physicians to our rural communities."

The goal of the UMSOM program is to develop a sustainable, accredited rural training track in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and to ultimately expand the area's rural primary care workforce.  The HRSA and the State of Maryland will be used to help recruit and train dedicated teaching faculty for the program, to recruit a diverse pool of primary care residency applications that reflect a demonstrable interest and dedication to the practice of rural health, and to develop and secure a clear and viable plan to sustain the rural residency program.

For the last several years, the groundwork has been done and now with funding, the expansion is a reality.  Residents will spend their first year in Baltimore completing much of their hospital inpatient learning and then transition to the Eastern Shore working side by side with our physician faculty.  During their two years working in the offices of Choptank Community Health System, they will engage in meaningful hands-on experiences as well as become immersed in our communities.  They will be an integral part of the future of healthcare on the Eastern Shore.   

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