Aurora Health Care Milwaukee Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 19, 2026

Aurora Health Care Milwaukee Program

Aurora Health Care Milwaukee Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, directed by Wilhelm Lehmann, MD, MPH and coordinated by Stephanie Malusic. The program accepts applications through October 29, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (414) 649-7909. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Aurora Health Care's Milwaukee Family Medicine Residency is a community-based, safety-net-oriented program embedded in a large not-for-profit, now Advocate Health-affiliated, integrated system serving underserved and low-income populations through Aurora Sinai Medical Center and partner FQHCs across Milwaukee. The program emphasizes community health engagement, with residents caring for patients at community clinics and participating in scholarly activity, supported by the Center for Urban Population Health (a UW School of Medicine/UW-Milwaukee collaboration) and the broader Advocate Aurora Research Institute infrastructure. While a distinct Rural Family Medicine track exists separately within the system, this urban program's identity centers on safety-net primary care delivery, community-based projects, and serving diverse, often disadvantaged Milwaukee populations rather than subspecialty fellowship pipelines. The program values communication skills and appears oriented toward producing broadly competent community family physicians rather than academic subspecialists.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative reflects sustained work with underserved, urban, or safety-net populations and a stated commitment to community-based primary care in an FQHC-adjacent environment will find the most natural alignment here.

Research intensity

Moderate - scholarly activity is tracked and institutional research infrastructure exists, but research is not positioned as central to the program's identity.

Career orientation

Community Practice

Important

Interview preference is given to applicants who demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills.

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