DePaul Community Health Centers - New Orleans Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 2, 2026

DePaul Community Health Centers - New Orleans Program

DePaul Community Health Centers - New Orleans Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, directed by Coleman Pratt, MD and coordinated by Ms. Donna Johnson, BS. The program accepts applications through January 15, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at donna.johnson@dcsno.org or (504) 493-6723. 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

DePaul Community Health Centers' Family Medicine Residency is a Teaching Health Center program built on a "Clinic First" model, based at an FQHC network of 11 clinics across greater New Orleans and rooted in a 180-year Catholic charitable mission (Ascension Health) to serve the underserved. Training emphasizes longitudinal, life-cycle continuity clinics, home visits, and comprehensive primary care across chronic disease, behavioral health, women's health, and social determinants of health, with inpatient experience obtained through partner teaching hospitals. A distinctive "white space" curriculum in PGY-2/PGY-3 allows residents to individualize learning, including optional scholarly or community-based projects, but the program's core identity is community health center-based primary care delivery rather than research or subspecialty preparation. The program appears to value residents drawn to mission-driven, safety-net medicine and long-term community engagement rather than competitive fellowship pathways.

Who it fits

An applicant with demonstrated commitment to underserved and community health center primary care, comfortable with longitudinal continuity clinics and self-directed learning, and drawn to New Orleans' community identity and mission-based care model.

Research intensity

Low - research is optional and pursued only through elective "white space" time rather than a structured or expected component.

Career orientation

Community Practice

Important

The program states that international or U.S. territory medical school graduates are considered individually, and that applicants must be eligible for a Louisiana medical license.

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Family Medicine

Deadline 01/15/2027

102 days left

Accreditation Status N/A NEW

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PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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