Geisinger Health System Lewistown Program

Program Identity & Fit

An unopposed rural residency based at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital in central Pennsylvania, structured as a collaboration between Family Practice Center and Geisinger, with select rotations at Geisinger Healthplex State College, Geisinger Scenery Park and Geisinger Medical Center. Continuity clinic is at one of two Mifflintown sites and stays the same throughout training, within a 13-block academic year. The curriculum builds from inpatient-heavy first-year rotations toward longitudinal nursing home care and substantial elective time, and the program holds ACGME Osteopathic Recognition. Didactics run as a monthly noon series and a weekly Thursday afternoon block, including simulation-based procedural workshops in point-of-care ultrasound, central line placement, suturing and airway management.