MedStar Health Georgetown University D.C. Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, university-administered family medicine residency (MedStar/Georgetown) with an explicit mission-driven identity: "A Commitment to Caring for the Underserved," anchored since 1978 at the Fort Lincoln Family Medicine Center, a high-volume (20,000 visits/year) continuity clinic in an urban, underserved corridor of Northeast DC/Prince George's County. The curriculum is full-spectrum with longitudinal threads in community medicine, health policy, health systems management, and integrated behavioral health, plus optional global health and health policy tracks, reflecting a career orientation toward community health leadership, advocacy, and education rather than subspecialty fellowship pursuit. Research is present through the broader MedStar Health Research Institute infrastructure but is not emphasized within the family medicine curriculum itself, indicating it is available rather than central. The program explicitly seeks residents with "tremendous intellect, creativity, dedication, and diverse interests" and values mission alignment, community orientation, and commitment to health equity work over research productivity or narrow specialization.