Valley Health System-VCU-Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 13, 2026

Valley Health System-VCU-Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Program

Valley Health System-VCU-Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Front Royal, Virginia, directed by Candace Wise, DO and coordinated by Tina Krajacic. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (540) 636-2028. 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

A rural-oriented residency in the Shenandoah Valley of northwestern Virginia, affiliated with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and carrying Osteopathic Recognition, with 6 residents in each class. Specialty rotations take place at the 411-bed Winchester Medical Center, a four-state referral center with trauma, heart, cancer and neonatal intensive care services, while residents staff the family practice inpatient service at the 36-bed Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal. The program describes a level of complex patient management without immediate specialist backup that it says gives residents deeper knowledge of complicated problems, and reports that about half of its graduates practice in small towns and rural areas. A 3-year longitudinal behavioral health and psychiatry curriculum and a global medicine elective are standing features, and patient care extends to nursing homes, patient homes, an adolescent school clinic, a university sports medicine clinic and 3 public health clinics.

Who it fits

An applicant aiming at small-town or rural full-scope practice who wants broad inpatient responsibility and osteopathic training.

Research intensity

Moderate; the program reports that residents and faculty regularly present at national and international conferences and that most residents publish.

Career orientation

Primary Care / Community Practice.

Important

The stated mission is to train family physicians for Virginia's rural areas and small towns; the program notes that Spanish language skills are helpful with its patient population.

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