The Lawrence Family Medicine Residency is unique because it was the first in the country for which the accredited institution is a community health center. The residency is accredited through the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and is affiliated with Lawrence General Hospital. This relationship benefits both organizations and gives residents a comprehensive range of experiences from office practice to in-hospital training. The enthusiastic support and cooperation from staff and physicians at Lawrence General Hospital contributes tremendously the residency’s success.
Founded in 1875, Lawrence General Hospital is a voluntary, not-for-profit acute care facility serving the citizens of northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. In 2010, Lawrence General Hospital clinically affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School, and with Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center for pediatrics. Its annual admissions make it the 21st largest hospital in Massachusetts. More than 200,000 outpatient visits are made each year to the hospital and its affiliates in the Lawrence General Health System. The Emergency Department treats more than 70,000 patients annually, and over 1,800 babies are born each year in the Birthing Center. Lawrence General combines comprehensive and advanced technological capabilities within the warm and neighborly atmosphere of a community hospital. It offers a full range of medical-surgical services, including:
- Certified Chest Pain Center with comprehensive heart care, including interventional cardiac catheterization lab
- Center for Growing Families serving expectant mothers, newborns and children in conjunction with Floating Hospital for Children
- State of the art Women’s Health Imaging, offering 3D mammography to all patients
- 4-suite sleep center
- Minimally invasive thoracic (MITS) clinic
- Surgery Center
- Advanced imaging services including the only Ambient MRI in MA
- Ambulatory diagnostic center
- Top notch Emergency Center
- Comprehensive and accredited community cancer program
- Pain management center
- Diabetes and nutrition care
- Laboratory
- Work health/travel services
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory therapy
- Clinical integration, community-based care management partnerships
- Education and outreach
- NICHE program, specifically designed for elderly patients
