Sponsoring Hospitals
Training takes place in three of Lutheran Health Network’s hospitals. This provides exposure to a large variety of patients and conditions, with access to over 500 hospital beds, thus making FWMEP a very large unopposed Family Medicine residency program. Each hospital has a somewhat distinct patient population, including several different racial groups. From inner city low income patients to those who come from affluent neighborhoods, you will experience the full range of patients. In addition, you will see a greater number of physicians with their unique practice styles, all of which will add to your education.
Residents are based at only one hospital or clinic during each rotation and, therefore, do not usually need to travel to more than one hospital on any given day. Since residents are together during clinic time and Thursday didactics, as well as seeing each other in the hospitals, resident unity remains strong.
The three hospitals of Lutheran Health Network: Lutheran Hospital, Lutheran Downtown Hospital, and Dupont, provide integral support of the residency and also actively recruit residents to join practices in Fort Wayne and surrounding counties following graduation. Each hospital has its own strengths to add to your education. The following are some highlights of each hospital:
Lutheran Hospital
www.lutheranhospital.com; www.lutheranchildrenhosp.com
396 hospital beds
Level II verified adult and pediatric trauma center
A certified comprehensive stroke center
An accredited comprehensive cancer program
An accredited comprehensive breast center
Northeastern Indiana’s only accredited comprehensive bariatric surgery center
Norther Indiana’s only heart transplant program
Home to Lutheran Children’s Hospital
Lutheran Hospital Downtown
Dupont Hospital
24/7 emergency care
Surgical services
Inpatient medical/surgical and intensive care
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and imaging
Acute care hospital
131 beds
210,000 square-foot facility
JCAHO accreditation
600+ physicians on staff
Total service area population - 390,623
Ownership is a joint venture between the Lutheran Health Network and more than 260 area physicians