University of Kansas- Department of Family Medicine & Community Health

University of Kansas- Department of Family Medicine & Community Health We train the next generation of family physicians and improve communities through participatory rese

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As one of the top producers of Family Medicine physicians in the country, we help fill an important need in the community. Our medical students and residents train in state-of-the-art facilities with talented faculty who are dedicated to shaping tomorrow's physicians. Graduates enter the medical arena armed with the knowledge and tools necessary for success. Research
Our research divisio

n explores the delivery and utilization of health care in the region and beyond. Our research laboratory is the world and we study people in their authentic environment with the goal of making everyone healthier.

Celebrating our administrative professionals who keep the gears turning for Family Medicine & Community Health every sin...
04/22/2026

Celebrating our administrative professionals who keep the gears turning for Family Medicine & Community Health every single day!

We are excited to introduce you to these soon-to-be interns who matched with our KCK residency, as well as our programs ...
03/20/2026

We are excited to introduce you to these soon-to-be interns who matched with our KCK residency, as well as our programs in Olathe and Pittsburg.

Congratulations to the residency Class of 2029!

Friday night at the Uptown Theater, we celebrated Dr. Belinda Vail, who has retired after a long and distinguished caree...
01/12/2026

Friday night at the Uptown Theater, we celebrated Dr. Belinda Vail, who has retired after a long and distinguished career of teaching, seeing patients and leading our department.

We hope retirement brings you lots of fun, travel and adventure!

Huge congratulations to Dr. Denise Zwahlen and Dr. Kelsie Kelly, two Family Medicine faculty members honored with the Ch...
10/22/2025

Huge congratulations to Dr. Denise Zwahlen and Dr. Kelsie Kelly, two Family Medicine faculty members honored with the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award last night in Lawrence -- one of the biggest honors a professor at KUMC can get!

We're celebrating our residency class of 2025!We know all of you are going on to do great things and be wonderful exampl...
06/21/2025

We're celebrating our residency class of 2025!
We know all of you are going on to do great things and be wonderful examples of the best of Family Medicine.

Welcome to campus, new interns! Today was Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training to practice what to do dur...
06/17/2025

Welcome to campus, new interns! Today was Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training to practice what to do during birthing emergencies.

Happy National Doctors' Day to all the doctors across our campus, across Kansas and across America!We appreciate your ca...
03/30/2025

Happy National Doctors' Day to all the doctors across our campus, across Kansas and across America!

We appreciate your caring, your sacrifices, and all the hard work to do what you do!

We also want to celebrate the four members of the returning Family Medicine Residency Program at Olathe! Congrats to the...
03/22/2025

We also want to celebrate the four members of the returning Family Medicine Residency Program at Olathe! Congrats to the Class of 2028!

We also want to welcome Valentine Agbor and Karleigh Arndt to our rural track program. They'll spend their intern year w...
03/21/2025

We also want to welcome Valentine Agbor and Karleigh Arndt to our rural track program. They'll spend their intern year with us in Kansas City before spending years 2 & 3 at CHCSEK in Pittsburg! Congrats!

Happy Match Day! We're thrilled to welcome these folks to our Kansas City-based residency program and can't wait to see ...
03/21/2025

Happy Match Day! We're thrilled to welcome these folks to our Kansas City-based residency program and can't wait to see everyone this summer!

Big congrats to the faculty and residents honored this weekend at A Grand Affair, the Medical Student Assembly at the KU...
01/13/2025

Big congrats to the faculty and residents honored this weekend at A Grand Affair, the Medical Student Assembly at the KU School of Medicine's annual gala honoring outstanding educators, including:

Dr. Michelle Sommer -- on the left in green in the top photo -- one of five finalists for the evening's highest honor, the Rainbow Award;

Family Medicine Chief Resident Dr. Michael Mercurio, one of the Outstanding Resident awardees from the Class of 2025;

and Dr. Laurel Witt, who received two Student Voice Awards as an Outstanding Lecturer and an Outstanding Attending!

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3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS
66160

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+19135881908

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