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Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Westchester County
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Family Medicine Residency Under Development at Phelps
Dr. Shantie Harkisoon Appointed to Oversee New Residency Program
Dr. Shantie Harkisoon of Forest Hills, NY, has joined Phelps Memorial Hospital
Center as program director for a new Family Medicine residency program that
is currently being developed by the hospital. A residency provides the clinical
training that is required for board certification after physicians have obtained
their Medical Degree (MD). New York Medical College in Valhalla will be the
sponsoring academic institution for the new residency program, which Phelps
plans to implement by 2012.
Dr. Harkisoon, who is board certified in family medicine, has been a member
of several family medicine teaching faculties and most recently was assistant
program director at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn. Since 2006 she
has been assistant professor of Family Practice and Community Medicine at New
York Medical College.
Her initial responsibility at Phelps will be to design the program and obtain
the approvals necessary for its implementation. Once approval is obtained, she
will oversee all operations for the 18-resident program, including curriculum
development, faculty appointment and development, recruiting and evaluations.
Although many hospitals in the country offer residency programs in family medicine,
fewer than 10 hospitals opened new family medicine programs in the past year.
"Phelps is committing major resources to this program because we foresee
that the demand for primary care training will grow significantly as a result
of financial incentives for primary care physicians that are built into the
recent health care reform legislation," says Daniel Blum, a senior vice
president at Phelps.
Dr. Harkisoon earned her medical degree at University of Kentucky College of
Medicine in Lexington. She completed an internship and residency in family medicine
at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and a faculty development
fellowship in family practice at Beth Israel's Institute for Urban Family Health
in Manhattan. She is a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Phelps Memorial Hospital has been expanding its role as a teaching hospital over the past several years. In 2009, Phelps and New York Medical College announced an affiliation agreement under which medical students, residents and fellows from the college participate in training programs at Phelps, and the number of these programs continues to grow.