2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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Family Medicine With more than 150 family medicine physicians on staff, the St. Luke’s Family Medicine Centers provide a wide variety of health care services to meet the needs of the entire family. Under the direction of Dr. Michael A. Abgott, Chief of Family Medicine, family medicine physicians affiliated with St. Luke’s University Health Network’s six hospitals provide care throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. Committed to medical education, the Department of Family Medicine offers a comprehensive residency program. Dr. Robert C. Langan, FAAFP, Program Director, and Dr. Martha E. Metzgar, FAAFP, Osteopathic Program Director, lead the program from the 425-bed St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem. Dr. Metzgar serves on the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Department of Family Medicine. Since 2010, the residency has published 13 papers and presented regionally and nationally 18 times. Recently, Dr. Langan was named 2015 Exemplary Teacher of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Langan, the Program Director of St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency, is a member of the faculty of the Temple University School of
Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine. Also, he serves as the Medical Director of St. Luke’s Family Medicine Center, both of which are located in Bethlehem. Drs. Nguyet-Cam V. Lam, Maria Ghetu and Jennifer Ranton are Assistant Adjunct Professors of the Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine. In addition, Drs. Langan, Lam and Metzgarb completed a National Institute of Program Director Development Fellowship and Dr. Ranton completed a Behavioral Medicine Fellowship through the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Family medicine physicians affiliated with St. Luke’s University Health Network’s six hospitals provide care throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas.