{"id":3,"date":"2009-07-31T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T18:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:06:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twelvecol first slider-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fivecol first float-left content-left-slider\">\n<div class=\"bg-overlay-blue\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-wrap\"><span class=\"white-line\">Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Department of Family Medicine<\/h1>\n<p> We will model and lead Family Medicine through research, clinical care, advocacy, and education to increase hope and improve the mortality, morbidity, quality of life, and social drivers of health for patients and their communities. <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/familymed\/about-us\/dfm-mission-statement\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sevencol text-center float-left\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container new-homepage autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-12315\" data-slideshow-name=\"new-homepage\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; height: 644px;\"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-12315\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-12315_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/news\/spotlights\/\"><img src=\"\/familymed\/files\/2025\/05\/department-family-medicine-slider1.png\" alt=\"department family medicine slider1\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-center\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/news\/spotlights\/\">Our Wall of Fame \u2013 Awards and Recognition<\/a><\/p><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">BU Department of Family Medicine in the news, at conferences, winning awards, holding state\/ national roles, scholarship<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-12315_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/global-health\/\"><img src=\"\/familymed\/files\/2025\/09\/Global-Health-BUDFM-Slide.jpg\" alt=\"Global Health BUDFM Slide\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-center\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/global-health\/\">Global Health<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-12315_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/\"><img src=\"\/familymed\/files\/2025\/05\/doctors-slider2.png\" alt=\"doctors slider2\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-center\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/\">Family Medicine Research<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-12315_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/maternal-and-child-health\/\"><img src=\"\/familymed\/files\/2025\/09\/Maternal-Health-BUDFM-Slide.jpg\" alt=\"Maternal Health BUDFM Slide\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-center\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/familymed\/programs-and-research\/maternal-and-child-health\/\">Maternal Child Health<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-12315\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twelvecol text-center float-left health-equity-banner\">\n<div class=\"bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-wrap\">\n<h2><span class=\"normal-weight\">Join Us In<\/span> Making Health Equity the Reality<\/h2>\n<div class=\"career-opportunities-wrap\"><a class=\"career-opportunities\" href=\"\/familymed\/about-us\/careers\/\">Career Opportunities<span class=\"right-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twelvecol float-left\">\n<div class=\"sixcol first float-left\">\n<div><span class=\"blue-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"scope-fm\"><span class=\"normal-weight\">The value of family medicine: <\/span><br \/>An impossible job <br \/> done impossibly well.<\/h2>\n<p>Family physicians: <\/p>\n<ul><!--\n\n<li>Bridge generations, treating patients of all ages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take a holistic approach that values relationships as much as diagnoses and therapies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes rely on relationships to make the diagnosis or serve as part of the therapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serve as trusted partners guiding wellness and healing through life\u2019s stages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embody the essence of meaningful, lasting care<\/li>\n\n--><\/p>\n<li>Serve as trusted, lifelong partners in health and wellness<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize a holistic approach that values the doctor-patient relationship to support care delivery<\/li>\n<li>Provide complex, comprehensive hospital-based, maternity, and office-based patient care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-blue-arrow\" href=\"\/familymed\/about-us\/whatisfamilymedicine\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sixcol float-left\">\n<div class=\"first float-left sixcol\">\n<div class=\"twelvecol top-block\">\n<div class=\"top-block-overlay\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/familymed\/medical-student-ed\/\">Medical Student Education<span class=\"circle-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"twelvecol bottom-block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/family-medicine\/education\/residency\/overview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Residency Program<span class=\"circle-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"float-left right-block sixcol\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/family-medicine\/education\/residency\/sports-medicine-fellowship\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sports Medicine Fellowship<span class=\"circle-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/family-medicine\/education\/residency\/academic-fellowship\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic (Preventative Medicine) Fellowship<span class=\"circle-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twelvecol float-left first\">\n<div class=\"tencol first float-left left-image-section\">\n<div class=\"map-container\"><img src=\"\/familymed\/files\/2025\/09\/Map_V6.jpg\" alt=\"Boston HealthNet Map\" class=\"map-image\" \/><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/family-medicine\" class=\"marker red\" style=\"top: 34.61%; left: 70.1%;\" title=\"Boston Medical Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dorchesterhouse.org\/services\/family_medicine.html\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 63.89%; left: 77.24%;\" title=\"DotHouse Health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mattapanchc.org\/services\/family\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 95.63%; left: 63.81%;\" title=\"Mattapan Community Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbchc.org\/services-programs\/family-medicine-at-south-boston-community-health-center\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 35.11%; left: 84.02%;\" title=\"South Boston Community Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hhsi.us\/locations\/geiger-gibson-community-health-center\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 50.88%; left: 82.9%;\" title=\"Geiger Gibson Community Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uphamscornerhealthcenter.org\/medical\/family-medicine\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 51.74%; left: 75.9%;\" title=\"Upham\u2019s Corner Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codman.org\/medical-service\/family-medicine\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 78.33%; left: 72.23%;\" title=\"Codman Square Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harvardstreet.org\/family-medicine\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 66.54%; left: 67.56%;\" title=\"Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roslindale.org\/areas-of-care\/family-medicine\" class=\"marker black\" style=\"top: 80.08%; left: 50.1%;\" title=\"Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hhsi.us\/locations\/daniel-driscoll-neponset-health-center\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 80.06%; left: 83.56%;\" title=\"Neponset Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wshc.org\/services\/primary-care\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 38.1%; left: 64.69%;\" title=\"Whittier Street Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dimock.org\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 51.2%; left: 62.34%;\" title=\"The Dimock Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhchp.org\/services\/primary-care\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 37.89%; left: 70.51%;\" title=\"Boston Health Care for the Homeless\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neighborhealth.com\/en\/care-and-services\/primary-care\/#adult-care\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 30.35%; left: 69.04%;\" title=\"NeighborHealth South End\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neighborhealth.com\/en\/care-and-services\/primary-care\/#adult-care\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 2.65%; left: 86%;\" title=\"NeighborHealth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/winthropneighborhoodhealth.org\/adult-family-medicine\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 26.26%; left: 24.77%;\" title=\"Winthrop Neighborhood Health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manetchc.org\/programs-services\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 53%; left: 16.84%;\" title=\"Manet Community Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manetchc.org\/attleboro\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 58.13%; left: 4.51%;\" title=\"Manet Attleboro\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhsi.us\/services\/family-medicine\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 63.74%; left: 34.97%;\" title=\"Harbor Health Services, Inc.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/\n\n<div>--><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/family-medicine\" class=\"marker black\" style=\"top: 40.75%; left: 70.01%;\" title=\"Melnea Cass Family Medicine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hhsi.us\/\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 72%; left: 35.24%;\" title=\"Harbor Health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manetchc.org\/on\" class=\"marker\" style=\"top: 53.4%; left: 14.24%;\" title=\"Manet Community Health Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/charlesmed\/\" class=\"marker black\" style=\"top: 21.46%; left: 54.4%;\" title=\"Charles River Medical Practice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tencol float-right community-engagement\"><span class=\"white-line\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Boston HealthNet and Family Medicine: <br \/> A Partnership Rooted in Community<\/h2>\n<p>The Boston University Department of Family Medicine is deeply embedded with Boston HealthNet, a unique partnership between Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine, and a network of federally qualified community health centers (CHCs) throughout the Greater Boston area. This collaboration serves as the foundation for a model of care that is both academically rigorous and community-grounded.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-white\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/boston-healthnet-community-health-centers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<span class=\"right-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University Department of Family Medicine We will model and lead Family Medicine through research, clinical care, advocacy, and education to increase hope and improve the mortality, morbidity, quality of life, and social drivers of health for patients and their communities. 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