Continuity Practice

Highland Family Medicine

The main residency practice has grown to over 27,000 patients who come from neighborhoods throughout the Rochester area and represent the full spectrum of age, race, and socioeconomic backgrounds, including a large population of refugees. Providing continuity care at this busy office are 8 teams of faculty and resident physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, and secretaries. Many of our clinicians and staff have worked at the practice for over twenty years. The practice underwent massive renovation in 2020 to redesign clinical areas to maximize the team-based care approach we emphasize, in addition to providing additional clinical consultation and conference rooms, a new dedicated resident education space, and faculty offices. We have used the Epic electronic medical record system since 2012.

Additional onsite resources include behavioral health specialists, social workers, chronic disease and health home care managers, and clinical pharmacists. Family physician faculty also have advanced training in Obstetrics, Sports Medicine, Geriatrics, and Breastfeeding Medicine. Our part-time psychiatrist provides weekly "e-consults" for faster management recommendations and will also see in-person consults for diagnosis or management. A URMC lab station and the Highland South Wedge pharmacy are also on the premises. Highland Family Medicine is a recognized Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) through the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Brown Square Family Medicine

This Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) was added as a second training site in 1981 to provide the opportunity for interested residents to develop the skills necessary to care for an under-resourced urban population. 6 residents (2 per training year) develop their three-year continuity practices here. Brown Square is one of three locations that make up the Anthony Jordan Health Center system, and has also been recognized as a NCQA Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home. We use the eCW electronic medical record system and also have onsite behavioral health specialists, social workers, chronic disease and health home care managers, and clinical pharmacists as well as a dental clinic. The center is staffed by full-time family physicians, family medicine residents, and advanced practice professionals (APPs). Precepting is provided by Brown Square staff family physicians

Brown Square draws patients from some of the most under-resourced neighborhoods in the city of Rochester. Patients also come from several Rochester suburbs, representing those families who have moved out of the city but want to maintain the connection to the physicians who cared for them over time. Patients represent many diverse cultures including African-American, Caribbean, Italian, Puerto Rican, Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Burmese, Karen, Thai, Laotian), African (Somali, Sudanese, Liberian, Burundian), and Eastern European (Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish).

While all of our current residents and faculty will be continuing their continuity practices at Brown Square, we are taking a 1-year pause and do not at this time anticipate matching new residents to the Brown Square Health Center site for the 2025-2026 entering class.