December 2003 - Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program has earned full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ACGME oversees the quality of the education of all medical residencies in the United States and assures that the highest academic standards are being reached in training future physicians.

For five years, the program has been training family medicine physicians for practice in the River Region. To receive full accreditation as such a young program is quite an accomplishment. The ACGME has high standards for accreditation that require a major commitment of time and effort by the staff. A program must demonstrate a commitment to excellence in order to receive full accreditation.

ACGME accreditation is vital to any residency program. Only through training from an accredited residency program can a physician become board certified. Without this accreditation, a physician's ability to practice is impaired because of requirements from insurance companies and hospital credentialing. With ACGME accreditation, the Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program is more attractive to medical students which is also a plus for the community. Since one of the program's goals is to recruit medical students that want to practice in this area after graduation, this accreditation assures area residents that the program is fulfilling its duties by graduating the best prepared physicians.