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Family Medicine Residency

Family Medicine Residency2024-09-18T16:09:34-04:00

The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Family Medicine Residency Program at CentraState Medical Center is a university-sponsored residency program located in the culturally diverse community of Freehold, NJ, in beautiful Monmouth County, close to the Jersey Shore and about an hour from New York City and Philadelphia. Our goal is to provide our graduates the tools needed to excel in any future family medicine practice environment.

About the Program

Shaping the Future of Family Medicine

Our unique Family Medicine Residency program is shaping the future of medicine by providing residents with endless opportunities for growth and a supportive faculty at a community hospital where family medicine is respected. Hear directly from our residents and see us in action by connecting with us on social media.

Community Outreach

One of the great strengths of our residency program is our extensive community outreach. Our residents are involved in public health screenings for various conditions including diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and several types of cancer.

In addition, our residents conduct workshops at local schools to educate school nurses, as well as Freehold High School students in the elite Medical Science Program.

Our residents also collaborate with senior centers in Freehold, Howell, Monroe and East Windsor. They conduct talks on wide range of topics such as Eating and Aging: Food for the Mind, Body and Soul; What to Expect at the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, and the Health Effects of Stress and How to Manage It.

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Application & Curriculum

Seamless Application Process

The Family Medicine Residency Program at CentraState Medical Center accepts applications submitted only through the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS). The ACGME ID for our program is 1203312679.

We accept six new family medicine residents from the thousands that apply each year. Our candidates must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or eligible for a J-1 visa sponsored through ECFMG. They must have at least one year of clinical rotation experience in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates must have graduated from medical school within three years and passed the USMLE Step 1 or the COMLEX Level 1 exam. We require at least three letters of recommendation.

Innovative and Engaging Curriculum

The residency’s innovative curriculum is designed to prepare residents for the future of family medicine, in academic, research, clinical practice, community advocacy and family medicine subspecialty careers. Our curriculum offers an opportunity for publishable research/scholarly projects and an optional longitudinal fellowship experience during the second and third years.

Note: Each block consists of four weeks.

First-Year Rotations
2-Week Orientation / 2-Week Cardio
ICU
Nursery/OB
Nursery/OB
Pediatric Floor
Geriatric Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation
Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation
Night Float
Night Float
2-Week Surgery / 2-Week Community Medicine
Vacation
Second-Year Rotations
2-Week Orientation / 2-Week Dermatology
Peds Emergency Medicine
Peds Ambulatory Medicine
2-Week Radiology / 2-Week Womens’ Health
Psychiatry
Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation
Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation
Night Float
Night Float
2-Week Emergency / 2-Week Elective
Elective
Elective
Vacation
Third-Year Rotations
2-Week Orientation / 2-Week Endocrinology
2-Week Urology / 2-Week Elective
Health Systems Mgmt/Population Health
Gynecology
Sports Medicine
ICU
Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation
Night Float
Peds Ambulatory Medicine
Away Elective
Elective
Elective
Vacation

FAQs

PGY1: $73,133
PGY2: $76,045
PGY3: $80, 322
PGY4: $85,014
As of July 1, 2025.

We accept six new residents from the hundreds that apply each year.

Our candidates must be U.S. citizens, Permanent Residents, or eligible for a J-1 visa through ECFMG. They must have at least one year clinical rotation experience in the U.S. or Canada, with at least three letters of recommendation. Candidates must have graduated from medical school within the last three years. They must have passed the USMLE Step 1 or COMLEX Level 1 exam and scored at least 220 on USMLE Step 2 or 500 on COMLEX Level 2.

Monmouth County is a growing and diverse area, offering increasing opportunities for Family Physicians. As a community hospital, CentraState enables its residents to take advantage of this growing need by assisting in their post-graduate career placement.

Residents receive four weeks of vacation per academic year.

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Geriatric Fellowship

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Geriatric Fellowship is a one-year program in which faculty and fellows enjoy the benefits of a community hospital setting and the advantages of a university affiliation.

In addition to providing continuous care at the Freehold Family Health Center, our fellows see patients at Monmouth Crossing Assisted Living and The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center – all of which are within a five-mile radius of the Freehold Family Health Center and CentraState’s hospital campus in Freehold. Additional rounds will be completed at Bartley Healthcare in Jackson, NJ.

How to Apply

To be eligible to apply for a fellowship position with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Geriatric Fellowship at CentraState Medical Center, physicians must have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency program and be board certified or board eligible within their area of specialty.

The Fellowship Program accepts applications submitted only through the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS). The ACGME ID for our program is 1253313067.

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