Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - name of the graduate medical training program: the southern regional medical center internal medicine residency…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded $6.25 million to Prime Healthcare Foundation - Southern Regional, LLC on March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) to support graduate medical education through the Southern Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program.

The award funds 45 full-time equivalent resident positions (15 per academic year) across academic years 2025 through 2027. The residency program operates as a GME consortium at multiple rotation sites including the Community Health Center at Southern Regional Medical Center, Piedmont Rheumatology Consultants, Neurology Associates, City of Hope, Southern Regional's Diabetes & Endocrinology Center, Emory Heart and Vascular Center at Executive Park, and one additional site to be determined. Work is performed in Riverdale, Georgia, with a period of performance extending through June 30, 2029.

The program addresses primary care workforce shortages in Clayton County and the Atlanta metropolitan region. Clayton County is designated a Healthcare Professional Shortage Area and Medically Underserved Area with a documented shortage of 40 primary care full-time equivalents. The Southern Regional Medical Center has served Clayton County and the southern Atlanta region for more than 50 years, serving a diverse population of 5.1 million in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program expands primary care medical and dental residency training programs in community-based ambulatory care settings. The residency program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - name of the graduate medical training program: the southern regional medical center internal medicine residency program discipline of the residency program: primary care type of application: new award eligible entity type: accredited primary care residency program GME consortium year started: july 2024 organization's website: https://southernregional.ORG/ total FTE positions to be funded: 45 (15-15-15) for AY 2025-2027 rotation sites: the southern regional medical center internal medicine residency program operates as a GME consortium at the following rotation sites: the community health center at southern regional medical center (the community-based ambulatory patient care center), piedmont rheumatology consultants, neurology associates, city of hope, southern regional's diabetes & endocrinology center, emory heart and vascular center at executive park, and one additional site to be determined. Overview of the residency program: for more than 50 years, southern regional medical center served clayton county and the metropolitan atlanta area. With a diverse population of more than 5.1 million in the atlanta region, there is a critical need for primary care services to decrease mortality and morbidity in underserved communities. Clayton county, georgia, located in the southern crescent of metropolitan atlanta, is designated a healthcare professional shortage area (hpsa) and medically underserved area (MUA), identifying a shortage of 40 primary care full-time equivalents. To answer the primary care needs of thousands of low-income residents and the shortage of healthcare workers in the local underserved communities, southern regional recently opened the community health center to house the southern regional medical center internal medicine residency program (srmc internal medicine residency program). The residency program is accredited by the accreditation council for graduate medical education (acgme). The residency program's mission is to train diverse and compassionate physicians through a diverse range of clinical and educational experiences and to foster the continued quest for self-improvement and knowledge that leads to advancing healthcare and well-being among our residents and within the community they serve. The primary goal of the program is to provide comprehensive community-focused multi-specialty training that attracts graduating residents to remain within the community, whether in private practice, serving in local clinics, or serving in the hospital setting, thereby fulfilling their purpose, giving back to their community and closing the GAP in healthcare inequity.