Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency

What Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency does

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency (MDFMR) is a community-based graduate medical education institution founded in 1973 in Augusta, Maine, and affiliated with MaineGeneral Health as its sponsoring institution. It trains physicians through a three-year ACGME-accredited family medicine residency with Osteopathic Recognition, supplemented by three fellowship programs: Sports Medicine, Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM), and Geriatric Medicine. The program supports approximately 48-50 active residents across training years and accepts 12-14 new residents annually, with additional medical student rotations from UNECOM, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Tufts. Clinical training is delivered at two core residency practice sites - the Family Medicine Institute in Augusta (~7,600 patients, ~25,500 visits/year) and Maine Dartmouth Family Practice in Waterville (~5,000 patients, ~20,500 visits/year) - with inpatient rotations at the 204-bed Alfond Center for Health.

The curriculum emphasizes full-spectrum family medicine, including 400+ hours of obstetrics training, addiction medicine, osteopathic manipulative treatment, integrative medicine (100+ hours via the Andrew Weil Center IMR program), a three-year medical acupuncture track leading to American Board of Medical Acupuncture certification, and international medicine rotations in Honduras through a partnership with Shoulder to Shoulder. Scholarly activity requirements include two projects per resident (one quality improvement). MDFMR participates in the MERGE rural training collaborative (the four Maine GME sponsoring institutions) and NEOMEN for osteopathic education. The organization also operates the Nevola Fund, a memorial grants program (established 1986) supporting spirituality, humanity in medicine, and clinician wellness.

MDFMR is a non-commercial educational entity and does not generate revenue through tuition or product sales. Operating funding flows through graduate medical education arrangements (Medicare/Medicaid GME), institutional support from MaineGeneral Health, and small philanthropic grants. Distribution and recruitment occur through the ERAS application system and NRMP Match for residents, medical school academic partnerships for student rotations, and direct clinical service delivery to patients in central Maine. There is no technology product, software platform, or AI component; clinical and educational services are delivered in person.

Name

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency

Legal name

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency

Website

https://mainedartmouth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency is a community-based graduate medical education institution in Augusta, Maine, training family physicians through an ACGME-accredited residency and fellowships in Sports Medicine, ONMM, and Geriatric Medicine, affiliated with MaineGeneral Health.

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Product category

Graduate Medical Education - Family Medicine Residency

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Family medicine residency
• Graduate medical education
• Osteopathic medicine training
• Sports medicine fellowship
• Geriatric medicine fellowship

Headquarters

HQ city

Augusta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency operates a three-year ACGME-accredited family medicine residency program with Osteopathic Recognition, training MD, DO, and international medical graduates in full-spectrum family medicine practice. The program is supplemented by one-year fellowship programs in Sports Medicine, Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM), and Geriatric Medicine, along with medical student education and longitudinal curricula in integrative medicine and medical acupuncture. Clinical training is delivered through three core practice sites in central Maine that collectively serve more than 12,000 patients with over 40,000 annual visits.

Product overview

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency operates as a medical education institution offering multiple residency and fellowship programs. The core product is the Family Medicine Residency, a three-year ACGME-accredited program with Osteopathic Recognition. Supporting programs include Sports Medicine Fellowship, ONMM Residency (osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine), Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, and Medical Student Education. Additional offerings include integrative medicine curriculum (participating in the Andrew Weil Center's IMR program), medical acupuncture training, and international medicine opportunities. The Nevola Fund provides small grants supporting spirituality and wellness initiatives. All programs are conducted through affiliated clinical sites including Alfond Center for Health, Family Medicine Institute, Maine Dartmouth Family Practice, and various other practice locations.

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Brands

• Nevola Fund: A memorial fund established in memory of Tom Nevola, MD, supporting projects related to spirituality and humanity in medicine, clinician wellness, and community benefit.

Products and services

• Family Medicine Residency
• Sports Medicine Fellowship

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ hours of obstetrics training in labor and delivery per resident
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shoulder to Shoulder (Hombro a Hombro)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership established in 2015 with Shoulder to Shoulder, a private non-profit non-government organization founded in 1998 serving the rural area of Intibucá, Honduras. The organization is dedicated to sustainable and accessible health, nutrition, and education services. Maine-Dartmouth provides annual group trips to Honduras (~10 days) and a fourth-year international elective for residents. Shoulder to Shoulder focuses on developing care systems inclusive of local people rather than relying solely on episodic foreign medical personnel.
• Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEOMEN is a regional osteopathic medical education network. MDFMR is a member committed to enriching patient care with osteopathic philosophic and procedural training and facilitating an environment supportive of osteopathic clinical and scholarly activity. MDFMR hosts NEOMEN's spring northern district educational programs at its facilities.
• MERGE (Maine Rural Graduate Medical Education Collaborative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMERGE is a partnership of the four Maine Sponsoring Institutions for graduate medical education, sharing a commitment to expanding rural training opportunities for resident physicians training in Maine. MERGE coordinates rural rotations in a variety of specialties at various locations across the state. MDFMR residents are eligible to participate in elective rotations at rural training sites through the MERGE Collaborative.
• University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNECOM is a primary academic partner for medical student education. MDFMR serves as a clinical campus for second-year UNECOM medical students for their third-year rotations. MDFMR faculty participate in UNECOM's Clinical Campus Showcase events. MDFMR was also a pilot site (2008-2010) for the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine's Integrative Medicine in Residency program.
• Andrew Weil Center for Integrative MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMDFMR was a pilot site (2008-2010) for the Integrative Medicine in Residency (IMR) program. The IMR program continues as a self-paced, online curriculum specifically designed for medical residents. All MDFMR residents complete approximately 100 hours of this curriculum.
• Maine Medical Center (Portland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaine Medical Center in Portland provides a required four-week inpatient pediatric rotation during the second year of family medicine training. Housing is provided for residents during this rotation.
• Nevola FundcoreOthersThe Nevola Fund was established in 1986 in memory of Dr. Tom Nevola, a Maine-Dartmouth senior resident who died in 1986. It transitioned from the Thomas Nevola MD Symposium on Spirituality and Health (1987-2019, 33 years) to a grants program in 2019. The fund supports community health projects touching upon spirituality, humanity in medicine, and clinician wellness. Committee members include Fred Craigie PhD, Barbara Moss DO MPH, and Alyssa Finn MD.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• MaineGeneral Health: Parent organization and regional health system that provides clinical training infrastructure (Alfond Center for Health, 204-bed hospital) for MDFMR residents. Ecosystem participant rather than competitor.
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock / Geisel School of Medicine: Academic medical center and medical school that is both a naming origin and an academic partner of MDFMR. Adjacent in mission (medical education) but operates at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency: Another ACGME-accredited family medicine residency program located in Portland, Maine. Directly comparable as a Maine-based FM training program serving a similar regional applicant pool and patient population.
• Ventura County Medical Center Family Medicine Residency: Community-based unopposed FM residency known for full-scope training including obstetrics and procedures. Closely parallels MDFMR's training philosophy and rural/underserved mission.
• Boston Medical Center Family Medicine Residency: Academic family medicine residency in New England with strong urban underserved mission and multiple fellowship pathways. Comparable in offering residency plus fellowship training in similar regional catchment.
• Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine Family Medicine Residency: Long-standing community-based, unopposed family medicine residency in rural Pennsylvania. Directly comparable to MDFMR's unopposed community-based model with full-scope training including obstetrics.

Regional players

• University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM): Osteopathic medical school in Maine that serves as MDFMR's primary academic partner for medical student rotations. Comparable as a Maine-based osteopathic medical education institution with shared osteopathic philosophy.
• University of Vermont Health Network Family Medicine Residency: Family medicine residency in neighboring Vermont serving a similar Northern New England rural population. Comparable rural training mission and geographic context.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic Family Medicine Residency: Family medicine residency embedded in a large national health system. Comparable residency structure but the broader system dwarfs MDFMR in scale and resources.
• Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency (Minnesota): Large, well-resourced FM residency within a major academic medical center. Overlapping in training of family physicians but operates with substantially greater infrastructure and brand recognition.

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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