The Reading Hospital Family Practice Residency Program has demonstrated commitment to excellence in family medicine residency education for more than 45 years. The program is ACGME accredited and has achieved full Osteopathic Recognition. We support a total of 24 residents with eight new interns entering the program each year. Located in suburban West Reading, Pennsylvania, the program has a rich, robust history of providing a vigorous academic experience in a welcoming and nurturing community hospital environment. Training is deep and balanced across all clinical disciplines. The busy Family Health Care Center is Patient Centered Medical Home recognized and serves a large, socially and medically complex patient population including patients of all ages. At Reading Hospital, residents take ownership of a busy family medicine inpatient service and pediatric ward. Training includes challenging critical care, medical, pediatric, and women's health cases. Areas of program emphasis include pediatric care, community medicine, behavioral/addiction medicine, osteopathic philosophy/principles, and translating evidence-based medicine into clinical practice. The program offers a diverse teaching faculty committed to excellence in medical education.

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Submissions from 2023

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A Medical Spanish Curriculum Model for Resident Physicians, Jessica Castro, Meghna Lama, Victor A. Cabello, and Luis A. Murillo(Medical Education)

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Commentary on the Obesity Epidemic: A Family Medicine Perspective, Mediha B. Chaudhry and Katherine Goth(Viewpoints and Perspectives)

Submissions from 2022

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Prehospital triage tools across the world: a scoping review of the published literature., Smitha Bhaumik, Merhej Hannun, Chelsea Dymond, Kristen DeSanto, Whitney Barrett, Lee A Wallis, and Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman(Article)

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Updates In the Diagnosis and Management of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infections, John C. Sheffield and Yaasen Bhutta(Updates and Controversies in Family Medicine)

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Forest Therapy for Anxiety, Fiteh Yelekal and Nipa Doshi(Viewpoints and Perspectives)

Submissions from 2021

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Ectodermal Dysplasia Presenting as Heat Exhaustion in an Adolescent Boy., Giridhar Guntreddi, Jayasree Vasudevan Nair, and Swayam Nirujogi(Article)

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Penile Nodule: What's Your Diagnosis?, Giridhar Guntreddi, Jayasree Vasudevan Nair, Neelima P Theella, and Swayam Nirujogi(Article)

Submissions from 2020

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Educational Modules and Interactive Workshops in Alleviating Symptoms of Mild to Moderate Depression: A Pilot Trial, Luis A. Murillo, Emily Follo, Julienne Balestrier, April Smith, and Deborah L. Bevvino(Article)

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Is it Cool to Juul? A Case of Vaping Induced Lung Injury, Natasha Palmer, Jacqueline Storer, Yaasen Bhutta, and Luis A. Murillo(Poster Presentation - Tower Health Access Only)

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An Unusual Rash in a Five-Year-Old Girl: Blaschkoid Distribution Is the Key to the Diagnosis., Jayasree Vasudevan Nair, Giridhar Guntreddi, and Swayam Nirujogi(Article)

Submissions from 2019

 

Assessing the Effect of of Patient to Provider Language Discordance on Depression Screening Utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire: An Epidemiology Study, Luis A. Murillo, Alex Grekoff, and John C. Sheffield(Conference Presentation)

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Assessing the Effect of Patient to Provider Language Discordance on Depression Screening Utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire: An Epidemiology Study., Luis A. Murillo, Georgi Alex Grekoff, and John C. Sheffield(Article)

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Assessing the effect of patient to provider language discordance on depression screening utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire: an epidemiology study., Luis A. Murillo, Georgi Alex Grekoff, and John C. Sheffield(Article)

 

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Educational Modules and Interactive Workshops in Alleviating Symptoms of Mild to Moderate Depression, Luis A. Murillo, April Smith, Emily Follo, Julienne Balestrier, and Deborah L. Bevvino(Poster Presentation)

Submissions from 2018

 

Aspirin Toxicity, Luis A. Murillo(Oral Presentation)

Submissions from 2017

 

Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin, Luis A. Murillo(Poster Presentation)

Submissions from 2016

 

Depression Screening in Spanish Speaking Community: Cultural Competence in an Evolving EMR Era, Luis A. Murillo(Poster Presentation)

 

Presumed Aflatoxin Related HCC in a 20-year old Immigrant from Guinea West Africa, Luis A. Murillo(Poster Presentation)