Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Emory's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is uniquely positioned to train the next generation of primary care physicians.

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Welcome from Chair Ted Johnson, MD

Welcome to the Emory Department of Family and Preventive Medicine! I’m proud to serve as Chair for a department uniquely qualified to provide comprehensive team-based primary care services, interdisciplinary health professional education, and community-based research in the metro Atlanta area.

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About Us

Our Department faculty are dedicated to caring for a diverse patient population in a variety of settings, improving the health of patients and families through cutting-edge research, and educating learners.

We train:

Students (medicine, physician assistant, nursing)
Residents (family medicine, preventive medicine, podiatric medicine and surgery)
Fellows (hospice and palliative medicine)

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Patient Care

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Family Medicine

Palliative Medicine

Physician Assistant Program

Preventive Medicine

Primary Care Consortium

Student Health

Undergraduate Medical Education

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (DFPM) is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), as well as to integrating the practice of DEI into every facet of our Department.

Community Engagement

The Department offers community engagement opportunities for our faculty, staff, residents and students through partnerships with local organizations.

Emory Farmworker Project volunteer administering a covid vaccine

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Recent Prev Med alum leads DeKalb Co. Health Dept. August 2023

As the COVID-19-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, DeKalb County, Georgia’s 4th most populous county, counted on the director who had been there for 15 years. When that director resigned to take a related position in the White House, a major leadership gap loomed. DeKalb averted crisis because Dr. Sandra Valenciano 20F, an unusually qualified young doctor, was already working for them, trained and placed by the Emory University School of Medicine Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship Program. Her promotion and story show how preventive medicine saves lives and costs.

Dr. Sara Turbow named Program Director September 2023

Sara Turbow, MD, MPH is the new program director for the Emory Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship Program. Dr. Turbow is an associate professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine and in the Division of General Internal Medicine (Department of Medicine). She has served as the associate program director since 2020 and is a core faculty member and director of the didactic curriculum for the Emory Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship Program. She is an attending at the Grady Primary Care Center.

PA Program ranked #4 in U.S. April 2023

Emory's Physician Assistant Program has a long, proud history of being one of the top-ranked programs in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

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