Firelands Regional Medical Center's Family Medicine Residency is dedicated to developing physicians who are highly skilled and qualified to manage the many aspects of family medicine – including ambulatory care, preventive medicine, chronic disease management, inpatient medicine, office procedures and practice management. Our residents are highly respected throughout the hospital and enjoy tremendous opportunities for hands-on learning. Many of our graduates have successfully entered into fellowship training, and others have excelled in providing leadership in local, state and national organizations.

Our three year curriculum fulfills the requirements of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, yet allows for flexibility to meet the educational needs of each resident. Though most inpatient rotations are at Firelands, residents also rotate through other local community hospitals, including Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, and Fremont Memorial Hospital. Structured training in end-of-life care and nursing home medicine are included in the curriculum. Our state-of-the-art conference center hosts high quality didactic lectures, including bi-monthly OMM training sessions, monthly hospital-wide medical grand rounds, journal clubs, and weekly cancer conferences. Our monthly practice management series offers extensive training in the business aspects of medicine, including such topics as contract negotiation, medico-legal concerns, risk management, and billing/coding.

Ambulatory primary care training occurs at the well-equipped Family Health Services of Erie County (FHSEC) clinic. Operating as a community health center, FHSEC is committed to providing high quality comprehensive primary and preventative health care services to patients without financial barriers. Residents see their own panel of patients in this modern facility – with OGME-1 residents working one ½ day per week, and OGME-2 and OGME-3 residents working three ½ days per week. An EMR is utilized which allows for clinical documentation on-site as well as at home. Office procedures are emphasized, including OMT, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy, joint injections, minor skin surgery, cryosurgery, spirometry, and nasopharyngoscopy. Residents receive opportunities to teach and mentor medical students who rotate through the clinic on their family medicine rotation.

In addition, Firelands Regional Medical Center also co-sponsors a medical clinic on Kelley’s Island, one of the picturesque Lake Erie Islands. Residents travel to this bi-monthly clinic via ferry or airplane to offer primary care services to the island’s year-round residents.

Firelands is proud to utilize a diverse faculty that is committed to training our residents to be outstanding family physicians:

		Eric E. Mast, D.O. Director, Medical Education and Family Medicine Residency Dr. Mast was appointed DME in January 2009 and has been the Family Medicine Residency Director since 2003. A graduate of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, he first came to Firelands Regional Medical Center in 1991 as a third year medical student. Upon graduation he completed a rotating internship at Firelands and family medicine residency at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, MI. He and his family returned to Sandusky in 1996 when he started his private practice.
		Reagan E.A. Bristol, D.O. Family Medicine Residency Faculty Dr. Bristol has been on the faculty at the Family Medicine Residency since 2002. He is a graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He completed his Traditional Rotating Internship at Park Lane Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri and his Family Medicine Residency at Firelands Regional Medical Center. He started his private practice in Sandusky in 2001. Dr. Bristol has a strong interest in Hospice and also serves as Co-Medical Director for Stein Hospice, Inc.
		Keri M. Ketvertis, M.D. Family Medicine Residency Faculty Dr. Ketvertis has been on the faculty at the Family Medicine Residency since 2005. She is a graduate of University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and she completed her Family Medicine Residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – St. Margaret in Pittsburgh, PA. She and her family moved to Sandusky in 2005 where she started her private practice in Huron, Ohio. Dr. Ketvertis has a strong interest in Women’s Health.
		Luis L. Perez, D.O. Family Medicine Residency Faculty Dr. Perez joined the faculty at the Family Medicine Residency since 2011. He is a graduate of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Firelands Regional Medical Center, and he was named the Resident of the Year by the Ohio ACOFP in 2011. He started his private practice in Vermilion, Ohio in 2011. Dr. Perez is also involved in geriatric medicine at the Ohio Veterans Home.
		James E. Preston, D.O. CORE Assistant Dean Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Dr. Preston was appointed in July 1997 by OUHCOM as Assistant Dean, Clinical Affairs, NW CORE and served as the DME at Firelands Regional Medical Center from 1991 to 2008. A graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Dr. Preston came to Sandusky because of the excellent reputation of its medical education program. He and his family quickly fell in love with the Lake Erie area and decided to establish a family medicine practice here in 1981. Active in local, state and national osteopathic education, Dr. Preston became the President of the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators in 1997. Dr. Preston began working in hospice in 2005. He became certified in hospice and palliative medicine in 2010. In coordination between Firelands Regional Medical Center and Stein Hospice Services Inc., Dr. Preston developed an AOA accredited fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is its program director.
		John F. Ramey, D.O. Family Medicine Residency Faculty Dr. Ramey has been a member of the faculty at the Family Medicine Residency since 2007. He is a graduate of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Internship at Firelands Regional Medical Center. He serves as the director for the Kelleys Island clinic, and he is also the medical director at the Ohio Veterans Home (OVH) in Sandusky. Dr. Ramey is also the 2012-2013 president of the Ohio Osteopathic Association.
		Larry E. Robinson, D.O. Family Medicine Residency Faculty Dr. Robinson has been on the faculty at the Family Medicine Residency since 2009. He is a graduate of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Firelands Regional Medical Center. After his residency he served in the United State Army and was stationed in Iraq. After his discharge, he and his family moved backed to Sandusky where he started his private practice in Sandusky in 2008. Dr. Robinson has a strong interest in Hospice and also services as Co-Medical Director of Stein Hospice, Inc.

The AOA has approved fourteen slots for Firelands Regional Medical Center's family medicine residency program.

	OGME 1	OGME 2	OGME 3
Stipend	$46,585	$47,721	$48,858

• Health insurance plan including prescription drug, dental and vision coverage for house staff/family
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Liability insurance
• Sign-On Bonus
• Educational stipend
• Exercise Allowance
• Moving Allowance
• AOA Membership fee
• Ohio Training Certificate Fee
• Two lab coats
• Meals while on duty

• Recruitment/placement assistance
• Marketing support services
• Physician referral services
• Practice development and management resource assistance
• Community integration assistance for physician and family