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Family Medicine Residency

Lorna Fountain

A Welcome Message from the Program Director

Thank you for your interest in the Family Medicine Residency Program at Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital. Bayfront has been at the forefront of healthcare in St. Petersburg, FL for nearly 100 years as a community hospital, trauma center and academic teaching center. We are proud of our tradition of excellence and state-of-the art care for the people of Tampa Bay. We continue to serve the community and region by training highly competent family physicians.

Our goal is to train compassionate and skilled physicians who are capable of practicing in all settings throughout the United States. We train our residents in the breadth of the specialty including training in a busy inpatient service with ICU care, pediatric training in both the outpatient and inpatient settings, obstetric training with our sister OB/GYN residency program, strong sports medicine training and a Sports Medicine Fellowship, and numerous procedural training opportunities.

Residency Applications

Our program participates in the NRMP Main Residency Match.  Go to nrmp.org for important dates and deadlines regarding the match. 

Our program will follow the guidelines of the AAFP for interview offers. Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital utilizes the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), managed by AAMC. Only applications submitted via the MyEras portal will be considered. 

Virtual interviews will be scheduled after careful consideration of each application. We will release our first interview offers on October 1.  Applicants will have at least 2-3 business days to accept their interview (those dates will be included in an interview offer, but typically interviews will be offered on a Thursday and must be accepted by the following Tuesday am). All interviews offers, waitlist status and or declined interviews will be sent to applicants by Nov 6

All interviews will take place between mid-October through early December.  All interviews will be conducted Virtually with opportunity to visit in person during Second Look events in January.  

Please see the “How to Apply” section page for further details. Thank you for considering our program