Department of Family Medicine

Family medicine is the medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for individuals and families. This specialty integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences and encompasses all ages and sexes, each organ system, and every disease entity. It is this combination that qualifies family medicine physicians to provide continuing and comprehensive medical care and health maintenance and preventive services to each member of a family regardless of patient type or problem be it biological, behavioral or social.

Family medicine physicians, because of their background and interactions with families, are best qualified to serve as a patients advocate in all health-related matters, including the appropriate use of consultants, health services and community resources.

Education

Education

The department provides medical curriculum and training to medical students, residents and fellows.
Research

Research

Family Medicine research faculty and staff are developing real solutions to today's most pressing health care problems.
Clinical Care

Clinical Care

Family Medicine clinical faculty provide comprehensive health care for people of all ages – from newborns to seniors.
3
Years of Family Medicine Residency Training
5
Indianapolis Clinical Facilities
1
Fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine

Faculty Spotlight

Kevin B. Gebke, MD

Kevin B. Gebke, MD

Chair, Department of Family Medicine
With more than 16 years of clinical experience in primary care and sports medicine, Kevin Gebke, MD, serves as the service line leader for primary care, working extensively on medical home modeling and implementation.
Javier F. Sevilla-Martir, MD

Javier F. Sevilla-Martir, MD

Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs
Javier Sevilla-Martir, MD, was the driving force behind the creation of the IU Student Outreach Clinic, which has flourished into one of the largest student-led free clinics in the United States.

Collaborative Research

By fostering a collaborative research agenda with other IU School of Medicine academic departments and other clinical science schools of Indiana University as well as government organizations, provider organizations and non-profit agencies, investigator educators in the Department of Family Medicine continue to advance knowledge on health care access and delivery.

Family Medicine Residency

The Department of Family Medicine offers two three-year community-based residency programs. One is in Indianapolis; the other is in Lafayette. Residents in the IU School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency programs participate in integrated inpatient and outpatient learning and receive training in six major areas of medicine: pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, psychiatry and neurology, surgery, and community medicine.

Office of GME

Resources