FORT WAYNE, Ind. – March 19, 2025 – Parkview Health has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for new family medicine and psychiatry graduate medical education (GME) programs, adding new medical specialties to the system’s portfolio of programs for new physicians.
Parkview’s family medicine residency will be a three-year program, accepting eight residents per year. The psychiatry program will accept four residents each year for a four-year residency. Physicians in both programs will start in July 2026.
These new residencies are the latest addition to Parkview’s GME program, which now boasts seven total specialty training programs. Other programs include surgery, internal medicine, OB/GYN, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and a transitional year residency. During last year’s white coat ceremony, the health system welcomed 38 new residents into its GME programs.
“Our GME programs are a pipeline to ensure that Parkview attracts new physicians to these in-demand specialties, while also providing them additional training to ensure they develop specialized expertise as efficiently as possible,” said Dr. Susan Steffy, chief medical officer and designated institutional official, Parkview Health Graduate Medical Education. “As health systems across the nation are all seeking new providers, our GME programs set us apart and make Parkview a great place for new doctors to start their careers.”
Family medicine is within Parkview Physicians Group’s (PPG) primary care service line, with more than 250 providers serving at PPG offices, walk-in clinics and employer clinics. Family medicine physicians see patients ranging from newborns to seniors and provide a wide range of services such as annual physicals, chronic condition management, procedures, maternity care, and initial evaluation of health issues that may require referral to specialty care.
“Residency programs provide new physicians with support as they make the transition from medical school to career,” said Dr. Ken Yew, physician program director for the family medicine program. “Family medicine physicians are in demand, and they play a critical role in our healthcare system, providing patients and their families knowledgeable care in the context of long-term relationships as they manage their health and wellbeing. We’re thankful and proud to receive accreditation from the ACGME and look forward to enrolling our first class of new family physicians in July 2026.”
Mental health care was identified as the top community need across the region in Parkview’s most recent triennial community health needs assessment, last conducted in 2022. Parkview offers care to patients through the Parkview Behavioral Health Institute (PBHI), Park Center community mental health centers and providers with PPG – Psychiatry, for numerous conditions. This includes depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other personality disorders, as well as substance use disorder.
Parkview is also making new investments to expand access and capacity to mental health care, such as the $45 million project to renovate two floors Parkview Hospital Randallia to relocate PBHI within the hospital. The expanded 82-bed neuropsychiatric unit is expected to open in summer 2026.
"I am very excited to announce the ACGME accreditation of the psychiatry residency program,” said Dr. Michelle Wiese, physician program director for the psychiatry residency. “Compassionate, safe, and high-quality psychiatric care is in dire need in our community and throughout our country. I returned to Fort Wayne, my hometown, to specifically start this program. I am so grateful for this opportunity to pass on the knowledge, skills, and passion for psychiatry and patient care instilled in me during residency and to improve the health of my community by educating the next generation of psychiatrists."
More information about Parkview’s GME programs is available at https://www.parkview.com/graduate-medical-education.