Career and Life Planning Guidebook for Medical Residents

A Team With A Legacy of Firsts Can Include You... Central Kentucky is widely known for its rich history, rolling hills and charming small towns. It’s conveniently located to a variety of outdoor recreational activities and a vibrant arts and cultural scene, and the cost of living is low here in the Birthplace of the Bluegrass. Nestled in the heart of this area is the opportunity for you to practice in a clinic or hospital setting that is a part of the Ephraim McDowell Health system. This nonprofit health system is named after the pioneering surgeon Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who performed the world’s first successful abdominal surgery in Danville on Christmas Day in 1809. It is Dr. McDowell’s legacy for innovation that has guided our health care system to continue achieving our own “firsts” as we meet the health care needs of our patients. Ephraim McDowell Health serves 120,000 residents in a six-county service area. Anchoring the system is Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, a 222-bed licensed hospital that holds certifications for many of its service lines. It is complemented by 25-bed critical access hospitals in Stanford (Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital) and Harrodsburg (Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Hospital). Other components of the health system are 10 primary care clinics, three walk-in