More physicians are on the way to care for people across the region, as Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) learned Friday who is joining the newest class of resident physicians this summer.

The organization’s fifth class spans seven specialties and increases the number of residents in each specialty to:

30 – General Surgery
60 – Internal Medicine
36 – Family Medicine
24 – Emergency Medicine
12 – Psychiatry
12 – Transitional Year
4 – Primary Care Track
NGMC also has 12 Cardiovascular Disease fellows and two Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellows working and training, bringing the total number of physician learners to 192. All new residents and fellows begin work on July 1.